, 1873-05-08
THE COURTS.
4 6alo0n-Kecpcr's B0ndsIncn Sued by
a Drunkartl's Wife.
Important Railway Deoisions-..Tom
White Gets a Supersedcas.

Important Railway Deoisions-..Ton
White Gets Supersedeas.
Bankruptcy md Criminal Itolns--.
Tho Courts In Brief.
In the Superior Court, ". II. Sessions, atlvo.
cato. haB fllod lrecipo oil bol,a1f Of tho People
OK rel. CHARLOTTE Falcon Y. Jamos Harris, Johr
Lomas, and Michael Evans, from whom sle
socks to obtain $4,000 for tho ruination of he1
husband. Tho ahort Of tho story is. TINT liar.
rs is ealoon-keepor, dispensing liquors at No
249 West kinzio street, nnd John Lomas nnd
Michaol Evans aro his surcties. Char1otte's
husband, nho alleges, has boon, through tho SO,
duosion of Harris saloon boon brought from
the high eutato Of a we11-to-lo brickayor to tho
degraded condition Of common drunknrd,
aquandoring MI tho money no can nucceca in
obtaining, treating his wife and children in a
brutal manner, apd, ono by ono, removing nll
articles Of pawnable valuo from tho house. So
low has Falloon sunk thnt ovcn Danyon, tho
othor day, fnod Baloon-koepor '525 for selling
him one drink With Wow Of making tho Ba-
loon-keepor wlo has fattened on the cause Of
hor husbands degradation mako hor Bomo faint
reparation, she Inns brought tho present action,
trusting that In tho following excerpt from tho
Licenae act may bo found tho ground for relief
from tho saloon-keepors oppression:
No person shall DO granted license to sell or stve
%sh ssa 5 IN Toqa In st # sn S1 :opa
tho State Of Illinois, md e IN tho pouhl OF 900,
conditioned con hat they will pay al damages to any per
either in person or property or means OF support.
Thore orc hold in thiH city some 5000 liccnscs,
each of which ia issued upon $4,000 bond,
signed by two good accurities, so that for wivos
who auffcr from tho vngariea of drunken hug
bands, whose pcculiarities aro traccablo to
saloon-koopers' wiles, thoro is lnid up neat
little fund Of s9,000.000 from which to recover
oonsolatory damages.
HupEnsEDEAs GRANTED IN TIE TOM WHITE CASE.
In tho case Of Thomas White, who WAS scn-
tenoed to ono year in tho Penitentiary by
"pollod jury, which had tho evening before
found him innocent, the prisoners counsel, Mira
EelkHr, haa sueeeoded in obtaining from Judge
MoAliistor writ OF Buperaodeas. Tho points
upon which 1t ia hoped to set aside the second
thought verdict of the variablo Jury arc, that tho
verdict Of tho jury which they brought in in tho
first frs place Of not guilty, is tho real one; that
that the Court erred in allowing tho States At
torney to poll the jury md in souding them back
to rsoons1der their verdict after thoy had sop
nrated aud gono to their homes; that tho jury
have boen stolen. This lust point il, perhaps,
tho most Berious Of tho lot as It iB essential in
y9rdiot in trial for larceny for tho jury to epeo-
ny ny. thS value Of tho stolen goods The pEosent
TINT tho error into which tho jury fell was very
natural ono.
INTERESTING RAILWAY DECISIONS,
In tho case Of Josiah Diasell Y. The Chicago l.
Michigan Lake Shore Railroad Company. tho
Jury found for plaintin with $414.28 lamngcs,
with tho special finding that there was not epo-
ciai contract precsoly like either Of the special
contracts get out IL PLAINTIFFS docaration. Dur
tng tic trial, tho Judge decided upon two points
which will be- very Interesting to both railroad
companies and their customers. Ono vas, TINT
company having fnado contract to TRANSPORT |
freight, ID bound to deliver It, and cannot mako |
and II they compel the cousignoo to pay such |
charge ho can recover it.
Also, that when railroad company has made !
t.f contract to carry quantity Of freight at
a. and refuse to carry at tho rate contracted for,
the party can recover damages, not only for tho |
1Eelght actually carried, but for tho whole freight
Nhieh the company contracted to carry. The |
suit, md each moved for new trial.
HOW TIE DRINKS COUNT Up.
Martin IT. ! Jones Y. jacob Phillip Noidhorer
cover on plea OF aasumpsit tic sum Of si.5oo,
alleged balance Of current account. Said ac--
count o wna produced IL Court, formidable 40
by oat fTa tho xaous
~ ~ OF edibles and drinkabos. The first item in
the account was &c dozen Of rolls, Is conta.H
entered on tho 18th of September, 1870; the
7ast, Rye, eents, on tho 9Th October, 1871.
consumed by defendant, according to tho &C.
count, amounted to somo 2.4G0, which at contg
eplece, Wholoaale d prices evidently being allowed,
doots up Sl9e OF rolls, tho account showed