New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-14

can impeach his own witness. Tney IN ~ 60 on 20
give s.thi4ai testimony As the c Lse no = stands,
Inere Is 10 Implication and II viii De Tor tae Jury
to say.
Nj orc coutsnded tina. they hai RICH, 20 tie
testimony party IssOmttmrS oDhgedtO deal " -
Witnesses They cannot commend 70 Court or III ..
Siiness IS not bound tn state anything but II .
theh own NhoEledge We DO lot come 10 cont
noIdnct Of matters
Nj Van COMMENDED that the evidence As 70 the
Character Of tie house has been gwen by ne lu-
mates, whom they themselves nave called. rae
main fact OF Mr. Forest otiGg A. the house hlS been
shown oy Nfs lngerson The policeman has sIaIef
that te taN M Forrest 70 IN once. Tne testimony
of Ms. Russell shows IL was competent TO De n
the house Tor an Innocent psrp0se. and part OF the
testimony Tow offered u grade the last witness,
whch canuo1 be done. Mrs lnseroil has testihed
tha' Ny fOFrest was - the house on several occa-
SONS ano she saw nothing Improper and the OBJECT
Of TIE witness Is 70 degrade that witness also
Ire Couf SAID the rule isthat parry can produce
cohihuto pFo0i-because tue testimony mtY be di'-
iereni That is no cause 20 prohioi! the testimony
party CANNOT lmpea ch their own witness for uuta
and yerscity or % show that tney have made for
merry oiDeftut statement. II ID the continued IN
qunt anything appears teIGlug 10 degrade witness
that IS circumstance connected with the case. II
A. can he shown that MIR. Forrest there Cor any
purpose not Known to the witness II would be pro
per. As 10 showing the character OF house there
nothing 10 prevent this witness stating wat he
saw.
Wifness-Cannot say for vha; purpose thr house
Has occupied 1t ran into my mind It was a BAL
house see great many people go INTO the house
lnsihe day time and At night, long as sat upto
and 10 week days, and Saturday II or II o'clock
some people III Carriages aud 50 ne without not
IN parties, but one and t~O have So ON 10 sgcl CON-
pary to any place butte such house did no. know
.ry of ,ne women except the co0rei servant girl
@n0 cane over for meat do no. know whether sne
y'aI modes or not oil t~O times saw womEns lths
UiIess spoke IN broken English put their finger .
thar Dose to gentlemen leaving, whl n made me De-
liere Il " as bad house that's ali | know DO not
know whether II was the same women or two.
b Nr. Van B--Tnat Is all saw never saw any
WCinaD thee smoke never were IN She house be-
for Mrs. Ineersoli came to the house Il was re-
specialize house.
Hancis Shqricfu, sworn-Rs Hr. oC--Is haII-
dresser and barber reside at No 36f Green en-. st
in 1877 and 1885 resided at No. 32. opposite | no.
ticsG house No. 355 Greenwich s.. while Mrs i1ger-
sol was there. rs would notice any other house
never n 1t. and Clc not know anybody that was
IN L ! cdnLOttet from the exterior Of house Dhtt
Is Zone IN the interior have seen carriages stop
pifg as nave seen ut other private houses.
hy0l10 y. S0r0gs. swOTn-Reslde AZ No - Greene
s.. between broOme anu SpIlng did hot know lro-
line IneeFsoll was once IL house no 02S ilcgston-st
II vas think IN 1915 or 80 IL the evening | vent
there with company which me, IN B.od1way-t"O
meA besides myself ! mad 20 purpose IN gong there
AT AL more than with these men cannot tell wha'
wat their purpose stopped about i've minutes, or
perhaps two saw TWO ladies' tEore whom could
not recognize again # J saw them Lett my ,iends
them DO not recOiiect what passed between them
TnLSuf dtIeS before Ieft ! 90 nor kLDH RDstntf
the gentleman knew them before or 10. there was
netting SaIC IN the le minutes remained Out pass
ing the time Of day ! went wiz them because they
asked me suppose they Lnewthe way do no, now
the object tor which they went they asked me IN
Broacwa y TO take a walk round IN llodstou-si ald
tod them could not, 0ut would take 4 walk round
witt them they excused me from staying longer
because | knew the ciTcums!ances IN which Was
plBGG might have seen the ladies' since do not
know whether the ladies' glfls Of the town the
Two were policemen, as well as mysc.. enc was
Mr. Edgert0n, who IS IN Ne'g-hagen now Tue o;her
Nh Morrison 10 not AuOw waerG he lives shey
heloused t. Eighth Ward Police think have not
been there since have zen persons go IN as passed
there 90 not know that walked TO the door with
any person.
