The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-24
Legal INTELLIGENCE.
Court of Qunrter sessIons.

This morning Judge Ludlow began session for the
trial of bail cases list Of twelve being before
the Court to be positively disposed OF unless post
pOned upon strictly legal ground.
James Stephenson and Andrew Field col0red,
convicted Of the larceny of clothing. They
were arrested early one morning recently with lot
OF shirts in their possession. one OF which was
Identified bv gentleman aS his.
William Echard was convicted Of entering a resi-
dence with intent TO STEAL having been found be-
hind the door Of one OF the rooms in the house at
night
Thomas Ryan, a boy, was charged with robbery.
Thomas Welsh testified that about O'Clock last
Monday night, as he was passing the corner OF
Second and Lombard streets, he was attacked 10y
crowd OF young men, Of whom Ryan was One and
his watch snatched from his pocket, ana the
parties ran away He had seen the defendant before,
and readily recognized him. The defendant pro-
duced two of his companions, who testified that from
~ O'Clock until 9T OF this night he sitting at
South street wharf. The jury found him guilty.
Silas Fuller was put on trial charged with viola
uon OF the act OF February Ii, 1865, relating TO the
sale OF proper petroleum or Kerosene in the city OF
Philadelphia.
ned that he visited the defendants place of business,
No. 1929 Market street, and found there can con
tanning what was called combination burning mud.
lie took it TO his office, applied the tests TO it, and
found that il was benZine, product Of petroleum;
in fact 1t was the miammable portion of petroleum.
Mr.. Fuller told him that IL was benZinc having drugs
in it, used as burning nuid, and he had orders
| for il from various groceries in the city.
The experiment TO find its quality resulted in
proving that il went Off cold merely by placing a
match several inches above it, The experiment
caused his Ofice 20 be nearly burned and his hands
also. An illustration of this given TO the jury,
| in which the gentleman burned himself for their
satisfaction II would even 90 OF without fire in
close room. The act requires the Oil TO be Of l10
degrees Fahrenheit and this of course was far below
| that
being merely an impurity which had been extracted
| from oil, and therefore did not come within the
/ meaning OF the statute on trial.
| u. -. District COurt-.IudGe Cadwaiader.
This morning the cOlOred sailor, Lewis Callas, was
put upon trial. charged with assault and battery
with intent to outrage the person Of Annie Camp
| q
| from an orphans asylum in CardH, South Wales,
by the captain Of the brig Lincoln, to be his chamber
| maid. The case has already been noticed In onr
local columns, and its details are unit for pubca
| tion. On trial.
| District Court, No. Judge Thayer.
| Stremmell VS.. GOdbcch, ct a. sci ia. on mort
| gage Before reported. Verdict Tor pialntin'
Harry c. Clay, assignee Of Hamilton McCuI VS..
| William Gladding. sci. IA on mortgage. on
District Court, No. 2-Judge Hare.
| Grniths VS.. Lyle. An action TO recover damages
| for an alleged failure on the part OF one OF the
| Sherns deputies to execute writ. Verdict for
| plantn, sG0095.
| Francis Lambader and wife vs. Conrad Graw. An
action to damages for assault and battery
| alleged to have been committed upon Mrs. Lambader
| by the defendant The defense denied having used
| violence. jury out.
| and q. ii. Armbruster, garnshee. An attachment
| execution. On trial.
| Court of Common Plens-,Iudges Peirce and
| This morning,the case of the Superintendents OF
| Highways in the Twenty-second Ward vs. The City
| mandamus commanding defendant TO pay over
moneys, alleged to De in his hands, and to be due
The defendant answered that he held no moneys
due TO plaintiffs that their warrants were not coun-
tersgned by the City Controllers ana that tnere was
nothing upOn the books OF the Receiver OF IaXes 10
| show What part of the taxes OF the Twenty-sec0nd
ward was owing 10 plaintiffs; and that Councils had
made no appropriation I9r theH+