The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-14
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUARTER SESsIoNs-Judge Brew.
: ster::-William smith and George Haws pleaded
E p Shelly Iesfified that seyerSi niKhts aSo whe
he was lying asleep in the store No. 345 N. Third
HIM, ana told him that some one trying to break
9Ser tne Nd PACK window & He opened the
open the window. AS soon as they saw him they
py snG bat
tery yN1 upon " william L Moore, Mr.. Moore testified that
ihree years on last election day he went g the poll
came up to him and pushed him away from tSe po
saying he was ." Rebel" and could not Vote.
ever the air of Xmdrican liberty that sW ne WAS
Whaev Th Se ana had
deendaTt % s h5e9lened to M lick 5 him a. II he
licked, not by tongue, put by sort Of puglistlc
and being very much injured in reellng ana put In
by WSi7iiE his and
The defense cfoss-examIned as to the licking ar
fear Of bSGy % BARN and offered 10 sYlde9ce @ letter
jured feelings In the shape of 900 note and also
: Charles and Mary Dougherty, Jonn ovens, Thomas
Burke, and Terrence Casey were convicted Of q
to the mercy OF The " urt on The night o. the Is II
the corner of Seventeenth and Montrose streets, in
front OF Dougherty's tavern. The prisoner asked 10
to lamppost to lhow the warrant and then Burke
ceT n proue e the wrSn 10 AnO" why the
The prisoner attempted to get away. but was caught
quinn came up Tney ook the prisoner into The
tavern, Wuere Mi. ana Mrs. ID ughertY ana Terrence
CasGy were and Quinn took charge of The prisoner
while Hurst proceeded TO exhibit his warrant ia salts
broke away from Quinn aud ran up pair 81 stairs.
As Hurst started after him. and the efictr testified
over stove He recovered his feet. however, and
The prsoneE asSin oHced Simself SS of the officers
hands; end ran INTO back room, Hurst and Quinn
started TO pursue him. but were prevented by the de-
PENDANTS. who crowded into the doorway, and would
not allow them to pass Consequently, the prisoner
.. VI. Smith tcoloredl pleaded guilty to charge
nf r n r. Al
Railroad with Intent to steal.
the larceny OF several pairs of pants and pocket
book belonging 10 Margaret pougherty. Mrs.
bed one night ABOUT ii ococf leaving several
Of pants belonging 70 customers, on the noor and
pocket-book had been stolen.
Mike Smith. When she spoke to he defendant about
them he said he knew nothing Of It, 6nt he would see
Soon afterwards Smith sent back one pair OF pants,
Evidence Of the SefeDdanTs Intimacy with shief
there was none Of his completely IN the thefs .,,,
and battery upon Rose Mealy. Mrs Mea having a
months maTed The pTSoneT shor me ag
she IeGeIyed intelligence OF the fact that Mesly had
it true, he acknowledg that It was, she then
VICE. WIFE and when he discovered this he gave her most
George Williams colored was convicted of charge
OF the larceny of clothing belonging TO William
I6e eIothinG store no 10 H. second street. and asked
to look at sult of clothes Mr.. Jacobs allowed him
admiration at the excellent fit. The defendants COM
| paniOn knocked him down and the TWO away.
But the defendant soon brought back him with
| the same clothes on him.
| DlSTPICT COURT-JudRe HAre-The Vulcan Oil
| aud Mining Com panY Henry Simons and William
II. Weeks, This is an action to recover "a 900 under
the following aeeations-In me winter OF 1870 the
| defendants organized the abOve-named company TO
operaie on certain lands in this State, and in West
| Virginia These lands the defendants stated We're 20
bt purchased OF the original ers at oOO aud this
sum was given to The defendanis by the Company TO
purchase them with. This land belonged 70 the de.
before the forming OF the Compan', at sum not
oeeding sl6 OtO and perhaps not more than 81 900
1he defendants therefore In reality. paid not
tn e5 for the land and appropriated the balance
| to themselves. On trial.