The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-15

before Hec0rCer SS0tt, ana Aluermcn hooortS "no
TappAn
Jonas Phillips Esq District Attorney, al interim
Trial for Ksepins Di'o,de.iy House A. the open
placed upon his trial for keeping disordely house at
No. $40 Water street
xOn the part of the prosecution MriDEvELS the COM
panant that he knew the defendant who occu
pied prense at No 3i6 Water street; that prostitutes
and other Of bad character wee in the hab;
of there and creating disturbances at all
hours by singing dancing, carousng, and making use
of bad language, e..
that person by the name Of Stevens has been COM
planned Of by yourself for keeping dsorderiy honse in
against the i'' defendant have made complaint
Of that character against Stevens Have you not
also preferred complaint sg.inst Mr. Burnha Ia;
for keeping dsorderly house at No 3l6 Water streeti
have seen 4 man by the name Of Burnham in the bar
room there Did You not make complaint against him
connection Between tho bar of Burnhsm and that Of
deepdant7 There is partition between them and Sc
parate entrances from the street Do you not some
property in that neighborhood own the house live
in. Did you ever any prostitutes or women OF bad
character in the barreom of the defendant? do not
TRosrnr Lrcorrr examined reside at No Al Cherry
street, and keep sailor boarding house; have been
the promises No $40 Water street. spoken # by Mr. De-
ven; have known them for ten or twelve years; the
disordery characters male and female; the females
have seen there were prostitutes, and the men wore
men Of very bad reputation; they have kept up this
commencing in the evening and continuing 1t until two
the next morning fddling, dancing and carousng the
parties resorng there make use OF very lowved Ian
guage.
in the basement and in the barroom over 1t the one
kept by Mr.. Durham / never saw any OF these
disordery characters in the barroom kept BY the de-
fondant; there il. no connection between the bar,
have known the policemen called to put q stop to the
disturbances in the cellar and Burnham's bar room.
ner ESQ counsel for the defence inquired of the Court
whether il deemed necessary to proceed any lar
ther with the nasmuch as nothing had been
show that the accused party had kept dsordery
houses on the contrary tbs witnesses for the
the interested 'compainants in the had testified
character in the bar house of the accused party
The Court intimatsd their unwllngness to take the
oass Ss s Of the
In the course of his remarks that he was prepared to
show that the defendant had long kept one Of the %S
of bad character not permitted to there and
that liquor sold to hem the
loving compliments in the case aud the efforts made BY
them to prove to the contrary:
GER and carry my business at No 900 Water street.
nearly opposite the premises occupied by the deendan
bavs Ino%n asndant ncs he into
neghborhood; know tibet he has bar, and keeps san
tGI: Or long While have passed there
times day; never saw anything improper done there
or any improper characters in the premises, 49, AZ,
THOMAS SMITH examined.-I am Captain OF the Atm
Ward Police reside at No rs Oliver street. the
premises in question; have lived in the neghborhood
at different periods for about Is years. know the pre-
misses kept by the defendant; have never seen any dis
orderly characters there.
MIR. BvnvHAM examined Witness deposed that he
had been indicted for keeping disordery house in the
premises alluded to; that there connection be-
tween his bar and that of the defendants that wit
hired his bar room from the defendant in the month
since that period, and that the defendant had
no interest 10 the business carried on by witness
PETER REYNOLDS examined-I keep bar for Mr. Overs,
at No s4 Water streets have been with him ior fifteen
months the basement Of No BIG is kept by Joseph Ste
vens he pays rent for it to Mr. Overs: never saw any
females in Mr.. Overs bar ROOM except such as were
members of his family have had orders given me never
to draw glass of liquor for a woman.
AID. PuRsER.-A message from Aid Purser, to the ef
feet that no complaint had been made to him against
the defendant was received in behalf Of the accused
party. 80 -,
The case at this STAGE was submitted without argu-
ment of counsel and the jury, after brief consultation
rendered verdict of not guilty.
The Court then adjourned until this morning