, 1865-10-12
LAW INTELLIGENCE.
The Wnlenta sfMal Practice'' Suit.
Important Decision on Cattle Con.
tract :. nirorces.-Another Ap.
piled for--Two Granted.
Reform School.
TIE NONTH WELLS STREET MCHDER-
Couytctlon OF Geo for Pefjuty-A Grand
JuEys

Sur1moA CounT-B5or .uages Nilson ouud
Gmr.-A petition applying for wit Of hab<as
ooypss was lied BY Franc1s Mcdonnell, To obtain
The release Of his ron John Mcdonnell, boy q,
fitccn ycars Of age, from the custody Of Geosre
". Perkins, Superintendent Of the Reform School
where the boy was committed by JusiIce AEfn for.
Dcf}y Of tic Police Court, July 23d, 1861. The
grounds upon which the application are based arc,
TINT no offence Of crime Is specified in the coutn,t
ment or mlttimus, that tic boy has been kent a
s1ose S prisoner ssnee 1nlE. 1901, and there Is no
In The writ upon which he Il beld !; that Tie
Iathtus is not issued the name Of thn people o
ro;a az, IT, hat !; H. ntts, aDd absolutely
posed 70 haye been tried il not a Court of final
tCrtsdlcson, md has 10 right to sentence an In
I'D has already been In custody
Dy order Of Judge GARY, the wit w1s iEsued.
"A suli IN assulnpti! Eas commenced by Robert
Hall to recover damages ia1d 1t <1,000. Beyond
the prGe;ps for summons, no papers were filed.
blu praying tor divorce Was tiled bs Catherine
The petitioner alleges that she married the defend.
ant n Chicago on the 3lst Of May. lSSo, and Tint
r. ss of s SgS ,a shs ,s n
snd s oSey y i hi@ iii pslted s. IL iey haad ol
@ q s 7a,f q tine s e. ' s saa s ase H.
10 = teo pFae1lssily noNinE bowl garo w
80 confined 91 q md haSitps dsnntd' il addition e
which offence to society md his family he T. charged
with having frequently subjected bis wife to The
most hrusJ trestmcnt, repeatedly whipping and
A. ssEana nd .gps se1 seT as s "a gss
nced respectively fourteen, thirteen and eight ycars.
suit In assuinpslt, In which damages arc laid at
| ss,o6d was commenced BY James Il. Bowen. Ges.
! Whitman, 1.artncrr under the Grm name Of Bowen
Bruihcsr, again+t tue firm Of Hamilton i Co. The
p'i,x onIy rs a1ed I'd =, tn,,c.r ~ tsr, x,,r.
Of agc1 vas brought into Court upou writ OF
habfGs totp1s, Issued tn Pursuance Of petition
con'mt,ed 1ea sf 10 iIe Reform School rcbsaa1y h I
1851 by Justice Miller, OF Tho Police Court and Ii
Is claimed, Uns detained IN custody without
Iacts Of the Judge Gary ordered the release OF
i The sase Of Violet against wslenta in which
malprnctlcc, nndet circumstances mentioned in the
IAlHCSE Of yesterday, was continued throughout
tLs day At dhe aajon.nment q .he Cont The use
not being completed. Among the most Important
Witnesses was Mrs. Loni7a Bctz, midwife, who
was IN attendance at the birth Of the child Whosa
blindness waa the canse Of the prezcur suit Her
testimony waa chiefly TO The point urged By The
defence. that the mother. at the time Of her conne
table disease. The witness not hasin; bad any ex-
peTitnce In The disease te5e11ua to, uas unnbs 10
testify very Andosstandinsly on the point, bnt
Mrs. Violet unusual IN o1her women in Hike
circumstances. The mother OF the child was sub.
y 1e one se a.na 70 q s
AMI. She testified that IN November. 1892, shortly
after the birth Of the intan Ghe noticed that ita e
eye peariy closed ind considerably swollen and
iendant to treat The child, nnd he called and cam
insd y. Aster asking her II the had been AFFLICTED
we've subject to cou;umlsion-so each Of whiel
Gnestien rne answered in the nesatiye-hc s1it
thsre Nas aiseass eoia aSos, n n AZ Th,3
81 rs Ic e nd ben ade oGt
az az sie9e 'eDs s. seal Il We acs1 adson
iie ID did 70 but IN the inefin. the medicine {th.
pit11.te Of silver eolutiunl had been obtained and
;rps re h, eR35
Walcntia applied some Of the solution himself
child, however continued 10 grow gradually wozsc
until Its esteht in both oplies destroyed and
permanent blindness cnsHed.
| The czse will he continued to-day and w1u psohs
blx occury The remainder Of the week..
Ni!lian n. Tildcn md others VI. II. S. Hosen'
shal ct u. This was suit brought to recover dam
For and In consideration Of f1p0 paid, and Il 00C
to paid By The 1rst dsy Of hp!D next
e! IL ssa cd e. 5s
Two hundred nd aizty t~o lacs) besa, more less
/
At he price Of ten {<l0 dolla1s PEI hundred pounds
6iie fund.-. said eattle are to avezase threen hun
d1ed pounds, and are the cattle known a. the Nc
Cor Bishop LOT, now being fed IN the vicinity o
| Council Dlufs, Iowa. and 10 be delivered at ths
abe5s p2ss BY the 18th dsS Of June ';stor ntst;
4 u. :. Ios11uAL & Co.
