The New York herald., 1874-10-04
THE CLOSING TERMS.

The summer vacation is past and the work Of
the courts Will be resumed tomorrow morning,
with the opening OF the October term with iull
calendars In all The courts. The calendars are ali
heavy, but there cases or SPECIAL interest
importance but II WILL Notwithstanding, be up
nili work Tor the judges 10 pose 81 the causes
shat Will be presented 10 them for adjudication
Below will be found a brlef but accurate reference
10 the work 10 be disposed o! IN the several
courts
BUSINESS II THE UNITED STATES COURTS.
Judge Woodruff VIII preside in 'ne United
Staes Circllt Court. OF TINS district, the 10Th
INST, when in all PROBABILITY. the clgll jury cal
endar VIII be called. II is expected that Judge
Nathaniel snipman viii take up branch OF this
Court al the same time.
Judge Biatchord VIII, on Tuesday next, take up
tne nearing oI admiralty cases IN the United
States District Court.
sit IN the United states Circuit Court and proce
lth the tral 81 criminal cases
ADMIRALTY cALENpAR FOR TUESDAY
Before Judge Blatcll0rd.
20. Francisco Sll1e et al. ys. tie bark Triton
LA +. Joseph and others Vs. the bark W.
ii5 Eric Railway Company Vs. the steamboat
.. = Gregory
me
"a J. A. DavenpoFt and others vs. the schooner
,Lstopher Columbus.
M 4. Ashcroft aud others -. the steamship s.
l2t1. l. Fannigan " the steamboat r. POWELL
i-o Fort Ell a.. w. Tie errrDoat Jas could.
,,, SUPREME COURT.
sr anere q unusually heavy calendars IN al the
piaIChes this court, and tAe opening 81 the new
iepal 5eai, iyes promise Of aO4udaat work Tor the
Juuges. ~ General Term Chef justice DAVIS
aiiu @ Supsea rady ana Daniels are the regular
assignea Juass Dat snoud Judge Brad5 hold the
oyti aha ~ ner wAlch as seen by tie state
40, tnere wA pahalN IL s6Iae otner ilqre L..
iectea ~ his pa. The caendar ot inc CourC
beard and e, ed-e h, a. sryned Wanv N these
nIs - Vl1 a,es, Sa,es, ,Nis. though net quite as anti
qnGeed q - sie daIaiSe sult, Sun involve the az
JulSa,Yh & " mos important -" points.
nrul il,, =. H. .ouII ~ awaiting decision These
secisohs mtY ge ahLoqeed at rhe reopeaing 0l
the Court or they may u 4efd 40 Allowance for
some time. The 'iaW ieAysi are prOyerbial.
anu this ~ one ol the thlnt - Ynich lawyers ana
clients must learn 10 sI1tit parently ANA the
sooner the oct er. There WI he only two trial
terms-Parts ana 3--the giapr neing neid IN
Judge Van Brunt VINO seems go nave become 4
nxiure, though very aCcep4b.e one IN this
branch Of THIS Court and tie alter by Judge
Dononue. There are some 2,Uoy ses on the cal
endars--a number, IN view oi Tie ucrease IN nt-
gntion, wmcn + not ilkeJ TO be internally lea
VINO on account oi Illness, has enj1ged an intor-
Tegnum 81 several mongns in his Juttai labors
WILL hod Chambers. lie viii come back II ne said.
fully recruited IN health, and certainly ia resnnp
ton ol ms duties on the bench Will bc uost ac-
ceptable 70 the Bar aud profession geneTtly
OYER AND rERsINER.
The criminal braEcn of the supreme Cou- pre-
sents an unusually heavy calendar. Judge trady
Win mold the Court, ~ being continued trm
TIE most important case on the calendar il 1 II
ol John Scdnnell for the alleged murder Of HON !
DOnohue, the present being his tird trial. MI
Police Commissioners IharllcA aud Gardiner, il
all probability will be tried on the three other
counts contained in the original indictment. IA
Wen as on the new indictment I0und against tnem
by the Grand Jury oil the Court Of General ses.
si0ns. Should 1t so happen In TIE course OF I'D.
man events tnat Genet and Snarkey are captured
their cases viii also demand the attention OF tina
Court, but from the present outlook TINS seems d
contingency hardly likely 10 happen.
SUPERIOR COURT.
In the various branches OF this Court there VIII
he quite enough to keep both judges aud lawyers
actively employed Tor the ensuing legal year. At
the General Term, which Will be held by Judges
Freedman, Van Worst and Sper, there are nity-
four cases on the caleDdar, some OF most import
ant character. involving NICE legal points in refer
encc 10 mercantile matters. On the trial calendar
there are sUine 1,3O0 cases. Cnlef justice
Mcneil presiding over Part and Judge Sedgwlck
over Part 2. The Special Term and Chambers
viii be beiu by Judge Cirtls.
COURT on OYER AND TERMTNEE
There Will be no lack OF business iu this Court,
thu calendar all beng heavily burdened win
cases. During october there Will be no General
Term. on the trial calendar there are sVnle 1000