The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-03
County Court.

F. Judge Ulshoeier, Judge, in the CHAR.
Nov. = mai oil Min Parker, vi The Special JUS
tees illegally discharsng PRISONERS AT Black
wells Island and Causing them be orough into the city
Mr. PArrENsos read an affidavit James King police
officer showing ne hau served SUBJ upon James
H. Kuckies late deputy keeper OF the peitentaiy Inc
said buckles has appeared court, and Mr. r. made
motion for aachmentto be issued az ans him. which
| was ordered. .fOi.I'.'1 fI
Mr.. PATTERSON then rose and addressed the court at
length stating charges which have Deen
made against the espouent and inc by
which prove them The charges are that
Meln Parker conspred with two other
Matse and steveis and other persons 10 dschaIse Io
yiced Migrants and them V vote al the eec
ton they not being legally entitled to do so-tha the as
charges given to the deputy keeper were not ed up
and were anedated The material facts, he said, were
these The magistrates discharged persons whom hey
were not legally authorized TO discharge-hat IN the
three weeks between the Goth March and ilth APRIL s2
II persons discharged whose terms oil sentence had
expired being about one-third of all thar h peel
discharged in the previous four years-they were no'
taken from the prison and landed usual on the oppo
site side but they were brought away night in secresy
and carried in divisions and squads to the lower part OF
city, When the boats could not accommodate any more
omnibus hired which took the remainder from the
foot of Goth who brought down town and deposit
ed in of the watch housesfrom there to the resi-
dence of Sunday oicer-and thence to vote at the cleo
ton The others qusrtered in the 4th 9TH and sth
Wards fed. lodged clothed, and received money
they taken those wards where the election was
closest and employed defeat the will OF the voters oil
those wards There selection OF men made al
Blackwell's Islandt done at particular time and
Immediately previous the dscharge-one OF the men on
the island went round the island with pen and paper
down names-on the llth April he went INTO ,ne @
ana seiecteu rom ,heie ~ ", ~ % ~, ~ 81 H.
named Lacy ieii down ana uieu mex, osy
magistrates was frequently On inc hsiu P
vious to these discharges taxing piace. ~ mus po
membered he SAID that these u men were no. M
Indifferent times, but IN TACT on the mig Oh ,u 49,
nP'' a M 80 - ~ rrraII ,hat ,he doc ments
tme-it would not have looked wen that ne
OF discharge should appear as they had oeen
altogether. Ehe discharges were IA ;,ra,as nor ~,
uns1.hey wee iot pii * ~ Th. d,scharges were
the clerks at the fohce once ihe as;ssht d,,aJ
ante dated, ana IN TWO sshees y a. =, r. Police
on sunday when no suon uus.'e. a;ns prrons sen
49, ,orn,ort ,yera liberated after
fenced 70 sn months som s ~. sn ~ no., named
rev Gays connhement anu one Vi '.e .o Va s Ne 60
JasDeerylwas 30 On aoischai se ~; C 81 j., air
ucuoh-aha ne o'sonases 49, ~ ho,n,aI ~ iihcra.
chsracter-lhese mou, .aNeh iloe' ny ;,S, ~ Ton
,ed IN many cases, a,ci ,. , 1890 nar,ie,
aays were uiscns sea a az - Ynan, Of
imPhcated wouiu inr UNI, .. Wy ~ LII ~ and bow
mem 'o.eu lle y. ~ Ia, "a haan sent 10 MIR
many "oro We w nos "a no hand. n
,"hei v, se'ei VI US o. arnart his
pack W 'e ie VIZ ~ n 49,, ,hinos "a, he
II nov io' Py,es Pu, a.. 60, % as ia of tho
SHOWN, y VIII DE mpossoie io ne 1ou' =. % ,hese
soncuson .nss :, % q, ~ hnaSt ~, New Sor. ii.
aaiis 60 cote NJ Pa,,srson ,hen made strong appeal
. sy go, o,har cnnn,ry he said each man
1919 ~ b. corcyos 10 ,hs no,is but in this country,
III a. ,s s,.,a IN narcniar The franchise Is
$3.50 a., ;s ,r,,, 5hanId no regarded with the
alon care The cbarp es against these magistrates