The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-09
Citv IntelllQence.

JUDGE LYNCH AND THE HABEAs-The Bunn's, II is
well known are all wags, particularly Reub, but
more particularly Bill of the Registers Office Bill
has been recently afflicted with distressing feon
or whtow of his fingers that has nearly dis
abled him from the use of manual exercise and
flourish of the goose quill, and while laboring under
the effects OF the pain rushing through the Park
yesterday, with perfect looseness, when some In
quisitive friend stopped him short, with
"How do you Bill? where are you going in such
devil of hurry!'
"Going, why I've got cursed felon on my finger,
and Pm going TO hunt up Judge Lynch to obtain a
writ of habeas corpus and have it discharged forth
with.
Bill bolted-hs friend snorted and when the Re-
corderand Alderman Carman were told the joke this
morning in the Court of Sessions, we really thought
an explosion would take place, attended with Sc
rous effects, This is the best of the season.
TIE MAN WITH THE CARPET Bacon the 23d
of August, Mr.. John Heritage, of 81 Chapel street,
employed man named William Bruce, to convey a
carpet bag to his lodgings containing clothing vau-
ed at Spots, and while on the way he stopped into
a house, when Bruce soped with bag and all No
thing was seen or heard of the rogue until yester-
day, when Mr. Heritage met him in the street neat
ly dressed up with the coat, pants, and shirt that
were in the bag at the time he stole it. He was full
ly committed.
HOUSE BREAKING-Nc less than seven dwellings
were broken open last evening in various parts OF
the city, by burglars, and considerable property sto-
len. When do the Common Council intend to
change the police system or do the present party
in power intend to wait until next spring, when
they in all probability, will be relieved from the
trouble
DEALERS IN SToCKs.-On the oath of August, Mr..
John Ecke who keeps fancy store at the corner
OF Mott and Bayard streets, missed sixteen satin
stocks eleven vest patterns, and twenty unfinished
stocks but could not trace the thief. Officers
Fokkes and Drnker yesterday arrested a man
named Robert Kriele, German, who confessed
the theft, and was committed
QUITE RUMpUs-On Wednesday evening par
ty of street brawers assembled in front of the house
Kept by Mrs. Clark, at % Read street, and deman-
ded Abundance, which was refused. Officers
Sweet and Colvln, who were inside the house wait
ing arrest thief requested by the keeper OF
the house 60 into the street and urge the men to
dispense. While there Mr.. Mugan, who resides
next door, came into the street and threatened to
call the watch, when one of the officers informed
him that they were part OF the police Some
words followed when Sweet and Mulligan came to-
ligans leg was broken. Complaint was entered
against the officers for assault but ii is presumed
that they will be able to show they were first as
saulted.
ANOTHER WALL STREET TRICK.-J. B.. Pollard
and Jesse Evans, two of the evil geniuses that have
presided over some of the small business of Wall
street. have been arrested and held to bail in the
sum of $500 for defrauding. Mr.. Thomas Pitts, of
this city, in August lS41, of promissory note for
$500, drawn by John S. Bruen and dated April LIST,
1871, payable in two years from date. They pro-
posed to negotiate the note by paying Mr. Pitts
$1,000 in bills of the broken Citizens Bank of Maine,
which they represented would be soon current, and
that they had paid fifty cents on the dollar for them.
In addition, they promised to lend him $3.50 in cur
rent money for some of his immediate wants, which
was not complied with, He received the bills and
transferred the note, which they negotiated, and as
he could neither recover any value for the bills OF
the bank, the note in return, finally concluded
to make them suffer the penalty Of the law if there
is law sufficient to punish such fraudulent transac-
tons.
Mock AUCTION NEAR THE FULTON MARKET-LET
COUNTRY People BEwARE.-The old Chatham
street system of humbugging and robbing people is
not yet, it would appear, neutrality-suspicious.
the strenuous and almost incessant efforts OF the
public press to that end. day or two since,
very respectable gentleman connected with the
clerical profession in Brooklyn, was induced to
enter the store of one William Henry Mckinney, OF
~ Fulton street, who hangs from his door very
ticlng red flag, and dubs himself an auctioneer.
The old system of offering bargains resored TO,
and our worthy clergyman soon became the dupe
of the auctioneer and his agents-On the " watches
and rings principle. 1t is not necessary to enter
into details to how the purchaser victimised;
and for all present purposes, it may suffice to state
that man named Degroot, one Of M'Kenny's
statesmen and factotums, together with a fellow
named Totem (who offered himself IN the double
capacity of witness and surety for Degroo) were
held to bail, by order of Justice Matsel, to answer
the reverend gentleman's accusation before the
General Sessions
The fancy store of Mrs. Vanderpoel in Broadway,
near the Stuyvesant Institute, entered by false
keys, yesterday morning, and almost every thing
movable carried of, to the amount of several hun
dred dollars. Where was the watch!