New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-13
THE CIVIL COURTS.

A still, seized at No. 122 Clinton place Co.'S
grove claimant also ordered BY verdict OF jury "
be for violation Of the Internal Revenue laws
The claimant failed TO appear
The suit of Anna Hull, the old lady who was
injured she getting on one OF the secondsye cars
as turning into the Depot at Sixty third ST. 70
suited In verdict in favor OF the plantif Tor $1,000
The creditors of Alfred Beardsley, q bank
rup opposed his discharge and fled specifications Ihs
vague and general and ordered reference 10 Register
Allen, In case Of either party desiring additional ses-
mony.
A distillery in Forty-eighth-st. was seized in
January last for violation Of the laws, and
suit being commenced for condemnation, Benjamin Der
that tho proprietor kept his books improperly aud had
his receiving eseTns Improperly constructed Tho jury
found for the Government condemnng the establishment
and contents
In the United States District Court, before
Judge Blatchford the jury rendered verdict In favor
OF the Government against dlstlery ia FUrtyegbth
ST. which seized In January last because tho owner
did not keep correct returns OF the quantities Of spirits IN
the csterns q record OF the mash" IL also
claimed that occasion there ground for si--
pcion that the dstlery had been USED in manufaotur
ing spirits Of which the books contained no entries
In the Superior Court, before Justice Bar
bour, In the of Kuhn and Lass agt stephens and
sharps administrators verdict rendered for the
Company The plaintiff is a boy, or years old. and
and was run over BY ono Of tine comgany,s cars a.
ton became necessary. The defendants claim contfbu
tory negligence the part Of the boy Case stl on.
In the Court of Common Pleas the case Of
Judge Barrett. The plaintiff sought to recover hs COM
mission upon the sale Of house IN West Foryafth ST.
ises for $500 allowing HIM 70 retain any excess Of THAI
house but defendant refused agree the sale upon
the terms originally stipulated desringa higher price,
Plaintiff sought to recover discrimination The case
not concluded.
In the Superior Court, before McCunn, Jacob
Markson sued 10000 damages from Levi Calm
and Joseph Trod for false imprisonment The plsinn
gary their premises IN April last but was discharged
BY the MAGISTRATE when the case yas examined Tho
him he had called on them some time after the bur
gary promising TO the stolen property II they
would give him SIS aud abstain from legal proceedings
The case was dismissed.
The Supreme Court Of the United States 1T
Gently announced an opinion IN WI case where he s
States for the District Of Maryland The decree OF the
latter reversed, and the case was remanded
with directions to enter decree Diminishing the bill Of
complaint for want OF Jurisdiction, without prudcet !"
proper The main point for this decision is, that
citizen Of the District OF Columbia the citizen OF ter
rtory does not come under that clause the Constitution
relative 10 the powers OF the Judiciary which includes
between citizens OF different states, while several OF
the defendants concerned In the viii residents OF tho
District Of Columbia. Associate Justices Clifford and
Fed and the Chief Justice dsented from the opinion of
ss the ground %ss taken that he mooa made to
dismiss should be denied for the reason that according
be brought in equity as at common law, and that
citizens Of the United States could be declared
Josiah Carpenter bankrupt, was under ex.
animation before Register ftcn. lie
an adjourned meeting the 18th inst sending Letter In
which excused his absence by stating that he had had
his great nail cut The counsel for the creditor on
this bankrupt made an affidavit he had called at tho
bankrups house the evening OF the 7th and learned
that had out all day, ard he the COUNSEL there
fore asked Register certify the facts 10 the Court
order that the bankrupt might be punished for con-
tempt. Register Fitch certified that the last examine
ton was on the +th inst was adjourned To
tho 18th. and on account OF the bankrupts toe
nail growing into the flesh, requiring II to-
be cut out, he did not attend that day, but sent
letter saying that unable TO put his boot
that adjourned the day % enable the bank
rupt obtain physicians certificate 70 the state OF
his toe that creditors counsel dep0sed that he had
called bankrupts house and found no had been ala
day; that he Itoh. not believing bankrupt would de-
ceye him. went TO his house, and he came iimping
slowly down stairs" he examined his foot. ani found
that bankrupts letter not In the least exaggeratod
painful to great degree Mr.. Fitch further adds that
there was great bitterness Of feeling between the ator
neys and Fitch had only been able 10 use moral force
10 check them having 10 power commit for improper
conduct Judge Blatchford decided that the bankrups
had done nothing to warrant proceedings aElns MN "s