, 1864-03-16
LAW lhTELlI0EHCE.
Important Chance1y Procee dings.
Record Of Cases in The Dif1s.rcu,
Law COurfs-hsoings at
The ArmOry.

| 2A" AVAAEAB-VV1HsS8a al
The Arnory.
rs TED STATES CIRCUIT Coua7.-1u the lupor
tant Chancery suit Of Vim. F. johnson Vs. Be MA,
| min +. Carver ct ul, the defendants Ruxton &
Clspp flied their answers yesterday to tho amend
mcnts to the original bill and asked that tho cause
pro eeed at once 10 hearing: on the ground, how.
ever, that the amendments. as made to the bill, did
not cover al the points made by tho supplemental
I'LL which the complai1aats asked leave to fc, the
Court ordered. with the consent OF the parties. an
additional amendment and gave the complainante
until this morning to show reason why proof had
not oesn already taken on Rotns embraced in the
by proof the answers fled thereto. Me,rick & Nc.
hinqon and F. A; sserrs, Tor complainant; J. V.
lie ease Of Renben IL ane 1s aaa uiIus Frank
e. MeTsts Frank Son, carrying on business at
No. 7a Lake street, came up again yesterday, when
fur the appointment ofa receiver Of the fnnds ors
ing lsom The defendants business. The Complain
ants aso le1 atdayita to support the original bill
days that thc5 might meet BY counter afldayts the
ahdaSts M set up by The complaining IN support OF
their aftidavlts and answer to the case Btackctt
= GtesoEy for eomplainants, and Goodwin, Larncd
greater part Of yesterday IN bearing the arguments
Of council in the chancesy suit Of Field, Benedlct
s& ed m Ffs + Benedict Co., rs
creditors of Orson Sheldon, against Flanders and
the aseienees OF Sheldon, to recover ths assets
ders on an attachment sgainst Sheldon, in Soyem-
The bill ayers .hat the assisnees brought suit In
that the SUIT aa decided against the nsslgpees the
Court holding the assignment void. The ease wns
taken to the Supreme co1rt, where It was reversed
allese that By collusion and fraud bcrween Fiancsa
and the acting Assignee. Judgment waa allowed to
Tie prc1ent iii vas d died M N il AUGUST, 1850.
Counsel for Flanders denied tho fraud and held
that the assignment WIS fraudulent aud void.
aebr a. &C. e spsy .,
lie sil1nat5Se il 5adss vaa il nsns aisea eeula It
brought By Stephen ". Rawsn1 ct q ys William
II. Nixon. The trial commenced on Montay.
It appears in evidence that about tho middle of
email boot and ehoe store on Dlue Island Avenue,
"a Was misnR On inquiry at hs place Of business
rather haa1ily and without notice to bis cEejters
to avoid the droft. then supposed to be imminent
probably to his native home, Ireland leaving his
s nml' md 1oe aIps property IN hs city The plain
asanet his property on the ground that he concealed
himself 60 that PROCESS could not BE- served
uey md took issue on the facts eet ont In Tic pian
ill., nl1davit, claiming that be did not conceal
himself, that be had merely taken that convenient
WEE coming home again; that even If he did 20 to
avoid the draft, 1t Was not such conccalment as
w9nld authorize az attachment under tho statute.
The ease went to the jury On Monday csculae,
ys;Sist s. d. Plsisi! Teh ser qa plainsiss aiis
cousTr coUn7...The wil Of the late George
Lomax az was yesterday proved IN The County Court
anq s IS1tsIs TcTe ordered to be issged
estate Of the deceased Is valued at about Ss.ooo.
REconDEn's CoCnT.-John Black, charged with
on 18th January Inst, With intent to do sriefoas
bodily harm, was yesterday found guilty. Sentence
The care Of Barney Mcclure, charged with the
murder Of biz wife, Julia Mcclure, on the 4th Of
July iaft at ths corncr Of Michigan and franklin
q, s, c1Ecu1T AND D1r7n,cr counrs,-Bgons
Dsrnnoad j., Cotnnox L0w.
