The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-23
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

United States District Court Judge Cad.
walader The United States VS.. Neal Brown The
defendant is charged with manufacturing whisky,
and removing It elsewhere than to q DO uded ware
house lhe allegation IS that the defendant was
detO cted about noon one day. opposite Laurel Hill,
hauling the whisky. Upon inspection, no brand
was found upon either barrel the defendant was
then arrested.
lhe defense argued that there was no evidence
THAI the defendant was not at the time OF his
removing the whisky to bonded warehouse There
ls 10 evidence as to where ne was gong He was
stopped ID the middle OF his journey, before ne
had Tune to deposit or remove the whisky anywhere
at all.
The law is that before whisky is removed from
the dstllery the barrels and casks shall be marked
pRa obb DISndea a 6T9 te G% naS Hee e4'apt about
for defendants, argued that when law yer is hardly
az to tlnd aw las 1t seems there was great diff
fculty In finding tmsb poor, unlearned labOnng
man should not be deprived Of his liberty because
ne knew nothing OF 1t. On trial.
District COurt-Judge StrOud.-Ellen Shea,
Margaret Shea, Annie 4. Shea, and Stephen Shea
DY lher next friend, John Gegan, VS.. Stephen
Fanapan, William Lennox, Daniel A. LennOx and
James NJ Flanagan. An action to recover dana ges
Oh the death OF John Shea, the husband OF Ellen
shea, and father of the other plaintiffs, who was
al eyed 10 have been drowned by the careessness OF
tLu captain OF the sieam-tug Dr. RoLbert, in LAYING
III. cablelbetween Smiths Island and Walnut street
wharf On trial
,OurL OF Quarter SessiOnE-AlIison, p. j.
Tbs Court is very busy in the tr al of prison cases.
e. cry morning since the end of the Oyer and Ter
Iniuer the COURTROOM has been crowded, IL might
b. aid, nearly to suhOcahon. When the usual
bu iness was resumed there were over three hun
W ca Ds 10 10 vi pOoeu Oh ana Iney are bIl coming
! in from the Grand Jury.
Yesterday, at the adjournment OF the Court, the
ca Of the Commonwealth VS.. Washington Haml'
tOu on tria'. The defendant rs charged with an
ault and battery with intent to kill Lleutenant
10 eph G. Fuller, of the police force, Ii is alleged
tina the night OF the 18th of september last at
al exna ward assessment, held as the corner OF
| Federal street and Moyamensing avenue, washing
ton hamitOn and hls brother (Wno however, Is not
OF trail, standing some distance from the oI0Wu
that had congregated around fred two plstol snOts
I'M the crowd. Mr.. Fuller saw and pursued theln
They until they came to the market near Dy,
wi en- the defendant wheeled and fred the shot
taginR effect in Mr.. Fuller 3 left ann Inc uelehd-
ant was arrested IN his own house
Ihis morning, on account of the absence OF one
OF he jurors empaneled in the case rom lliness,
tho Jury was DISCHARGED and another eonsisnhH OF
the same even that were In the DoA ana anonnSr 1
one NOT before empanelled IN me case was ealieu
Again the Common wealths WltnessSs sS moIt @ Usoi
the same statements as were glteh " tne ns. Jury
Lieutenant Fuller said that ne 1e was y. tne hssess-
ment that night on duy no VA no. nave ms nas UNI UNI
TORN; but he was not compenea 70 wear Ine unit
form, having hsd no orders that enecti he was
sober. - ,. ara
whatever for the two young men 70 nfe attne crowd
as nothing mad been said or done to them that
would Justify such conduct. The Hamltons cried
out 10 the crowd, "Spread yourseiVesi" hred, and
ran.
renee were called In corrObOra1OD Of the statements
already maHe ON vial.