, 1877-04-10
THE COURTS.
A Brace of Dissatisfied Prisoners in
Search of Liberty.
Sad Experiences Of Wedfed bliss Re-
lated by n Wife Seeking q
Divorce.
New Suits, Bankruptcies. Con-
ressions, Judgments, Etc.


omow Finn, laid eyes and then hands on
Charles Metzlef, aud took him In On suspicion
OF stealing soma silver from doctor's. ol]cc,
and yesterday Metzler having endured prison
air and fare for thrty-.ix hours, ilcsl petition
for hnbeas corpus. Ils says he Waa arrested With
ont warrant on vague charge Of stealing sflyer
cotns from some DOCTORS Office, but that ho has
not been guilty Of any such crtinc. lie also
denies broadly Tint no has ever done anything
for which lie ought to be arrested, and he
wants IN inquiry inalo 10 see whether Ills ar
rest be legal Or not.
Martin Meahan, a vng, who WAS run In Marc1,
81, fined 800, and sentenced to tho llouse Of
Correction, yesterday filed petition for haboas
corpus, having apparently got tired Of his eoun~
try residence. lie enYs he WAS arrested without
warrant. and thinks he ought to be released. A
writ was Issued Ia each case, rcturnablo to-day.
DIVORCES.
Although II was 30 rainy yesterday hlrs. e.
mira Armltago found time to leave her sowing
aud relate her marital troubles to u lawyer, who
drew them up and put them on record. 6ho
was married something over si1tccn, years
ago to ono John F. Armttagc, AMI
has borne him four children. A few years After
bis marriage lie began getting drunk, and 1t
seems TO have had most unfortunate effect on
his temper. Choking and kicking her became
his daily amusement, and when this palIcd on
h.s taste lio found diversion In chasing hcraround
tho house with an m, threatening to kill her.
Ono night, after having bcon driven from tho
ho,tse In tho morning. She returned and found
him quietly hlcep!ng On the front doorstep with
nm AZ for q pillow. THIS looked as though he
mcdltatcd serious designs on some one, and sllo
until tho ncxt morning, when she yenturcd hnnIe.
Finally In June, 1903, nfter ono of tho usual
quarrets, In which he l,ad threatened to split
her lend open, he LETT her md has not since
lived With her nor supported her. A divorce
loneliness, md a share Of the Interest whleh'ho
has Inherited from his father Will be still moro
acceptable.
Tile honeymoon Of Lena 2. Jackson lasted
only ono rnonth,-from Feb, 10 March /, 1e73,--
and then her husband, John jackson, impolltety
LETT hcr without telling her where 10 direct her
letters In future 50 they could roach him. And
Lem prefers to return to atatc OF single bless
dc facto slnce hcr husband left. ''
Judge FarwclE Efantc1 q decree of divorce to
Chnras prnsser from Elizabeth ". Drasscr 0tl
nccoi.nt Of her dcsertion; and to James r. Do
Wolf from Emily DcWolt; cou'c' adultery
It wds expected that some Important argu-
rents were to be heard yesterday morning be-
1oru Judge Dr,1mmond on tho question Of the
right Of foreign corporatlons 10 hold mort
ttou Of dubt. Tho nolnt has been raised in
five or s(1 cascs,' In which the Connecticut Mu-
tual l.tfe-insurance COMPANY Is somplninaut.
an'i. tho Msrino Company tho Metropolitan,
others, arc defeudant. MI. Edward 8. 1sham
ap1Natcl for tho coEnplnInsnts, but Mr. Fuller,
one Of tho counsel Tor the opposite side, was
not rcaay. anl tho argumenta were postponed
until Thursday.
Judge Drulnmond returned 10 the city yesteE.
tny morning and was busy In cl,nrnbcrB ael day.
UNITED sTATks COURTS.
IL, Ths Singer e SanpdssturinE &C. Company began
md James Simpson.
nANkRurFcr .MATTEas:
Nicholas +. Cooke, physician, filed yolun-
tarY petition yssteFday To l,o adlut1ged bank
cured an unknown amount, and tho unsecured
ST., 443tf}. Ilis assut4 consist Of son1e drugs,
surgical implements. office furniture, prorts-
sionaf library, horse, buggy, a,ld, sleigh, all
ssa q ssoa 6 a pey M S asa
S50O; and copyrights valued at $500 Ia sotna
books The pstlueu WIS referred 10 Register
uihbatd.
Petersen and Louis Il. Johnson, 81 Newark,
% fanRiin eaY Il 81 co.. ON e1sim fot
*i7s,o0; 8. shoycr s. Co., $467.os: Williams,
s st5i omstfS .na posssst SS Sss.:t Sis!st Il s H; ST.
Of March, belny iusolysnt, coalcssed Judgment
for $Ia5 in favor OF c. F. Kellogg l. To-. that
oil tbs 5tl Of April they male itrnnsier Of cur.
tain property worth 800, being part Of thclr
stock, ~ s. 6. Bassett. with intent to give hinl
preference, and that their stuck Of goods ut
Newark has bean seized on execution IN fasor Of
G. +; Ksl!ogg q Co. a Fplo to show eauso
stralntnx G. +. KolloEg i, Co. from selling nny
of the property Of the debtors, Bradford IIan-
cosk was appointed Provisional Assignee.
Tho case Of W. u. Whitney YVES referred to
ths Reglater fot llual report.
Thu composition In tho cnAe OF Alexander
Inncss was confirmed.
In tho caso OF Htrnusz, Schtcalnger & Patz-
owsky, m order was entered for tic examlur.
tion Of tue bankfupts and aietzler before lscg!s-
ter Hbbnrl APRIL H.
In tilv raas oi Abraham Levi, IN order was
made for tho sale Ut the bonkrnpt's assets fof
cash At w per cent OF the inventory price.
Bradford 1laueock was appointed Asslgpee OF
etrnu.x, schlcsingcr & ratzUHsky.
The lnal dividend meeting in tho case Of
Jonathan q. Mitchell wus yesterday indefinitely
postponed.
An Assignee will bo chosen this morning ut
10 o'clock Tor JerDu1c ". GutAlsnccd y
Tia anal observation-disclosures in tns 1ronn IN.