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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-18
A Street Cleaning Contractors Bill-The
Board Deduct from the Bin-A Per.
emptOry Mandamus Granted
to Compel Payment.
THE JUMEL ESTATE CASE.
Close Of Mr.. OConor's Argument for the
Commence and Close To-Day.
BUSINESS In the OTHER COURTS.

In the case Of the People vs. John scannell for
the killing of Thomas Donohoe, on the I'd of Novem-
Der last in Johnson's pool room, corner ofTwenty-
eighth street and Broadway District Attorney
Phelps yesterday opened for the prosecution. He
was brief In his remarks, but really went over
all the ground that Is to be traversed by the
witnesses in describing under examination and
crossexaminatlon the fatal occurrence and its
attendant circumstances. The testimony OF the
witnesses themselves was brief, and c0unsels for
once saw the inutility OF spinning out the case
unnecessarily. There is nothing that can be hoped
to be elected to throw doubt upon the plain un-
vanished tale that each witness relates, and what
ever is to go to the jury affecting the case must
come from the points to be raised in the defence
The case. thus far promises to be short one.
In the General Sessions-Parts ana 2-the
usual routine Of short trials convictions and
sentences was the order Of the day. One that
might be selected as warning to Bohemians was
that OF Henry s. Bogart, who for time went
about the city representing himself as q reporter
OF morning paper and matchmaking the I'm.
sophicated. For one of his many little operations
he was taken up and sent to the penitentiary, to
chew the cud OF bitter reflections on his unpront-
able Bohemianizlng.
The hearing OF the case OF George W. Bowen vs.
Nelson Chase was resumed yesterday In the United
States Circuit Court before Judge Shipman and
the special Jury. Mr. Charles 0Conor concluded
his summing up Of the testimony on the part of the
defendant. Counsel for plaintiff will reply to-day.
1t Is expected that Judge Shipman will charge the
Jury tomorrow.
An important decision was rendered yesterday
by the Judges Of the Supreme Court General Term,
affirming the constitutionaty OF what is known
as the new Jury law. In another column viii be
found in fun the opinion OF Judge Ingraham en-
hAdv nn IA nnin vuhi
based.
case has just been brought to trial, before
Judge Van Brunt, holding Supreme Court, Special
Term, In which some queer revelations are made
as to the expenses growing out Of a receivership.
The facts and figures, AZ given in our law columns,
are full OF instructive suggestlveness
motion was made yesterday, before Judge
Davis, at Supreme Court, Chambers, to punish the
Board OF Audit and Apportionment for contempt in
not obeying a writ OF peremptory mandamus in
auditing the bill OF street contractor. The Court
heard the argument, but reserved its decision.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-18
BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS.
SUPREME COUaT-GENeRAL TERM.
Decisions.

l... OcC1S1OnSs i. q.
By Judges Ingraham, Fancher. Brady and Leonard.
Mary Balm, Executrix, vs.. Ebenezer H. Brown
Judgment affirmed, with costs. r.a.a.
Thomas II. Yorker ct al. vs.. Philip N. Yer
planck ct al.-Same. ~. ...tta- .v1-,...
John G. J. Alderman VS.. William II. Lllenton-
Same -1rt
Horace W. Carpenter VS.. Charles Mnturn ct al
Judgment of Special Term on demurrer to seventh
and eighth defences affirmed, with costs. Judg-
ment on demurrer to first and sixth defences re-
versed and Judgment ordered Tor plaintiff, with
costs. n ~ g. ls't'o' - ci
Richard s. Roberts, Survivor, VS.. Aaron A. Fisher
ct al.-Judgment affirmed, with costs. sg.l
reversed and new trial ordered costs to abide
event. tl. frare ra O.. t.sl.n ,sr gtl ~ na d.
Hunter vs.. Hart.-Judgment affirmed, with costs.
William Ii. Raynor vs.. Reeves E. Selmes ct al
order reversed and motion granted, with costs,
and without prejudice to motion by receiver.
David Orr VS.. William Gilmore ct a.-Judgment
reversed and new trial ordered. costs to abide
event. D.i.ul
John J. Crane vs.. Charles N. Bandiman.-Judg
ment reversed and new trial ordered, costs to abide
Atlantic National Bank vs. Joseph r. Franklin
Judgment reversed ana new trial ordered at Cir
cult Court costs to abide event. and order OF refer
George NJ. Barnard ct al. vs.. George W. Camp
bell ct al.-Judgment reversed and new trial Or
dered. costs to abide event. -. Ia,
The American Bank Company vs.. The New Lamp
Chimney C0mpany.-Judgnent affirmed, with
Hugh W. Coleman, Survivor, vs.. Mr.. B. Dins.
more, President, &c.-Same.
George Pennington vs. National Spring Com
pany-Same ltf ... r..f.t Re-
VIM: J. Barclay vs.. The People.-Judgment re-
versed.
Charles Johnson vs. The People.-Judgment
affirmed. ar rr.. lr. l7 5000 i'..
Joseph Thomson vs.. Edwin Wilcox ct al.-Judg-
ment modified as stated in opinion.
In Matter or Petition of Addison Smith to Vacate
AsSessmcnt-Order reversed, with costs.
Hannerley vs.. City OF New York.-Reargument
ordered.
Daniel Price vs. Daniel W. Wilson ct al.-Judg-
ment affirmed, without costs of appeal.
Prendergrast, Administrator, VS.. Bout.-Judg-
ment affirmed, with costs.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-18
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ls7s-TRPLE

