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i imeiy nonce.Stkamkr Iaow Witch ha* been withdrawn from the North River for a few day*, for the purpose of making some impoitant improvement*.Superior Court—In rhnmhcri.Before Judge Vanderporl Are 26.— Hahe*» Corput—A young man, named Francis M'Adam, was brought before Judge VanderpoelBesterday morning, under a writ of Habeas ( onius lis father claimed bis discharge on the ground of his being a minor The claim appearing to be well founded, lie w «s dischargedAnother.—A young man named Charles Muller, whohad also entered in the navy, wan discharged on the petition of hi* father on the same ground*.Another .— A person named Robert Hudson, who had been committed as a receiver of stolen good*, was also brought up, and claimed to he admitted to bail The District Attorney having appeared for the prosecution, and having made no objection to the person tendered as bis surety, he was admitted to bail. Judge Vanderpoel took occasion to remark that it was now notorious that there were a number of persons in this city, who had made it a business to become bail for persons charged with offen ces against the State laws, for a compensation; he would therefore feel it his duty in every case of the sert, that came before him, to institute the most rigid inquiry into the character and solvency of the persons so offering themselves as such securities. He also added that it appeared by a pamphlet lately written, that the class of persons to whom he had referred, were defaulters to the amount of $180,000, one dollar of which could never be collected.Common Plena—In Chambsrs.Before Judge Ulshoeffer.Auo. 26—.Another Ditcharge—John Jones, a native ot Wales, who had listed about fifteen days ago in the United States service, was discharged on the petition of his wife, on the ground that he was drunk at the tlras he enlisted, and that for some time previous, his mind was deranged from aacessive drinking. The judge, however,terms of hie discharga, that he
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New York Herald
New York, New York, US
Thu, Aug 27, 1846
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