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Show The ILutEA-i C"h?i;s Cases The haUat csjrjj-s caes which were before Judge Hawiey, in chambers, on Saturday, Satur-day, and which were adjourned till yesterday yes-terday morning at 10 o'clock, came up pursuant to adjournment. Messrs. Hcmp-;ead and Ilogc appearing for the prisoners and Mr. Gilchrist in behalf be-half of ihe U.S. marshal. Mr. Gilchrist moved the court to release the prisoners prison-ers and relieve the U. S. marshal of any responsibility in the matter. Judge tioge resisted the motion, and moved that the prisoners be remanded to the custody of the U. S. marshal. After a good deal of cross firing and suggestions sug-gestions by counsels, the court ordered the prisoners to be remanded to the custody of the L. S. marshal, and announced an-nounced that a recess would be taken until 'X o'clock p.m. At that hour court again convened, when Mr. Gilchrist asked for a continuance conti-nuance of the cases for a time, as he desired to fully argue the points involved in-volved in them, and would like to be prepared. Mr. Hempstead wished to know what the counsel wanted to argue, ar-gue, which was slightly hard on said counsel. The court cut the discussion short by informing Mr. Gilchrist that it denied his right, aB acting district attorney, at-torney, to control the court; that he had nothing to do in the premises except ex-cept to maintain his own delegated authority au-thority when bis duty demanded it. The motion was overruled and the court, in an opinion, which wo shall be happy to give to the world to-morrow, denied the application of the United States marshal through his attorney, and granted the motion of counsel for the prisoners, (hat said marshal Ehould continue to furnish them lodgings till discharged properly by the dUtrict court. General Maxwell made application for the release of Wm. A. Hickman, William's testimony being wanted and he being desirous of giving it, which it was supposed he couldn't do quite so freely while under indictment. Hick-mao Hick-mao will also have to languish in bonds till this morning, when his oath may be in requisition oaths we think would be a better word on which, it may be, to issue warrants of commitment. |