The plaintiffs allc.c 10 their declaration th1t OF
the s4n day Of 1nne-the s1th being SundaF-,hc,
raid lot. which number did. Or won1d. avcnge thir
isnaanss ree.ste he is head and p,y ioF .hen i
deliver Ill Of the cattic Of said lo:, which did o.
Wou1d average thirteen hundred pounds, ii was {
pe4,o:na,nes 81 she een'Iae. "a On .Ae.s pan ,,
lot Of one hundred and seventy eight head.
To tie declaration the defendants dcmurred, and
es boa1 .Ss th cei oa
d1ed and ke5cGty eight head was rot com
piianee with The coatract on the par Of ths
plaiin::Itr: md thns the :.c-ds "noEe Qr less '
n tie eontstet did not tei;tse the r!atntids fron
their to deliver the whole lot and That I'll:
wcris IN question onlx guarded against the loss q
death Of email number Of said cattle, 20 that +
speet., Int lid Seen edeeat s. iesr xbiea 6' h.i
died Q. .t1aytd tn itaottt, The defendants wouli
have htcn liable md could not hasc refused re
: ceiyc them, though less IN number than the 81
The csse hns created considerable in.ereet u.noa.
es.ue dsslets, ~ very general suppot,.aep beipt
contract It ssas optional on the part Of the eeer
70 deliver at many unaer The number agreed upci
Tie dcdfiun TO the contrary by Juugc Gary va
sustained By reference 10 many we'll known author
4 i1es, ard may, therefore, be considered 10 setl
l. | The question.
r. cnc point Of some considerable interest 10 th
parties IN the suit s:as, that sshlls the contrac
= only worth seven or eercn and hslf cents al Ii
= time Ct HER oaefed delivery, the market has1n
: cmeriT cocET~B1rx Judge f. s H1gicn,.-
. 4 petition tor mechanics uca Wa died b7 IS,
y mad Heeaey and Archibald Campbell, oi thc d,n &C
ssnas ones ill., 4 e,s tast lis q asa,n, W.
, a1at. The defendant acting for hinfelL nud Er.ti
A Aecsrthy - w;ts, I'D Lucy 1sy,s Il 1sashte.
sas o1 81 IL sn1a d TSsS Gai npe 20
1aanee de The eS &c md % sstss sor q
m ~Grs tss I aba At the request Of
| nell, the defendant took IN appeal from dec1sio
Of Justice " H. Stcknes, finding for The pla1nti
I upon, a CHARGE Of fosdble dctalncf.
The following important
! has been issued by the Court:
! "A calendar, containing all the notices for pe7
ttlais Remaining undispoetd Of Will be made up b
: upon The term docket, md said motions viii b
ca.!ed and disposed oi In their order com.aencIn,
On Monday, oet !G, 1865. Il neither party Il pres
o1crrled. II either parry il present the marty 8,
being present shall be Ut liberty 10 submit rad INC
tion ~. r!'o4 2, his 10. oHn = argument alone
lEeoEpEr's courr.-Bgors Julqe Tan Durtn
YESTERDAY Forming the Grand Jury for The Octo
ber ter,a was sapanelied and commenced its ees
Lieut.. Go'. Wm. 4; Iolton, fS,ssan; 80 II E4aWs5i 4
Ieinbe;a. Martin Poulson, F. Grapgg. ]. Il
Ay1ieE, =. =. c7aa;;, Micase, Mesloy, Gha.ies a
k1us. .. i. Naples, ". loehbellef. K. q. Appleby,
t1nMts McAahon. 4humas carbinc1 james Robo
sn1 %n9nn9 Hfny Ri11g hao
1u Ie divorce suit OF Elizabeth McAyoy asaius,
John McAsoy, decree q marital separation was
rIco september 11lh Of the psceent rcar, alleging
MaHia.:e at Chicago, August 9Th, 1SGs. Alter maf-
rtase they lived for about eix months wheu
PC w1lfn1l5. "Tongfuiy, and eanselessly deserted
| Adezec Of d1yo.cc was also ordered In The cass
q HEs Msse
In ci,ancezy. having been e.ntrmca. 1he snit va
commenced July 9Th q the present year. The
were married nj Pou,tou, England, February I'd,
1ss55, and 1hnt s1nce JUNO Of the same year the de-
ie1soant has lived In state Of adultery With one
3ane iee- With whom be Is q. Present living at
Auckland. Ncw Zealand. The complainant Las mad
Geo1se r. Gee, prirate in the 9th 1oua rrtsi
! Et1s, was placed npon lr1nl charged upon the IN.
dic1ment Of The Grand Jury with tho crime Of pr
Jury. The tacts OF the are ,sell known 10 our
| provoked murders IN the criminal annals. The
crime Of pe1jur, rms eommltled ut an inqnest held
before cotouet Wasner il The North Itt:cs IIali.
er!y In Auglet o! the present year, cpou the body
OF young soldier Of the 9Th lowa regiment. who
was Killed by revolver bullet L=el By sou,e one
unknown, during the time when sauae u lhc 1ncul-
be.s o. the rcg,menl IN question were casased IN
premises Of Henry Mehring, saloon keepz on
NcEth Wells street, near the tia1ena railroad depot
The prltoncr swonc certainly and uuhcsitatingly
TINT be suw his comrade fali md that tho revolver
from which tie bullet wcs discharged was IN the
hands ol aud discharged BY the ealouu keeper Mchr