, 1881-11-26
THE COURTS.
The Meat" Canning Monopoly
Maets with q Defeat,
Judges Drummond and Blodgett Decide
Against tho Wilson Patonts.
Record OF Judgments, New Suits,
Criminal Busineas, Etc.

ASVNNAN VA .NNAf5 AAVA4kRy ANo" ktAk0t
Criminal Business, Etc.
THE MEAT-CANNrNG CASES.
4 decision WIS Rlveu yestcrtlay morning by
Jutl4es Druumonl and l1luagctt In tho con-
solltlatcl eiAos Of Libby, MoNelt l. Libby and
others nKanst tho gt. Louis Moat. Canning Com.
pany and othors. These werd tnscs brought 10
tos tho validity Of ccrtafn patents for onuning
or preserving beof aud other meats ai,d involved
nllont el,000,oD. Thero wero three principal
pRtcnts involved, br,t tho contest on one WIS
nbhndonod by complntnants. and tho Judges do
cidcd for tho defendants rs TO the other two.
Three suits wcro alf nrghod togather, and tho
enso hns exoltcd unusaRl Interest In co,nmornlnl
circles. owing to tho magnitude of tho interests
at stake. Of tho counsel for tho plniut!H were
Mr. ,S@Se!c' @ r. VI Lou!s, II: c'igor9 Of Pert, ,
Mr. l.. l.. l}und, while tho defendants have hcen
represented by Mossrs: Dlukut*on, Coh,irn,
Thatshar, ara y. Other legal luminaries TIE e"so
DrSmtnot atated that il had Soen proparoi
had haard tho cause togethor: that ia tJudHe
r. h tnS asenn ar az
that Judge N!otgott had prcparod it 10 far is it
rolatea to tho Jnbn 4. Wilson pntent. but that
th9y hAd hntt1 ngrsea .,s to The ontiro dgstson
Wilson. which bud been rofssucl ultd Two lis
clns,nors flied during tic peusoncy Of tic suit,
ablo Invention. Tie only now feature f ihat could
DO oa1mua for u was tue pookIn9 uf tho cooked
1neAt Into tho can while warm, ald thoro could
art ID Shows. shat vas % Sid % 70 COOK e ntY by y po
tng, and It was old to can tho n,ent uli press It
It'll Il 10 90 10 a' to spaso It Ths tourt @ 1u it'll
fully considered tho question that was pressed
upon IT, titnt THO cn1npsatuants Ind buill up q
lArHo tradc. md that canned meats haI becun1e
a great nrtielo oI commerce aud balc thronghout
the world; but that ln itsetf was not suiolont 4,
feature il 1t which would require inventive skill
y p.ouge; The ). 4. Wilson patent wits hsId
s Ss Il ySs ss o r xsat ss q eoaay Ssy Sr Hs
IN !" g pros 1",o sda a rhers
e"'s ss " Sens I'D ea eaa ests IL so fer II
Guns. Tho k!nd Of onn would DO mntter Of
resl ot o 5 seng raay ea
from the can would IMPLY IN. MI equal degrce to
my other contcnts which the cui, might have.
were eoncerned t w.Is found TINT tho doieu,i-
anita never tlaed It. and aiso that tho complain
es o .vsn %a he @ S ss e.
Zig decision was Id every respect in favor Of tho
As nboye intimatai, various suits were con-
eolldnted III this, and son,o Of the lRrgc Fuckers
here. although not directly cm6rasoa !n #. nre
Tho question involved Is we;shty oss II. lie
commercial wor!d-nnmely: tho canning OF nrnt
y soid fortn " ca!ls Ia tho way II, which nll
put up and shipped to all QuartoFa OF tic world.
DIVORCES.
Sadie Norris Sinclair 01od n bill yesterday
complaining TINT her husband, Charles 81. Sim
clair, deserted hor IN 1878, and asking for a d.
MeivIna G,sos nskol for divorce from WILL
IAN ", W Hites 1 ~ the @ gro%sna NIL n1 HdutGry:
+. Stafford from Mary Stafford. tho charge besnG
divesss to CaroifnS II. Kiitourno from iSH William
L. kilhonrno on tic ground Of desoruon.
11QUon Law CASE.
Tho trial OF tho caso Of McGrath vs Dennis
Ryan wis continued all day yesterday hufore
Judge Moran. This Ia d suit 10 recover damages
to tho husband OF tho plaintiff, james McGrhth,
ai,iolie. Tho iefenso Is that Aietirath was not
Ryan WIS mover warned not to sell liquor tu him,
an1 thai Mis-; Mcurath was occasionally In tho
he!t ,s ct sonlnE Y to te saloo fur drop Of ryo
Ida sic6rash, = danEater Of tho deceased, said
that tf.a sha hnu known Dennis isyan since sinY 4.
She had frequently Goen tn ityan's saioon to
k look FOR her father. I!e nsed 70 20 there every
Txef s rens ha s o or atSo s Sssa @ aS
,vork at liarvoys dry.goods store. she had sect.
her fathor como from Hyans very drunk. md
ono tttnn with MI empty whtaky-g gIass Ia h!s
hand, md had seen him pay out nonoy to Ryan.
The hitter WIS always behind the equator. sho
death, to Tho saloon to- cnl! hcr father homo to
seq 9 man. l!c pilnc after nwhllo, u i very ba1
condition. 8ho had beon to tho SALOON for drink
Mrs Rosanra Mca ruth, widow Of tho deceased,
testified that she had no means OF support aslto
from hGr huebaud. At present ehe relies upon
had al! thoY needed to live on He used to pay her
w per week for tho support VI tho family. At
tho rrcsent time sho receives nothing from any
estate OF his. During tho past i've years h9 hnu
been discharged frun different places for drink;
| aud hall. lto had drank at periods during the
past eighteen months Tho fnther had sent hur
daughttr to tho saloon for l!quor, and, although
Sue ha4 isaapproyed q tug girl 9onE, she bud
| Dir. Nynn not to Hull her husband liquor. Her
husband hNi becn brought homo IN an cxpross
WaEun while they scro living on Twelfth street..
not haro to otnploy dUctor or buy nny drugs
| On that neeals0n for him. She came to ChtcnKu
| 70 Mny lSS0. For year and half before that
| Chlcnko, md workod ut 1larvey's.. WhIiu thoru
| sho used to get rcmlttnuccs On every Tuesday.
INSANE CASES.
Judge Loomls devoted IN hour yesterday
| tnornlng to Insane cdses. but none Of tho four
hoard wore Of any special Interest.
Frunk Louis, q young 1eruclite, who used to 10
| d member Of tho Arm Of Louis, 1osephs 4 Co.,
haa boon acting very strangely for two ycars
pAst, aud become "lrro9ulAr and unreliable" J"
ordering 9ools md lottlng tho parties dun him
| Tor PAymout- lilo Was Ut OnD tln0 epxaRcll
to TO lnnrracd, but tael1cl out and
Tic SUIT. however, was ,distnlssud lcoausu bis
n'llla w9s Dgliovad u bu ausound. He was ur.
rested III WISCONSIN not long ago for worry
| Into tho RtFnNt--blt t3}AUhurHel bit