The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-10
JUDGE BURKE YET At WORK.
i Special Session Of the District
Court Held Yesterday.
BaEds Furnished In the rerJsry
Cases-crfmsnzl Cases Dss-
msssed wesch's watch.


Judge Burke rssurness Friday usght from
oiyrap1a- where he lad been holding an
adjourned session Of the sEpreme ecu-f.
and conyenes the adjourned session 81 the
district court ~ 10 O'Clock yesterday morn
Ing This session Of court wzs called fos
the pssrpose Of clearing up severaI crsnin-
a. cases thai could n0s have been con-
elEsssd 1t tire regular Fehrsxry term. and
gadge Bake had hoped that II would be
his lass sitting as Judge of The eogrt. ~ hfs
resignation wss placed IN PresiGen. Har-
rssou5s hands on Tuesday AZ the rexsxrs-
tton has not Jet been accepted. he viii
have 10 hold court ut Mhatenrn fhix week.
ard IL the resignation i net accepted
By that time. he win hold an
Otber special session 81 e0urt here on
Tuesday 81 next week. Last night he tefe-
grapAed 70 the president an argent request
20 D. relieved from his duties aud ne now
hopes that bis successor VIII be appointed
~ thsstis7e the Whate0ra term comes 70
al end. The docket at whatcom il q very
large one for that county ana Judge Burke
6as announced bis attention OF taking UP
criminal cases only. Court viii be held
from ) O'clock IN the morning 20 Y o'clock
q night every day during the week, and
"a Immense amount Of business win be
gotten out Of the way.
Taz FEGJrRY CASKS.
Misses May and Sadie smith. W. G. Young
sad Alexander Mcclure, who were IN
dieted al the regular term Of court for per
jury in the wiekersham trial, were present
70 renew their bonds. Their attorneys
gave notice thar they would Tile motions
to qussh the indictments Judge Burke
set Thursday Of next week as the time for
hearing arguments on these motions The
attorneys also gave notice that they would
apply for change of venue 10 Taeema In
each Of the cases but Judge Burke said
that be would prefer having the matter ar
gued before his successor Misses sadie
and May smith furnished bonds In the
suEa of 5000 each. for their appearance at
the May fetrn 81 coarf, with John stuze r.
~. shannon and John Robson. ali of Ia
coma, as sureties- c. W. Young. whose ar
rest occurred she day after the regular
! plea OF not guilty, His bonds were placed
81 $500, which be Was unable 10 furnish
at the time. owing 10 the fact that the men
whom he expected 70 20 on his bonds were
In Tacoma Alex Mcclure also failed to
furnish bonds Tor the same reason Both
We're positive that their friends would
come a. their assistai &c in q few hours, 50
Judge Burke allowed them TO 30 on their
old bonds az 10 O'Clock last night, at which
hour they expected their b0ndsmen 10
arrive on the boat. A; II o'clock the bonds
were satfsfaet0sily arranged, and Mcclure
and Young were released from custody.
CASKS DISMISSED.
The cases OF the Territory ys George
Casey, Charles croeker. James Martin
and Jacob Heiiaudcr were dismissed,
the grand jury having failed to indief the
defendants. Casey Is the hackman
charged with robbing drunken man
who was sleeping in bis hack His at
torney raised the novel objection ON the
trial last jane that as Casey had robbed
his victim when he was asleep. the crime
was not robbery, because be I'D not at
tack or terrify the person robbed, which
distinguished robbery from larceny. This
objection sas sustained and the indictment
referred 10 the grand Jury, which
fasltd 20 act as stated above.
Croker Is the man charged with obtain
$500 from man by false representations
and hs escaped by the technically that the
indictment did not state the $500 to have
been good and lawful money etc.
HIGHLANDER Was committed from Gilman
last june for burglary, and the committing
magistrate failed to send transcript OF
| his preliminary hearing 10 the district
court.
Martin. charged with grand larceny, was
let 80 for ike csrelessness on the part of
Justice soderberg-
The three pistols which constituted the
armament OF John WEIGH, the .lone high
wayman,' at the time he WAS captured by
Officer Nick Hanna, aud which were used
as evidence IN his trial. were delivered to
his attorney, John e. Costello, yesterday
by order OF the court. Officer Hanna Will
be given the pistol that Welch emptied at
him, and will keep Il as faemenfo of his
memorable experience with the highway
man.
TIDE FLAT srns.
The actions Of George 4. Dearborn, ct al,
against William Good Ell al and Terence
o'Brien, ct al. for injunctions restraining
defendants from driving piles on fidesfats
claimed BY the plaintiff. were continued to
Monday, March Is. In the meantime the
restraining orders and other proceedings
VIII reInain IN stats qee.
FuIL PLEDGED CITIZENS.
Thomas searles. William Leggett. q. Il.
sheesan and Andrew Barknan. all natives
OF Great Britain. took the oath OF aliegi-
ance and were made citizens OF the United
States. Gustav Julius. a native of Norway.
filet HIS declaration OF intention with the
clerk of the conrt.
MINOR MATTERS.
Frank Clancy was arranged on four in.
dIctments for gambling and was given
until the May term 20 plead He furnished
$500 bonds in each of the cases with j. e.
Meagher ana Thomas Clancy, Sr., as
suryties.
Emotion To dismiss Thomas Allen. who
Vas held for burglary aud against whom
ehe grand jury failed 10 find an indictment,
was denied.
1.-THE hearing Ut the action brought BY
the Columbia Canning Company against
Its Creditors was continued To March =. at
O'Clock.
kdwin ]. Rowe was admitted to practice
upon presentation OF n certificate from the
district court for Dodge county, Mime
sofa
Divorces were granted III the cases of
Ganke vs.. sianke, stineiie rs. Stinelie aud
Matthew'S xS Matthews