The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-29
LEGAL INTELLIanNCE.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT CoURr-Judge Cad
walader.-Tho Unitod States VS.. Robert Evans.
The defendant was indicted and was tried yes
tcrd0y afternoon, on q charge OF entlcing a sol
dier to desert. The indictment was framed under
the act of Congress, March 3, 1868. The Rllega-
tiOn on the part OF the United Stales was, that
defendant having met the soldier, Sheehan, IN the
city, he being away from Camp Cadwalader on
pass for p hours, st1peted him with liquor, and
took him 10 New York to rC-enlist him, and
thereby secure the bounty.
The defense alleged and proved that Sheehan,
the main witness for the United States was ORR
giually in the Rebel service; that having taken
the oath Of allegiance, he subsequently enlisted
in the Union army, deserted, and again re-
enlisted, and that this he did rcpeatedlyj and
moreover, that he aYOWed this TO various parties.
AlsO, that though it was freely admitted tha. de-
fCndOnt went 10 New York In the same cars with
ShIehau, and sent him, with his companion, to
house at their request where they might lodge in
BTOoElyn set that he did not accompany them
IN the following day, when Sheehau alleges that
he was tal en- uGt n be enlisted.
The Jury came iu this morning and stated that
they were unable 10 agree upon verdict, where
upon they were discharged. District Attorney
G,lpin aud Assistant District Attorney Valentine
Tor lhe United SUtosi Charles W. Brooke, ESQ
for the defendant.
DlsTmcr Corrr-Judge harswood.-Philp
HabCl vs.. Ahrahnm SchefZe. An action 10 re-
cover damages for the alleged leakage from prYy
into pl0iuliAs promises from the theatre adj Oin-
ing on CallowOlli street. Jury out.
DISTRICT COrHr-Judge Stroud d-SChOmacker
< Co. vs. Martin Haywood. An action Of re-
pleym. Jury out.
CoURr or OYER AND TERMINER AND QUARTER
SEsSIONs-Judges Thompson and LudloW.-The
Commonwealth vs.. Frank Mckeeyer. The de-
fendant is indicted for the murder Of Joseph
NlCMasters, on the 18th Of August last, on board
the ship La3y Emily Peel, an English ship,
MCMastGrs being then boatswain Of the vessel,
and the prisoner seaman attached 90 her. The
ship had but q short time arrived. The paSsen-
gers luggage was not yet ashore, yet some OF the
crew, aud among them kckeeYcr, had been
ashore. The cook, according % the testimony,
was drunk, and the captain, upon the fact being
reported, detailed a man 10 act ia his place II
DOngheIty, got into an alteration and q light
about his breakfast. This was quel!ed by the
officers.
Just at this time Mckeeyer, the defendant,
came on board and inquired OF DOugherty, who
was passing aft, the cause Of the disturbance.
DOugherty said nothing, except that he had been
lighting with Hogan, the substitute for the cook.
McMasters then said to defendant that IL was
none Of his business. This led 10 an alteration
and fight between the prisoner and deceased,
which resulted in the siabbng, by the former, OF
hcMasteTs, in the neck, with knife which he
drew from scabbard at belt around his waist
The cut inflicted by the knife severed the jugular
yein and the deceased lived but few minutes
The defense attempted 10 show that the killing
was done in hot blood, and 10 some extent IN
self.deiense Also, that in the course OF tue
fight the prisoner received at the hands Of de-
ceased Serious wound in the thigh. The case
is still on trial. District Attorney Mann ana
T. B. Dwight for the Commonwealth John
OByme, John J. O'Neiil, and E' O. GUN, ESQ.,
fog the prisoner.