, 1865-01-23
THE LAW COURTS.


United STATES couRT-B<tore Drttmmond J.
This jury to whom tho evidence In the cause en-.
titled Rartlty administrator, etc., rs. The St
Louis and Alton Railroad Company was submit.
ted, yesterday on the opening Of the Courts,
brought IN sealed verdict for plaintiff assessing
A writ Of hdhas corpus vas yesterday Issued By
Judge Drummond, directed to Heutenant Joseph
tantIy, com1naIdtng him to produce forthwith be.
fore his Honor, the body Of John c. Neck1cr alias
John c. Brown With the day and cause Of his dc.
petition for the writ which is signed by the father
Of John c. Wecklcr, a well known citizen Of the
lGh Ward sets forth thst his son, years old has
service of the Unted states TINT on tie 1sth .nst
he wa. met upon Clark street bridge By man
known is runner for recruiting Offices, and o.
leEed a watch ii he would enlist and take tho
bounty; thnt be was instructed not to iell lis tue
age, butto soy that he was 1s years old that he
was promised bounty Of $:0o, and told II he de-
In the night time and run away that he Was d.
zected not to give hit real name, in order to keep
bis parents from getting him ont Of the service ;
that he finally was induced to accompany this run
am1ned by the surgeon, who pronounced him un-
iii for service and refused 10 accept him as vol
unteez; that on leaving the Provost Narahal's
ONCE Of nen,. ). norr, IN la Larnons ni1 Block; s4
that az formerly advised he gave biz
r. as Il "a bug name a9 John
were made out and signed that soldier then
took charge OF him, furnished him suit Of
clothes, have him = dinner and SO in money; thst
petitioner told Lieutenant Joseph L, Horr, in
whoee custody he found bis sou, that he was nj
nor, and requested his release, 10 which request
Horr replied thut 1t YVES too late.
By sizes eGSEeaap9 1o9
refused to obey ths wit and denied the authority
and jnfiedlc.ion ofthe Court and thIs was the re-
ton Of the matter ~ o. It st.ads 1t Pressnt
further action the Court viii take IN tbs premises
vii be doabsss this or-
saS ssf'a ths Riy s9ee s'Gs e
ts hew sse ss SZ e. ss x9es ais S &C.
credit TO- that county. Mr. Wecl1er, the father Of
the lad is we1lnown resident Of the siracenth
Ward.
Bs5ore Commissioner Hoyn<-The charges
brought against Capt Francis Secufn. and Edward
Psro, OF Bourbonnaie, kankakee county, for tax
tns iegs! fees from drafted mcn to sssnTe thslr
gated by Q. S. Commissioner hoyne. The EVIL
dcnce being wanting to sustain the charges, the
defendants were discharged.
bail, by Commissioner uoyne, in the eum Of 500,
for refusing to give his name to IN enrolling Of.
dcer.
CorHr1 CorRr-B.}os< fudge Bradue1-ln
the matter Of the cstate OF Aaron Pftney the will
Of the deceased was yesterday admitted 10 probate
and letters testaMeutlry ordered 10 Issue to Nm H.
sssco s5sSa anu Henry T. fnes upon h'ns bonds for
II ,he matter Of tie estate Of Peter schuttler.
petition was presented yesterday setting forth thst
istcz npon The cstate Of The decedent Judge Brad
ssa5 reef as sq Ss 70 b
he Deceased, b administer upon he estate, fxins
hi. bonds 1t f312m. John Pfpnd Frederick
Lctx, Caroline sehuttler and Andrew Schall were
The petition showed the deceased to hare died
posees.ed Of real estate valued at 4o COO and per-
sonal eztate Eaued At f1sGo@ The II essh IN hand
we stated 10 be $l,06o each week. The q. s.
::scvenne stamps required for the bond and estate
6erG ESQ. .-.----.
Us17FD STATES counf-1ovrs ...'se '-.oe Drum
nond. Icut Joseph L. Horr, 18th U. 8. ill.,
-, appeared tals morning. and made return to
cred bis determination Of the preceding evening.
Judge DEummond w1a at frft fDclined 10 deal e.
scre1y with the officer for his contempt Of his Of
:lination, and severely reEuked him instead.
Lieut.. norr was sworn and questioned concerning
he circumstances under which the boy Weekief
1oubt the boys Insertion that he was eirhteen |
Tears old. but he insisted strcnuously that that
vas lts proper age, that be was compelled to be-
natter, he further said, was now beyond his con-
rot, and The boy could be discharged only on tho
1rdcf Of the SeCIet0rT OF WaT. He had promised
o pay the boy $600-$s00 local bounty and $500
Government bounty-s1o Of which be had pald.
The rest was IN his hands as security that the boy
Tonld he forthcoming when wanted.
The boy Wcckler was then Esvorn, and testified
the fncts substantially as aet forth In the petl-
ION. Upon this showing the court said there was
10 doubt IN his mind that the bog had been fraud
htpl the testimony implicated Lieut. uorr to, that
xrent as called for his Interference and he should
,e compelled to discharge that officer and remand
he boy to his custody.
U. S. CoMx1ss1oSER's Counr-B1ore Commits.
Homer Noyn<.-Mrs. Q. S. Abbott vas examined
n this Court on Saturday, upon the charge OF de-
aiming the letters Of Sarah E. Church, teacher
q fha Mosely School, until the Indebtedness for
'oard should be pad. The prosecuting witness
onEcnted to the abandonment of the case updn I
he payment Of costs, Mf. Iarned, the District
Attorney, consentfng thereto.
he arraignment Of Jerry Welsh. Indicted for the
murder OF Edward Co}lfus, wn. postponed until
tuesday morning next, 1t being understood that q |
potion Will then be 1nade for continuance until |
mother term Of the Court. The Criminal business |
4 The Court vii be taken up pn Monday:
urce was yesterday filed in the 'Chancery side Of
he Superior Court BY Lester A. Ta1cotf, against
ie wife, Jula L. Ta1cott The bill sets forth fhat
n the 2sth day Of July, 1851, he intermarried with
n1la Eusk, Of this CITY, and that he lived with
Ter as husband and wife until Dec. 2s, 1864; that
rch marriage and cohabisation; that his wife, for
SCI had been guilty of habituai dFunkenness'
nd that during 1854, and the month OF January,
6G5, abe committed adultery at vasions times md
G.nan n ssE sRa Wiz
be uena1 prlyer for divorce and the custody Of
he child,