Jurors Who have tried ana decided caase are not aua
aed to sit on second trial II such shall be GRANTED.
and chat the act q iss re!sslye 70 the GUILD
tue Ss IssssS
And aso 70 the OF the Recorder charge the jury
that they could only convict tor grand srcenY Sscsgss
ga ssmised q ses Art eSny The Rscords.
which had expired some time since evidence that
me pris9ncr had been discharged This was sufficient 70
wosia g ths the Of he the pss
was erroneous. account Of the admission
Inc Jurors VINO were sworn the FIRST trial being on
~ which the prisoner 0nalv convicted. II
% nn"ecesary 70 examine the other exceptions in the
csSo' Judgment reversed and trial ordered.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-18
THE NEW. JURY LAW.

IL IL Declared Constitutional by the
Judges OF the Supreme Court, General
Term-Opinion OF Judge Ingraham
EmbOdying the Points OF the Decision-
Right OF Trial by Jury Inviolate, But
FIXING Upon the Mode OF Trial . Legis-
lNtive Function.
William J. Barclay. who has the reputation OF
being an adroit expert inhis chosen field OF crimi.
Lzi operations. several months since erected an
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-18

Stephen Price was challenged for principal cause He
he then formed bis opinion that the view he then had Of
the case would control him, regardless Of what the
on the evidence and ii that he would render
COURT Whether S saG p s% nS
he could give true verdict upon the evidence and Try
&c py
Of opinion Of in reference the
sas o IN % s sn M "a
prisoner shall not be sufficient ground Of challenge for
Was hot Intended to include the case Of jurors
sworn and vou acting yS Jurors 9 in the same
rendering solemn he su. hs
% Tnsy nsys done
the sn hu Ss:
bee the rnf9rm course q decision At the common law
s 10 sac re sa Ss, y.
the petit Jury In The reign Of EDWARD Ss
IN our and se sw ss w &c N;
State 9 Rev. s. io27. The objection TO Grand juror
rsr The juror has only seas ons side sSs
S merely ana e hds nat ss the guilty.
s,u.s pr Or o SaS been arbitrator
and the reason given for it s that who has made
placed upon the record viii not be i%parts as Juror
Sugh. TO be q Eawe as SO held that II the Juror
be serve on the secosa trial And the reason given
opinion, but had given
under the soemes o bs on the merits he
had heard and examined al the te'tim9ny Various
who had formerly gwen verdict BE-
tween the parties could not act as such on the sec
H &py 81 sa Esi is5 c'S ShIe slsts
Ca co., Not one case has been cited where e., such q
'"" that tho challenge should have been sustained that
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-18
Opening Of District Attorney Phelps for
the Prosecution Examination Of Wit
nesses-Scene in the Pool Room
The Shooting-Four Shots
Fired-The First Fatal.
THE NEW JURY LAW SUSTAINED.
The Application for New Trial in the Bar.
clay Test Case DcBied.-.The Constitution
atty Of the Law Sustained by the
Supreme Court, General TERM
Opinion by Judge Ingraham.
THE FEES OF RECEIVERS.

The Glenham Hotel Reoeivership- How the
Money Was Gobbled Up by the Law
yers and the Creditors Left Out in
the CODA Suit Brought to
Compel Them to Disgorge.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27
Cornwall.

