, 1877-01-24

Mike Evans Mandamus Case to
Be Heard To-Morrow.
A Couple Of Bridewe]l Birds Want
Freedom via Habeas Corpus.
Nen Suits So. Judgments, Confessions,
Bankruptcies, Divorces, Etc.

The attorneys in tho mandasnus case Of MI
ehacI Evans ys. Robcst T. Lincoln called on
Judge HlcAlitstcr yesterday morning, and after
some talk and argument Induced him to join
with TIC other eomtnon-1aw Judges of tho Cir
cult Court In hearing tho argument on Evans
petition. Thursday morning Was act for t1le
ttmc, anil the case will probably otcup7 a day
Mr. Lincoln has also prepared his answcr 10
the petition, claiming that Evans WAS default
CT to the amount Of t2@5, 46s.37 IN the collection
Of The town taxes Tor 1876. The same argu-
meats arc employed that haro been urged be-
fore In other litigation Rcainat Evans. II Is
further denied that Evans haa ever per-
formed any Of the dutIes Of Town Col
ler,or. Mr.. Lincoln also claims Tint
ths .urcttcs on Eyana' present bond
| tonal inquiry, and thinks that they asc only
gootl fur about &l,000, 600, or ut tho utmost
sl.50o,N0. No bond with additional surct!cs
". e,s. os t. IT, % e a'o at e: a.
| town meeting held Jan. 13 to fcfuec to nppruyt
| any bond that might he presented u lin. no
innttrr what the surettes: but he alleges that
| lie did remark that as he had been advised, It
bond presented 10 him.. No new bond has been
| presented to him, and Eyarh has thus failed to
qualify Us Town COLLECTOR for the present gcar.
Furthermore, Mr. Lincoln states that he Is
! entirely ignorant ~ 10 whether The Town Col.
| lcctors have Tor the past twenty years by uni
| ycrsAl custom only given bonds with s,lFeties
worth merely the amount Of tic taxes 10 be col
| lcctctl, Of whether bonds have nerct been re-
quircA Of such Collectors with suFetcs sufficient
| to cover tie penaty Of tle bond III double The
| amount Of tho taxes to DC collected. Reliable
Information could only be gained by extensive
| t,ast decade Or two, and the Supervisor lllmbly
submits that is not within the line Of Ills duty:
Finally, he atlmsts that ct Tie torn meeting held
Collector, hut that the matter had been post
poned until to-day. Tic mccting, will, however,
probably be nga[M postponed until utter tho de-
| cfsion un tho question Ut inandnnlts.
I TWO DIscoNrESTEn CHF0HTCNATEs.
| William Sweeney. yaErInt who MAS tlucd q
anil costs and sixty dars In tho House Of
Correction .,y Justice sumu'craril so,nc
| time aeo, filed petition yesterday. set
fcntcnccd without warrant Of law. and
| asking tor n writ Ut haheas corpus. lie was
originally fined a., att scntcnoc suspended H.
teen days on condition TINT lie silui1ld go to
run Ii, and the sentence Indicted, with sixty days
at The Ifottsc of Correction additional.
| .J1nlca irazcll also ca1e into court With >
similar request. lIu says be WIS bound over b5
| Thc only evidence against him WAS that Of hotc
| kostcr, who testified Tint on the morning Ut
Jan. j, 1871, he called at her salopn and rot
drink. and that shortly attcr shs 1nssed her
|
ct1 at noon ntlt 81 founti oil lin. 1h* was all
the testimony a{:atnst IIlt, AMI t.e thinks 1t IL
sot sufficient to keen him in jail. Ills case will
| probably tc heard this informing.
| TIE uklTEb @TATEa CRIMINAL COTRT,
| Juu4c B,0lEctt IL bus1ly c'I.a1c1 fH hearing
| the criminal ealenlur, takin:. tho eases as the
t;oycrnnlcilt counsel arc prepared. There are
lttwccn ifty anl scventy.llfr cases On the
t,lu of eountericltcrs aud dishonest post nlcc
employees. 1lrrr arc. however, few whisky
eases and two Or three inrgcry caseA.
Yesterday morning Charles Dorty, Indicted
| for passing counterfeit ten ani twenty cent
pIcres Mt his f,uit stanl pleaded guilty aud was
srntcn"cd tu pay 81 iinc a'Hl ton ycAr IN Joliet:
George Marlllvr anil Charles t;nthcr. accused
| al l.assins counterfeit hill of tho National
I}nnk OF t'tru. ILL.,. ~ September last, wcrttstcd
I and found g,,fIts, but recommended to the
mctcy of tho Court.
Charles Zan,lrr was indicted fur removing
from tic n,anufactory r. 100 cigars without f,nr-
| int: IN theta tho pr1Per stamps. He was also
fu,lnt! guilty, but released on rcsognizancc,
August Drcbaeb bccon!ns his surety fur $500,
Etnrna sanacrson dlc.! a bEll yesterday repre-
aentlnr that her husband, lstrh1rd Sandcrson.
IS n man of ,,nvi,astc and drunken habits, aud
| 4sklDI Tor divorce fEn1l him.
| Elias w. DcyDr titrd bill ngninst hts wife,
za,lic ". Dcvoc, asking fora divorce on tlo
H CInra Gauc. % also ca l,er complaint, Ia which
| sic states that her husband G0ttlcs, Is sncf
lTu caAe tNut EHt ctaHnoL lolEeF NV M3tA IIi1it'
| llt keeps II saloon on thc tHrner of Van Hurcn
and Clark streets, nnd the fucslity Tor getting
| liquor nj my time has made lin indulge too
freely himself. THE result is, he frequently
cotncs fn'tsv drunk and abuses hcr. AT ono
! time he went home about ocls,ck " the morn
ing, found lIcr III bell, aud pounded her So se.
ycrcly thut Ahe could mt ret .ur. for several
| lnyH Finally, last week She lett HIN, ami now
asks for a tlfror,r.
tshlgc sfonrc granted divorce yesterday to
| Mary Reynolds from her husoand, Henry Rcy+
| m,tts, III thr grui,nt Of lila drunkenness. as
tie s!.u%ctl lie was in the habit Of gcttluE drunk
| /! ;tc ur four times week.
| ITEMS.
1uilgc Rogers Is engaged In hearing tho case
| OF Kelley ". The City Of Chirngo, brought to
| rcenycr damages for I'LL injury caused to the
| plaintiff by falling through tllu sidewalk on
Lynml, street, near Laurel, tn January, lsi6.
UNITED STATES cornrs.
DIT. Wright, nf Cincinnati. filed hl1 ycster-
| day ngallst Edward and Frances ". Du!d to
furcrloee mortgage fur S4,tO TN Lots 7, II, Is,
| Ii, und 1s, UIork L. Of SPEARS Addition IL Chi
| earo
| Keller g. Allen began suit for 81. 900 against
the brunswick Drus stephan IL Hart Company.
,1uhn aud Valentine Miller commenced 4 suit
In cjcrtu,cnt against Al0nzo Leach, ". ". Mar
rev, William 1IanlcF, Horace Weeks, Il. 7.
| Wcctss. EtNugtun Lawrence, mud Charles L.
| tt,u,,. t,,t,,y, Ia ,r ,+.. mn