Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1887 — THE CASE OF WM. KISSANE. [ARTICLE]

THE CASE OF WM. KISSANE.

Judge Sawyer Rule* t'uat Under tli» Statute of Limitation Kiasana Woes Acquit. Bv a ruling of "Judge Sawyer, of the United Sta'es Circuit Court, at San Francisco, Momhtv, the ease—against Win, Kissane, which achieved such wide notority owing to the career of Kissane, at the East, was practically ruled out Of court under the statute of limitations. Judge Sawyer sustained the demurrer interposed by Kissane to the suit commenced by the C-hemietd National Bank, of New York, whiclr in effect dismissed t-hi*.suit or any others that may be commenced against Kissan«, known in California as Wm. K. ■Rogers. Tho progress of the' venture of the bank has been closely watched. Judgment was asked for $4,250 and inlerestat 7 per cent, from Aug. 30, 1854, amounting to about $14,000. The officers of the bank claimed to have lost that sum through the swindle conduct ed hv Kissane, Lyman Cole and Andrew Finley. The wanderings of Rogers in Niearauga and this State were set forth, and the bank asked that Rogers be restrained from setting up the statute of limitations to prevent the progress of 7 the suit. Judge Sawyer, in rendering his decision, reviewed the circumstances I of the case, and in a few words announced that the bill of demurrer was sustained. The complaint he defeated insufficient and stale, and no reasonable cause existed for granting the' restraining order. He said that after being discharged, Kissane was at. all times liable to suit until the operation of the statute of limitations. The bank neglected to commence an action. The plea of the I plaintiffs to the effeqt that the statute j should not apply; because Rissane’s j whereabouts were unknown, was dis- j regarded. Judge Sawyer said that even j if Kissane did disguise himself and as-j suiue an allias, it did not disbar him i front having the full benefit of the statute. '■ ■■ ■ — London Wm’s n C.itholic L >nl M-iyor. London has elected Palydore Keeper, alderman for Farriugton-without, Lord Mayor. He is a Roman Catholic, proprietor of the Royal hotel, Biidgestreet,! Blacklriars. and a Belgian. He is the" first Catholic elected Lord Mayor since the reformation.