The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-04
LEGAL INTELLIG ENCE.
Court of Qnnrtcr Sessions-.Judge Brewster.


The Court this morning finish up the business of
the term was fn n
within the bar but there was quite % slim audience pre-
able of whom Jimmie Haggerty.
APPLICATION FOR HAGGERTY'S DISCHARGE.
This 10 S s ang S S5oaShS or @ up 9@ D
his discharge under the two term rne OF the act OF 1862
last day of the April sessions 1859 the prisoner surren
deFed himself into custody to be tried upon esraD b bills
time he has lain in prison Without trial under these
anse Sas ~ s SoniSsg Tspsss$y as%ed .Rat
under the existing laws, to enttle him to release
sDs bs sPsS @ a ssF made Of h
efforts to secure the attendance OF her witnesses wheh
CON made granted, thus relieving the
Commonwealth Of all suspi Jon of aehes and taEipg from
he was of opinion that the prisoners motion was pIema
yet expired, and his Honor could udicay know that
yet ere the rising Of the Court at the end Of the term
proper time for this application would be Monday next
an indeper dent application for the Comm on wealth In
the record of this Court entry Of the trial OF James
snes to term Of ten ear in in the Eastern tePitentqE nit
ceency Governor Curtin. That pardon however,
absolute but was conditional the e9ndition being sub
AS he understood the primary rules Of law in regard to
Supreme Court he condition strictly complied
WITH the failure abrogated the grant and the grantee lost
the country if he did he returned in either
he had in law fulfilled the condition
liable and recommital the original
term For these reasons he moved for rule against the
to the Pententary under the sentence contained in the
Mr. Brooke insisted that the question properly before
the Court the raised by the prisoners petition for
disposed before Mr. Shepsd OK pSte moon
qS S S s% To To ss1
was no proof before the Court that the James
pardon had been spoken Of was the James Hsggsrty
COCK & apd suoh r4S & hs man g0%d & mot
ment Governor grants pardon the grantee is at one
upon other citizens, and such thing conditional
don was unknown TO our or statute laws and
Now the object of the twoterm rule was to protect
owl disposed prosecutors and though the
had been guilty OF aehes yet if the plea of Ina @ f6 to
period lot Of four months might with & equal oee be
aGRss FOR not h end wnGsHff
the prisoner the Ths decisions Of the
Judge to Grant the application for dsGsgsH tts5
delay having been caused by the ydefendant
Assistant District Attorney Hagert said that the very
tom tom O read % BY Mr. BrooEe that the Of this law
Cepn mn ue
isted in this for it well known that the Gommon
SS ria Of Hagserty He had been fugitive
Se S Sto euo
witnesses for the prosecution having IN the meantime He
At the conclusion of the discussion his Honor said that
many OF the questions S @ He thouS6t
the District mot on % o in tho
ne granted returnADe next
meantime remaining custody and also that ome proof
of the prisoners identity with the person IN "
records offered by the District Attorney should be sub
mitted and likewise that Mr.; Brookes motion was IN
order further this he would not say ouV "ouiu re-
serve his decision for the present
REGISTRY DIFFICULTY.
Two of the Fourth ward were oefS tpe court
in consequence of apple atom DS the OS Io5
advice from the our whether they were not bound
to retu TO the ty Commissioners heir division tran
| scripts as required by the Registry Jaw - -.
The assessors olrecteu 70 stdtt
their difficulty which appeared 70 o DC m Snat ouey 9
coud not agree as the nsmes put down Dy each and
therefore would subscribe their names 70 the correct
ness of the transcripts His Honor instructed them tha
they should subscribe the names tney nd agree 70 anc
Them but they could omit those thsS uI oU agfe'
| the act.