Rnllazd Ss. Granger. Rule to plead In twenty
tKanceyy-47s and 477 Crosby vs. Nontague
ct Al. Decree for complainant.
%. = Thompson b s.s ~ y. Green. Same proceeding.
suRK1uon coCn7--Bgore IFRson G. J., IN Chan
ii. Wright ve. Ogden ct al. Order relnsta.ing
4ls. Wilder Ct al, ". Smith ct Al. Decree en-
zSS: BROWNIE Brown. Default and reference
SC. Stevens vs. Cline. Same order.
=, ~. BiliuE5 ": the Chicago and milwaukee, r.
as4. McDearnan vs.. Williams First exceptions
~ csaaee r. cbase ct Al. '5G Dismissed at COM
159. Wright vs. Ogden ct al. Dismissed with
Bt1ofs MgginsJ o0namqn Ear,
Il: Cmg1n e a., Is. Eithere. Stricken from
the docket with leave to reinstate.
=. Boyer vs. Gray ct al Suit abated by death Of
8. corrieau ye. Chicago soap and Candle Co.
81. Green ys. Davis, ct. nj. Continued.
81. Wilder ve. same. Continued,
99. Donnelly re., Martin, ct. al. Dismissed at
l57. Wright vs. wallbaum ct. al. Judgement
45o. stichter vz Bakez. Continued q. plaintiffs
.4s3. Rawson, ct al We Nixon Verdict for plain
til.
as. Piper va Day. Dismissed at PLAINTIFFS
costs.
Dgore Gary. L-Comnon Law.
7;6. Jessep, ct al rs Foster. Dismissed at plain
tilt 'e costs.
1aa1. Clark vr Clark. judgement for plaintiff.
RECORDERS Coua7-Bf7oreF Fan Dursn, -Crim-
People vs. Black (assault) Verdict guilty.
People VI McC1nrse (manslacehter.) On trInl.
c1ncr1r Cornr-Esfoys Williams, J-comn,oa
g Aall ct nlvs wyckoff ct al. Judgement for
Gas. Mansfield rs City Of Chicago. On trial.
POLICE CouRT.-Nothing extraordinary
characterized the proceedings at the A1mory yes
terday. The docket contained the names Of about
thirty individuals, who as matter Of course were
nearly all Lrunksrds, whose fines, even when paid,
would hardly compensate for the trouble they had
given their captors. Among the few more serious
charges were the following:
The EBeets Of Fire Wattr.-Charles Wabcirs, IN
Indian. and member Of the Michigan Sharpshoot-
era, while in saloon at No. 158 State street, On
Monday, quarreled with John Fehon, comrade,
Gnd in the course Of pugillsfc encounter stabbed
him severely M IN thc t breast wttt knife. Ae was
S.00 and Fehon, for his share in the Transaction
was tined IS and costs.
"A .Quartetts .W Bkackguards.- Flanagan,
Martin Knsiek, Patrick MeNamaFa 4 and John Cherry,
saulted Patrick Fitzgerald, who was passing along,
on Desplatnes street, near Indians. driving a COW.
After ntctiue eeyete ipju!y to the man with clubs,
81 o and Scn
bound to the Recorders Court in the sum Of $50,
and the other two fined SIS and costs each. The
Police trust soon to be able to capture Cherry,
when he vii probably learn the punishment for
a Doetors Adciced and IT. Consequences Martin
Mccarthy was charged with selling meat unit for
husn a. oed Psonss 1ss pleaded @ bit ststed
siding on Wells street near Despl1ines, who told
him that the animal was dying, and that be bad
better XII Il and save the NEST. Fined s and
of being de:tro5ed, tloaid b returned to lin,
which intrdicious step was allowed By Judge MIL
1cr, thus giving the man IN opportunity to commit
the samc offence again.
tbs htt1e minded twain who wrsakod their. venEe.
anco uppu helpesB eefyaat GIRL bY destroyinp bcr