The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-28
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Judge Brewster
Of ns udss
ihis p9Inlng charged me lury. DiVIdng ihs cn,e n
law sppl cable 10 It, and the evidence"S % nstacssS
n ybs sRert% pH'a that ae hs de-
iesd.,, had been sane but had wsap stated
seie TO !. Ike pfopef care OF himself or manage MS
ass 1na e Ss st s sy fn' w.s .S 1 se'
tss,S Ia,ops1 aaa epl'ied 10 hs liberty aad CON,
isvo! oi the deiendanTs sanI y and Il was Tor the
Hm~eA ia%ption 81 e%ldenss ''' q lnssnisy Pas As
IN IN favor OF ne aepd but ths aa0
The doubt did no apply here IS In criminal cases the
ihat Won! d 1oI adult or the possibility q q aauOt;
tle mad been sane bat had become insane.
learned on The SUBJECT hut in nearly every Instance
HIS losS s To be-
was the power-menta power-oi the alleged lunstic;
10 Ugh. snd ayod wrong He did not mean that M all
FS Ss s S he
same bad srei oisssss or Other ' aasSsSs S
Gisee Pesw; @ ep right and wrong could not properly
iane@es Of Since period aessd ds
PrSiecs which Tere dee deemed chi%erssl Inc Tae
libe ious letters. tn. making OF ridiculous will tbs
detailed to prove hi but
the nry were to say whether tney were satisfactory
tate his removal from society and continem .nt IN
upon the oath OF his son, the defendant had been
summoned to appear upon the charge OF carrying
ON The day fixed the defendant appeared but the
81 bs aa nS ana 10 the ns ,.oa II r
,nr,ter nearing but when the day Of the iu-thee
wss present The lattsl under q commitment OF a
be- tai en- ayst to The Xmhouse. aud Ihsa to DR..
Kirkbrloes 1osane Asylum and hts insanity then
he were a lu. attic the Common eslh was oonoerned
on na M sn s FOR 0ef eTS a o
fepsP committeo appsrenty all and then hurried
lam. nth be done with %psnity, our BlIi Of
Rsh,s snd ,. G9USti.ution were 1 IL Ike 80 maen waste
ing r.proof to Dr. Krkbride or any OF the physi
proof But the defendant had offered as excuse for
been msicl3usly locked up In q station House cell
psIIment OF iho AImsh6use, and then to the w5rst
ward OF Dr. Kirk BRIDES Establishment, surrounded
suit Of conspiscy on part Of nj. faulty My 'W Whoss
Lis vile Her Tom her sSsis Ssoof' TO
The array oI vi nesses examined on each side wss
innate with MS family and medical meS had tsssi'
ms m srss %ap OF whose
SSsI sp6 n sSpgsd @ rSm isT 70 many years. and also
The jury was 10 scan closely every aspect Of the
case, ald they be isVed the defendant un Ound In
mind and d. subject for restraint they should aud
for me p'alnth II they were not 30 satisfied they
SbOulc fnd for the defendant.
A ftsr short de liberation the jury rendered YER
dlCt for The defendant.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT-Judge Cad
walaoeh-Cpen the c1nv lotions had durins the week,
tencts were his morning imposed
. George Brarson, four months Imprisonment and
fine OF tiOV0.
kichsei McNsmars, six months Imprisonment
John Mooney four months Imprisonment.
Jamfs NOOnAn four months imprsOnm nment.
James Br' wn, five months imprisonment
John McVey, six months imprisonment.
The HeeaRn Homicide.
COURT OF ON Err AND TERMINER-Judges
PeiTce and LudOw--ln empaneling n jury 10 try the
case OF Gerald Eaton Tor the murder OF Timothy
HeenAD ON ihe 18th OF June last, only nine Jurors
we've obtained from the regular panel: aud by t1e
direction Of the Court special venre OF hfy names
was issued which was returned by the
sheriff this moraing, Charles w. Brooke.
Hsa.; on behalf OF the prisoner however: moved 70
quash this special order. unon the ground OF iufor
the wheel did not draw them sepAr ateiy, the
law requires but IN large namb also he drew
large nun beTs OF folded slips from the wheel con.
aDIng the OF able IN placed there
TO be chO for jurors TO the extent OF hundred
more, and place them before the Crier for him to
mai bs selections and enter them upon the minutes
iUr the ver ire to be made T. ON.
Trough Ober ErOnndh were laid. the foregoing
were those upon which the Court consented to quAsh
ire stray and discharge the gentlemen summoned
Ths ehe n W "A an monsa Into CaaYt and dIr0ctad