The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-04
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

Supreme COurt.-Chief Justice Woodward,
Judgments were given in the following cases:-
skilten VS.. Mason. Judgment affirmed. Opt
Snyder VS.. CARNEY. Judgment of Common
Pleas reversed, and Judgment of the Alderman
affirmed. Opinion by Woodward, Q. j.,
Rich VS.. Keyser Judgment reversed. Opt
Mon by Woodward, G. J.
Boyd VS. Negley. Decree affirmed. Opinion
The following cases were argued
Born VS.. Turnpenny, Clark VS.. Dorter. Fitlow
VS. FitloWi submitted on paper books, Duff VS..
Fitzwater.
Court OF Quarter seSsions-Judge Lud-
lOw.-This was the first day of the February
term, and consequently great part of the time
was taken up in forming the grand and petit
juries. William w. Graham, Esq, was APP
pointed foreman of the Grand Inquest. One
gentleman summoned to serve on this jury was
excused on the ground of ignorance of the Eng
lish language. In the instruction of the Court
to the Grand Inquest, his Honor Judge LuuloW
Said:-
The unusually great press OF business upon
this Court would not warrant the taking up OF
the time of the jury in a long address. The oath
Just administered to the foreman and his brother
jurymen was of peculiar nature. 1t enjoined
upon them the strictest secrecy as to their pro-
Ceedings. In fact, it is a miSdemeanor for any
member OF the Grand Jury to divulge to any
one, except the foreman and other members.
anything that transpires in their room. In the
office they assumed, and the responsibilities
they would have to beer, they were placed apart
nom other men of the community. They would
have to act wit the greatest impartlality, judg-
Inent and cOolness,
Their duty was to ward Off from the citizen
all unjust charges, and to present To the Court
all bills which are sustained by prima facie
evidence of the truth of the charges contained
in them. They were to throw Off all personal
feelings iand prejudices; to be actuated by no
opinion-social political, or religious; to deter
mine causes by the law and the evidence, and
bv these alone. An impure, wrong act delibe-
ratey done by the Grand Jury room would cor
rupt Justice at its fountain head.
4 most fearful, determined struggle between
right and wrong, virtue and vice, law and order,
is now going on in this country, and unless the
torrent of crime is instantly checked, it will
sOon-very soOn-sweep away from the land all
,rp consider good For the first time in the his
torv of the Eastern PenitentIary, every cell is
cTowded: and the saddest fact OF all is that over
trO-thiTdS of the inmates are under Twenty-Five
Young men with their future entirely blasted
| almost before attaining the age of manhood! |
! attribute this, though may mistake, to a want
! ol proper training OF our young men, and TO the
! abstraction of the apprentice system. 1t is true
| that the demorailzlng enect OF war always fol-
lows its close; but Ihls state OF affairs was seen
before the opening Of the late war Now a
Young man or woman, scarcely out of the age of
infancy, considers himself or herself the master
! of mis- or her actions. Neither parental disci-
! pine, nor the firm hand of master, restrain
u" AS soon as their days work is over they are
thrown en- mdSSe upon society; they resort to
| low dens of gambling and prostitution, become
! no selfIespect and so hasten to theirinevitable
| destruction. A movement has been made in
| fhe right direction, namely, the erection of
| House of Correction, an intermediate place be-
| tween the almshouse and the prison, u home for
| warrants, where they may receive a beneficial
| roising and education, and from which they
| may be restored to society.
| At present II is proper that our attention
| should be particularly directed TO the three
| hundred prison cases found upon the calendar
| The inspectors OF the County Prison and their
| agents do all they can to relieve the prison by
| dischargng those persons confined upon trivial
| charges, such as vagrancy, etc. Frequently
| Innocent citizens are imprisoned upon false
| churges, and IL is our duty to relieve such per-
| sons who are too poor TO enter bail
After a few remarks as TO their duties, etc.
the Court dismissed the Jurors to their room.
| District COurt-Judge Stroud.-Aaron &
| Co. VS.. Marcus Koenlngheim, executor of
| MoritZ Lewson, deceased. An action on a pro-
| missory note. Verdict for plalntiff, sl08S.42
| John Kennedy VS.. Gustavus G, Logan An
action on promissory note. Verdict for plain
| tiff, Sl40S'88.
| James Gebhart VS.. Hannah's Gap OIL Com
| pany. Verdict by agreement for plaintiff $780,
| William Kelley VS.. Charles Sewer Verdict
| by agreement for plaintiff, $287l9,
1 Edwin Greble vs. Henry X. BeWrIth. An
action on q promissory note. On trial.