Show llcal Judgment shire 1VABIIlNGTON Oct 12Hon IV W Wel the of Washington exChief Justice of Supreme Court of Arkansas and Hon Robert Christy of Washington filed today charges to the effect that the list of judgments judg-ments and decisions filed in the State Department De-partment by the late Court of Commissioners Commission-ers of Alabama Claims was illegal and deficient de-ficient that the list of judgments filed in the Treasury Department by Hon J S Porter Assistant Secretary of State was not certified as the law requires that consequently conse-quently the Treasury Department was not in possession of any legal list of judgments on which it had authority to issue drafts and that all the drafts thereon issued are illegal and void The facts will be inquired into by the Supreme Court of the District in general term on the 14th inst upon the action of the rule to show cause against Secretary Bayard why a mandamus should not issue compelling him to send a correct list of the judgments the Treasury Department De-partment The compliants allege that even upon the list as sent by the State Department Depart-ment to the Treasury important errors have been found which have caused mnch delay and trouble |