New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-28
Business Nolircs.

COMMON PLEAs-Beiorc Judge ul-hoefier.-TBe Pres
jdu, So. ofle HcorhN Bark 81. ,Ioin Day and Ro6pf
Ncrcei.-Ihis tried last week and We publish
day condensed report OF the testimony taken the
occasion
UJLidm Hall swom-Lycs in Boston; lock'mi,h
has Day 4 Ncwells Formulation Lock WAS en.
gagged by Nh Mnot pick lock the Iloyerh
Bank worked AT it TWO or three days in April, ls+5
but successful, and returned again in May and
worked at it three days when he succeeded in throw
my the bolt back By of raising the umbers to
their right places by pieces of iron. wood and brass-
eight different pieces in all The lock not mutilat
ed nor impaired by did introduce smoke into the
lock twice get the announcement OF it cannot de-
scribe the instruments used | don't rec0llcct how
many piece. there we're had five fastened togeh
er with pine stick besides these had SOME iron
pieces they were pieces OF wire crooked up had this
thing thar strung together, and pieces OF wire
did not nuke key; heard Gales testimony but had
no key as testified 10 b. him He shown key
without bits The thing had looked something like
key it wa. smaller than that but there essen
tia difference from that, the pieces OF iron and brass
put in not ike the bits oil the key it solid
piece olwoO1 had pint or quart OF them; IA princ
pie KEY OF wood and casting tG.Cn from H. would be-
the unlocked it after dinner; the Cashier
there at the time took the lock home my house
Boston know hid not this lock in my shop in Bo-
ton when Mr. Hobbs was there might have Ind one
ike it smoked 1t month before opened it to get
the measurement 1t did me no good always have
looking glass whore | 20 TO pick lock sha Mt tell
YOU any more than have a mind To / sha tell you;
Mr. Minot was the hrst person who spoke 10 abou,
opening the lock I am not connected with Jones in.
vented lock and cold the patent night 10 hun have
sold his locks.
teues;ioaDid any body pay you for going to FIaver
hill 10 open the lock
liHsr1-l VIII not answer.
The Judge directed the witness to this question
SAYS Mr. SIinOt gave him tickets. went NJ Mr.
Minors request calculated 10 DC paid my expenses,
whoever succeeds Nh Jones asked me 10 come on this
last time was told yesterday II td should have my
expenses paid made temporary key and other tools
open the lock with opened II with toothpck and
other tools | opened II with wooden imitation ot
KEY could not tell whether there had been any atera
non made IN the wards OF the lock or not knew "hen
was there the last had been changed Tor three
days ift had been could tell nrve minutes mad a!ock
Of this kind my shop all the while have sent II home
10 the man mad II OF carried II with me to Haverhli
had lock month before went 10 liaverhil / nave
made a key to Day Newell'- Lock two years ago and
have il now did have II with me at Ha.eThlH Ad
ams'= Express brought me the lock don't know
that Jones sent don't know now and never iid
know who sent II vii not tell from whom was IN
formed IL the key that made would not assist me
IN opening TINS lock It would not ut
James tiale Henry 4. Iy and George Bradshaw we're
called and examined after which the Paintlf rested
Alfred C. Hobbs being Tor the defence testified
as follows / engaged in manufacturing Giass
Knobs nave made Locks and am a iock-Inith By
trade carried the !ock.mth 0u'ness Tor years
i gave. no the business about two years since IN
t-rstand the mode Of making and opening locks 10
.,roe extent was in Court yesterday and heard the
testimony OF the witnessed can tell from the trstimO
nv how suppose the lock was opened lhs testimony
y As objected By the counsel Tor the plaintiffs but
the objection however ruled by the Court and the
witness proceeded
which IN, key operated the lock-. The point on
which the key marks Is termed the Drill Pin
the parts OF lae key that marks sgains.
the tahers called bits and the bits being Of differ
lengths, each one describes Us circle the then
exhibited what he called e measure > by taxing the
from the drill pin person get the dsHen
sons Of The bits and thus be enabled key that
vii unlock this i done by smoking the tumblers
He then showed the Jury how he could get the measure
cf The bits II the key changed this could not u
done. The key IN Using II may continually Iea' rs
PRINT person IN attempting 70 MAKE duplicate key
Tor the lock would have do the whole OF ms work over
again a. often the key was changed IN iact n.
could rhac do 81 all the principle Oi the
lock Is that the KEY changes II b. taken apart and
changed as often person chooses ~ DO SO the per
nentat!On Of the KEY 10 prevent the opening OF the
lock with false key il has nothing al AL 70 90 with TIE
picking OF the lock VIA; Il termed picking a lock
among the craft Il 10 open the lock with any instrument
EXCEPT tne tue key IL duplicate PICK lock = 10
uu. pressure upon and rai=e up the tDr. EXCESSIVELY
20 1T tE- bolt ~ back -se pressure II It upon the ,lt
PICK The lock the tuHblers lnu-, be raised successive
y rith the PICK uncl il the throat end then the
bolt n-s nack me nochf= on The tumblers are tie
curly against PICKING the lock II wa 10 OJvlat. the
yotHS mat the tumblers Hoched that the pick
Ing was entirely overcome tie lock cannot be- opened
except by false key, and i nat possible 20 open with
las! k II ne bis are changed in the hr-t place the lock
protected against being picked By the notches and IN
the second place against false key. me bt are chang
FL 70 my knowledge the lock has been picked
II hsi il ali laid open before il; would give
him no clue 10 pick il make false Key II would De
Necessary measure the circle the key last pun IN ira
versed there are no marks this lock 10 show the
continuance OF the same key there would o. mark II
smoked there Il appearance now OF u being
smoked there would have been marks OF II Il II had
NOT been wiped the use OF key or seven months
leave some mark went 70 Mr.. Halls shop in June or
August 1915 | saw Mr. Hall there saw FERMENTATION
lock lying on the bencn with TIE cap on lying the top the
lock and The screws lying the top of the cap asked
him If that was the HsTerhin lock he said II
asked thsr the very chick itself," Yes he
wered that ia the very chick then opened II and
t,Jd thsra vyaa IN Yea7 ha aafd but