Henry CIough swom-By Hr. OC.-Is police
man Of the Eighth Ward the house No. ops ltous'
siOn-s believe, Is IN ny particular district have
VISITED tie house officially cid so the latter pant OF
August, ls50-not previously mace no observations
upon II previously.
Dr. Pi,Lard w. Warrington. Swon-By Hr. O'C.-
is physic an | was requested 10 call, pto'e SION
ally, and did so. ut No. 629 Houston 5t.-!htnk IN
J0ne or Jolly, 1850 saw Mrs Ingef>cli, and saw the
person Is no requested ne 10 call and see ter kGe 4"
nothing of the character Of the house beyond the
person vas called to see the circumstances uncer
which called professionally: she met me IN
Broadway and spoke Of friend Of mine "ho had
goIeto Highland.
M.. O'C said he wished to show the )ctor was
called IN relation 70 what wa, attendant IN that
course Ofilfe.
M Van ob.ec;e3
llr orc. said they had 4 rieb, to present various
facts 10 show the principal last.
Mr.. Van i. objected not on account nj the indie
coIcy If the other side wished bot ne believed the
Statute pr0hihiis q physician glvlng isstimony n
such casts.
The Couit though. there 'gas Statute, bot I'D
not iscollect Is exact purport
Mr.. Van Il rent for copy 81 the : ttte
Mr.. Van L read frcm psge 5o3, arri-s :, section
., ID Revised statutes
mo person ouly authorized to practice piysic or
surgery shall be allowed t. disclose an ihiotaloh
which lie may have acquired II attending any Dl-
tent ia professional Cnara Ter. ara which ih'0r.
nation was cecesstfr 10 able hm % prescribe for
such patentas pay sicim q 10 90 aly IcE Tor hil
a6 a rgeIn'
The Govt thought tie Statutes prohibited the
testimony.
Tie wit1ess On questions from Mr O'C.. sii as
belief oUs.da OF MS practice as 10 what his fuend
told hlm, s that the party he vent ID see was one
who maze ner living by l!hcit practices
BtGr orc Res. led ~ So BToac~ay house KEPT
by some maiden ladies, Tho keep school do mol
v.t families to practice IN TINS city, though several
ofmy fner6s gel me to sstead 20 them weat one or
two irips IS q surg con IL the Georgia am Al Eng
lslms! 81 birth knew Of the lerscn aiIence1
beng az gagged n an Illicit life b. my calling with
n, friend III company with hlm, aud they retiring
fo-etber M friend was married he is away now,
know Capt Lalcraft dc NOT know Mrs. Forces.
Nr C'ourh. reoaled--Wentto the house n iOus-
ton.st che evening to soIn out two young men,
saw Mrs. Ipeersoll she said tie young men came
fhfIp Al
swIs sue tod them sac had srls they then
came n pulled cigars out Of aeir pockets and said
they would stay there TIL they saw the girs che
then sent iOt the Police was IN the house but
about ten minutes saw nothing inpro per.
yacet yLcck, swoin-BelOnsedto FINN Ward Po-
lice three years was II No. 35j Greenwich one
evening when Mrs InserSol had :: did 60 TO take
out 3 man ira. was not SOBER lived four or I'VE
doors .boye the house IN lSi7 or 1913, frequently
saw GOOD many peTsons 60 N and out men ana
women mostly the hrst part % The evening could
$50 noihir from the doors or widows, to the fe-
males. whereby to notice their demeanor.
Q-For Is nat purpose was the house occutien
Objectedto. -
Tie Cour. thought the proper way .yas 20 show
facts. s-,- 49,. 80, Do 70
,le,e she was not exactly SQUARE dic not know
any Of the others
sbe xas lead woman think some OF ne other
women saw 60 there were rather under fdise COZ
ors mean they ere muffled Up do no: think they
we're so from the weather they were SOMETIMES
,loTe and sometimes a man with them.
O-HSd they the manners ana bearing OF mooes',
rep cisble women Objected 20.