New-York tribune., 1867-05-30
CIVIL COURTS.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT-MGs so-Bofore
MIR. Justice NhIHON.


MIR. Justice NELSON
pRpBABIE FINAL DISPOSITION or THE LITIGATION
ARISING OUT on THE FORREST DIVORCE CASE.
Edwin Forrest hnying as apparently q LAST resort
applied for Injunction to restrain Catharne N SIN
clair, formerly his wife, from collecting Juns1nens ~
ana tho application, alTcady reported having Decn
denied fna decree, follows has been enteeo' M
At q stated term OF the Circuit Court OF INC OnlSu
States of America. for the Southern Distct OF New oh.
in the Second Circuit held in the CITY OF oa 0 ni
Monday tho twenty seventh day Of May IN the year OIL
Lord thousand eight hundred ana sikty sever;
Present: The Honorable Samuel Nelson. az ASSOCIATE
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of the United States,
E~1 Forrest p,nr a os,hne sinclair, ,a Ted BY sD9s" Ss Ss%s
The plaintiff in this cause having obtained upon nis
bill Of complaint. flied therein an order Iht tno uecnu io
OH day OF June 1885 at If o'clock the forenoon why
temporary Injunction should not Issue % III ~ % 'ho saiJ
against dciGndanta pursuant TO the prayer o' '0 '
hnd on he return OF sa order to show cause the said
hill Of complaint having been read and an aih1avt OF no
said defendant Caharnc ~ Sinclair duly verified on tho
9th day OF Jre in the year 1905 before Richard e. stu
and John Van Burcn and james r. Brady esQs of coun
scior the said plaintiff having been heard Ia Support OF
and Nelson Chase Solicitor for tho said defendant,
Catharine N Sinclair, having been heard In Opposition
This Court doth now order that the SAID order to show
cause bo and the same hereby is diScharged a9a n s
and same hereby doned with cssas TO Do paid by
the said plaintiff M snnTaa cpf Of the United
Ii viii be seen by the above that almost two years have
cause and the for injuncionthe Court having
thus had ample time to consider the matter and to
arrive at conclusion which will probably DO nhaliy
Before Judge SHrMAH.
coHyIcTIoS or 5oDGEnnA ,,., I rEGgIfsG s o CASE
The defendant, Foster. was placed on tIlai on an
Indictment charging him. Jointly with the other defend
cate OF deposit Of the amount Of s22T for tho purpose
OF dcfraudng tho United States and with having pre-
The defendant, ST. John, pleaded guilty some time
since, and stands remanded for sentence
,.at I'm pke a n III
ngton d. G., made deposits In tho Treasury Department.
of Washington. in December. 1854, and in 1862 to the
the certificate in question being one OF them That IN
ls on the day Mrs Surratt hung. all these certii
i'm Apr 1906 Foster presented the certificate In question
10 Wilson Dcenlorf broker OF this city tobcoashed rep
rcsonting that o had been soldier in the Union army
had loft his money with Mrs Burke for safe keeping and
that she had deposited IL n nc her name r rs Ro
to appear Tho other defendant st. John. subsequently
clmc 10 Mr.. Defcndor with defendant Ios.cn. and
Size ,osf john then indorsed tho certificate,
payable tc order Of Poster Defcndorf then ind3rsed
of the certificate Mrs Burke had given notice TO the
Treasury Department OF her lo, and payment accord
ngly was refused Foster in tho mean time, had OBJ
taned from Dccnorf about $500 In advance OF the Gk-
pected payment steps immediately taken Tor ths
arre, Of Foster and St john st. John was soon FOUND
aud arrested but Foster having shortly before been sent
TO Blackwolls Island for short term hs reease was
awaited before his arrest took place In The mean tlpo
an officer went him in the Pcnitentary, when he
confessed his guilt IN presenting ana iofsg snT 'o GER
The question as TO theft Of the bonds was not In the
Foster sthe paramour OF ST. John. lie sa conrse hard
rough looking man. and his chcre annie is Similar s'ye
OF woman strange contrast to tins wellnatcnea par
was tho real wife Of FOscr-a very respectable ana hdy-
like looking woman, who seemed entirely absorbed win
the proceedings Of the trial sitting by the SIDE OF ner
husband manifesng the utmost soctude about the
issue OF tho case Ia another part of tho room SAT St
John weeping bitterly Foster paying no attention 10 her.
IL was strange sight 10 see this miserable tro unner
these circumstance and the behavior OF the wife fnr-
nshed striking instance OF q wOmans devotion to her
husband In spite OF his crime Disgrace. and above ALL 10
a wife. his gross unfathfulness To her. .
Tho Jury found defendant guilty without leaving their
seats and ho was remanded for sentence.
United states tAttOrDey Samuel G.. Courtney
and Assistant United States DsrictAtt0rney Joseph
BELL for tho United States John Staples for defendant