The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-26

Police Intelligence.
!, sssnfs syore Justice DInker Friday morn.
tne return OF proners before the above named
policemen Of the different wards and brought up for n
hearing to DO dealt with shs Law directs, was
short fiat nose somewhat elevated at the tip and
q mouth 50 large that when opened you could al
Hurley and thus the poor little tailor appeared before
the magistrate He charged by Oaicsr Glass With
MAarsr=ArE-well Ofac-r Glass did Mike take
glass too mueh did the glass taxa him! State your
Officer Glass, who is German by birth stated to
the Judge rather broken English the reason why he
OvFIcER-I found dis man. Judge on de Battery last
night and hms wife, who is great big yomans, big
enouan 10 tnIow num- 9oer ner shoulder She vos cry
de water hims wife told me, he going to drown him
self so fetched him into de station house.
MAGsrRArE-Well, Mike, what have to to say to this
charge? You are pretty looking fellow to drown
yourself.
into the water didn't want TO drown myself only did
ito scare wife, she wouldn't let me have
make believe to jump In can assure your honor It
| the farthest from my thoughts to drown myself
fore and scared her So that she gave me sems money;
hut this time the NJ. r. up and took me to tho sta
| ton house.
MAosrnArE-why you ought to b. ashamed Of your:
self to alarm your poor wife in that manpsr she had
done right abs would have thrown you overheard and
thus given you good duckiug for playing the goose
MrxE-oh, your honor, I can't swim; 20 you may be
cure wouldn't jump overheard
MAGnrRATE-I have no doubt your wife acted per-
ecy right in not letting you have any money for all
you would do would be to get drunk and abuse her
brought again for the like conduct shall certainly
lock but this time have been lodged in the
can 60 this time hut be mors csrssni IN future
The next case brought up Eliza Thornton.
man who had oncs been good looking but was now .ol
len mp from the effects of Ium and dissipation Officer
Oakley Of ths 4h ward hrouht her in from OF tbs
lowest dsns Of prostitution situated the Five Points,
n N IF her Inn Thornt "a.
pectahls m.chauc II appeared from the statement of
her hn'bspd THAT she left his house about four weeks
ego, since which time he unable 10 find her until
last night She was found in tched condition in
house ofthe vi!ss, rsputaonha own brother likewise
testified to hsr sany, and afdpvis taken of the
facts and this unfortunate woman committed by the
magistrate to six months imprisonment Blackwells
Island.
respectable looking old man. by the name of Thomas
Bailey, next preferred charge against young
Chambers and Brown, Of the Fifth ward whom the com
psnant charged with stealing his watch valued at $40
M.csT.ATr-Well, Mr. Bailey, what is the charge
BAILEY This y,uug woman here last night invited
Of coffee and little toast ind gave her two shiiiings to
get IL with and then she asked mo what time it wss
when pulled out my watch to see the time, and she
MAc,srRArE-Dd you take nothing else but the coffee
BALEv-No, your honor, that's all took.
MAeIsrhArx- Sarah, what have You to say to this
SARAH He gave me the watch to keep for him until
tonight when he said he would give me - and a.
was going out Of the alley. my man, Jim Anderson
snatchsd the watch from hand, and ran OF with It,
and don't know where he Is now.
Just at this moment the officers brought In JIM whom
they found slowed away in lodging house in Pearl
bis pocket.
MAcrsrRArK-wel Anderson, what have you to say
ASprRsos-Your honor, tuck tn. watch from the
ga, case she was little high yes JUDGE sne was
u.s., thanding it upto the Judgs)
n afrha h1 WA fNh frNrn unn drnn M
SAnAH-WeL 90 he did; but spose he did 1t with the
best intentions.
best OF intentions for this watch and II 1t hadn't been
for the active measures taken by ths officers, Mr. Bal
saow, take the compsint; shall commit them both for
stealing the watch Take them down. officers.
Fraud o. Burning n-The old trick is carried on
ignorant the rescaes of this city by the process
called burning" or defraudng ths unsuspecting ceun-
Two black fellows called Butcher 10 and Zsc Reed
| Eether with white man by the name OF Daniel Van
Horn associated together for the purpose of swud
effect their object, there two black fellows stop the
esn n Ss s. S So M
the silver; this !. generally readily accepted II the
thew pa aong ct the Of the
lows to wards eley way der pretence of deciding
bet and on entering thu alley the white man Van
introduced and bet hproposedb by Van Horn upon the
of diamonds and hs then asks the stranger to bet at
|
ncy he has The countryman not suspecting anything
wrong, pulls out his money to show up. when
one of the black rascals grabs the money from
the hand Of the stranger, declares he won the bet
Of and the other two separate quick ,ssibe
while the poor duped countryman sailor stands with
his mouth perfectly asoushed at the bolduess of
the eperation Thus three sailors have been burned
during the Last weektho fret out Of $20 the second
$40 and the third, young by the cf iwin
Bills, belor ging to Sag Harbor done yesterday
morning to the tune Of 50 6O but not feeling disposed
To be cheated in this way, he followed close after
Van Horn, and when the Of Nassau and john
streets Van Horn arrested by officer Latter Of tie
I'd ward police, and brought to the Tombs where JUS
tce Osborne locked him up for trial This black and
white trio have all served term of years in the Siug
Sirg State prison for the same svindng transactions
and have not been liberated from that institution quite
syear, before thsyare csuebt again following up thei,
old depredations reformation in these beauties az
| peas to be rather doubtful.
Hathcrne was arreied last evening, a charge OF
having made Infamous assault upon the person of Mrs
Jane Wright From the affidavit of the complainant il
appeared that the accused boarded in the family of Mr.
Wright; that about O'Clock, yesterday morning, The
accused returned to his boarding house, apparently
much nnder the influence of liquor that Mr. Wright
and his brother who also resided the thought
IL advisable to unress him and put him 10 bed Shortly
afterwards Mr. Wright aud his brother left home
tend to business when tn, accused became sober as
by magic, and proceeded to the where Mrs Wright
wss sitting having nothing but his shirt the
and eDdeavored to persuade her TO retire with him 10
his bedroom; and ON her resentiDg such conduct he
seized hold of her. pulled her down and used vioen
Efforts to accomplish his purpose Mrs W in resisting
the vlanous attempt TO violate her person, had her
clothes tern and only succeeded ia escaping from fur
Their outrage, by Jumping through window in the
yard. The accused ia default OF $500 bail commit
t ed to answer
Law Intelligence.
CIacUIT CouRr, March rs Bsfore Judge Eimonds -
Corse Chester g. 60 This cause which =
I'd yesterday ed this afternoon His Honor
charged the jury that the parties having avaied them
H.. L.