The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-21
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.

Edgar Lcycraft, -cal estate agent who VAS charged
with resisting deputy marshal in the discharge OF
his duty, was yesterday discharged aitcr examination
by United States Commissioner Osborn.
Surrogate Calvin ounces that calendar OF con-
tested cases will be called alter tho middle OF
July until after the middle OF September next, but tho
usual motion calendar will be made called each
Monday morning at eleven O'Clock. Tho Surrogate
will be In attendance each day. except saturdays 70
attend 10 any official business OF urgency.
Woln Schurantz and Selig Burnstein, triod before
Judge Benedict and jury United States Circuit
Court on an Indictment charging them with passing a
y dollar counterfet BILL were yesterday discharged
their own rccosnizance, tho jury having tailed TO
In the Superior Court, Special Term, yesterday.
Judge SANFORD made an order appointing y guardian
nd litcm Tor Georgiana B. Miller. Georglana rs but
years OF age, and already has divorce suit
pending against her husband George \. Miller
In supreme Court, Circuit, yesterday, before Judge
Donuhuc, Sarah Otto recovered verdict Tor IL 900
against tho city Tor tho death OF hor husband The
deceased Killed by falling into an unprotected cx-
cavaton in the sidewalk NJ the corner OF Fifty
stree. anu Filth avenue, which IL was the duty Of the
city officials 10 keep IN safe condition
In the contested will case OF Samuel Downs testi-
mony the part oil the proponents was taken yester
ta6ished was that tho deceased incapactaled
from making will through n course oil dissipation
,acn Sy The Contestants 10 the will Case still on
In the suit OF The Victory Webb Manufacturing Com
pany against the Christian Union Publishing Company,
the facts OF which have already appeared IN tho
HERALD. motion was made IN Supreme Court, Cham.
bers, before Judge Donohue, yesterday TO have the
complaint made definite and certain. The suit is
recover about So 900, the vaiuc vi printing press
which planiin has not yet delivered up aud the pay
$500 AZ the cost Of Insurance while they keep
u Decision reserved.
wrrts Of habeas corpus were issued by Judge Dono-
huc Supreme Court, Chambers, yesterday, favor
OF Margaret Price and Lesser katcheisky. Margaret
alleges hat she is detained IN default OF $500 Dal TO
keep orerly, and that she Is prepared to furnish It.
Lesser says he is Imprisoned BY the Captain OF the
Tenth precinct charge OF ulse preences and that
no about to be removed IRON the State without due
process OF law. Both wrts were made returnable to-
day.
John T. Riley, former member OF the Seventy
first regiment imprisoned in Ludlow Street Jail Tor
non-payment OF military fines Ito applied through
his attorney, Mr. Michael Jacobs TO be released and
Tor that purpose taken before Judge Donohue,
In Supreme Court, Chambers. ON writ OF habcas
corpus. IL alleged his behalf that BIO had been
expelled from the regiment and that Its officers had
further control over him. In opposition to This II
claimed that his expulsion was only by the COM
pany aud, until acted by tho colonel hts expulsion
was incomplete To this II was replied that the com
pany having imposed upon him the disgrace OF expul
sion, and he having accepted II, they could not con-
tinue to enforce their fines against him. Tho Judge
ordered his discharge