Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-12
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Court of Common Plsas-.Thursday.


CIVIL BRLEoH = BEFoRE JUDGE COFFIN
case Of Baker vs. Shepherd was
argued in Court Room No. 1 yesterday bat
has not Jet been decided.
C171L BEAEcH-BEFoRE JuDeE FooTE.-l
The case Of Allen B. stOckwsll "a. @. D. Viii
liAmE, patent right case, was On trial to
the Court yesterday. The case was closed,
but no decision Was rendered.
Cs1NIEAL BzAEOH-BEFoREJ JuDea BOLToK.
The case of the State of Ohio ps. Peter Til
man, who is charged with grand larceny,
vas tried yesterday. Tho case went to the
jury about three O'Clock in the afternoon,
and verdict will be given this morning. On
Saturday morning at nine o'clock, the Di-
vorce docket will be called in this Court.
GRAND JURY.-Ths Grand Jury closed their
labOrs yesterdsy, and submitted the following
report:
To TIE Honcra5ie the Judges of the Court
Of Common Pleas Of C4yGhoga County:
The Grend::Jur report to your Honors, that
in discharge Of their duties, they, examined the
jail Of the County, and find the same IN good
VEAoA eAA pADBoAAg
The rules prescribed for its government, 60
fsr as they can lesrn, have been properly snd
faithfully observed
In accordance with the charges given them,
and in discharge of their duty, as we'll to the
officers in charge of the jail, as Of the public,
they have made special inquiry into the cir
eumstancss of the recent breaking Of the Jail,
and the escape of OfprisOners thsrefrom.
They Wero the more particular in this in
vestigation from the fact, that the same mat
| ter had been the subject Of arecent sxsmins-
| ton by the Grand Jury Of the Federal Court,
whose report had. to say the least, impressed
the community with grave doubts respecting
l the discharge by some officers of the public,
the trust committed to them Of keeping and
| guarding the prisoners confn d in our jail.
| They therefore called before them the prinoi-
pal witnesses from youngstown, whose posi-
| tive testimony before the Grand Jury
of the Federal Court, sustained by strong,
minute, corrcboTsting oircumstaness-then
detailsd-had SO powerfully impressed that
body as to make it difficult for them to be-
lisve that one Of the prisoners said to have
broken jail on the evening of Dseembsr 2sth,
was not at youngstown on Sunday the 9Th Of
the came month; and they are happy to state
that these Witnesses frankly and unequivoesl-
ly declared that they were mistaken in the
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had since seen the prisoners, whom they
supposed they cav and conVerssd with on the
9th Of December, and also the man with
whom they then actually did converse, and
that their former conversation, then so strong
in their minds as to approach absolute GER
tainty, Ess entirely unfcunded and in
correct.
Tho Grand Jury take pleasure In testify
ingro the sincerity with which these witnsss-
es made their statements, and their coavie'
ton of their honesty in their former state
msnts, and they are assured that ths public
will rejoice With than, that an imPutsticI
upon any Of those holding responsible pest
tions in tha county from want Of fidelity Il
their trust, has 5een completely and sstisfse'
torily removed.
The evidence before thom has been con
piste that there has been no default or neg
iisenee IN guarding the jail and the prisoner
there confined. They report that new pre-
cautions have been adopted, Of such char
act 7 as apparently to make repetition 0
sueh an occurrence impossible. The Gran(
Jury respectfully recommend to the Count.
Commissioners the propriety Of furnishing
suitable gas-lights in the jail Of this County
John Weleh, Forems, Nelson Gardener,
, James Heycox, Afford Wolf,
R. r. K. Merrill, Moses ToWi,
n Never, John NJ. Annis,
o. A. Brooks, J. Coonrad'
r B. Whipple, L D. TWitcheu,
Richard Redsup, John Thicker,
L. A. Kelsey.