, 1874-05-27
THE COURTS

THE COURTS.
miscellaneous business TRANSACTED
Yesterdays
The rloh Of tho defendant In the cAso Of Will
lam Bush against W. +. Storey was fled yoster-
day. Tho euit waa brought to recover $4,000
alleged damages for libel IN calling THO plaintlft
4 "ahystor." Tho defendant, aftcr tho plea Of
general Issue; denying all tho allegations Ia
gonoral, goes on to eny that there woroi at the
timo tho alleged libo1ous article was publishcd,
number Of lawyers IN Chicago who had no
regular bnainoas, but lived on what they
could pick up from day to day IN tho
Polico ind Juattcos' Courts, and who wero usual-
ly hnnglng around such courts to obtain such
bnsin6aa aa chance throw in their way. at that
time, also, tho word "shystcr" was not defined
by any English dictionary, nor waB 1t IN general
use or possessed Of any dofnito meaning, though
1t wns occasionally used by lawyers md othora'
The word ras also occasionally applied 10 uuch
momt}ers Of tho legal profession 10 had
boon guilty Of any misconduct in their
p5ef''GtSn Ess s honoe hsssesa t9d aeb 5 f'shbs shs
logal profession, or auoh conduct as was
bI members q tue REsfes9on n gGos
tho form was applied without regard to The p1l-
vato rmoral character Of the practitioner. More
ovor the torn, wien used BY itself hnd without
any 9ap1anasor1 Moian, "In n,,a na,,1a nnaar
stsud ui, tihe sense in which # was TO b
taken. Tho article IN question was only
Wlsen ~ anp" IN ~ H., ssss ~ Srnnnsnters
lI"II H. ~ in,vor co,,rta ~ cnmnornH With the
vno ~ 9or,aor 1sara nn1 Il Ia c,,,med hv
Mr. stofey that the term 30 defuod is strictly
sfpIE;..,ator y ~ '
en1e'o, .a,,, .>,,n ,rauu.,cr rso.,p.sv,
enr"t,aa % %1dinnany. soYno two soars ago brought
aoouo ~ ~ to no's anmnany to enforce tho nav
osa " ~ ~ d.aasstnS;nta m ttotes etyan
fas ntoc1 notnntTArs wdro interuoaed to nj tho
auts ui s'9Sx "i ioW nva neu IEe baYia oyerred ~ m
81, t... nu ~ ~, az reHlctt ~ cot,tsc gov
tn pln,n ~ vi TbS aoiom;nnta vero riynn ,,-
IT ~ 1riu iuc i a[ ~ n,oad.
va '"'y a,+,I,ns. ~ I,11 ~ rur n r. r. coNpAyy,
n r. Mnnri, tho ptaviaiottol hasionee Aid
necciv.t NJ the Peotio's Omnibus BAgtage
ronnon1 f,,od a rennrt NJ hia doinre with tho
Spn ~, ,;ncn 1,ia IRA. rnnnootion with II IN
o,nntnr Ian. al. 1SM, uutll the 23a
d"v ~ Antii whom tia Whole property vat sold
:" 3rohn 2t;so fnr am i'm. The aniount received
rom fares waB s19.757,9e, running from $8SA IS
ths i1av lie took oharno up to 98l930 tho day boz
~, r. nn1t1 nut tflIte nvtrnfo rhcefbtB ward
| ohont sS25 div, Tho c1pployos received
a1o s1a r. thcro woa na,d for foei. &c 7gG. .C2:
inn,,ropce and other items, S2,885,8 ,83; advanced
tor c,anen' ii l7O.9a: Uhlioh i Muhlko. aronni
rout stA5 Unitod Statoo Marshal, solos; in
torost @ s7b - totni exneuditurc OF a2I.S3S, &C.,
| Also. Iesal services Of Monroe, Babes .h Gibbs,
81 ado. snd s2500 as = reasonable compensation
fotho hssirnoo, and there would be lett $23 1910
AVAILABLE sy assets.
| IrEslH
| Only seven suits we're begun in tho Superior
! Court Yesterday.
Anininnctiot was Issued III tho case Of aooor
Tracey Y. tho Toledo. Peoria & WabaBb Rail-
road Company against the Sheriff Of Hancock
County, to prevent him selling aone property OF
tho Company he had soizod.
A verdict was rendered against the city yester-
dny for $500, for careloesness in leaving hole
| fn1f pf Wntor On ElYtou road, into NAicl L little
bow fell, and was drowned
1N1usoT1os AaA1SRr HOUSE. MOVING.
Elijah NJ. Haines filed bill yesterday IN the