, 1873-12-17
THE COURTS.
Tho Emery Contempt Caso Again,
Decision In O Life Insurance Case.
The Criminal Cpnlt.:-Dankruptcy Items
.."Ncw Suits.


WolnluE 10 Lnve m httnoltncnt l6Httou aEalnst
Emery for diBobotiienoo. In not obeying tho Of
der Of tho Court mut|o tho 11th day Of August.
to compcl him to pay oyer $4,000 within. twonty
days.. A rulo was also asked on Farroll, to show.
cause by tho 10th, why ho should not be at
tachcd also for contempt. It will be- tcmom,
bered that on tho it'll of August this sumo order
was asked aud tako,i .updor adylsomont by the
Court and tho decision Laa not yot boon
rendered. sonator Doolltllo. insists that tho
psrtlos aio properly hore in Court, and TINT tho
order Of Aug. II has been evaded for nearly
four months. Dir. Harding, for tho plaintiff,
thought Tho caHo was nnhoard Of, that 1t was
compelling the Judge to rcntlor decision tint,
moreover the partioa wore nos prop
erly III court bore, tho proceedings
for ., a removal 'E from the. State. court
held that to case was in this Court. mud said ho
would tako tile matter under ndyiHomcnt. Anl-
davts wore filed on both sidos atltl it Ii expected
docislon will bo rendered Saturday.
On the 18th of March, ls7o. J. Foley Tabor In
cured Ills lifo for $4,000 in tho Knickerbocker
Life.1nsurauce Company. A. few ulonths aftor
he died, and suit was brought by his alminls.
tlntor, Q; ( g. KGoLisaat, for sle amount OF tho
1icaiy agreed tlAtif tho injured should fail to
pay any notes duo tho Company whom thoy be-
camo due then tho policy should be void. md
alleged tlas Tabor did havo q noto given to the
Company for tho sum OF about s72, which was
vcr was filed thereto. Judge Dlodgett
held TINT, rs in The examination Of the
note mud policy, it Ind appeared TINT It was spo-
chilly provided In both that = failure to pay tho
that II should be held that tho noto and policy
wore to bo taten together MS ono contract, mud
as it appeared tint the noto was not paid at tho
tin.o OF Tabor's death. although oyeltl1o, tho
=
foro ovorrulel.
In tho case of Lewis +. Smith aGa,nst r. z.
Jolkinu, Aseig,ioo OF lsouben Wood, IN action
wcA brought to ouforce an equitable lien ngninBt
ning 70 hiM' Oh % los Oh Oh Twsnty.soc. went Sec
Gtoro. which. was used ns y grocery.
He aoll it, and tho goods therein, to Wood for
81, ,2oo. Of which one-hulf was cash aud the 10.
was subsequently, adjudged bankrupt. and
Smith filed his bill to ontoico verslol's lion on
the gsolo and lot, but 1t Appeared he had sur
rendered hts leaseto the landlord, and the 1aud-
lort garo Wood now. .loaao.. aud 1t was held i
extilgaibhod tho lien.
LENGTHY OBJECTIONS:
Judge HopkinB has been engaged for nearly q
week IL hearing. the objections flied to
hfle h.nn:ar discharge f., o. a,,,, e. Wolcott from
WIS that D. e.. Wolcott had, In January. 1871,
givon deed Of certain property In Indiana to
his brother. Ansou, aud Ind. not acknowledged
the property III hIs inventory of assets nB his
tho Bankrupt law, being nndo to hinder and
cheat Ills creditors. Moreover, it was claimed
that though tho deed was not to dcfIaud, and
t4e property Mas J. only hela by ~ g. Wolcolt in
sonlo Of these debts before it wns decided
baek,. aud while lie WIS oatonbiblo OWNER,
the property became lianlo therefor. On lilo
otAey hand it was. alleged that. tho laud VIVA
pnly held by the prcaeht bankrupt ia trust fol.
his brother, to secure money loaned him TINT
ho mover lived on it, nor appeared 10 exercise
any nets Of ownership oyerit, but. on, the coll-
rary. Anson was all tile ti1no reaping the proila
ls o tue ay t thy
rupt, and must slow TINT it was dono with
!ntout to dofraud his tlen existing creditors.
Tho jury wore out ouly about ten minutes, and
returned verdict Of "not guilty" A case
Thomas, tho Assignee Of snId E. e, Wolcolt,
against Anson Woleott to recover tlIiH pieca of
property for his creditors. Gu tho stato OF facta
ollcited BY The trlal, decree was granted to aneud
$4,000 DAMAGES WANTED.
John Z. Wllliston filed m affidavit iu the Cir
suit Court, aud obtained capius against Robert
3. Carb9cy., WilllBsou states that, tile Sd Of
December, Carsloy swore out a ,warrant for his
sas taken before. Justice naipes on tie
ln1ae dny, but tho, caao wns continued
Until tho 9th. On tho 9th, it was
lgain continued until the 18Th, and on tlat day
ao'was tried BY Justice llaitca aud discharged,
He thinks tho imprisonment mud the expenses
nc hns incurred arc such as to Justify him in be-
ginning o rreapass suit for $5,0O0. which lie ill.,
;ends 70 do, but lug feaTH uny judgment will be
u alsya5lns IN unless caraley be arrested mud held
$4,000, FOR AN. .ARM,
Judge Booth was engaged, yesterday In hear;
Ing the'caso Of James Finn against Young, tie
omnibus man. Finn.was ruin over by all o1nui-
Sl!h belonging; to Young. in August. 1872, near
The cornor Of Adamb and Dearborn streets. Ills
arm was crushed mud subsequently umputatod,
Ind he brought suit for 5l0,6U0 thorefor.
STILL IN TROUBLE.
David u. Ford Yesterday began three suits !
against Andrew j. GulIford, layiag hs dauagos
u each case at $40 ,0oY. In two OF the a,lits
otller parties woro Joined ~ nominal plaintiffs,
but the suiss wero MI for Ills uso. dlliforl was
tried III. the Criminal Court. Monday, on .
Manufacturing Company, and trumplanty ac-
quilted.
PERSONAL,
Miss ElEh II, 'Hulett was, on motion OF Josoph
United 6tates Courts. Frederick r.. Zalars WAS
llso admitted on motion Of H.. @. Dcnuett,
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UNITED STATES coUnTa.s
j. 4. Murphy, Assignee Of the Chicago Fro
Insurance.. Company, recovered Judgment against
.bouttwenty dofaulting crelitois lor tho aygro-
gate SUN of -, 5G3.22.
BANKRUPTCY ITEMS. ..
In tho matter OF the estate Ut Peyton Il. Chand-
er, m order was entorod that the Asaignee'A salo
II twenty-five shares OF stock in tho Union Roll
hg-Mill Company for. $i0,C25 should DO ap-
proved.
Leave was given Gardner and Gould to with
iraw their denial aud iile al auswor, aud al i'll
unoLon .waA issued against the Sharitf, to pre-
execution in favor of q. r. Eanes..
In tho caae Of J. II. pfoyoncha ct al, au
order for sale of stock ut 32, ,835.5G was made.
An order for the examination ct A. II. Gage
Tor Dec. II, at 10 o'clock o. m., was ualo..
CRIMINAL COURT.
David Fra2er, indicted for larceny from the
9rm Of j., B. Shay & o., plead guilty to tho
:hargo. aud was remanded for sentence.
John Doylo, charged with assault With intont
70 kin, plead guilty.
John Lawlor, charged With nssaulting George
IT. DnNn1 ,yttl, infant IN .tt 1vuu ri II ,r}I