The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-18
LEGAL LNTELLIG ENoE.
rhaRxrnen HomLeIde.

CouRT OF OYER AND TERMINER-Judges Al.'
son al d Ludow.-rne trial Of samuel Holt tOr
the murder Of christopher Byrnes, ,on tic night
of October IL last, was resumed Lnls morning.,
mSoa S no 'ae % bas o gsa sres
storm and waited In the cold aud AT the door OF
the court to see Mrs. T~itohe Tnere being no
night, the District Attorney did not think II |
1T TO have her sitting In tne dock all day. IOou
for the greedy eye OF spectators.
The case OF the Comm IN wealth not s-vtno
closed on Saturday evening;,sss exarnlhation OF
their wIintfs1e @sk S}n!IbGed.
James Jetfres sworn-On the night OF t"is
occurrence he was standing at Mrs. HNiGs
store, Fourth and German streets, and peard
heard one shot fred, aud then several other
shots followed; he ran up aud saw man lyiug
streets; the man who did the firing stood In
Fourth street and shot towards Inc beer saloon,
| and had on light pants and y dark coat.
James Reynolds, recalled, testihe0-I saw
| Pollock in company with Holt that nigni; he
| had on light pauts, dark coat, and a cap;
Thomas O. BroGley reoalled-t saw Pollock
| that night; be had light pants and dark
Here Mr.. Hagert out In evidence two pistols,
| some balls and cartridges, and then closed the
The defense was opened by Rufus e snap
| ley, ESQ, who, with Charles w; Brooke,
! and his COLLEAGUES proposed TO prove briefly that
| this occurrence was q hremsns nSnt DstWeen
members Of two rival COMPANIES; a tne MsgaTs gS5s
| prisoner was a member of neither he was In
! company with the deceased men, on friendly
/ terms with them. having no motive what
eyer for taking tne ire ;hssa q, et9ep; s6 ts
y3%d ed by Sf posG Who sd esssd and
not one OF them by the prisoner; and that the
pistol fouud upon the prisoner oelongei TO
christopher Byrnes AS to Specht, he would be
| proven to have been 30 drunk on this night
that he mistook blow from q billy for a pls:
tol shot, and wilfully persisted in saying tpat
| he had been shot In the head by Holt. when iii
truth he had only been struck by some one
with q blackjack. Having thus disposed OF this
principal witness for the prosecution, he would
rest confident OF q verdict OF &C Iuittai
he was Deputy Coroner, and took the notes in
the Coroner's invest cation into the cause of the
blished the correctness OF the notes offered by
the defense 10 prove that at the Coroner 8
. . &. Reynolds, had testif"d That he could not
swear posi- lively that the man he met In Monroe
street after the shooting, aud whom he heard
, make an expression as TO the killing Of two
: | -, was the prtsoner) -
Miss Maggie Moore sworn-I reside at No. 7l2
. South Fourth slreel; recolect this occurrence
on election night; know the witness Charles
;, | +. Bpecht by sight, saw him on this evening
after the first shot was fred; ne was very drunk
!, | saw his head, which looked as If IL had been
II mashed In and was bleeding freely; it mad 6
g Cross examined-I know he was drunk be
cause / smelled the liquor upon him. hotioeC
nothing else about him that made me think b.
l. Re.examined--I heard specht talk; saw hin
:: walk, and say he was drunk.
d Benjamin Edger sworn-I live at No. 7i3 s
butipg member OF the Niagara Hose Oom pany
;, am not q member OF the Franklin Eugtn
|
e life; was at the Niagara Hose House on tn
1l morning after the murder, when the bodies U
% Christopher ana Edward Byrnes were there
~ Specht came in while l was there, and wa
a. walking about the house: this was about
J! o'clock in the morning.
~ ChaI les Men ulty swurn-I was about squar
70 and n half from the place OF this occurrence
v and as soon as heard the snots fired ran u
Fourth and Monroe streets; saw Specnt there
. and went with him to the Hospital; he wa
Hiram McAllister testified that specht wa
drunk when he went 70 the Hospital; On trla
GfNTTD 1htn InSf ftnaT NhnO1
and Judges Agnew and Sharswood-The folio "
le ing judgments were entered TO. day.
Thompson d Castner vs. Thos. j. Leiper. Ger
tificaie from Nisi Prius. Judgment affirmed.
30 Certificate from Nisi Prius. The Court beip
equally divided In opinion, the judgment a
N1si Prius was affirmed.
III Fisher VS.. Myer. Ceruorari to two alderman
"a ment affirmed.
n spering, assignee. vs.. Drexel ct al. Judgmen
"a affirmed.
70 Wall vs. Dovey. Judgment reversed and
#, NIsI PRIUS-JudRe Williams Frederick Rot
"a halt VS.. Francis Gro<s An action to recove
~ damages for an assault and battery alleged {
% have been committed by the defendant on tn
10 DISTRICT COURT No. Judge Hare-Franci
=, Knauss Riegel d Brother An action I
~ recover damages for alleged breach
r. contract for The delivery Of a bill OF good
~ DISTRICT COURT No. 2-Judge 9reenbank.-
20 Johanna Il. Benner VS.. 9ottlob Kuhner. A.
Ia action to recover on q due bill. Verdict 10
plaintiff. &ll860.
u James b. Smith and Josephine G. Smith, hi
=. wife, vs. Samuel A. Cornman with notice I
o John Lancaster, terre tenant. A SCI IA on
s mortgage On trial