The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-21
LEGAL INTELLIG ENCE.

Court of Quarter SessiOns-Judge Ludlow.
JIMMY HAGGERTY.
In this mans Yesterday afternoon, his counsel,
G. w. Brooke Esq, moved TO quash five of the six
bills OF indictment against him. just the Dis
trlct Attorney was about to nave MN arralgned.
The Court heard the argument Immediately, and this
morning Judge Ludlow gave the following decision,
from which the status OF the prisoner may be Scent
indctments% Motions have been made to Guash certain
% he ee w Es to nov S p R @
February sessions these indictments were found at the
In many cases it would be our duty to aGash bills found
no ae bv which he valves his Tht to make the motion
As matter Of law to be remembered that motion to
tanned upon the Gearest and plainest grounds Art l.
Geaver a7 r. 74 And When pubic policy and Just regard
for the Cd impartial r m min of nee n % T Would 6
ready ear to datory motion These bills found
have elapsed find by the record that the prisoner
only surrendered the very last day Of the April
Ra and 5 X R the a. Sa Se nr IN c6sr
refused to entertain motion to quash made by defend
after d & re Of hg h % Anf Tas @ the
point in courts since the adjournment yesterday
motion to quah refused by this court because of the
The principle which guides discretion seems also to
sound and Just for should any other be adopted And
discharged thus all prisoner has to do permit
Of be-
INTO Court and and % & when ad 95
to the money to made upon against
Of her right to vndicate her own lays in her own temples
Again, not entirely certain that, if motions of this
nature should be granted we might not discover new
limitation might be made very certain method by which
There another view this which is quite salts
factory the one just mentioned, and which ought to
II is fact as reported to and not denied, that
and moved the court to assign day for the trial of these
1t will be denied that in civil appearance
fatal to motion to qnash for instance summons and
pleaded, motion to qqash is too late. I .
ahGngn @ 6ae mas not not mse @
did direct plea of not guilty to be entered of record,
though he and before the clerk could enter it
Coupled with the fact that the have been
With the hn as
made by the prisoner for trial and day fixed throw
granting these motions that the doubt itself ought set
ought to based upon clear and satisfactory grounds
as the ] 81 not dePryea Sf hS vs h m
rendered against & him
Charles Coburn, colored, pleaded guilty to charge
! Of the larceny of twenty fathoms of rope from
sloop. Sentenced to County Prison for three months
John Kelly was convicted OF the larceny of coat,
| which he stole from new house upon which the
builders were working. Sentenced to County Prison
George Ball pleaded guilty to charge of collecting
money belonging to ms employers anu approprlatlng
| it to his own use. Sentenced to County Prison for
| four months.
Francis Baker pleaded guilty to the charge OF the
larceny Of $780, which he stole from friends pocket
while both were tout a drunk Most of the
money was recovered. Sentenced to County Prison
James Graham was convicted of the larceny of
| clothing, and was sentenced to the County Prison
| Tor three months.
Supreme Court in Banc.
The following judgments have been received from
the Court sitting at Harrisburg ,,-,,---
The West Branch and Susquehanna Canal COM
pany vs. The Consolidation Bank.-In equity from
| the Common Pleas OF Lycoming county Fer CW1ant
May 2O 1859 Ordered that tn, the bill; answer ana
! seph A. Clay, Esq, of Philadelphia as master here
appointed by the Court to report upon the same
together with any additional testimony either
party may produce in the case as touching the
amount due the plaintih, for which the stock in
| question mentioned in the bill is alleged TO have
been pledged and is liable collateral security and
to report on the whole case such decree as in equity
the case in his judgment demands; and for this pur
pose the said mast is authorized to make all neces
sary orders in regard to hearing and closing testi
Harriet S. Dodson VS.. George b. W. Ball. In
equity And now, May 20, 1862 the said case having
been heard on appeal from the Court OF Nis Prius,
it is considered ordered and decreed that the decree
dsmssng the bill be reversed, and that the deien-
dant do make conveyance to complainant, Harriet
s. Dodson, her heirs and assigns OF all the property
and effects in the bill mentioned or referred to, as
her absolute estate, without prejudice TO any convey
ances and assignments heretofore made by the de-
fendant and his former co-trustees. Per cuTidnt.
u. =. District COurt-.Judge CadwnIader.
In the revenue case OF the United States vs..
whisky claimed by Henry Knorr, before reported,
the Jury rendered a verdict for the Government.
The property forfeited was appraised at something
more than $4,000.
District Court, No. 2-JudRe Hare.
| Klen VS.. Klien An action on prOmissOry note,
to which the defense alleged payment. Verdict for
defendant.
William s. Cunlifre VS.. George E. Reynolds. An
| action TO recover book account No defense.
| Verdict for paintin, 1862.
William Mccormick VS.. r. S. H. George a. Co. An
| action TO recover sum OF money alleged to have
| been deposited with defendants cOnVeyanCers 70
bind bargain for property, and which they refused
to return to plaintih, when the sale went of. The
defense denied their responsibility. Verdict fol
plaintiff, S129OS.
James Ryan VS.. the West Branch and Susque.
hanna Canal Company, defendants, and the Farm
ers' and Mechanics National Bank, garnishee Al
attachment execution. Verdict by agreement fol
paintin, s76392l and in the hands of the garnishee
| S1374I5.