The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-14
LEGAL LNTELLIGENOE.
Third AND Fourth ward E;'ectiOn Cases
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them But ali these ensciments relate % the October
word sad IN essrd m &c %sat shall Be with
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Vaut under the custody OF the Mayor eld Recorder,
SRS wSeR e. SayoT ana DO Ss hs% iS
pn they merely Snsp comply osEyUns with the enact
After some intervening words, Mr.. Mann con-
These boxes are now in the custody Of the Mayor
and and they have isso 70 he me
election 70 be tried and ~ @ cSoarso try the
hST SnGs Of Mt ths NoVs@Ser s esop
one sEsns the the ocsTo O The boxes ae
vault a91 can they not ss be S rnsS
cannot be Obtained for suSh an USE ! say that they
OF no use whateyer There Is 10 these boxes tes
the guilty who have broken the laws; wehsye the
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cTsr vn RI
There are many grounds upon which should ask
&c sSs @
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10 the summons, has no right 10 commit for empt
chsoSs, the ere Recorder Continued
reoses of decssse
10 the community ~ ie'ge DON'T know, and Is OF
foTe sS1 Is was ReocrGe when was appOSte
of the city OF plladslphs found M me eauIs w and r
election q SSg sGGcE ssoo5 TeSsn s0s
wss 20 cSre0 ~d a. tsed % am eder 60
vault and the votes Of the e,ecoop @
@TsS opinion sPsn tine vsGs
with direction O with the b0Xes contain
ns the n The ofs 1 sed aSd
Fourth ward and the seysntn a ayon sd os 'ne me-
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order this or ss e 81 try %c
merits OF the elections refused therefore. in the
hee e sed hG IN ss sa@
s Se sS
In the jail of the county Qaughterf ask TO De ais
Nj. Mann said that the prosecution in the e case @
ssSe Ssisrs me pspeTs NOT being
took s ps rhs the EfSs
consFonentiy he was not committed for contempt
0gs HIS Honor Judge Pefss with
10 say fSS the aStoa o Recorder aivr
was in the highest degree com mendable; His sense
the custody these valuable papers most praise
Stating that he would take the Recorders own re
cogn zanGe tor mis- M next &
nsu tion raised until that time. 4
Opinion by Judge LudIOw-The Conduct
OF Magistrates.
COURT OF QUARTER sEssIoNs.Jndge Lud
lowTns morning in the Quarter @ Sessions the case
once. disposed or Jndgs tudlSw delivering the
The reator is an Alderman Of the city OF Phladel.
ps has hed +; Ss iS on @
the legality Of this commmsnt AT I. 1:
rsnder
hs hearing Of
writ, that the alderman had sued warrant for the
the patty having been arrested was Brought befer,
mate sa,sors, HS saw to hed him 70 ba ah'
sSss Ss
man demand g. the pre- as bail m
e e%ssstrste % demsndtS @ g I sSow W. what siysi %
s S Ssd m + he had
Ia % se o s
s @ not nor sss sf
S"p Iae papers the magistrate @ made cat oo@mtm IN
a the aeG hour of the day the
otthe prisoner produced at the AlderGsns office
ke in s hs snS
might p Ss 9Sd pSs bs IN ths
released saafa into Sas'0dSS hour "nf
sS nG that ep S Sus
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The fss Sasn and done snyln
TPil!y q f. Senss
The Alderman did right when he issued q warrant
n Ss IN s and daAsaE aa s
upon the return of The warrant. and h emsndet
bail in q reasonable amount.
of he sufoiency OF the bali had he done osherwis
he would have rendered himself liable to prosscu
and was The duty Of se sfS S to have
and lawful dem ands of The magistrate.
The Alderman had bee. been In his ofice during III,
In all this did he do that which Is lawful?
Saw Of this Commonwealth requires magistrate I,
remain certain length of time In his office; 1t 4
nary business hours. that fact might be some evi
dence TO go to the jury upon the question OF motive
Sence whatever OF an Intention do wrong. for tn
reason that he was not bound TO remain, and hst
auct resulted il the imprisonMent Of a &c Citizen
That may be so: but the citizen arrested is bount
magistrate satisfied with the ball offered wheI
the citizen Is not prepared 10 produce that evidence
Semsnd. Besides ali this, any Judge OF this q Gonr
would at once In 2 proper case direct ball 10 be en-
oY imnroner impI,sonmsnt n s nsa.s n ~
say that officer Of justice must necessarily consul
the convenence OF the prisoners kind; hearted an'
stances he ought SO 10 do but TO declare that becaus
he omi.s that which gentle anly proprety. benevo
he therefore subjects himself to Indictment 70
acIimina ofisnse, is to that which Is not the
A review of all the evidence produced has satIsfie
us thai In ali the acts of Alderman Riddle we canno
sence all evidence of motive other than that TO b
lawful acis done by magistrate IN the discharee
his duty so performsd from proper motive, tner
is absolutely nothing TO submit 20 Jury, aud tLer,
fore the relate must be discharged.
TORTURE.