Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-05
rHE UNITED STATES COURTS.

Some Important Cases to Come Up for
Trial Next Month-The Courts TO Con
vene Nov. 8.
The United States District and Circuit
Courts will convene in Savannah on Nov.
6, with Hon. Judge Locke, OF the South
ern district Of Florida presiding. The
cases in the criminal dockets CT both
courts have been assigned for
trial beginning on Nov. 6 in the Circuit
Court and Nov. II in the District Court.
| There are about forty cases in the two
] courts. mainly of parties charged with
{ violation of the internal revenue laws.
The case Of A. j. Brigham. who is
/ charged with having INSTRUCTED the
delivering Of the mails, and the eases Of
Ben. +. Mason and Cullins Cochran.
Z charged with having personated reTe-
I nue. officer, are important, while the other
I cases are chiefly misdemeano7s OF an or
binary character.
/ 1t is believed that the whole criminal
I calendar viii be disposed Of in two weeks,
Z thus giving the cases at law, equity and
I IN admiralty an opportunity for being
/ called and tried. The courts will probS-
I sly sit as long as there is business reQuir-
I Ing sitting. The grand jury will be con-
/ yened on Nov. 6, but there Is practically
I no business for it.
] A0l4l= Tux CIV II casts 10 OE 4eEO1CA -
. in which the government is a party are
the Growers Island ejectment suit, a
. history Of which appeared IN the MORN
I ING NEWS several months ago. and the
/ case against the Central Railroad and
7 Banking Company. The latter case is a
/ suit for taxes on the gross receipts Of the
I Macon and " estern Railroad Company for
/ the months Of June, July, August, Sep
I TENDER, October and November, 1865, and
for the month Of January, 1866, the sum
claimed being 81, 591 81, based upon the
returns Of the company for the months
I named and for the payment
I Of which the government claims
that the Central Railroad and Banking
I Company is liable, according to the terms
Of the union AMI consolidation Of the two
I companies under the act Of the Legisla-
! ture OF Aug. "a, 1872. This case promises
Z to be an interesting one, and Will be Wig
OrOusly fought on both sides. Gen. a. Z.
LawtOn represents the railroad company
and District Attorney Darnell the United
/ States.
Two other important cases, which have
been on the calendar for. a number Of
years, will also be tried. One is the case
Of the United States against the sureties
Of John II. Gould, formerly Collector Of
/ Internal Revenue. This case is for the
recovery Of $S,7l3, and is prosecuted
/. mainly against the estate Of the
late David r. Dillon. The other
case is for the recovery of about
/ S45, 900. Offers in compromise of these
cases were recently rejected. Three of
/ the most interesting cases to be tried are
] those of Willie Loo Chang, Thomas Loo
\ Chang and An Sin, three China
men who claim to have
/ been beaten and run out of WaynesbOro,
/ in this State, in the month of February.
I 1883. The defendants in these cases are
/ citizens Of WaynesbOro, eighteen in num-
/ Der, and embrace several business men of
/ that place. These suits are brought in
/ the Circuit Court under statute pro-
/ viGing for the same. They have invoked
/ the special attention Of the Chinese
! Government through its Minister at
/ Washington. The damages claimed in
/ each case is $4,000.