, 1870-12-15
THE LAW COURTS; ;,
Hail Robbery--Fraudulent Rank
ruptry.a-s,y .--:
miscellaneous Business, Ycstcr..
!. day. !. -.t ~

rr,rnr.xxr naxKRurD-vxanlc7 op1Ir.
t1niteo Ssssss '. Zadttck Levi and Lewts Gosliu.
1udkct1utnt under The &tsh Section OF The BknRups
law. chtsxtns that, within t6rce months before tho
commencement Of ptuceedinR1 In bankruptcy,
nndel rte 11lse color and pretence OF ca1y!ng On
bukincaa. and des1tng In tae ordinary course Ct
sYade, defendants Obtained. On credit goods With
intent to defrsnd. The penalty IL Imprisonment
pot % exceed aarte 5eAEs, the seEEa being within
the lltctebon of the 'Courf. The testimony was,
that On the <tn Of An,l list, defendants were
dealing II resalless at Otnwa, where thty
EAd - been engaged IN bu1ncss for
ssores d fraaS as,e- ~ aaa koan % Bro1, % il tsis 81
cry. and made purchases which seemed to %
1e fes sss1E 3 en.5nes a At ne sxo
eenttd that hi2 t.m sas worth between 81. 40 and
g oea oEtpg 20 conndenuai dcols, hat only sfew
6 ~ NeT fK nd IN Essa I'D not
The l1ih Of May following snls pusrhase tae sto-e
Iassllc County. undx executions cn.ered %
upon 3udemeLts cnnf.ssed-one IN favor Of thc
Issoef Il Goslln for sstso; one !n favor ot Jacob
$1,:sc, and ore IN fayo. Of John Aar1ry ior
$40 Murray also ifsuu & distress warrant for
So iI, Sf std5 ;ssv ngnsd sas bss 5sS ds r.
disfsfee troa oaaes @ Z . one iii: Tor 81 1861 SO.
.1hey wrFe Subsequent, discovered BY the Ma.shal
In 4 paloor. 1Tpceedlpys ID bankruptcy were
commenced on The 18th OF Nay. The Court
CHARGED that the oblec. Of this section OF the Law
vas to protect TIC mercA1ule community from
such persons Es. unEer pretexs OF Legitimate
tEade, knoRld impose on the confidence Of ner-
-chanlF. To mEse cut the charge. the government
must rFoyr tie commencement OF u.pceedtugs IN
bankruptcy; Eecounlf that tic fa1se psete aces al
1eErd md been NndA, md. thirdly. tuat the gods
EIfe 06t1ireo with the Fraudulent fnteut In shts
ease there was really uty left for the jury y nud
Is 10 the intent, bit that must be. found AFTER
Ktt0htiE the presumption OF Innocence. giving
the bstettc Ct reasonable doubt. tnd cons.utnE
all aet 70 far "a tne evidence allows, IL favor OF
fnrocsncs. THE Jury returned verdict Of guilty
IA 70 both.
NAIL RoBBKHT.
United States :. Wtl1lAai Jones. 1ndtctmeut, IN
SIX cuun's. ch2'H1rg tbs deie1dant With cutting
mall bsEs, he being IN the employ OF tho Post
tct&hrrcio placed, and intended to be conTeyed
by ruau Tho stale Of facts alleged to be the basis
uf The indictment b thai, during November last
there were frequent comp1a 4nts made To- tho Poss
Once ~ Chicago. Of depfeaA atoms committed 1Pon
ne Inaii hass leaving T. G:o5ge e. - M1lsss' ,1.
gave 10 spec1sf attention 10 the mAttet. but let
run on until the cdmpl1futs became 20 fFeQue1t
that ne began to Investigate Tne defendant WIS
q dEfyet ct one ct Hxel3WA [the contEscto.1 Hag.
ouA . convey man matter % he ROCK Isllnd
vas t-act d rp and Is now charged as one Of the
eepredatorx.- He WAS watched for several nights.
and On the 18th OF February. 1t is said, the bags
,RiveE into bis custody we're carefully eKanined.
He took them aA usual to tho depot, being
watched, pne H.au, perhaps two, met him, beng
in baKF cane a;ongstde md md tasn 81 ssafted q
nsve been discovered to have been tanpere1
-N&tNs C8pft On Elfl.