New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-04
WILLIAMsBURGH ITEMS.

TuF MILLINERY CAsE-PuIIcE CorRr-The PeOp. w
W Boyd, Of No. lG3 Gfsndst This was case Of ~
alleged assault and battery two young mncrs who hd
bee VI The employ of def ndauts wife who kstps MILL
merry at the named place The foo~ ing the
substance of the testimony in the given on Thursday
ard Friday afternoon:
Miss Ellen Sand son sworn-I reside in ewYork Miss
Hill and myself brought home bounets Tuesday
a week ago, az about O'Clock in the afternoon took
them out the day previous she gave US the hats TO make
al home applied for work in consequence of seeing
advertisement ina Nrwlork paper brought the hats
home in bsbdbox and laid them on the uuer she took
the hats up and hardly had time 70 look tnem when
She ripped the binding and crown out Of them she said
nothing previous TO this then asked for the pay, when
she asked if expected pay Tor "a bonnets ~ "a
we told her of course she asked how much expected
for each told her 80 cents each and shilling that
had expended for trimmings she said She would give them
10 US each and that they worth 81 80 10 her
but declined paying for them; then asked her for the
shilling had expended, when she turned away from
with on her face Miss ii al told her must have
the slil We had money 10 return the ferry
Mrs Boyd said she would and Immediately stamped
her foot on the floor and called ~ her hush and he
up stains when Mrs. Boyd told him to pat out; be
took hold of my shoulder and gave hard pinch
and after showing me to the door, kicked tine
into the street nearly throwing me down he then took
hold Miss Hall and about to put her out when she
turned srouud and told lin not to pvt his hands her
she did not lie to be put out Of doors by he
10 gentleman but a cheat and a rogue am IS years
old It very rainy afternoon II was about clock
when we were put out and about - O'Clock when We got
hone; all the tine We wandering about the streets
applied al the PeCkslp Ferry and refused the
privilege Of going over and we were finally allowed to 90
Cross-txanined-I learned my trade with Mrs
SkeIt of Madison Il, New York; | have worked
AT the millinery business about one year; had applied
10 Mrs BOYD the Saturday previous to the Mon
day which gwen the work worked for Mrs
Boyd Saturday at trimming straw hats quit work n
& O'Clock and She paid me i've shng for my days work
asked Mrs b 10 give work TO take home Saturday
before LETT her store she told me that she had no tune
then 10 put up work but if would come on Monday
she wou let take hat home, ant II suited her.
L. dozen: there " a
ton on SaturdA, whether the work that had dOas
suited her or whether kuew how TO work did not tel
her had worked az the business four years any other
length OF :me do not know MIS- Boxer nor lid tell
Mrs BoyO that had worked for such person do MT
know nor have worked for miiiner named Brown
heard either OF these names mentioned Mrs Boyd
when / went there Monday morning commenced con
,ersaon with Mrs. Boyd other persons were present
when frat went into the store but Mrs Boyd Miss Hall
and myself lady who looked Ike Mrs BOyds sister,
shOd time after; Eliza went there with TO get
work Mrs boyd did not refuse Ia give 20 give her work
ont Of the house Eliza told her that she could do
SHRED bonneis. and she wanted the work 10 TAX
home; Mrs. Boyd offered Eliza work shrred BON
nets al the house bu' Eliza waited the work to take home
the same as did my hat 70 be thin with sof
crown; Eliza was TO be thick We each had the
kind Of materials Of the bats 20 Be giyen
IL and the other TO Eliza the shilling which e1Pend
ed was for crown, sewing silk and nings Mrs B9yd
dd not give tive cents for cotton but told ms anything
wanting 20 purchase II, and she wOuld repay ne
when | brought the work home; / did not MAKE my
hat soft erc~n because had not the materlls did not
get tail The materials which were necessary from Mrs Boyd
asked her for them and she told t. get them; did
not have time 10 say thing aer Mr. Boyd told 70
put ms out until he showed t- door aud kicked me-
dd not 60 Into the store again the band box was handed
TO tza and she gave 20 Mrs Boyd had not found
any fault with the work l did on Saturday | did not say
was more used to work shirrsd than straw bon
nets the usual custom is not TO pay by the piece but Al
the end Of the week
Eliza Han. swOrn-This witness corroborstsd the evil
cenee Of Miss SAndson in nearly every particular
In answer 10 question asked by SIR Dean, counsel for
me painful as TO the nsm- Of the Ferry Master TO whom
they spped and refused she replied that she did
lot know his name, but bad heard il was Lod-r.
The case on the part Of the people here rested
lsae BOYD sworn on the part Of defendant deposed
Miss Ellen sandson came to work Saturday ana
worked al DAY nothing sad 10 her doing her
work well az that Tine on Monday morning went iato
the store and saW my sister take mate als from
boz and them 20 Miss Ssn0isOn my sister asked her
If she could make her sen crowned hat she aid she
could the other girl Eza stood the and asked
for work my seE sad She had not got any wsfk 70 give