An "Iron clad" in court.
--Joseph w. Griffin, the "Tim Morris" of the Iron-clad Opera Troupe, who, along with several others of the Troupe, was taken by the conscript officer and carried to camp Lee, had himself brought before judge Lyons last Saturday on a habeas corpus, alleging that be being beyond the conscript age was illegally detained in custody by the military authorities.His mother testified before the judge that he was born on the 11th of March, 1818, and was consequently 46 years of age at the present time. Another witness testified that he had seen him an infant in arms in 1818.--Officer Chalkley, on the contrary, stated that he had known Griffin all his life, and had always considered him younger than himself, and that he himself was only forty five.
In the absence of important witnesses for the Government, the case was continued till to-day, and Griffin remanded to the custody of the conscript officer.
