The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-15

wise, As 80 far dlsordefes his senses az to
ms own person or the person and property Of others
permitted TO at large These therefore re-
specially pray that the said Arthur ay be
Us the law directs DANIEL JACKSON,
CHARLES McEVERs,
. JACOB l.. DICKINSON
sworn to this s0th day of December lslI before H.
HEhHirr and T. STEVENS
CITY aud Ccunfv Of N,,y Yo,k .,
an a., & $ Erny OF said city, being sworn, says. thst
o ,he 'oth DAY OF December last this deponent ent
~ ,h. H tn T. Mogenis, Esq. and Cen john T. Mason
81 = use o DAM Jackson in stuy yesant place, for
me Peipose OF getting said Jackson to go with them to
nlsnts IA oee once In this city, TO see what
Pias hau mere been made se Bnst ssd Mseens; and
mat afterwards WHEN deponen had entered one of the
rooms IN said Court he found Justices Merritt end
Se,ens consulting with Danl Jackson Charles Mac
Evers and others about conf.ing said Maqens ar In
hac mat this deponent and Mason jPterceded and
trorsse o against its being doneGen Mason telling
wa. would be an act of villany; that he had
known said Magsnis from hoyhood ard that snch =
course a. an warranted and highly improper i,h ma
ny other wsrds to that effect this and said
Mason were then told that if said Msgen,s wanid Issx
tins city and go to the city Of Washington he should be
dscharged and that this deponent and q; n Na.on
went 10 SAID agenis in another room and stated 10 him
the proposition OF said Justices that said M.gepi ex
pre- great indignation OF the proposition and said
mat ne would not submit TO such disgrace and Ia the
romeo do their worst tow ards him before he would
submit TO be driven from his home by such vile mea
sures mat ~ he had offended against the laws of his
country, let him have the law-the law and nothing but
me lay and many other expressions of the like nature
hat andavis were then made by said Jackson and Mac
Evers against said Msgenis, and slse by one Jacob L.
DICKINSON clerk in said Police Office deponsnt was
informed that said Magenis was from lunacy or some
other cause much dsordered in his sentes as TO en-
danger his own person the person and property Of
Others permitted to 60 at large and said Mag was
then taken downto the coils of the city prison on
the evening OF the thirty first Of December thereafter
thisdeponen learned that said Magens again incar
ceratsd IN said cells and on the morning of the of
thereafter this deponent found said Msgenis in
OF the hthy and loathsome cells Of the city prison.
and IN very suffering condition, sick and unable
to speak above whispers that this deponent told by
Justice Merritt that he would be sent 10 the
Asy lum on Blackwes Island that this depepent then
nterceded with Justice Parker to ent said Magenta
being disposed of by said MERIT as thought
that it would be fatal to the health of said Nagenns
The Mayor, Robert H. Norris also al the request of de-
ponent inerceded by letter. with sed Parker and said
Parker consented that deponent should take said Mage
IS under charge Of an officer TO the priv ate asylum Of
Doctor Mcdonald, Murray HILL and that this depo-
nent did, on the morning of the second instant sceo-
pany said Mosenis under charge Of an officer named
stokely, to said asylum Of said McDonsd where said
Magenns was kept by virtue Of warrant, issued ty
Justices Merritt and Stevens until the eighth instant
when said Msgennis discharged by Judge Oakley,
before whom he brought by writ of haEeas csrpus
the argument at which was made by said Magenis
alone in his own behalf, and which argument said
Magens was discharged and deponent further says
that he was for two weeks prior to the above conkne
ment nm inmate Of the same house with said Nagenis
and that said Megenis was during that time tho object Of
much vile treatment from many persons, which rritsed
and excited said Magens but that the belief ard opinion
OF deponent is that said Magens not has he been
insane. LATHROP q Emmy
Sworn before me this 18th II
day Of Januaryyls42
sPAnBAuK PiRsoSs,i
Commissioner of Deeds.