The Liberal Republicans of this town r have nearly all concluded to cast in their lot with the democrats During the pres ldential campaign they claimed to be bet ter and truer republicans than the rest of us, but now they are all good democrats and follow up their votes for Greeley and Reform with the support of Bsrnum and Purity, the Litchfeld Sentinel and De- cency. "Ferily they nave their reward, say old, political friends: one gets few votes in the Democratic Senatorial Con- vention; another IS talked Of for Judge of Probate. Old friends may be very unjust, but IS not the inconsistency of the Liber- al Republicans themselves the occasion of that injustice? Their opinion of W. H.. Barnum and of his "way with voters," is very well known If they vote for him they vote for man they believe to be most successful and interruptions corrupter of the very fountain of political purity-the free, honest ballot-and is flat Liberal Repubhcanism?
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27

At CANAAN, tho house, store, and lot. known as the Dr. Camp property. has re- gently been purchased by Judge Granger. and 1t is rumored that Dr. c. contsm- plates going West to locate. If SO. his place will be taken by Samuel Granger q son of the Judge, who graduated at a medical college in New York City. A few weeks since.-Chester Deming, of South Canaan, has purchased the farm of S5 acres, known as the D. r. Hunts, one half mile west of this village, for the consideration of $4, 200.--Jamesu A. Root, of Van Deusenville, has leased his. farm, stock and timber, located in Canaan, to John W. Van Deusen.-Bert Moore, for merly of this place, and for several years brakeman on the Housatonic railroad, broke his leg in Hartford, last week.
 At LAKEv1LLE, on Friday last, a lad named Wm. Shaw soh of Daniel Shaw, while attempting to run belt on ptil. ley i'll the knife factory in that village, got his arm caught between the belt and the pulley and both bones were broken. - The series of meetings which are being held i'll the M. E.. Church every evening, are awakening much interest in the cause of religion. Gov. Holley will build im- mediately large double residence near Dr. Knights Institute in that village. There will be large amount of building Ill Lakevllle the coming season. MT. Bundy's new furniture store was raised last Saturday and is now being enclosed. and we were about to add, ready for bus lness.-NcaVs . r,.'.., .5-..g
 The RvERTON Episcopal church is soon to have minister and regular services. -i D. Il. Stevens, Esq, has bought the nice cottage recently owned by Allen Hitch cock
 The TWISTED Herald has received the first dandehon of the season and credita ply refrains from poetry. .n.I.. ...'.s
 The statement, going the rounds of the press that "an invoice of Chinanen are on their way to the new clock shop in Winsted" is unfounded in fact. ss.,
 Six carloads of Litchfeld County peo- pie went to Hartford Tuesday to see Joe Jefferson as Rip Van Wrinkle. Jefferson. who, since Coughs withdrawal from tho held, IS the most eloquent temperance speaker extant, illustrated the life and character of the vagabond Dutch drunk ard, with his usual power. s'sMay he live long and prosper. "-H Herald. '.
 At WARREN, on Thursday last, Cad 8. Peck was arrested by Constable NJ. A. Strong, and brought before Justice B. E. Carter Esq, charged with making a mur- derous assault on Mrs John Meth and on John Meth Jr., with an open knife. He announced himself about to ''cut out their Dutch hearts," but did not do it. He was convicted and fined four dollars on each complaint, from which judgment he ap- pealed to the Superior Court. Herald,
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27

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Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27
STATE ITEMS.

!ncendiary fires are numerous iu Nor walk.
 A number of boy burglars have been arrested in Newtown. "s1'E'
 It will take 5000, 1000 to build and equip the Parallel road.
 A number of Norwich mechanics are to- leave shortly for Oregon a6u7
 The Danbury News calls P. T. Barnum the first April shower. @ U T Q B3EE
 The Hon. A. D. Wells, of Norwich, will visit the Vienna exposition. %. ..a.
 The Housatonic railroad is doing a heavy through freighting business west.
 Edward A. Chapman, formerly of Mid dletown, is now mayor of Omaha.
 The names of twenty females were reg istered in Willimantic Ito be made" voters. An immense new wire mill is to be erected in Ansonia, during the coming summer.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27
KanHSN,w

s&2a ASN Our good slsighing has ataast vanished. 1t is pleasant toritle once nors,i,, wag- on xa Saas
 The scholars of tksaeottage Seminary are to have | sociabla ;he evening of the 2Sth
 Mrs. Root of Bulls Bridge, disposed of her farming utencils and household furniture atpuhli- apction-on Saturday, the 2 inst. Quite crowd assembled at her residence and tLe goods were sold quickly. - -s- --l'
 The Banner published recently an article terming Gomstoeks 8 hotel s'iow grogsery instead of q respectable tavern. Some one contributes to the Journal an article partly Ii, defence of air. Comstock and partly to dispute tho ':.8anuer' say ing, that the hotel was ':., we'll kept as the average of country hotels. This does not prove that the '''BanDeG" i,as publish ed an Hntrut!1. It seems to me that good paoer ought to be upheld in it's ef- forts to diminish the whskey trade. . ANOS
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27

