The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-18
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS-Judge Brew
ster-Mary Phillips pleaded guityto charge ofassaut
an old and apparently feeble lady, and Mary Philips
is large, pOrtly dame of about forty-hve summers
hhe most peculiar feature Of whose face was very
Thomas Morrison was charged with the larceny OF
towels, valued at sixty cents, the property OF
Thomas Farley, one of the proprietors of the La
Mr.. Farley testified that Morrison had been an
end 10y nsoner ON Ssncon his roo@
was searche and two towels belonging to the house
The defense alleged that these towels had been
loaned to The he by the suPdEesS $ Ss of the
lege Of doing this, and thought he received them
rendered verdict Of guilty OF receiving stolen goods
knSw6g them to have sea 6eep SeP Glen the larceny Of
watch, the properly of Mr. Sailor Mr.. sailor testified
that he had repesiedy been losing
defendant stopped coming to the house after that
One of the chambermsids of the boarding
testified that she saw the prisoner come from Mr.
sailors room one day and she went IN Immediately
policeman testified TO having arrested the pri-
Mr.. Dwight Assistant District Attorney said there
was no evidence TO connect this defendant with the
Leopold Ns Th assault and battery
on the 31st OF January last, the deendant tavern
keeper, came 10 his workshop in Howard street.
him sign paper making himself responsible for
defendant struck him in the mouth with an nkstand.
Wagner. An action to recover for watch alleged
to have been taken from plaintiff by defendant,
when the former was private In a regiment of which
the latter was colonel. Verdict for plaintiff $500.
Ezra X CoRkln VS. Theodore Adams. An action
to recover damages for deceit alleged to have been
practised by defendant upon plaintiff The allega-
tion that plaintiff bought an Interest in a firm
of which defendant was a member, the interest
being 100000 for which 100000 paid in liquor
and $4,000 in cash: and when plaintiff came to settle
the assets he had bought, he found many of tn
bad, some persons who represented as indebted
this firm saying they had any dealings with
it. others that indebted1 to them; and this
the defendant knew at the time he sold the assets
On trial.
HEARING BEFORE UNITED STATES COMMIs-
sIoNER HIBLER.-A. Becker was charged with
aiding and abetting in the removal Of distilled
spirits other than to a honded warehouse.
James ]. Brooks testified that he visited the
defendants premises, No 526 South Sixth street.
yesterday morning, and saw him there; saw
three barrels of whisky on the sidewalk, that
were rolling one into the store the wagon
had the name of a, Becker on 1t; | saw,
fIom the inspection marks on the
barrel, what l believed to be q fraud; the
marks were "P. McDonough, DlstIlery In
spector. Fourth District, Pa: Il. W. Sutton dis
tiller, = gallons, = proof, inspected llth OF
March, 1867, the brand U. s., u. S. bonded
warehouse, tax paid" The absence of the serial
numbers of gallons and the above proof, in
dicated TO me the tax hadn't been paid; spoke
! chased the spirits by sample; and that the man
| had borrowed his wagon to bring the spirits
| there; he didn't know who the party was; left
the spirits in he place ,andwent TO the collection
| paid, and found that j. w. Sutton had not paid
! the tax; 1 returned TO defendants place of busi
! ness and found that all the marks on all the
! barrels had been tampered with; some one had
! been trying to erase the distiller's name.
The defendant was held in $1,000 bail to answer
| at Court,