The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-29
LEGAL 1NTELL1aENcE.


COURT OF COMMON PLEAs--Judges Allison.
Pierce. and Brewster.-The contested election case
Judge Pierce having TO attend to jury trials in the
and spectators nen repaired TO the court room at the
ment why certain specicSSons should not be stricken
out The following were the grounds urged upon the
part Of the respondents, to strike out the Bpechca
l. Because said specifications assume that this Court
is authorized to deprive the qualified electors in the
said divisions of their right to have their votes
duct Of the oficers in said divisions witch said mis-
conduct is not alleged to have been procured or pro-
IL Because said specifications are vague and indef-
what number Gf any Of illegal votes were cast in
said divisions, and tor W hom.
votes to have been cast in said division do not specify
be accurately Inquired into but can only be sus-
tained by such evidence as would be equivalent 10
". Because said specifications do not set forth the
names OF the persons by whom said illegal votes
v. Because the Jurisdiction of this court under the
SSSy Upon SS e es aSG ab e
specif ations do not alleget at the return made by
their alleged misconduct changed the esult,
undue election and false return must be confined to
the ascertainment of the person who had majority
poll can &c excluded from general return unless {
tbes SRe nO s AZ wStSs as were cast "hich
COURT OF QUARTER sEssIoNs-Judge Lud-
Fifer was convicted OF charge OF the larceny Of
Joseph Johnson. coored, was convicted of a charge
of the larceny OF clothing belonging to Joseph Boyd
mens that Boyd was SDd having the liberty Of the
place readily found opportunity to steal pair of
pants that Boyd had hung up. he was arrested with
the pants on his person.
John Murray was charged with the larceny, from
the person of Sarah Petit of pocket-book containing
e. The evidence was that as Mrs. Petit standing
the wharf at the Navy Yard, waiting for boat to
take her TO the ship Potomac, the defendant
standing verynear her using his arms and hands
in suspicious manner. and was seen to leave her
and go away. The observer of his movements then
approached her and said she had lost pocket book
and upon looking into her pocket she found IL was
true. Upon these facts the defendant few days
afterwards arrested, and to-day tried. Jury out.
DISTRICT COURT No. 1-Judge Hare.-Smith g.
Fagely VS.. Catherine Drexel ct al, Executors. An
action for damages injury sustained by alleged
breach OF contract Verdict for plaintiff, sl3lS0
Edmund Randall. late trading as Randall 81 Co., 70
use, VS.. The Reliance Insurance Company An action
policy of insurance. -,.
Charles +. Simpson Torrance McDonnell; An
action on a promissory note. verdict Tor defendant
Orlando A. Minord VS.. Charles +. Parrot. An action
on a book account. Verdict for plaintiff. S270 SO.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-Judge Peirce.-
Francis McIIvain VS.. Sheldrake q Brady. An action
1or goods sold and delivered. The defense alleged
that the goods of inferior quality. and not
such as were contracted for. On trial.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT TCOURT-Judge Grier
In the of Chase ct al Laubenstein ct all be-
fore reported, the jury could not and were dis
charged from further consideration OF the case.