there the lowlands. gently undulating, dotted now and, then, with pleasant cot tages and luxuriant gardens. Rail roads are lnterseeting Iowa in every direction. Where 2 few years ago the swarthy Indi- Fan roamed Ut will over hill and prairie now the steam whistle and buzz of busy life, tell of a higher civilization.
 It has been thought that Iowa was in the far West, but we see so many going still farther westward to Montana, Nebras- ka, and California. that we begin to feel as if Chicago and the Mississippi river were no longer 'sWest.''
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27
THE POLITICAL PROSPECT.

No one can give nops than wiidguess
 at the political prospects d Connecticut,
 this spring. Wereit not for the defec-
 ton of Mr sperry and his followers in
 New Haven, the Republicans would with
 out doubt carry the State. How much
 that disafection will injure the prospects
 of Mr. Haven it is very difficult to judge
 Still we shall be surprised if it amounts
 to figure that will overcome the majori- ties the rest of the State will cast against
 NIT. Ingersoll.
 No doubt the Credit Mobilier scandal
 the Pomeroy and Caldwell developments, the Louisiana muddle and the Salary steal. will cost us many votes. If voting the Democratic ticket meant a vote for purity, they ought to defeat us. But the party that relies on Mir. William H. Bar nuns money cannot also rely on Reform While, our majority is not like to be SO large as to be troublesome. we ''guess" that it will not be wanting alto- gether- -l . "LET sy-ooREs BE BY.coNEs." The noisy attacks upon the Republican candidate for Congress in this district, because he was once leading Know Nothing, are a curious commentary on that other Democratic cry. s'Let By-gones be By-gones. To Republican criticisms on the conduct of the Democracy during the war, comes the invariable response 'tBut the war is over!' And was not the war against the foreigners, if Know Noth- ingism can be called such, over long be- fore the war against the Union began The cry is simple den1agogism. The Re- publican party, in the first place, was a distinct organization from the Know Nothing party. Of the supporters of Fillmore in '56 more than half, we judge, are now to be found among the Democra- cy. HH aaisaniI Its tsaa5 ti }.
 Undoubtedly many old Know Nothingi belong to the Republican party, but the errors of that creed have long since been repudiated, and to-day the Republican party is the universal suffrage party of the country. Going far in advance of the Democracy, we have given the ballot to class much lower ill the social and intel lectual scale than the immigrant foreign CTS, and by so doing have made it forev- CT impossible for Republicanism to fall back into Know Nottingham. Under such 8 state of facts, with the transient old proscriptiye movement against for. elgners dead for near twenty years, could there be anything more ridiculous than the revival of this antediluvian war-cry against Judge Minor It is very queer inconsistency, to use no stronger term, that is so 10th to punish the traitor and so eager to cruelty the Know Nothing!
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27
Aarwinton.

The farm in the valley west of the cen Ire, has been sold to A. W. Buel, of Litchfeld. It contains about 40 acres consideration, g, 300.
 MT. Addison Webster has sold his farm to Minor Baldwin, native of Har- winton, now residing in Wethersfeld.
 We hope real estate has seen its lowest ebb.
 Politics are quiet. It is supposed that the name of the Republican candi- date for Secretary will be scratched at the ensuing election, to what extent, however, Is unknown. CNIs.
 Buckingham & Bush having '.gone up" MT. Harrington of Hartford has talk en back the corner place he sold to them. B. B. resided in town less than a year, but long enough to make sad failure. The community suffer no loss by. their de parture. -s@@asa
 -Dr. Ensign who left this place last fall and located in Poquonick has been greatly afflicted of late, having lost his two youngest children by scarlet fever. The Dr. and family were much respected in town and all sympathize with them in their affiiction.
 -Messrs. Catlin and Hinman returned last week from Massachusetts with anoth- CT fine lot of young working oxen, and are expected this week with 8 new supply. We notice among the number last bought in one extra fine pair of four years old, weighing 375Orbs. They are red Dur hams and so closely matched in color, size and general appearance that it is diff ficult to tell s'which is which," They were raised in Jamaica, Vermont, and took the first premium at the State Fair in Vermont, last fall, and at all the Coun- ty fair where exhibited. They were i'm mediately sold for $39O, but have since been bought back, we understand by c, and H. They are pronounced to be, by good judges, the best pair of their age in New England. tas szaa 55 h'a MT. Hubbard, whose dwelling and contents was destroyed by fire last fall, has got new house so. far completed as to be able to move into it some days since. The LANEsyMLE pulp factory is expect cd to start soon, says the Journal James Morgan is to leave Pumpkin Hill and take the farm now occupied by Mr. o. Fl. Addis on Second Hill. New Milford. = The friends of Miss Polly Ives, aged 30 years, met at the house of Squire Pepper, a few evenings since, for the purpose of giving that lady 8 donation. The gifts were numerous.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27


