, 1870-03-29

OUR Lost SHERIFF PRISONER ASKS RE11EF.
The People ex rcl. William 0rccn r. Conra!
Of relator, who Is ia cusody Of the Shesfd by VIZ
tue OF a suittfHasls signed BY Justice Mnore on d
tSs e q Vas pea
p11sonment u illegal, lnasInuch as, By law, 1t Is
provided as follows:
"The Sheriff Of each county in this State shah
hare the custody, sole keeping, and charge Of tho
jail within the county, and Of at prisoners IN auch
jail, and may appoint Jal1or under him, and nc
mo1e m h0 p q pleasure for whose conduct he shall
Wherefore, by the Law, no onnees except the
Shrt1n Of the county can lAwlully dctatn relator,
because "that before and st tho time Of the prts
oucr'a commitment, as Aforesaid. therc waa4 and
ever since bas been, and now Is, a vacancy In the
ONCE OF the Sheriff Of Cook County. and that. dur.
ing a1l Of said tint thet. has not been my Sheriff
In satd county," -
And petitioner SAYS that heretofore, to wit: In
was dpiy elected shcrn oi SAID county Of Cook for
the period of two yeats, and, Al such, qualined
according to law. and commenced and entered
upon the duties Of said ONCE and discharged the
E2me until about the 1sth day OF December last
past, At which said aforementioned time the said
Gustav Fischer ceased to discharge tho duties Of
and ahscouded from and left tho State, with the
Intention ct remaining permanently AMY from
and ttat the said abandonment Of said ofyice and
aharondlng from this S,ate by said Fishccr Is mat
ter Of public n0totety In this city and county; aud
Petitioner aTess that vacancy happened II the
01be Of Sheriff Of this county By the said removal
OF said Gustav Fischer. ....
And petitioner further shows that heretofore.
to Wit: About tho 1st day of December, 1854 the
said Conrad Folz WAS appointed JAiloE Of said
coanty 3a.l hy the xaid Gustav Ftsehsr,
statntc in such naa1c and provided. and hss
acted, md now acts In keeping the custody ut1d
t1ol q sa!d appointment, and not Otherwise. And
petitioner further shows thAt snce the SAID vacancy
happened ~ afoscs..d, Benjamin Cleares, who
Is, petitioner Is informed by counsel It u his dutJ
to do, done ns Performed the dudes pertaining to
the ofcc Of Shc1n. and that the asid Folz has not
heen and ha2 not purpoEtett 10 be acting under or
BY virtue OF authority derived from said Coroner.
Petitioner, therefore, nref1 that the said Conrad
IA "a q Re Se -
powered By isw 70 de.atn him him. and petitioner
| to his charge In said WARRANT
GC1LTY MEN SHNIECEp
James Mccarthy, indicted on charge OF burglary,
at The dwelling house OF Anna BroVnlcc, whence
he took ten dollar Eatsh, the property Of one
and was sentenced to the County jail for three
,ascenysstealIng t = @ aandsesraicis nd other linen
w1rc of fcmalc wardrobe, the property OF " "
'0of n'0n'h1 LAND oss1n cosv.crn
1os' SaMaa ss Rr1psy S3 R ns
Larceny Of several thousand feet of lumber, Taued
al twenty i've dollaEs, from T. H. Martin. lam
oer dealer. The defcnce tet un conspiracy,
growing out Of litigation In the Superior CONT,
70 convict the defendant Of felony, 50 that nc
civil H1ta, shich involve number OF tnons;nd ,n
tnry found the Aocused guilty Of ctit larceny The
.alue 81 The rroPersJ being aseSssa p,e1,;ats Men
| The aBIONrE NOT IN coUHT.
Pauline MArkham, E ", EdrdEc, Alexander
! Henderson, Archibald Gordon, and Lydia Thomp-
Ss1ss1 N = on WSuf Story
| werc called for trial Only one OF the accused