Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-27

LAW COURT-H s.. Ice, Judge.-Ir
this Court the trial Of the case OF John.
ION vs. Wicks ct a., CONTINUED during
the entire day yesterday, the Court be
ing occupied with the testimony for the
license. New witnesses srs being sub
m 1aed, and 1t is the intention of the
plaintiff, under the ruling Of the Court
yesterday, to introduce a large amount
o rebutting evidence in regard to the
history and conduct Of what was known
As " the Committee OF Safety" To-day
Il motion day but the Court will enter
tain no motion, except where il is neces-
,sry to,prevent serious injury. The case
NV Oh trial will be resumed as soon as
Court convenes.
TIE ABOVE case is an action Of trespass,
brought by Benjamin Johnson, the
,lsintiff, against Freezer Titus, VIM. B
Greenlsw, ST., A. Woodruff, Eugene
MGgeveny, and others, who composed
what was known IS the Vigilance Com
mittee OF Committee Of Safety " 10 the
winter and spring Of 1861 and 1862,
and also against M. j. Weeks,
President, and w. II. Mcclure, Cashier
of the Bank of Memphis. Poe plaintiff
lays his damages at one hundred thou
sand dollars. he charges the Safety
CBhLAAAlLLEE AL AGAoo mp A5OhLAbuN III
srrestiDg and OBTAINING him in the city
Of Memphis during the month Of Febru-
sry, 1852; and be charges all the defend
ants with trespass, in seiziug and con
vertiDg SI5,l2S 90 in gold. Johnson was
6 stesmbostmsE, and had been trading
st the various landings below Cairo, and
the Arkansas aud White rivers, and
10 the winter Of 1S6I-'62 had come South
for the purpose OF collecting money due
him for goods which he had sold. By
this means he became possessed OF large
amounts OF Southern money Of various
kinds, and knowing that the same would
be OF no use to him in st. Louis, he
bought gold with it. While s~ndeavoring
10 get TO st. Louis from the South, he
procured passage on the steamer Ken
lucky, which was lying at Memphis, and
about TO start up the river, when be
was arrested by some D who appeared
10 be q Confederate military officer,
bis gold seized, and deposited in the
Memphis Bank, and be taken before the
= Committee Of Saiety.n Gen. Polk,
WHO wRs commanding at Columbia 81
hat time, had issued orders prohibiting
expectation Of gold north Of the line Of
occupation by the C~oBfedeTstes.
Johnson finally accepted exchange
lFaits on new OEAcAHS III lieu u lis kulus
These drafts were protested, and he now
lesks to recOver damages for false i'm
and the seizure OF MS gold.
johnson claims that Col. Titus, the
President Of the COMMITTEE of Safety"
present at the time of his arrest,
md that the Committee authorized the
sking and seizure OF the gold. He also
claims that he went with Larry Harm
tad, ESQ, TO said bank and demanded
his gold, and wss refused. He claims
that he accepted the exchange
IN New Orleans in lieu OF receipts, and
he could get 40 other evidence
# the conversion OF the gold. The de-
endants claim that johnson wss ar
,ested by one of Gen. Poik's detectives,
!cting under his order Issued for the pur-
Jose of preventing gold from being
mUggled through the lines. That the
.old was deposited by said detective in
he Memphis Bank, and that the action
4 the vigilance committee was only ad-
being given 70 the detective sub
eeuent to the arrest.