The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-15
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

under
This morning Mr.. William L. Hirst submitted for
the oecislon oil 'he Court the following propos.
t0ns:-
The 1st section of the Sd article of the Consttu-
ton oil Pennsylvana provides that "dRy lohite Tree
man, of the requisite age ana residence who shall
have within two years pad State OF county tax"
etc, "shRll enjov the RIGHTS OF an eector"
Q, Are The provisions of the late act Of Assembly,
annulng The legal effect OF tax receipts OF adermn
Tor taxes heretofore paid, and requiring the pay
the above article Jt the COnsttution1
AS TO PRINTING TICKETS.
Question Shall the City Officers be printed with
Question 2. Must the Ward "oficers'' be printed
on The outsider
judge Lud ow was understood to say in regard to
the tax matter that he had no doubt that the pay
ment OF taxes, either State COUNTY within two
years, entitled man, otherwise legally qualified to
his VOTE
The other questions for the present held under
Amusement.
Court of Quarter SessIons-Judge Ludlow
-Habeas corpus cases before the Court to-
day
was continued unit next Saturday in order 20 pro-
cure an impol tant witness.
r q. Fry was heard on habsas corpus on a charge
of larceny, as baiee 1t was charged that the ue-
feudant went to certain jeweor, }. Brunswick or
city, saying that he was engaged the War
Department He said that some OF his superior
officers Wi ned to purcnase some jeweIy, aud that
he would probably be of service oy selling them 10
these officers.
Mr. Brunswick delivered to him four geld rin0s
and a gold watch at Wholesale price The under.
standing was that II the articles suited the officers
he would send the money within ten days. II they
did not SUIT the officers he would within two days
return them by express. But at the expiration of
the time neither the articles nor money were re-
turned Il was also alleged that defendant soIo
some OF the articles on the same day he procured
them, ana a'so pawned the watch in this city.
The Court neld the matter under adNisement
The case OF Keen and Mccormick, CHARGED
with homicide was heard on habeas corpus 1t
alleged mat on last Friday afternoon the defendants
went to the house OF Mr. Hartman and
asked young Hartman of his tather was The
haarng the conversation lcame out. Keen asked
young Hartman why no mad lied TO him and struck
him IN the face Young Hartman and sKeeu en-
Paged III scufile, and the iather and Mccormick
were fighting at some distance from them.
he son ran up and struck McCormlck, who then
ran followed by McCormck. The two Barlmans
iouowed. Both defendants turned on young Hart
man. Inc lather came up, and they turned on MIN.
Curran was N front of him, and Mccormick .tepned
up from be1lnd, and struck ann on the cneek Mr.
Har man immediately fell IN the gutter. lie was
taken into the house nsensibe and died the fol-
loving Thursday
The Court held the defendants in $4,000 bail each.
An application was made Tor the dlscharge OF
Patrick Nocn from an imprisonment OF ninety davs,
che defendant having been committed by A derman
Belter upon charge Of beng professional thief.
tie was found in crowd in company win we'll
Snown professionals. Several detectives ed that
they believed him to be the " "oOlice-renowned Patsy
Nolen" that they had heard of in New York. The
Court refused the app lcatlon.
In the case of William Scott, convicted during the
w elk OF charge of Ia sc pretense, the Court sad
because upon re-eXamiBing the prosecutor. the
court said that the evidence not rightly under.
stood, OF the statement made to-day differed with
that made during the TRIAL
WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS.
=, A father desired tO have hls son discharged from
MIR. Iallruan, sworn, testifiedIas foIows:-o. Is
Elwood Halmau your SON? A Yes, sir. @ Where
was he borny A. lie was born in the cit of Pha-
dSsPha fSII ySur o,1S WhSn rooAa In the year l5 Is
these entries made AZ the time OF his birth! A
Yes. sir.
Cross-examined-Q. Did you rive your consent to
his enlIstmentg A. didn't know ANYTHING about it.
Q. Did he 40 it without our consent? Yes, sir
Was he an apprentice? "A. Yes sir. Q. Did his
master give his consent? A. Don't know anything
about 1t.
Cross examined @. Bid you say he was an ap.
prenticeE A Yes, sIrj ne was learning q trade q.
Was he toundy A. tie was not bound but was
only working at his business Q. Where? A. AT
ConshOhOcken; he went and made the arrangement
himself. ., How long did he work in this piacoH
| A. About three months. @. Did did you not
know that he was desirous OF enlistingY A Not at
| the moment.
The Judge-That would settle the question
MT. GilpIn-He is not appre ntice; ne has hired
hmselt out ana gone away from ms fathers house
lhe ia her is entitled to his custody under the act
of Congress. 1t is a question of personal liberty
The question Is shall the father have the custod OF
the cnlld, or shall tue Government
TIE Judge said he would not decide the case
to-day.
Captain Marston, who has the boy IN charge, said
that he expected to be relieved from duy, ana
would have to tuln him over TO his successor. The
case will be brought up next Saturday
The next case called up was one of burglary.
man named hcDowun IS charged with the
Ofense.
rhe proprietor of the house "a lager beer saloon)
testified as Iollows:-Q. What do You know about
this ro berry OF your hoIseH A. The man came in to
my house and wa ked through the bar-room, and
hited up the back window, He thought it was
strange, so he watched him.
Q. When was thisH A. About two weeks last
Monday. O. In the da, time nightG A. l went
closed up theng A. Yes SIR Q. How was your
house broken inioy A. Through the carriage-snop
next door; they broke INTO the bar room and broke
MP everythi that was in there.
O. You Keep lager beer saloon, do you notG A.
Yes, sir. q. HOW many windows in your bar-roomy
A. One. 2 is this window in your barrOomr A.
No sir; ii Is IN the other room, connected with the
bal-room. q. Did you see hlm go INTO the other
rOomS A. Yes, sir; asked him what right he had
| Was the window fastened? A 1t was There were
10 shutters on the window. Q. Inc window. was
Gown and he lifted 1t up-that Is, you saw hmS A.
Officer morrow sworn-Q Did you make the
arrest! A, Yes, sir, IN connection with another
| officer. 2. What did he say about 1t when you
! arrested him. A He asked me what wanted with
| hIm-it We had a warrant; said we wanted him to
| come alongi ne went along, after we had tod
| HIM to the Station House. q. Did you
| search him. that is did you find anything on him I?
a. arros ies' ssr oS M len what you know KIN about the
| watched these men IOr some tune; it was about 2
| O'Clock, at Itldge avenue and ButonwoOd streets
around, and they started down School alley that
runs of ButtOnwood street. Q How many OF them
were 9Ie theTeY A, Three OF them this man was one
Cross-eXamtned.-Q, What evening was this
Monday night9 A, tuesday morning, and about
O'Clock. We arrested him thursday evening ut
Eleventh and ButtonwOod streets.
Cross-examined.-Q. After you had found this
house was broken into, did you make search for
The other officer sworn.-Q. Did you see this man
tn re ABOUT O'Clock in the morningS We were
watching hIm, and saw hIm with two or three
went around nntra