The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-11
LEGAL INTELL1aENCE.

LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUARTER sBss1oNs-Judse Lud-
Michael FSisy pleaded guilty % charge q carrying
last Ted pistol n Re pes h az TSRte S
Shipoeni He was soon afterwards arrested and
10 three months in the County Prison 'o-'en'eu
charge the aeeng Of %aoR Bo6snfs s9gg to
Adams He had served time in the House Of Re.
mse to into ADAMS hTsS hosse use s6d nd
steal away his watch Sentenced to eight months in
John Hsmilton tcolored) was convicted Of a charge
H Mr. sob oF Sn %
nass @ S % % % Th sT %eas o S up and
vest and while Mr. HuTsch exhibiting his goods
agreed to buy and took them away without eher
PAYNE az & or Idsa Seng a} e pay for then
them entered the defendants mind after he had con
for him the taking would have been no LARCENY for
him. but Il this mater of BUYING was oniy ntsSded
as trick, and the defendant originally intended TO
jury found by rendering verdict Of guilty Sentenced
TO tho County Prison for six months.
Peer hocko was charged with fOrcibe entry and
detslner The prosecutor was In legal possession Of
TO attend to the business he carrying there
oversee and manage all his affairs 10 that c2nnection.
fondSnt he went & to the premises one morning and
sale, and having the defendants name beneath the
He eimmediately went to a neghboring house and
demanded possession Of the premises, and the de-
he made a like demand, but never on the premises
and always with the same success.
STonEuS wihSed noun the RS0PSSS @
Whch as Mr. BwSh Sd Is tbe eEv r &
criminal side Of this oense, and. therefore, the jury
Robert aiToy' alias James kTs Forge,an was con-
Sre Of St sSo 6sfe a he ny and h
crime went TO MI: HO6man's clothing house, and
room to light his cigar. and engaged that gentemans
b ION IN IN business oonVeTssISn ms accompce at
and and, when faYoraole opportunity offered both
This is only one OF q series Of thefts which this
man and his confederate have lately committed by
this same system. HI was yesterday convicted upon
three bills of like ofenses, Sentenced to the
Is to in be w
HnIteT 4 ne ,Pi pears the astGs % or owen Murray
qSeny sugar tss5o oS fSs' aS GnIsS Ss
John Wallace was convicted Of the same ofrense,
Jesse Garsners warehouse in Front street was en-
Williams, Wallace and third boy We're arrested IN
the immediate neighborhood and burglarious toos
TONED by the ocsrs sald he did not steal sugar
eoS 9HS princpa
larceny OF an Umbrella valued at $3.50 belonging
Peter Monegan. Sentenced to County Prison for
T6e bu,iness of the day was concluded in an hour
an9 He tPis
Frank VS.. Major Whitesdes and stephen Whitesldes;
two head Of cattle alleged to have been lost while at
ETHEf Mh S6G
vs. The American Lie Insurance Company Before
'@INETIfTTE @GNTTED 81 STATES CIRCUIT CoURT-Judges GrIer
and Cadwalader-Brob Brooch ct al. Before re-
CAPTAIN BROWNS CONTEMPT OF COURT.
COURT OF QUARTER SES= =IONS-Judge Peirce.
n aSe Of SG sSe had
viii be remembered that Captain A. NJ Brown, Of the
pEsGn f.. OF or IL making an
g %aSdGg him 10 prSdacs the BODY Of William
Lewis Hamilton. and in refusing to obey
10 New YORK by writ OF habeas corpus ad testldcan.
GyinR aamton Upon charge Of deserton: That Ss
Was Sfterw ards passed into custody o the stale
sS% SSdse q ns T"sd tass
Sen tbe %aaG was SpopSht beoFe Sm eeISy
rtmanded him back 70 the State Courts of Pennsyl
70 6e was @ 70
SO long as he continuedi in contempt OF Court.
Brown appearing to purge himself Of the contempt by
States District attorney GIlipiu Who with MT. Val
entns acted ;i on behalf @ Of CAPTAIN Brown he was
III that Thsa S hso h. %SSs return e the writ o.
or Control he was truly unaware that the boy was il
the y: he meant disobedlenOe TO the writ or dis
been placed il his PGSltlen By Want
Judge Pecs said IN reply that Wss exceedingly
cecate tor him 70 commit to jail for contempt 50
glad the Captain had tah advantage OF the Oppof
tpnity 70 PngGs himself tOr thereby he had brought
he be discharged from imprisonment.
Hamcn moved the Court that CAPTAIN BrS%n b
held to answer charge OF perjury, In making cor.
rupt and false return 10 the writ of habeas corpus
and Rked that Hamilton should be sworn 10 dispToye
| the Captains statement, and show why the motion
| should be granted.
The Judge answered that the application was out o
order and he would prefer IL to be made regularly.
The hearing the writ for the discharge of III anil
ton was then taken up. The mother testified thai
the TelAtOr under the OF eighteen years and
had enlisted without her consent, His sister aisC
testified to his minority.
On the part Of the respondent Sergeant BiRloVv
olonel Park Private Rival, and Sergeant Wilson
testified that Hamilton had been regularly
according 10 the rules and regulations of the recruit
ing service; and that he had been held In New Yorl
on charge Of desertion II was then proposed to of
evidence of the proceedings before the Court
| Martial before which Hamilton had beef
tried and that those proceedings were not con
cludsd, until which II argued thls Court could no
proceed. But this was objected to the ground tina
there was record of the proceedings In the court
martial, and, besides, such evidence would be IL
The case was then continued until tomorrow +
enable the respondent to produce certain Witnesses