The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-07
AT THE COURTS.
Gossip Picked Up Here and There
in the Court Rooms.

in the Court Rooms.
The sealed verdict in the Beasley case in
the city court was opened yesterday morn
ing end proved to be a verdict Of not
guilty. The defendant ives indicted for
destroying a vegetable garden on a lot Of
which he claims to be the rightful owner,
but which d. b. Lester also claims, and had
rented to a colored woman for gardening
purposes. The matter has figured in the
magistrates courts and in a damage suit in
the city court against Mr.. Lester instituted
by Beasley, the verdict in the damage suit
being adverse to Beasley.
Beasley bought a lot Of Lester in the
southern extension Of the city, 10 be paid
for in monthly instalments, aud the house
took fire one night and burned down. Mr..
Lester claimed that Beasley, who had
bond for title, after the house buried, sur
rendered the premises which Beasey de-
MES Another Indictment against Beasley
for trespass is pending, in which Mr.. Lester
is the prosecuting witness. If the case j1st
disposed If is to be made a test case, Beasley
has the advantage of having been acquitted
on the first and somewhat similar proSecu-
ton
Some interesting technical points were
raised in the city court Yesterday in a suit
by Madeline West VS.. LOUIS Bluen 10 re-
cover personal property consisting of dress
and wearing apparel to the amount Of $3.50.
Defendant having been cited t. appear on
July z, being the first Monday in the
month" Counsel for defendant made a
motion to dismiss as July is Sunday, or
dies non, but the c Jurt overruled the
motion. The defendants counsel then
moved that plaintiff be required to attach
bill Of particulars to the original declara-
ton, specifying the value Of each article
which was granted and later in the prog
ress of the case the suit was dismissed.
The Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Com
pany entered a motion in the superior
court yesterday to amend its original petit
ton in its suit against the Savannah and
Tybee Railway Company.
In the superior court yesterday argument
was heard on a motion for new trial by
II. b. Claflin ~ Co. and Jaffrey & Co., in
the Weisbein case. This is a case where
the Jersey Continental Works and the gem
eral creditors of David Weisben recov-
erod from Clailin 81 Co. and Jaffrey a. Co.
for goods taken possession Of by defend
ants about the time that Weisbein disap-
peared from Savannah. The argument on
the motion was not concluded yesterday,
and will be resumed tomorrow morning at
8 O'clock
A bail in trover case was compromised
in Justice Endres' court yesterday which
was an unusual case of the kind. A colored
man by the name of Tony Owens, living on
the Augusta ROAD, bought horse from a
Mr. Waters, for which he was to pay S45.
lie paid 1926 down and SIS afterward, but as
Waters was pressing Owens for
the deferred payments Owens
let Waters have the horse to
sell, Waters TO take out the SIS due him
and the rest of the proceeds were to 90 to
Ovens. Instead of selling the animal,
Waters traded it for cow, and when the
calf was marketable Waters sold it for s..
and would not account for it to Owens nor
would he let Owens have the COW. Owens
took out bail in troYer for the recovery of
the horse, and then Owens stopped the suit,
Waters turning over the COW to the plaintiff
in the suit
James Smith (colored) was committed to
Jail yesterday by Paul Kelly, colored
country magistrate, on the charge Of assault
with intent to murder.
Il. Mehrtens, who was arrested last week
for assaulting Constable Lymus Green at
Mehrten's place on the White Bluff road
was before Justice Russell yesterday for
examination and was discharged