, 1875-06-13

look in their sections Of tho city nas very fat
teE1ug for the regiment
from the Adjutant~tiencral OF the State p1omis.
! ing arms for the regiment whenever proper
beds were giver-
|. Capt. Tnnnlcii1e reported that drlll-bsl
! could be had on Jackson a:reet At rental oi
$1,000 per rear, au' that the City Council had
been peti:ioued for an appropriation for s., COZ
| for that purpose,
The Char was, on motion. instructed to call a
meeting OF the civic officers Of the regiment. to
be held at an early day, to take action look-
| ing 10 the financial good OF the regiment.
! 4 meeting will be held this afternoon ut tho
hail corner OF Hatsted and HArrieon streets, to
/! form company for the Second Regiment, noW
In con1se Of organization.
! Bush VS.. STOREY.
motion fo- new trial MAS made Saturday
morning By the plaintiff in the libel case Of
William Bush vs- Wilbur F. Storey The case
Eaa Tried about two weeks ago. aud resulted in
verde: for the defendant. Mr. Bush, in sup-
port Of his motion. read his own afidavit.
verdict be had no knowledge respecting
the jury, or that they we're other than Of good
character and well informed, After the d.
Charge Of the jury, however the plaintiff states
ho was informed that the trial had been ta>r-
" conducted but had been influenced and con-
tro:led BY malpractice in the selection and suG1-
noning Of tie jury, the procuring of witnesses,
and the manner Of tAeir tcstifylng. Air. Bush
IL, however, unable TO tell who has been the
cluse Of all this In hope Of finding out
something, he applied to J. J. kear-
ney, bailiff. who kept the jury
tickets and drew the jury, requesting him to bo
allowed to examine the jury-tickets- He was in
forned that the tickets lad been torn up aod
destroyed. Bu4h then went to the office Of the
Clerk Of tho Circuit Court aud examined tue
original summons, which was served on all the
jurors on the first day OF tho term. Ine resi-
dehcrs OF the jurors were not given, nor was any
-. 3ofn Inn, ln
plaintiff then went to the County C1erk's Office
where be examined the jary-list for the year
1875 Here be found that nlue jurors who had
found that hia reputation was not damaged
By being called ''slyster" were rot ca the
regular Jury list and, as he c1alMs, could not be
summoned By law. Two Of the jurors. Dunn |
Xpu Simpson, be charges, hGye EHen Eitt.E" on !
juries fol yeara. or hanging around tho oi}iceB !
Of Justices OF the Peace ]
Bush also claims ths+ he was surprised By tho
abrupt closing Of the case, and Was titus pre-
up hls character. He VAS also sur
p.isod that the defendants could find wit
nesses who thought his repu:ation bad. One Of
those Witnesses plaintiff says mas been Indicted
several times, smother Is under indictment for
perjury, and = 1tlrd las been discharged frc1n
The police force for misconduct: All these cn-
cumstances considered, Mr.. Bush thinks he
ought to have 8 new trial.
Judge Rogers, however failed to see it in that
light, and denied the motion, re:narklng that
ha did not think sufficient grounds had
been shown. 1t WAS not nctionable
to call him the most ignorant lawyer at the Bar,
when the Bar Has SO high. Nor could exception !
te taken on the ground Of surprise at the eri-
denco against his moral character. The Court
VAS surprised 1T the number Of witnesses who |
1ad testified against the plaiutin. aud had al |
shys personally regarded him as Of good reputa-
ion. An exception UEs taken to the Judges !
'ecisioD, and an appeal asked and allowed under
bond for $25J. ;