The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-12-16
County Court.

TRIAL OF JUSTICE Min PARKER. RESUMED.
Present-Judges Ulshoefer, Ingraham and lnglis His
Honor the Mayor the Recorder and the Board Of Alder
men, Also the Counsel upon both Sides and Justice Par
DEc. i,.-Mr. BRADY commenced summing up for the
defence. We shall merely give few Of his prominent
This Court Of apolitical character and in spite the
BEST intentions hey will find difficult to divest them
selves OF party feeling to do strict and impartial Justice
He then recaptulates the charges; that there con-
spracy that NJ Parker was party in that he did
pration Of their time from Blackwelfs Island with the
intent tina. they should vote in the city OF New York
There four charges and will be necessary for the
plaintiffs to make them all out II the Judge acts hon slv
he can be convicted by tribunal either civil criminal
He cannot be required to respond to Judgment
Mr. Brady then went extensively analy
minaon OF the evidence All this consprac which ever
had any existence was confined to Blackwells Island
concocted there-and contaminated there.
After haying commented for hour or two rpon the
testimony the witnesses MIR. Brady proceeded to
mine into the conncxion which Min Parker IL alleged to
have had with the conspiracy He first adverted 10 the
severe winter and spring following. Az to the dis
chargesour Aldermen and Justice Merritt discharged
weny-eght Matse discharged ten. On the LIST April,
1882 discharged all in day In 1912
between the Goth March and 18th April ten were dis
charged Justice Parker fifteen. In May and June after
the election he discharged fourteenone lsss In Feb
ruary Parker discharged eight Stevens eighteen during
the same tlmenhve Of whom Were re- got out py spark
relation to Justice Parker Justice Merritt discharged
thirteen in the spring Of 1889 The next circumstance Of
suspicion that the discharges filed in hand
writing unknown at the Police Office On this point there
is not the slightest Importance to be attached to this filing
out Again. to the dschargng of persons at Office
who were committed ct the other il thing that has al
ways been practised
In summing up. Mr.. Brady observed, first tina. Mr.
Parker discharged several persons; but in no unusual
maunerwith conjunction, consultation nor trecon-
cert with any other magistrates aldermen. Not
man discharged by Justice Parker proved 10 haze pofsd
Nor sthere any evidence that Min Psrker know that
any Of those persons discharged be kept the
Island until the 18th of April
Mr.. Brady's speech occupied about three hours and
was an able specimen Of forensic eloquence.
He was followed, the other side by Mr. PATTERSON
He commenced with repudiating and denying the opi
Mon vanced by Mr. Brady in his opening that
apolica court and under political bias or influence
In the course OF his argument Of his strong points
was the fact that in three eeks time thee discharged
more than oneourh Of all The prisoners disehsrgedim The
whois cosrse Of Jour years.
Mr.. Patterson continued speaking for about two hours
when the Court adjourned till tomorrow afternoon r
day. at o'clock.
90 Yesterday the crowds OF ladies' gentlemen and
CHI ldren which thronged the American Museum to see
the wonderful little dwarf were tremendous The public
arejus beginning to find that the little gentleman is Just
what he has been represented that he is therefore the
smallest person that walked Alone much less that
attained his eleventh year. or all living curosies
he the greatest and should read of his being thou
sand miles off, not person but would resolve him
if he within haling distance Now that this
prodigy is under very nose, let fail to him.
Besides the Dwarf there splendid variety Of pleas
ing and talented entertainments gwen every evening IN
the Lecture room, to which day vsters are admitted
Free and the Museum is crowded with every description
Of wonderful curioses all neatly labelled and arranged
Since this favec establishment has come under the ma
nagemcn, Of Mr. Barnum has been thoroughly renova
ted decidedly of the conducted places OF
amusement in New York,