, 1873-05-19
THE COURTS.
/ BailitT Accused Of Corrupting a
.. Jury. >" j
End Of the Great Railroad .Consttruo-
r.: =. tion Case.
4 Precocfous Thief Sent to the
Reform School.


habitants OF the town OF Lemont, came up again
in Judge Rogers Court On Saturday, on motion
by plaintiff for new trial. The original case
was brought BY Martin against Day to recover
damages for malicious prosecution, and resulted
n favor OF defendant. The motion for new trial
Is based On the usual grounds, with an additional
count in the nature Of charge against one Of the
bailid1s Of the Court Of tampering with OF the
:; turymen after they had been locked up to cor
Kider their verdict. This accusation is supported
by four afidAv1ts. Michael Devanny's affidavit
asserts that he WIS present during the trial of
Martin r. Day, and that he became familiar with
the facial peculiarities OF all the bailiffs OF
the Court, and Of the jury trying the case that
after the jury had retired, at about noon, he saw
the bai1in go to the iury-room, take out jury
nan, lead him along q passage Of the court to q
room at the end OF the hall, and remain in there
with him for about six minutes, ct the same time
cautioning all people not to approach, evidently,
as affiant alleges with the intention Of keeping
them in blissftl ignorance Of the insidious con-
versatioa he was pouring into the jurors ear;
that, within short quarter OF an hour after tho
return Of the juror to the jury-Ioom, the jury
returned q verdict in favor OF defendant, which
atfiant evidently believes was tho result Of the
interview between bailifr and juror, rather than
the twelve mems honest convictions after argu-
ing the points OF: the case. Similar afidavits
were sworn to BY Nicholas Poole, Edward nartin,
and r.. N. Bigelow.
THE RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION CASE. :.
The case OF II. T. Seymour d Co. =. Phillips
and Colby, Railroad Construction Company,
which has taken up the attention Of the United
STATES ClIcalt oour. 1ol nea11T 1otsnlgnt past.
covenant based on contract for the construc-
ton Of about 160 miles of the Wisconsin Central
Railroad Company's line from Stevens Point to
fenokee, uap.. 11aniuus e3n cialln 1nat Lney were
earning On "ork saceesstaAy up 20 ABOUT the
15th o. Decemper' 18f!3 When they hao COM
pleted 81 miles OF the road, the contract, hoW-
that date. They aver that defendant had .ex- j
pressed . sans1acton a .;a M1th tne progress
' naae' W. ~ ~ "so ao5n no1eens1ouea ano .1'
Hmie snI oma1g "an P'otnsaas Pot;na th9y eoa,
aemy gave n9s,ce 5s.s 20. .nsI !aL. haolus5 20
Pa! .uoheSs paeL uue, =. enAs a1Ent necome uue
anaet tne t cooaaes, wnlca maoe H. Necessary TOT
pla'ntlhs 70 eease oPe1atlohs, WHEREBY 1ney ioHt
te nc tr ~ ~ Id - " t1a; ~ o nasn
Pnea, g,Te up sapply Ioao7 norses, tents' etc.,
ana iost Ine penent OF suo-eonIIacts' 20 @ logs
~ Rz4ot oh.rs af ~ ,,r ,1.ns uu ~ ;.
me GaAIge o. tne oou1t suD1lItoo totne 99ry,
zAtng ahs o"csaa 80 s;ntias nnsen9E 4e-
1eauauss nan sasoeeo tua!ns LUIS uon-petaoIs ;;s
aaIo " oont1 ~: * ~ ~ tue " !ne anestu
no1Ie1 " "a .1 " aaea tio pna
na 1.so 80 .d @ son1a ~ a1a
iotd iot 4a ra1;ct thaaa 5s;nr cex a;ate n
nag nx aa1 seiu ne59 9s ue ar ent ee sns
y ard ~ addt;onaI Nd F s15 aao hall ~
:ecn|;tv e,sos snndrv ite1ns mt estimated fnr
~ aa5n aud rnn;r, and cnata n enn.
R bas
t.ro, - o., ofFsat 9or navnanta N lahorera ~
n1s;,t;f T nd M for snnnes }or en and iahorara Of
na an4pnnting tn aas 4s9 * The
itema cla;med for by nIaintiff Amounted to a157e
94i1. "a Int a inrre number Of these amounting
, f. eey,arai tbonsand dollars. were excluded b.
IA Co,1r+ Thn e1clnded aiao all claim for 1osa Of
mott On nart OF either party to the suit. The
fasa went to the iury at noon, and at 5 O'Clock
fhev returned their verdict This document
stated that With regard to The special findings
the iury found that defendant had excused
plaintiffs default at the time Of tho alleged
admitted to plaintiff at ttat time that
Lhey were financially unable to make the pay
ments and would continue 50 to be; that!de-
fendant agreed to pay plaintiff extra costs for
doinr thu searfh work between Sections 40 and