The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-10
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUARTER sEssIoNs-Judse Ludlow
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nails valued az so cents The prosecutor. considering
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the bill was submitted without evidence.
baee At The institution Of proceedSss u against the ne
defendant, the prosecutor did honestly believe that
well Injury done himself but after mature de, e
had not really done crminaI act. and therefore the
charge preferred against him was unfounded. He
was submitted without evidence.
nc Charles Hiss was acquitted Of charge of larceny
sing prison. and has, day after day, been brought
appear show that he hSd nSs Sro1nds % for sasSnS 20
This man TO lai land for accusing him of the base
Dues the bill was submitted without evidence in the
Patrick CahiII a boy Of eleven years, was charged
With the larceny Often apples together vspei St ten
seal Them M rom SPRUCE street wharf and was ar,
band ojuvenile thieves lnfest the wnarf aud market
at Spruce street, and their extensive. but cunning
ana SSe goods Ois Sng
e b & Re Boys Sge was as PerdsG and the
so young even though the act be proven, and the
Patrick -Donahue was convicted Of charge of the
aIeeny Of goods belonging to George Tressler. The
red and fiery did firmly believe that ne the true
verse; he had lived long enough to know tuat he
Acting under this belief he took roll Of muslin
from the door Of Tressers store at Second and Bea-
yer streets and about to start off when Tressler
his newborn but strange faith. Nor would be be
yinced that his study OF lifetime had LED him into
oeep error until the powerful argument of police
man was brought 10 bear upon him; but then he
He stated the jury that the evil spirits he had
cnmmuned with had made him happily oblivious and
matter.
Henry Diedrick was charged with assault and
battery upon William splcer The evidence was that
the DEFENDANT, driving beer wagon, ran into and
broke Spcer's wagon in the street Spicer complained
TO the deel dAnts employer and that gentleman sent
the defendant to deliver 10 him of his own
wagons to uae until the broken wagon should be re-
paired The defendant. when he arrived at SpIcer'S
mouse, raised an alteration with him and committed
savage assault and battery upon him. Verdict
Michael Toner was acquitted of charge or adu cry
The D'll was submitted without evidence.
Peter Bowen was acquitted of q charge OF assault
and battery upon Ann Bowen. The prosecutrix did
not appear, and the bill submitted without evil
dence. This mans face is we'll known in this Court.
He has been before the Court repeatedly, time
upon charge of assault and battery upon his wife,
and sometimes the same upon his daughter, and in
several instances the evidence offered in support OF
these charges have shown the most barbarous and
uel conduct on hishpart
and AXE pity u1cn him, and he has often got off:
and many times before a weeks had passed he
would appear In the dock, charged with the same
ofense upon the same persons.
To day was his first appearance In this case.
Joseph Thomas, gentleman upwards of
seventy years OLD was charged with assault and bat
went one morning into the defendants house to
the OF her sisters child that to be Inferred
that day; and while she standing at the bedside
the defendant came Into the and rudely pushed
The defense alleged that the lady was visiting the
body at untimely hour, between and o'clock in
the morning, aud the old gent eman attempted to put
her out gently but she stumbled over q chair, and
blamed him for it, Verdict, not guilty