National Republican., 1876-10-12
THE COURTS.
suprsm. Court of the United States. :


WEDNESDAY, October IL. 1876.
On motion of Mr.. Clinton Rice, VIM. L.
Nugent, esq.,, OF jackson, Miss, was admitted
to practice as an attorney and counselor Of
| this court. s- ~ 10
On motion of Mr.. E. L. Stanton, Peter L.
| VOORHEES,, ESQ.,, of Camden, n. j., was admit
| ted TO practice ss an attorney and counselor of
| this court. -9a.aas
On motion of Mr.. c. Robinson, William J..
Robertson, esq, Of Charlottesville, Va, and
| r. Ross Perry, ESQ.,, of Washington, ID. c.,
were admitted to practice as attorneys and
| coupselors of this court. E4
On motion of Mr.. Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Smith, Josiah H. Hubbard, esq, of Bos.
ton, Mass, was admitted to practice as an
attorney and counselor of this court.
No.7. Peyton Grymes, appellant, VS.. Dallas
Sanders, administrator, &c. The argument of
this cause was continued by Mr.. E. L. STAN
ton and Mr.. Geo. NJ. Dallas, of counsel for
appellees, and concluded by Mr.. c. Robinson
for appellant. -
No. Z, (orIginal.) State of South Carolina,
appellant, VS.. State OF Georgia ct al. The ar
qument of this cause was commenced by Mr..
VIM. II. Trescott, of counsel for the complain
ants. ~ ..s H-....----.--EE "a
Adjourned until tomorrow at 10 O'Clock.
General Term-Chisf Justice Cartier and
Judges Humphreys, wylie and Macarthur
on the Bench. ..--
Walter s. Perry, on motion of r. R. Perry,
applied for admission to the bar. Referred to
examining committee.
FAINT VS.. Riggs. A. gued by Mr.. Crittenden
and Thomas J. Miller, and decree below af-
frmed. .--
Eaton VS.. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company. Passed.
Hoffman VS.. Castleman. Argued by Mr..
Birney.
Criminal Court-Judge 0lin.
The following cases occupied the attention
of this court yesterday:
William, alias Spider, Brown, resisting off,
Ger; one year in the penitentiary.
B. II. Bryan, robbing letters; one year in
the penitentiary.
Henry B. Lien, forgery, (two cases, )-the
first In falsely and fraudulently eounterfeiting
the name of Ernest Dichman to a check psys-
BILE to W. r. Jones for 1880, and the second
for forging the name of A. R. Shepherd to
check payable to R. C. Ball for S2S.S6. He
plead guilty in both cases, aud was sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary in one case, and
sentence suspended in the other.
James Simms, colored, grand larceny; guilty.
Two years in the penitentiary.
Theodore Watkins, colored, charged with
burglary, with intent to commit a rape. In
consequence of defect in the indictment his
Honor directed the jury TO return a verdict Of
not guilty, but remanded the accused to Jail to
dHdlL dCtlOu VI Slduu
lay in the fact that the prisoner was indicted
for committing the crime on one woman, and
the evidence disclosed that 1t was another.
Washington Merritt, alias Merideth, resist
ing an officer. Guilty; one year in the penl-
tentiary. ."-
John simms, colored, grand larceny, in steal
ing horse and wagon, valued at SIPS, the
property of Robert Roby. Guilty.
French Simpson, an appeal case wherein the
defendant is charged with on the 1st day of
January, 1876, and other days, keeping place
for the sale of lottery tickets, was taken up.
Colonel VIM. A. Cook, General Sol. Hinkle
and Daniel Cahill appeared for the defense,
Dey Wells and Birney for the Government.
Colonel Cook made motion to quash the In
formation, on the ground that the matter
charged was not definitely set forth. The mo-
ton produced considerable discussion, and
without being settled the court adjourned un-
I'll this morning.
Probate Court.
In re. estate of B. NJ. D. Snyder. Order of
publication. In re. estate of VIM. Fl. Bran
ham; do. In re. will of Malvina Rollow; do.
Nina Brannan was appointed guardian to in
FAINT children of Daniel Schulze. In re. estate
of Robertson Topp, late Of Memphis, Tenn.
Decree granting letters of administration to
VIM. G.. Ford. The will of the late Ella r.
Mattingly, bequeathing her property to her
mother, was admitted to probate and letters
issued to Mary T. Harwood. George H. B.
White was appointed guardian to Nelson
Duckett. In re. estate Of Thomas Cooken-
derfer. Order reyoking order referring to
auditor and referring exceptions to Henry W.
Garnett. In re. estate of Mary +. Purcell.
Order OF publication. In re. estate of Jane
Morrow. Decree granting letters of admins
tration to Sarah Morrow. The will of John
York was filed. In re. will of Emily CHS
holm. Order granting letters testamentary
to Fitzhugh Coyle. The will of the late F. s.
probate. Sallie 8. Gather qualified as ex-
ecutIlx and was appointed guardian. The
will of Daniel Eberly was fled, fully proven,
admitted TO probate and letters testamentary
issued to Anton Eberly.
The will of the late Michael Green was
filed, admitted to probate and letters tesla
mentary issued to Susanna Green, r. Green
and John +. Green; bond, $50, 900. The will
is dated May IL last, and boqueathes of the
personal estate $40 900 to his relatives, 900
to the widow, AMI the following: Rev. G. /.
White, 81 ,0c0; Rev. j. A. Walter and Rev.
Felix Barrotti, each $500; Rev. Patrick Nc
Carthy and Rev. Moses B. Fortune, $500 each,
and trustees Of st. Joseph's Male Orphan Asy-
lum, 81 900, and the proceeds of the sale of
certain real estate, to be divided between st.
AIMS Infant Asylum, trustees of st. Vincent's,
trustees of asylum for aged persons under
management Of Little Sisters of the Poor, not
to exceed $500 each. The balance of his estate
he gives to his wife.
The will of the late Jane Glover was filed,
fully proven and admitted to probate; Chas.
c. Glover qualified as executor. The will of
the late Abraham Dent was fully proven and
admitted to probate, and Joseph F. Thompson
qualified as executor. In re. estate of Eliza
beth Chisholm; decree appointed Ftzhugh
Coyle administrator. Adjourned to Tuesday
next at II o'clock.