 Wo1corrvILnE, March 22d, 1873. EDITOR ENQUIRER The Democrats of this 15th) district have nominated our fellow citizen. ". s. Lewis, for Senator. They label him ga liberal. Your read ers. those of them who live in this dis trict, will be interested to know something of this candidate. .atarsa ,-sf-. ..
 Walt. Lewis is fellow of rather fine figure, Courteous in speech, dresses vel, and understands the multiplication table sufficiently to be able to conduct a coun- try store with moderate success To the natural eye these are all the qualifications he possesses. It is reported, however, that he has expressed a willingness to fur nish the sinews of war-and then he is . ga liberal" Exactly what it means, to be ga liberal" will be illustrated by a brief history of this one.
 Mir. Lewis distinguished his entrance into political life by being member of a Know Nothing lodge. He was then young and not supposed to have much influence in controlling votes, so he made himself useful in scattering by night those pieces of red paper which used so to alarm every body. He was very sagacious at this bus mess and always escaped detection. He could go through the streets and by-ways 80 silently, and distribute his bloody looking little tokens so deftly, and then in the morning could so innocently know nothing, that even the mythical and mvs- terious Sam himself, could not have surpassed him. It showed that the stuff was in him to make ssa liberal" After the Know Nothing party went out of exis- tence, Lewis subsided into mild type of Democrat During the war he was nomi- nally Republican, although even then, his liberal tendencies were so strong that he often voted variegated icket-about as much Democratic as Republican. In 1867 Mr., Lewis became distinctively "a liberal" after the pattern of Andrew John son, voted for James F. English, for Gov ernor, and in 1868 he voted for Horatio Seymour, for President. These votes, of course, eminently fitted him to take a prominent position as "a hberaP in the presidential campaign of last fall, and to be most proper candidate to nominate for Senator. .-. .....- .t..s
 MT. Walter s. Lewis is asking Republi- cans to vote for him on the ground of his having been Republican. The forego- ing brief account of his political career will serve to dispel any such claim, and shows how entirely without foundation is his assumption of republican antecedents. Walt. Lewis is "a liberal" of the strong est kind in one respect He wants Re- publicans to vote for him. Indeed he wants anybody to vote for him. He is like Hans Breitmann's candidate for he can truly say
 Whoever will give me his vote,
 Whatever his politics be-
 Shall forever afterwards be considered
 A political friend by me- -
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-03-27
JOE JEFFERSON.

The performance of Rip Van Wrinkle in the Waterbury City Hall, on Saturday night, called together large audience j; near two thousand, we judge; two full car loads going down from this coun- ty. Jefferson's acting is so exceptional in kind as we'll as merit that no descrip- tion can present any adequate notion of | it's high excellence. The best characteri- zation of it we can think of, is the coun- tryman's criticism of Garrick, who, he thought, did n't act at all, ''she only did 1 what anyone else would have done i'll his place. '" The entire absence of the stage rant so offensive to the infrequent theatre 1 goer, charms everyone with Jefferson. Then he is so full of fun, not of the sharp wit that crackles in every line of Sheridan, but of humor that bubbles out of him naturally, with so little reconciliation, apparently, that the fun coming out of him seems only tithe of the fun left in him. h1 'A
 1 The Rip Van Wrinkle of Jefferson is in some respects different conception from that of Irving. The mere good-for-noth- ing of the story becomes downright sot in the play. Indeed such presentation of the weak, worse than worthless, con-
 irmed drunkard as Jefferson gives us, vastly exceeds in power and truth any thing we have ever heard from the tenn perance platform. Rips twenty years on the mountain were really the only we'll spent years of his life, and there is moth. ing in the whole play more pitifully nat ural than the meekness with which he takes the first drink offered him, after his waking up.
 l Those who are opposed to theatre going as practice, ought certainly to make an exception in favor of Rip Van Wrinkle. The moral it teaches is only equalled by the awful lessons of real life.