National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-11
THE CITY HALL.
BUSINESS BET ORE THE COURTS SAT-
URD4E.

The Loveu-Tayior Hsbeas Corpus Casc-A
Divorce Applied ssiSnments for To-
Day.
CRIMINAL coURT-JusTIcE wYLIE.
Robert Dent assault with intent TO kill William
Wilson, larceny Catherine cMann. assault How
Men 1op assS" y JOHN JACKSON S assault Henry ia
ker, larceny Sfnnk Jackson, petit larceny tsocond
ufcnsal; X. A. Murphy aud e. 7 Davis assault
Dover Frank Dover, aud william Carrico, robbery
Charles Honesty. William Carrico, and Alfred Do.
YER assault; Annie Jackson and william Newton,
forgery
PROBATE CouRT-JUsTICE oLIN.
The court was engaged In hearing the cnse OF
Richard Want deceased. Tho cause was argued by
John Edwards for the claimants, and by Woodbury.
Wheeler for the administrative, and continued to
Tuesday the 18th instant, Al eleven oclock
IN ~ Charles J. Brewer, guardian. Order OF court
cause be shown by tho said guardian by Tuesday,
the 10th OF February, ISIS. at eleven o'clock.
Herbert Griffith. orphan Of josephine Griffith de.
Hensley Johnson until he uttaIns the age Of TWEEN.
ty one years.
ministration granted to Maria G. Sutphin bond
81 900. IN re estate OF Cornelius H. Cloggett letters
siO0
Tho Register reported the following accounts,
which were examined and approved and passed
BY the court IN re estate of Lcrabbabel iiallocs,
Thompson, guardian to orphans Of Thomas and
Josephine Thompson, and first account OF guardian.
IN re estate Of Saroh j. ID. Pratt DECEASED first &C.
count Of administrator, will annexed. ~ re Mary
y. Kengla, testamentary guardian To Henry ".
Green hrst account OF guardian. ~ re Henry J.
Bright, guardian to orphans OF David and Fanny
X. Rawlings; fourth account OF guardian. ~ re
H. II. Lee MacRae, guardian to orphans OF william
Brady deceased: riflh general and Individual &C
dian to FRANCES B. wsow Inst and finai account
| OF guardian. Tiie samuel ker, guardian TO or.
phans Of George a. Munroe, deceased ninth gen.
oral and individual account Of guardian. IN e
estate Of wilson T. Brown, deceased ilrt and final
account of the administrative. IN r. Eliza Rrown'
guardian 10 orphans Of Wilson u, Brown, deceased
first general and Inst individual account OF guar
dian.
Adjourned until Monday at eleven O'Clock a. IN.
Describing nm Impossible Crime.
In pursuance Of the understanding made week
since the hdbods corpus OF Messr q. = Lowell
and George Taylor were considered by Chief Jus
tcc Cartier on saturday last. The Argument In tho
| case of the former having been completed at the
previous sitting his Honor discharged the reatOi
| from the cu,tndy Of the Marshal and duty Of re
spending to the Indictment lie s1th that the PAP FL
described an impossible crime, aud II MAS Oh iho
| ground the discharge was made. The View
| adopted hy Judge I.nwc.l. Of Massachusetts. CON
| meiicd themselves To his Judgment ltWhs u dc
| cision of q similar case aud under the same iudict
| ncnt. The conspiracy was 70 procure judgmci
| before the Court Of Claims. was alleged I" hav'
been lain In June. 1874 while thS Judgment was eli
tered IN May, 1874; Therefore II was legal iulpNs
sbity, under the terms Of the indictment, To maxi
| ont conspiracy as charged. There might be som'
validity IN that portion uf Il relating to the with
| drawal Of money from the United States TREASURY
In September 1874. Us that was an net done subsc
queiItly to the time the conspiracy was alleged Il
have been organized. but the paper bore the appear
| coming within the province of the statute Of limi
| tatiOn. lie had not been able Ia give the matter
thorough Investigation, but was satisfied from n
| inquiry he had made that the rclator was cntlue'
| to be discharged and that or<ar would be made.
TIE CASE OF Mr.. GEORGE TAYLOR
was then takcn up for herring. General D. I
Butler and Colonel william 4. Cook appeared 70
the relator, and Assistant Attorney General Has
in;,s aud istrict.Attorncy Wells for the Govern
The respondent was held To answer under tw
indictments-,he one in connection with whic
Mr.. Lowell aud others were concerned and se'
ond for obtaining fraudulent Judgment In tn
| Mills claim Of $1,000.
the first charge rs had been taken in the case
Mr.. Lowell. and released Mr.. Taylor from arrest 5
| far as answering to that Indictment was concerned
The court then proceeded To hear the secou
charge, which related TO the claims Of Mary Clcr!
land and Harriet &. Mills, on which inNorGbl
Judgment was secured In the Court of Clnilns, bi
which, the Indictment alleges, was fruudu!entl
obtained.
The reintor made lengthy answer to the Ma
shells return Of arrest, supported by nhidANits
show that the proceedings In tho Court Of Claim
were open. regular and correct: that there vi
= neither fmud or conspiracy to defraud; that tn
Indictment was secured by man In New Orlcan
named Barrrt, and was done for the purpose
, blackmailing the sTondcnt. The answer firth'
declares that the court Of Louisiana has no cOntr
whatever In this matter, but that the Court
Claims has sole power 10 review its own procee'
ings, and with that body rests all the power Of 4
! yestigntion regarding claims passed upon by
lie presented the aiidayits TO show that there vi
no cause to allege conspiracy existed in the
cases against the Government, but that II was
cons piracy Of the vCst kind against the attorne.
| employed In prose- utng them.
! Colonel Cook made the opening argument for Il
relstor, and. aller speaking nearly three houl