The New York herald., 1845-03-01
Special Sessions
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FEB. 29.-Cordial Treatment "A man named Patrick
Manihan placed at the bar charge OF beating his
wife, Patrick was stout well dressed good-loOking fel
low, and his wife little, diminutive, halt starved
woman, with small still voice.
REcoRDEs-Wel Patrick, how came you to beat this
little woman Such stout, stawart fellow you beat
your wife
PArRcx Coughing afectedly) Oh, place yer honor,
Pm laboru' under cold and an oppression OF
my chest which has compelled to abstain from all
spurious liquors whatever; and few evenings since
TUX htle drop OF cordial perfectly OF the Der.
nicous that would be entailea upon me
aud the result that INDUCED in ebuton of pas.
son which was unbecomng to my nature and foreign to
my intentions, and presume that inflicted blows
upon her. of which she com ains; but yer hon.
ors that regret the occurrence exceedingly, and
cerely desire that may never be Iepaed; ndade
REcoRDkR-Well ought to he ashamed of yourself;
great broad shouidered fellow like you this lit.
well send you ont with ofthose big nggers and you
s.n "a. oght 1t out with him. Uaugher) Now 60 sir
of blue overss trotted up the bar on charge OF
making noise in the street.
REcoRpER-Whet countryman are youl
PKs- I'm an lrlshman, SIT; what else W6uld | be.
(Laughtor)
RncsRDEs-Nothing else; but what do you mean by
making such row in the street, do you get drunk2
PaIs-Oh yes sir, little row Naughter)
REcoRpER-Well, we will let you 60 this tme but
you must go directly up to his Honor the Mayor, and
sPsrs-t tsa1tng the court la miiitare) of koorse w
yer honor.
A S.peet Thisf-A German, in the greenest possible
roundabout, with infnity OF metallic buttons upon it,
with the greatest conceivable number OF pleats in the
cd at the bar charged with stealing sugar He answered
through an interpreter Capt Krack late Of the Heder
that he was not stealing the sugar from q bar
rel, that he was merely picking some up from
the ground. He said that he had been in this coun
try for six months, and had wife and four chill
ren and that he had not been able osan any employ
ment since his arrival here; but had picked up
ole from the proceeds Of the sale OF that
he picked in the street witness positively
that he Scker raking the sugar out of barrel with
The REcoRpwR said that the court would give him ff-
days imprisonment in the City Prison. and that the
making light was that perhaps he had
been here sufficient length of time to ascertain that we
had laws but necessary for him to learn that such
the fact.
Murray, with grey head Of hair grey suit OF clothes
and seedy hat was placed at the bar charge OF riot
the respectable superintendent of the furnace to an
warraatabe extent
RrooRDER-what do you mean, sir boy like you. old
enough to know better creating disturbance in the
public street pight7 Why don't you 20 home and 20
bed, othec children dot Naughter) You ought not
aave ourself better. What is your age?
MuRRAy-W Weli-well-I believe, as near as can cal
culate, sir, gon' ON for sxyhard on to hard on to
RscoRDKR-AL you're too old to be sent to the House
of Refuge, otherwise we would send you there and you
could be bound out to some good trade oars Of laugh
teri How do you get your lving'
MuRRAr-w wsll--well-- we--I works for it, sir. and
gets my livin by labor when kin, sir and always
gets along VERY comfortable. when | kin
RKcoapKE--Do you want to go to the Penitentaryl
MURRAY (prcmpuy) What for, sirl
RscoaDER-Why, we have a witness here that swears
you had great club fourishing about and breaking
windows and said that you did it that might be sent
MuRRAY-I deRy the charge, sir. am not guilty.
REcoRDEn-Very good we will take your word for it
a scrape again exit Murray
CLrsK-Caing Harriet Wilson Jane Thompson Put
those girls the barnobody appears against then your
honors
RKcosDEn-- Girls, you discharged go with the old
man there.-awsy with yon. daughter
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and TOR splitting in the scc Of Francis Felix at
of the election polls OF the l2th Ward. Quinn is an
rishman democratic voter, and noisy, troublesome
prawlng fellow OF elections Felix was native Ameri
can constable. Several witnesses for the prosecution
swore positively that Quinn dd spit IN Felix's face and
defendant that he did not but that he bad an un
pleasant habit of eecng saliva from his mouth into the
f,ces Of is friends when engaged in ersation with
out intending any insult.
The Court sentenced Quinn to pay fine Of SIS, which
he did the spot A short time since he compelled
to pay fine OF $500 for an assault upon Mr. Mott at On
election poll Perhaps he will conduct himself more
quietly at elections hereafter
DABoLrcAL OUTRAeE.-The quiet little village Of
GAINESVILLE, w. t., was thrown into state OF ex-
citement on the morning of the lO;h inst, by the
discovery of most dlabolical outrage on the per-
son of poor widow residing within hall mile
OF its centre. Ii appeared that about Tor O'Clock
that morning some villain broke into the house,
aud after raasacking the place for money. without
effect, proceeded, alter the most dreadful threats
ana considerable Violence, 10 COMMIT rhpe on
the unfortunate inmate. In the morning the alarm
was given and the whole Of the male residents
turned out to discover the perpetrator, and several
persons were arrested on suspicion, among them
The guilty party is expected to be discovered, and
were 10 undergo an examination on the day fol-
owing that on which our correspondent wrote.
ENGLAND AND TExAs--A correspondent OF the
Mob,h Register, writing from Galveston on the
3tn instant, says THE Texan Minister to England
Ashbe Smith) has returned since the Texas Congress
adjourned, and have 10 believe from what con
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