The Washington times., 1901-07-22
BUSINESS OF THE COURTS.
a Number of Interesting Cases to BE
Heard This Week.

| Heard This Week.
| Not in several years has there been so
] much business considered in the Supreme
| Court of the District during the summer
! holiday season as there has been since
| the beginning of the recess in June last.
In fact, so great has been the demand for
the ear of the presiding justice that sew
eral cases assigned for hearing during
the past week and the one previous to
that have been postponed because of
more urgent matters demanding immedi-
ate consideration. Four days last week
were taken up in the consideration of
what is known as the tea dust" case and
the petition for the appointment of a re-
ceiver for the Security Investment Com
pany, both of which were heard by JUS
tice Bradley.
The hearing in the proceedings Cor ha-
beas corpus instituted by Mrs. Catherine
Greenfield Russell, of Connecticut, to gain
possession of her ten-year-old grandson,
which was begun on Saturday before JUS
tice Bradley. was not concluded and will
be resumed tomorrow. This disposition
of the matter was necessitated by the
desire of the court TO hear additional tes-
timony relative to the claims of the con-
tending parties.
Th@ bearing on the petition of Timothy
KilIigan for a writ of habeas corpus to
secure his release from custody, which
was to have come up on Saturday, was
also postponed until tomorrow. killigan.
IT is stated. was arrested and charged
with three separate orences-dlsorderiy
conduct, assault and carrying concealed
weapons. He was tried in the District
branch of the Police Court, it is stated.
and fined. Through his counsel. A. S.
Colyar, he claims that he asked for a
new trial and offered bond pending the
result of the bearing. This, he declares.
was refused him. When Killigans petit
ton for habeas corpus was presented TO
Justice Bradley, the court signed an or
der admitting Killigan to bail in the sum
of $780, pending the result OF the investi-
CATION In his petition killigan questions
the right of judge presiding in the
District branch of the Police Court to
consider and finally dispose of the charges
which were filed against him.
By far the most interesting matter COM
ing up for consideration during the cur
rent week is the rule issued by Justice
Bradley last week against Ivory g. Kim
ball, one of the judges of the Police Court.
recurring him to show cause why he did
not accord Albert S. Trundle trial by
jury when demanded. The matter will
come up this morning on Judge klmbaIi
answer to a rule "precedendo ad Judic- |
ium," which is in the nature of proceed |
ings in mandamus Since the rule has |
been issued the matter had been discussed |
at some length 10y members of the local |
bar. The proceedings ''precedendo ad ju- |
dcium," il is claimed, will not hold un- |
less the petitioner has no adequate RENE |
dy at law. which he might obtain through
proceedings for mandanus.
The rule to show cause was issued |
against Judge kimball at the instance of |
Trunde who was charged in the Police
Court with cruelty to animals When l
called to trial Trundle. who was rep /
resented by Levi II. David counsel, /
demanded a trial by jury. This, ne states
in his petition, was denied him although
there was a jury serving in the Police
Court at the time. The result of the pc
tition is awaited with great interest by |
members of the District bar, as well as
by laymen, and there is no doubt that
the hearing will be well attended.
1t is expected that Justice Bradley will.
some time during the latter part of the
week. announce his decision in the con-
solidated cases of James w. Carpenter,
James H. Clagett, w. +. Siddell, and 9TH
ers against the Anglo-American Savings
and Loan Association, of New York, in
which the compliments asked Tor the ap-
pointment of a receiver to take charge OF
the local assets of the association The
natter came up for consideration in con-
nection with the proposition of the En-
pire State Realty Company, made through
the New York receivers OF the association,
TO settle all differences by purchasing
the stock of the Anglo-American orsam-
zatfon 1t is understood that the terms
proposed by the realty company have
been approved by the Supreme Court of
the State of New York. and that they are
acceptable to a ma jority of the stock
holders of the Anglo American Savings
and Loan Association 1t is estimated
that the association has about $4,000
worth of assets in this jurisdiction.
The hearing on the petition of Mrs. Min
ME b Bibb for a writ of habeas corpus
to regain possession of her two children,
whom she states their grandmother re-
fuses to surrender TO her and which was
to have come up for consideration last
week will probably not be taken up until
next week Mrs Bibb has been twice
married and the children in question are
twins by her former marriage. 1t is IN
ierstood that the ground upon which the
of the children declines to
them to Mrs. Bibb is that she
has cared for them since they Were very
young until they have reached tfe
age of twelve years.
Mrs Bibb states in her petition that she
Is well able and willing to care for her
children and desires that the court is
sue an order giving her the care and GUS
tody of them. Until recently, Mrs. Bibb
states, she WAS allowed to visit her chill
iren at the home of their grandmother
out on account of differences arising over
the division of some property, this right |
and privilege has lately been denied her