, 1876-03-01
THE COURTS.
An End Reached III the lklbbc-
Hill Suit.
Tie Jury Return q vordict for the
Defendant.
Record Of Judgments and NeY Snlts-'-
Criminal business.
THE KlBBE.RtLL CASE.

Alter over NIX WGvHb VIM sn9 UukotloA0 S1Nus~
mont suit Of George A. Kibbe vs. doorEo ". I'LL
was at ]ast lntshod yesterday, aud 1ast oveuing
nt o'clock tho Jury returned verdict for the
deteudsnt. Tbs suit vse brought by Ktbbs to
recover posBesston OF 160 acroa Of laud In Hyde
Park, wo,tll now about 1900 An aoro. Tho main
objection made by lllo defendant to the pIsins-
iNs title waB that three deeds In hIs claim Of
title wore forged. lilo man who wAn claimed To
havo forged them, Jau1es Resd, Was put on tho
stand and be acknowledged Il. Around thfB
point, therefore, all tue contest wss ocnte1ed.
In sn e]ccsment buit tho plsiutin la Obliged to
rs,y on tho porteotnehs OF his own sitfe. and
the plaintiff sought to overthrow Reeds tos-
timony, lIsk by showing bits bad character,
lsoed lac claimed he had forged IN 1879 aud 1874
had bean aeon by various pataons yoArs before
that tlmc. Several technical law points also
wcre raised by thu defendant, but orerruled.
s sa a' susoe, s' o hros 5 sa
10 have boon forged BY 1eod II tlls inatigAtion
And for the uso ot Nildolphue K. Turner, the
eou.'n-lav Of Klbbe. Tulner,. II vii be re-
u,emhered. is now unler Indictment In Mis-
souri and this stats for forgery,
According to lscod'a story, which Tho Jury have
aydontiy believed at lohst III ls u1a1u poanss,-
lie was employed by Turnor 10 forge the doeds
II question aud ras psta fs5 80 d1 1%1
frmatory jcol, az il was called, at Alton. iu
1876. Tho deolH woro thon recorded nearly forty
yeats after tho tno ul,en ts,oy pnrpoftcd to have
been mado. 1hin graso omission was accounted
for by 1urner,~ on tue ground thRt 10 oid not
want to get mixed up with any laua litigation.
An lmmeuso amount OF circumaeaHtt1! evidence
cioaeu, IL eosmcd impossible that any Jury could
ponprolleud and 1emcnber all tho evidence, 10
a. to bo ablo to silt 1t and doctdo nationally.
Ths J,,dgo'B charge was singularly clear. Ho
warned tho Jury to 10 oatotnl 10 b0lievlng Neod's
testimony. ns ha was an accomplish, but showed
that II Ind bson subatantsated In many partcli-
lsrs by othcrs, and told them shut It wls thus
materially strengthened, aud that, Il they found
II thus corroboFaaed' shoy wore Justified IN b.
liey,ng u oil. Tha auspclouBncau Of tho plaiut-
lfr's deods waa also polluted out: ou tue Other
hand, II 1t waa nlsown that Hill aud Reed lad
formed conspiracy to defsaud tho plainttH, tho
Jury was instructed to examine closely their owl
donco. The JudEo went over the evidence
3. losgth, indicating Tho 1pasctsal questions
which had been fRigctl, n,,d tho case wnB then
given to the jury at about noon.
Al Z o'clock III tho evening, after B'orny time
lad agreed. Tho counsel for tho paEtiea wore
sent for mud Boon nrlvod. Tho corrt-1oom was
then opened, md tho Judge. followed by tho
Jury, blr. ketcllan, tho attorney for tho platnt-
llY, Howard Turner; Nr. l1.rnuna. attorney for
Hill; 3tr. Hill Almaosi. and several Interested
PARTIES or wltnesaeB, crowded III. Tho vordiot,
ahich was read by tho judge was as fullows;
Ne, the jury, hnd tho defendant not guilty Of with.
aollsng the premises, charged in tho declaration.
Not q soupd WAS heard whcn tho Judge oon-
cluafd, mud MI sat ~ IL BpoI!.bouud until Judge
Nopkins turned to adjourn court whom hir.
Ketcham arose, loohiug ustorly dxheartoned by
the verdict, aud asked lonyo to euter q motion
for now trial, wllith the judge granted. The
attorney then aaid l,o wal,ed to have It disposed
Of at once, 80 a. to ask for writ OF error. Tue
Judge, however. remarked tlat ho was not pro-
pared to decide tle mosiout aud might wish to
haar an argument. 1!o also reminded tho eoun-
sal that writ Of er1ar wns matter Of right,
and need nc: Ia asked for from INN. Ths mo-
ton for n,w stiai would, however, DO euterod.
Tho Court then adjourned.
Tho jury seemed to be voIy decided Ia their
opinion OF tho caso, bus they pesaistently TO-
fused to toll how tho first or auy Of the subse-
uueut balI0t4 stood, npd inttmated that It would
require man Of considerable shrewduesB to
uisoover.
lu tho trial Of II. Il. Turner last fall In the
Criminal Court tho sAme question: wero raised
10 the authenticity OF the thseo decds In quas-
lion lh this trial, and III that case the Jury, after
two weeks Of evldouce, wore unablo TO agree.
This indictment ls still ponding, aud will prob
shlr bs ualiod up soon, - it was act for last
nanth.