The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-21
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Court of Quarter sessIons-Judgo PIER,

Court OF Quarter Sess1Ons-Judge PIERCE
TINS morning, again, a very large part of the time
oil The Court was taken up in the many applications
OF the counsels tOr the purpose OF having
unued and for having days fixed for the trials of
eeraln cases. The Court seemed very anxious to get
through this annoying business, which 1t finally
ceeded in dong.
The last and most important application made
was that made OyJ O'Byrne for the discharge OF
Henry h. Eaton, charged with conspiracy, upon his
own TecOgnizance, or have his bail diminished 20 a
sum that he would be able to give. He has been
PRISON since last January. He was u soldier and
was wounded several times during the war, and is
stated Ihe Court fxedIthe bail at 5000
The applications beng at length concluded, the
Court then proceeded with the regular business of
the day, beginning wItn tne resumption OF the case
OF The Commonwealth VS.. Simon A. Feldman. The
case occupied the whole OF yesterday afternoon, ana
was uncOncluded at the adjournment OF the Court,
beng continued til tins morning.
Inc defendant IN this case was charged with false
pretenses IN OOtaining from the liquor establish
ment OF Bernard +. Gallagher liquors to the amount
S2704'95, reuresanting himself TO be the owner OF
residence, No. s7l N. Eleventh street, which pro.
perry he stated would more than cover all debts he
might contract with The house; whereas, ne was III
truth and fact not the owner OF said property.
IL was proven by the prosecution that Simon A
Feldman was not the owner OF the property, but
hat was the property Of one DIR. Smaltz. Field
man himself said that he was the owner OF no other
real estate. When he first commenced dealing with
Gallagher g. co which was in November 1854, he
paid Tor all the goods he bought But afterwards he
Ieqmred TO have credit whcn was granted. In July
1865, his mole went TO protest. ana then payment in
iuli was demanded. AS the prosecution allege that
II was the original ana real intention to cheat and
deiTaud Gallagher, never intending to pay these
debts they state that ter demand tor payment was
made ne old out gOOd will and fixtures 10 his bro.
ther for $500 in order to avoid or shirE payment
The defense was that Anthony u. Gallagher came
first 10 Feldman ON several OCCASIONS something
orders for goods Bernard f. Gallagher is the Dfo.
pFietor of drug store and also of TINS liquor estab.
lshment He carried on mis- drug store himself and
gave the management OF the liquor store to hs
brother Anthony q. Gallagher. In order to have
different style TO each house, he styled his drug
,lOre Bernard Gallagher, and the liquor estab-
lishment Gallagher.
Anthony Gallagher came and solicited orders AT
first keldman declined 10 deal with him. AT length
he did commence buying goods Soon he requested
credit which was readilv GRANTED He then bnuOht
goods to the amount OF S2704 49, On the Sd of July
one of his notes went TO protest. At the time ne
was absent His father induced Gallagher TO endorse
the notes curing the sons absence. As soon as Gal
lagher learned that the note OF Feldman had
cen protested, be called upon him, wishing to