H P Y THE COURTS II tufted Stab's j ; l : l lstilet`Catirt-41idge Mc candleim • - • In the bankruptcy branch final (Its . • barges NV - granted and certificates i warded to Josiah Stowell, of Bradford Aunty and H. G. Searl, of, Susquehanna Aunty. • ' • ;Petitions for final discharge were filed br James Cuddy, of Pittsburgh, Geo. H. nith, of Luzerne county, and E. H. Reg-, ;•••s, of Susqueharma county. !The ease of Bradford and Newman et. al. s. the Susquehanna and Wyoming Valley iaiiroad and Coal Company, came up for It'ument. Some time since the plaintiffs ed a bill in equity, setting forth that on lie 20th of April, 1866, the defendants is. ued to them bands to the • amount of 500,000, secured by an • indenture and Nortgage on the railroad of the company, he extensive coal lands owned by them in he county of Luzern°, mining implementS, d a consideraale quantity of real estate i the city of. Scranton. , It is claimed that Or the agreement made, in case the inter 4t on the bonds was not paid when it r ciame due, or in sixty days tnereafter, he whole amount on which there was in 'rest became due. In- consequence of an I z eged non-payment of interest on three ndred and twenty-eight of the bonds, plaintifia_ claim the right -to dispose of he property of the corporation. Messrs. ;. A. _Seward, of New York, and Theodore. luyler, of , 'appear as counsel' pr complainants, and Messra Hand, of . cranton, and Hodges; of. Boston for re pondents. The argument ' be con 'tined to-day. In February last Messrs. Burns& Smuck ', of . Philimielphia, flied a petition asking at John S. Radobaugh, of West ' Decatur, aearfteld county, be adjudged a bankrupt. answer to the petition of the' creditors' he respondent claimed that he was not in bbted to them to the amount flied by law, -hd therefore asked that the petition be dis. hissed. This motion was argued at length yT. J. Keenan, Esq., for the creditors, lid H. 13:Swope, Esq., for the respondent. resterday Judge McCandless delivered the 'pinion of the Court as follows: "The aggregate of the debt, provable rider the Bankrupt Law; upon which a i•editor, or a combinatian of creditors; can propel a debtor into Bankruptcy, must pnot less than two hundred and fifty dol • rs. In this case the petitioners are Burns Smucker, who obtained a judgment in • pp Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield Punty. upon an award of .arbitrators, for le sum of $286.71. Upon Fi Fa issued, ;hick reached the hands of the Shenff on ie sth of October, 1867, he realized from ie sale of personal property, $147 70. Sub {quent to the date of issue of this execu on, Hazard & Smith sued out theirs, which as received by the Sheriff on the 16th of ctober, 1867, five days eller he had made ts levy at the suit of Barns & Smucker, —id three days 'before the day fixed r• the sale. The levy on the• first writ as endorsed on the second and the atter ys forthe judgment creditors being the. • • hme, have assumed to make an appropria ., pn of the proceeds of sale, different from hat is made by law. It is not presumed ).at this was done to force an unfortunate pbtor into bankruptey, for, in this Court ich a proceeding would not be tolerated. • ht rather, to make a distribution among .. , :ients, whose respective interests they felt ithorized to, protect. What the Sheriff ••• !ode by his:writs, being applicable to the I . 1-st execution - receivedby him, the judg ' ;mit of Burns &•Smucker is reduced to an Mount which, upon their application alone, prives us of jurisdiction. The petition dismiased at the cost of the petitioning 'editors." ram District Court-Judge 7:n the case of J. tt. G. Frazier vs: W. W. , .:iadshaw, reported yesterday, the jury .! ;und for plaintiffs in the sum of $1,309.93. !The .next case taken up was that of John 1 Sinclair et al. vs. James P. White et al. rdict for plaintiffs for $523.22. .. iThe cases- of James Gilleland vs the P., , :..„t. W. & C. Railway Co., and Robt. MCClin ,,e vs. same were taken up and tried ta. ther. These actions were instituted to , cover damages sustained to lands of plain ,. 