Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-08-28
SATURDAY MORNING. Al u. Is. 1860
Seattle Itlms.


Judge Wychc. who has jus, returned
from Court 4, Seattle informs u that the
Court was still in session. lu, the last case
fer trial was then bciu. heard the case
Of Lewis rs. Ba-ley and WLi,wor,h. in-
volvin. the rich, TO the coal mines near
Seattle Lewis had conveyed to Ba.lcy
aui WL,wor,h an undivided 4j-l0tth>
Of his coal mine. and was seeking in this
suit TO set the conveyance aside on the
ground Of fraud The case was being
heard BY the Cour, without a jury. Four
cases besides TIL, had teen heard during
the term the United States rs. Hill. larce-
Nv. Brisbane rs Suffren. damages for an
assault and battery NkaiIocks IS Kellogg
and the Territory rs. Pinnell. for keeping
q hurdy-gur,ly or dance house without
license. There were sorfre intercStin.
questions in the case against Hill. The
larceny was alleged to have been commit
ted on tie vessel Of Capt. johnson. when
tied to the wharf a, Port Gamhe and Hill
was indicted On both the United States
aud the Territory sides of the Court, aud
the question of juri>diction was raised, and
the prisoner tried by the United States
and acquitted. As many crimes are COM
mitted on the waters Of Puget Sound under
similar circumstances. the 1uc>ii''n Wheth-
er such otfeuces are triatle by the United
States or the Territory. is one Of general
interest, and case. We are informed, will
Ire heard at the next Supreme Court,
determining the question. Some admiral
~ suggestions aud cxr">ition> were made
during the trial which created <o,nc pleas
antry among the members Of the bar.
The jury failed TO agree in the case of Bri>-
baiuc Is. Suffren. a. al>o in the case Of the
Territory RS. Piuncll
The three mos, prominent objects in Sc
attic are the University. Father La Fon-
taine's Church. and the Mad House"
Some Of the members of the bar went over
to take view of the latter premises. and
some Seattle artist furnished sketch of
their appearance then aud there. The
sketch is a gay one.
Gutenberg was indicted for keeping
gambling house plead guilty. aud was
fued So and costs. The Coleman X Gid
den cases composed the docket chiefly.
and Gldden arrived from san Francisco
with Register in Bankruptcy. Judge
Bates, and all proceedings in Court were
suspended, as Cliddcn had instructed pro-
ceedinss iu bankruptcy in San Francisco
Much feeling exists in the matter among
the creditors. and an attempt had been
made on Tuesday night to fire the mill
Oil had been poured on the foor and pow
der placed around, and a small hole was
found burned bu, for some cause the
fire had either gone out or been extin-
guished without damage. l, was thought
that If the claims of the 'hanis" were not
promptly paid, the mill might be destroyed.
and steps were being taken to raise money
TO pay them off
The case of Meigs and others against the
County Commissioners Of kitsap county.
involving the location of the county sea,
and the right of certain parties To the
county Offices. was continued on affidavit,
of the plaintiff on the ground of the ab-
senee of Blinn and NJ 5. Drew. tive mate,
rial witnesses
The Court probably adjourned yester-
day. Judge Jacobs has more than met
the favorable expectations of the bar His
lack Of acquaintance with our code and
the members of the bar. necessarily made
business somewhat slow. but his accurate
rulings on questions of law and his ceuer-
al administration satisfied that he was not
GU, Of his place on the bench. The a,,or-
peys were evidently feeling the Court, aui