The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-14
District Court, No. Judge Hare.

District Court, No. Judge Hare
Robert Fox vs.. Nathan Hitler ct al An action
against the defendants individually as gas trustees
to recover damages for injuries sustained by the
plaintiff in consequence OF the failure OF gas at his
theatre he Amercan on the night OF July 18th last
1t will be recollected that this was the date OF the
strike among the operatives at the gas works, and
that very nearly the whole CITY, as well as plaintiffs
theatre, was left in darkness
District Court, No. 2-Judge Stroud.
Ann j. Stewart vs. Frank H. Remynt. An action
on promlssory note. On trial.
Court Of Common Pleas-AIIison, r, l.
Golding & Duncap vs. c. McCala- An action TO
recover for goods sold and delivered. No defense.
Verdict for plaintiff s2645 SO.
Thomas McCarty vs. William Albertson. An ac-
ton to recover earnest money paid upon contract
for the purchase Of property from the defendant,
which the defendant was alleged to have failed to
carry out. On trial
Court of Quarter Sessions-Judge Brewster.
ALDERMEN IN TROUBLE
This morning rather unexpected and singular
rOceedng occurred in Court. OF late II has been
observed that frequently persons who have been
charged before Aldermen with the commission of
crime, have been committed to prison to await trial
at Court and there they have remained for weeks
and months without any action at all being
taken in their cases case 1t was o hard upon these
every citizens right OF speedy trial when accused
of crime Upon examination into the matter 1t was
shown that the cause of it was that the aldermen
who had made the commitments failed to make any
to the District Attorney and he consequently
had no knowledge of them, and was unable to pre-
sent them to the grand jury; and Immediately upon
this discovery, the court apprised of the fact
his Honor this morning summoned before him Alder
men Thomas, Toand, Belshaw, Eggleston Bonsa-
Patched, haull, and Mink, and required them to
account for the cases in which they had sent to
defendants TO prison, and had made no re-
turns. Mr.. Toland presented book of memoranda,
by which his administration OF this business was
made to appear satisfactorily, but the other Alder
found to be sadly derelict in their duty OF
apprisng the District Attorney Of their commit
ments
His Honor reprimanded these latter gentlemen for
their want of promptness saying that, if every al
derm3n were to act of them had acted, having
at one time four defendants in prison in whose
there was no return, the sad consequences would
be readily appreciated, and he sincerely hoped
that in future, they would be more atten-
that aldermen had ordered discharges from prison
after their return day, also mentioned and con-
demned. These faults he said might render them
liable to impeachment, and the excuses of oversight
and forgetfulness, which some Of them had made,
would in cases of such weight and those Of human
suffering, avail them but little With remarks to
this effect the Judge discharged them.
CRUELTY.
Jacob Fogel was put trial. charged with cruelty
to horse. II alleged the part of the prose-
cution that the defendant, who was hostler at a
stable where j. ii. Richelderfer kept his horse in
tit OF wantonnesS cut great slice from the animal 3
tongue, and in order to stop the flow OF blood had
applied caustc to the wound.
The defense denied this, and offered as an expla-
nation OF the condition OF the horses tongue that he
had been an army horse, and the hard cavalry bit
had worn groove in the member, which had caused
IL to drop of and one witness said he knew certain
horses tongue to have been so anected in this way
that it had to be sewed up three times.
This prosecution was instituted by the Society for
the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals, who were
represented by Gustayus Remak, ESD. j. T. Pratt,
Esq., represented the defendant On trial.