13 in consequence of the construction of a . vert over defendant's mad, near , Dix ..../ont. The plaintiffs •claim that the cul • kt is too small to carry -off the water, ild that their lands were overflowed. On at. i Quarter Sessions--Judge Mellon. lln the case of officer C. Havis, indicted 4 3 committing an assault and battery upon ward F. Megan, driver 'of a 'baggage , n, reported yesterday,' the juryfOurid 4verffict of not guilty, defendant to pay Isae cost. - -• '. Henry Ward plead guilty to a charge of ult and battery preferred by Peter - Mut. p, police officer. The assault was cam oh the night of March: 25th, while lie officer Was endeavoring to arrest a man hmed David Robinson. Sentence deferred. .IMary Cavanaugh, of thE . Sixth ward, lead guilty of selling liquor without li %lse. She was fined' fifty dollars and eosts. lie stated to the Court she had purchased . alf barrel of whisky and was retailing with a view of speculating. 6 The jury trials having been concluded, •J e jurors were discharged from further . tendance. Common Pleas—dodge Sterrett. In the case Of H. J. Coyle vs; N. O'Con- P. et al., reported yesterday, the jury and for the plaintiff the sum of $510.81. The next case taken up was that of Mc night & Bros. against the Allegheny Fox lizer Company. This was an action to re . ver the value of 'sr coal barge, alleged to ye been loaned to defendadts to be used transporting :a cargo of bones from ashville to this city, and which was to ave been deliveredio plaintiffs as.soon as should be unloaded. The plaintiffs al getiod the bOat has not been returned, d they bring the suit to recover ita value, , timated at about seven hundred dollars. n trial. • ' Real Estate. Transfers. The following deeds were filed of record, fore'H. Snively, Esq., Recorder, April 1111 /868' " 4 harles Koldnaver to. Julius Coerter, March 2. In ot g ic o o n ., 4 4 % -g4l. m tu r es plan of Into In . Mt. Wash • , td ward . 31c0 Y ermott" to William Smith Cl. al., IM ., eember 1866: lot on Webster street, Sixth ward, . Pittsburgh, 25 by tin feet 83,000 .....lizaboth Clarke to Thomas Corroon, March 5, '867; • lot No. TA lo the general plan of Temperanceville, . on Elliott street,...) by 140 feet • Q 4•30 • .‘,ewis Mueller to Ilenry Mueller April 8, 1s68; lot No. 251 In Gregg's plan of _Birmingham, on 31anor • • R street, 22 by 1.. V feet with buildings imam irirancis Hammer to James Calhoun, April, IL 1868; ". tract of land in Elizabeth township, containing 124 4f, acre)) and 119 perches $B,lllO ' .7ellomris Johnson to ticorge Roffman, April ;!7, 1896; • tract of land in West Deer township, containing 103 art's and. perches 113,700 ,wlias Porter to John B. Kelley, June R.,' 18118: the un ,;'dlvided fifth part of a tract of land 1U Elizabeth township, containing lEC3Xacres Immo ~•")lartha 31eRelvy to .1. Kelvy a llovember • 25, 18b7. the euttlt:lded fifth part of t bore tract 0. of ladd • 141,506 W. Irwin to John .1. • Reynolds, October 25, '• 1866; lots No. te and 63. In EwaßOs plan, in Law. ,)71 1 renceville, on Harris strect,i3B by 1110 . fee i t,....81,'333 :Iloseph Laurent, Trustee, to N. and3ll Se nit April to 03, lacluslv ,e In thell3 r a ; l n ots lio.i7LlFbgtyrTt:f Joseph and Liberty streets, the first four havinff a front of 43 feet • each. on Joseph street, and the remaining live %`J fronting 0 . 1 (eft each. on , Libe . rt r ystrect oov 61 4:3 er benezcr r?.;ttitrwairrsviv.trm,„At;',4Pon,„,,4., .241 aCrc Herron to Conrad Raab, March 7, • 1868; lot • on the Minersvllle road, - Pitt toyrnship, 26 by 193 SO feet ~•),Thoman Furgus to School .Directors of Elizabeth dti township, October IQ, 1865% lot. No. I. /n Rester'S , : diagram of lots,in Elizabeth township • • • tap .04 ~ ; 3 Alleged Wife - Ileater".—Mrs Catharine ,c!, , ,Nerr, made , information before Alderman Lii,Strain yesterday, charging her husband, J. ;$l3. Kerr with assault and ; battery. The 4Darties reside at the - corner of Reed and +.; Miller streets, in the!' Seventh 'ward. The ~A•prosecutrix - 'allege:l that her husband, the ?..,,s.aefendanti-kleked otherwise abused ; her. A warrant; was ifealiettibr his ariest. Allegheny comiells:-.4. stated , meeting of the Allegheny, City . Corniells ,- will be • held this eveni!ig 7)5 o'dieeira li ' • - 1)- 41, 1 , f4 . 7,4 ~~..-.n ~.;^.—• •:.hr 1. ~ 1 "c r ~~'SF~X~`~,~p ~+w ~ ~'aY~ ~'i ~'i . MEM= DI