The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-05
Police InteIlIgence.

Charge of obtaining Goods 6y False Pre,ences GER
Elder Of the Lowell police arrived in town yesterday
morning, from Albany, having in custody man named
Aopzo s. Hatch, resident and srchant Of Lapeer Mi
cbigan warrant issued by Justice Osborn wherein
Mr. Hatch standi charged with obtaining a bill of dry
goods amounting to 1894, from the firm of slauson,
Barrett dry goods Dealers No 80 Liberty street,
under false and fraudulent appears
fro the adavts before the magistrate that Mr. Hatch
called the above named firm In March 1850 and re-
present, that he wished purchase bill Of dry goods
credit and in order to induce the eomplana nts to
sell him goods II presented that he worth 81 500
and above his indebtedness and liabilities and would
place in the possession Of the collateral
securities the amount Of indebtedness until the bill
was paid Upon these representations believing them
and that the defendant would do as he agreed
upon bill Of goods sold to him On credit and de-
Ivered But before the first bill became due SIR. Hasch
called sgain the complainsnts and represented that
he worth $1,000 more than when the first bill Of
goods were and had charged several Of his
liabilities and. also that he had quantity Of -four in
wareb ouse Detroit sufficient to pay for 500 or $500
worth Of DIS and further that II the complainants
would sell him goods he would purchase another
BILL and the goods arrived ut Lapeer he would
place IN the bands Of Mt p1ps per Sao Ine
chased In conformity with these approximations be-
neving them to be true, and made in good faith the
compajnsnts sold him bill Of goods amounting to
1894, ard forwarded the same to Lapeer. Since
that time however, Mr. Hatch omitted to make
the -four to eompainan's according to promise or
any ether securities has he paid for the goods but
after receiving the property he placed the whole Of
his effects in the hands Of Mr. Hart with view, as
alleged to defraud the compainants out Of their pro-
perry The accused was conveyed yesterday morning,
before the magistrate issuing the warrant VIII, held him
to bail in the Of $1,000 to answer the charge The
amount of bail was given and Mr. Hatch was liberated
from custody In making the above arrest, at Albany
occurred between the officer and Judge Ira HARRIS
one Of the Supreme Court Justices, before whom the
prisoner brought by virtue Of writ Of ha,eas
pus Judge Harris review Of the case, decided that
the arrest was illegal because the warrant issued BY
police justice Of New ork had not been properly
dorsed by justice in Albany county authorizing the
legal service OF the said warrant and therefore dis
charged the accused from the custody OF the oacer
Eubstuuently however. the warrant was endorsed Dy
Justice Parsons Of Albany and the accused again taken
into custody and conveyed to New York In this mat
ter IL is evident Judge Harris was in error and refer
his the book entitled Laws Of New York res
tive to the city Of New York page GIL sections and
II i'll there be that the warrants issued by police
justice Of the city and county Of New York can be
served in any county in this State without endorsement
there.
"A Ftmole Piekpoek.i.-A common looking Irish girl
calling herself Sarah smith, arrested, Friday
evening board Of one Of the South Ferry steamboats,
a chsIge Of picking the pocket Of Mrs Cowles lady
residing In South Brooklyn The accused, IL seems sat
e1t Mrs Cowles in the ferry boat and extracted the
wallet from Mrs Cs pocket contain Ing SO bank bill
ard piece Of newspaper, placed therein by Mrs. c.
respecting the sailing Of vessel On searching the
person Of the thief wallet could be found blu. the
$40 bill and the piece Of newspaper were discovered In
her pocket having been extracted from the wallet, and
the latter thrown away evidently with view OF de
featipg detec ton but in her haste to the
tents the wallet she retained the piece Of newspaper
which Mrs q identified at and the $40 bill cor
responding exactly with the bank bill that was missing
Thus the evidence q guilt clearly made out against
the accused and when brought before Justice Loihrep
the testimony sdduced he committed her to prison TO
answer the charge.
Charge Of Grand Larcmy-The police Of the Four
teenth ward arrested, on Friday night, man named
Frederick Edpg, on charge 81 stealing printers i'm.
posing stone valued at sib the property OF Charlotte
French, residing at 1s1 Hester street Tho accused
conveyed before Jutice MeGrath, who committed him
TO prison for trial
ShoLHg Cattle -ye,tefdsy. a man named Samuel
Jaques arrested ty cheer Post Of the Eighteenth
ward police charge Of stealing two fat oxen valued
at over S1oo the property Of Mr John Hyatt. The
rogue IL seems, drove the cattle from the slaughter
house yard situated in Fifty street. Broad
way and pursued by the officer, who took him into
cus dy and recovered the cattle lie conveyed be-
fore Justice McGrsth who committed him to prison for
trial,