Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-22
THE COURT RECORD. Superior Court - Clvil Side - Judge
 Robinson.

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 Horace Walls suit against Proctor & Turner lesses of Proctors opera house and Dr. Ski owner was continued yesterday. Attorney Goodhart con tinued his cross ssexamnation of Dr. Skiff. The de- fense insisted that Mr. Wall did not any of the scenery now at the theater. Dr. Skin stated thatp Mr. Wall paid SS30, his share of an outlay of $1,55o for scenery and decorations in 1884, but the under standing was that they should belong to the house. There were several sharp retorts by the doctor to questions of Mr. Goodhart. Sometimes he refused to answer ly saying, T don't know.'' In this way the hearing dragged slowly Dr. skiff testified that there was no lease with Mir. Proctor. He was noti- fed that he must not pay the October payment to MT. Wall. He had no written agreement with Mir. Proctor. He stated that during the five years MT. Wall had been manager of the New Haven opera
 MT; Proctor testified to the condition Of hiring suire about Hr Wsls % i relations % with Dr. skiff Re after trying to get t for for ss,ooo Mr % Wali wrote him letter about this time stating that he was op was also opposed. unless MT. Wall could be retain ed as manager; however, all that was wanting was
 haa the owner to lease MT Wal replied he S had 1t ,n added he % had s at so@s so not nno ana L The ;,d witness % " was & Mr Val B He testified about sidered he had full according to the con tract of his lease to sub.et the house to whom he | chose He considered that Mir. Proctor was leasing the house Of him until MT. Proctor refused to pay him the succeeding quarters rent. Before Attorney | filling had an opportunity to cross question the witness court was adjourned, the case to be re- | stunned this morning. THE REILLY HABEAs CORPUS CASE.
 At o'clock yesterday morning the habeascorpus hearing in the case of John Reilly was heard. Reilly was committed to jail for 100 days in default of $50 fine by the city court Friday last for contempt of court. Attorney T.J Fox, who appear cd for Reilly, claimed there was no such thing as treating contempt as a crime. The court had ex. ceeded It's jurisdiction. He claimed the city court | is simply justice court and has powers except by statute. The statutes provide that justice is limited to hne Of S7 and costs or thirty days i'm prisonment in contempt case, thirty if committed | been exceeded.
 l He read from the mittimus which did not show that there was any subpoena, or that Reilly was a | material witness or that he refused to obey the | summons.
 | States Attorney Doolittle statsd that he could not go behind the mittimus aud ascertain whether Reilly had been lawfully imprisoned. In the init timus there was reference to files of the court for l moro specific setting forth of the case. Judge | Robinson reserved his decision.
 I City Court - Criminal Side Judge darry II. White, non-support of children, nolled on payment of $7 A costs; Verne Carpenter, breach Of the peace against Jennie Steets $1 fine, $S % | costs; Mamie Milton or Mary Ann Leonard, vag rancy, nolled; sane frequenting streets by day May 24; Patrick Welch, begging, thirty days in jail I SC. 24 costs: William May, breach Of the peace