New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-28

| STAT neTfs Of counsel.
BY Jurgt-The clause in the rsportreiuirng sac ~
struck ont the srouud that y w. feared Il N"uia
c'rfiei with tn prer alive Of the Mayor to gran, eis
-'hst he has the power to license hackney co'cn., ~
hat ght sf-t o. Th-r- r. ser'A.i's' !"
the sixth srd Eighth-sv. grants to this.
Il, Mr. Van Bur.n-l ,upP ed bad No nam % lesse
TIE ro~o 10 the gentlemen who OFF red $1,000 ca IN co'
sderston OF hist but u after having obtained license 81
he H1td gal party chooses ~ make 20 th- Copf
ration present thu latter might receive Il but the entry
N The grant would be ego We had the opinion ~
the counsel given TINS before. the law OF 1918
and SEA, governing, &c.
fb. papers referred 10 BY Mr.. Field presented
Ry Dir. F-ld-Tbe Committee considered that il thu
rosd b. made tbs parties originally applying FOR X
- The beet right to H. 4, their terms tbs most favor
J.me. Murphy called BY Mr. Hl.ou-Am n the stage
~ sness. hr Hilton wished t. show that Of the
Aldermen saio witness he you'd be let in ns-oo
i.c;.d 10 hy Mr. Field the d-rman should De frt BRO
cucsd Nr Hilton said the -Osld sho~ that
If the Aldermen asked him no mach he would give to be
1T in the witness knows the Commit e. the
fluff The Court admitted tse testimony
WHness-r net Alderman Doherty in Broadway
ssked him why not put in the grsns he said,
don't knsE hsve you seen any nj the Committee hs
said have he said. you know the Committee are
the stud he .sked how much would give 70 be III in
he said II would not be too late yet thai he you'd see
Alderman Sturt.vAnt ant was 70 see I'M next afternoon
poke my friends about II, bat did nothing more about
It do not re collect that any amount was mentioned but
be asked tive three times how much woali give
BY. Mr.. Wood-The meaning Of they are CA the staff
nesntthst WAS 10 pay money
By Mr Feld-l have the Iompkins slu4re line saw
Mr. Anderson oLe Of the grantees and he told uas he
Thought II could b. fl-d should get in also
Nr sharpe he suo would get in as had an in'er,t
H. Eghthav road before the MISTER TO the Board OF
A-.i.faufs tried 20 get in | never Od red utd
money brioe to Alderman offered
IT them free ticket IN my mnlbus line dd n- oder Nuy
ey Board of Assistants suppose could have got
10 II h,d; yrr-sPoke to Aid. SurteYsnt but once
ktd Aid Brisley tO get never asked for any
u on.y by him, or member of the Committee
M hh the Eighth road having bought out the share
o keeie Duyea stage owners solo my line OF stages
LII. brah I I'D - q, Az ri,,,kf al.
d, r,t Of which the still the TOmpkR
-qusre line d. Dot know whs the Eighth Railroad cost;
lave received any money Iron 1t yet suppose We
shsl receive it.
Charles Dougherty, clerk in Office Of Mr. Y,er tine
was called b, MIR Hilton. and produced the Manual {,
how tn uuhr Of ounibus-s, At the time Of its puoca
Is, MIR Nnn Baren-Peter B. Sweeny is Public Admin
i.ir.tr Ciershsm Cohen Is Insp-ctor Of Weights aud
Measures They arr two ~ the grantees but no; net At
the time Of the grant in Office
Geo. Peckham called up by Mr.. Van Baren-examined.
~ company with other persons, The p,tuun- IN taVor
he Braao way Railroad. There about forty names
rurporting be- from the Columbian iOunderv written
Nth the same nixon inquiry WAS told Gully some nine
- ten OF them there-Ihe men told me they did nj
IN IL but II signed for them there we're petition
bout sG'y namet, purpOung 20 be from he establish
p, ert ~ James B.bee " C"-ony ab NJ Fenty tro
Wa info rued were there-anoher OF some twenty two
laid 20 be NJ Jackson ~ Co ',n frr-.
not thereof seventy in petition from Elev
nth Msrd, thirty TOUR 4, Tie directory,
btsen ,llrpibe nau-s-ofa p-ttinn from First w ,ri
,.uld only md twelve IN Directory, Of three hundred
tsu.s firm Third Ward bu s-ven'y ~ D'csrt,ry-,.
y. hui dreo and forty in Tenth and hundred
and tortv in Fourteenth could ind ,uf "a ~ r,
Chsr-s II. Cochran called by Mr.. Van Buren-examiued
A usttoI IN favor of Broadway kailrOAi Ii~-- nn
me ofthem ,Sy four of which forty three not found
Ia Dir.ctory-ules iDle two found ia another la S-y.
.1fe.nth ard tsenty n,mes-wenEy one not IN
Duecto ry-two ilegble-fOur found An.ther Sew. nth
WArd-one hunsred twenty eli h eighty not in Di
Itctory, twenty seven found aud mae a. rgplet in
ms STYLE of Wrlug-snoth-r tOrtysl names twenty
.fr hr hot T. uhd, ui.gible i've, iound thirteen.
l., Dir Pied Am rneteen years of age-reside in this
city NJ, name Is bot ia Dir-cfJy-uev,r sgued J-t.
i'm for Al, thing publ did not vI.t ANY nt th- p 90
ne nan. George kr-amer. IN Division have stated
not .gbe th- Judge ssd It appears ~ h. l-gbie AMI
m he oud take much tee Of shat said 10 be
l,gibr tr-re are -eyer German names, .ui tlsy 49,
u-hred l.gihe ~ him Patrick g ul1-p soother tnd
hers .hovu One of them the Judge said he could not
IL * out-coes not read g. man.
Nv Judge The residence. attached 20 m n,n.s
~ Mir Felcl de- bot know that any Of the names are
6tir,us some If them in the same hand hsre ara
tur in pile At 33s Henry St; do see any others ex
cpt tWoD8ues another part appear ia the sans maud
here are l.3 nauits m petltlon.
Mir Peck ham resumed There il petition of 20 names
the Nineteenth Ward could not find one of the names
IN the director. believe tn tir paper made W Dy
not more than two persons
By Juoge-An the appear to be in the same
Hy Mr. Van Buren-Ad Doherty said that he presented
il h- sad he dd not know wh-h- IL Correct not
auother petition OF 1000. many Of III u Church
IN. mas and Duale St. mostly former did SEQ h,~
MANY of them were dr.c'r what have said OF these
ept, IL that have exhibited could say to the whole
did call At residences except ~ foundres there
teen tabular statement y 900 total ash ulegibe OBJ
ect.d TO and not allowed by Judge
q By Mr Van Bur.I-MAs a statement made by YOU
that l7rUO Of these were not found IN the dsctO
~ Objected TO- do not eXamn ne all the petitions
examined from ea h man.
by Mr. Field do not that there is not a single
d ue belonging Nnteenth Ward OF il, be
ny above torteth Il III the directory tat Is IDEA
tu NE OIL examine the TemOnsraDcss against the
road ly do not know that Stewards clerks are IN them
eo or tire tunes De- not IA that Il the remonsr 49,
claiming in Broadway three uartsrs .rsnst in
NJ directory.
row ded they are At Trinity CAarch well as else
her. below that point there good many bales and
boxes ecesssry the ak; do not beseve that any OF
occupants keep t1sG there longer Than they can help
in broadway 567 on ls January last there
500.
The case on part Of plaintiff rested
DEFESsE
John Doherty, card by Mr Fi-d-Am an Alderman of
he CITY, was not pr Mr. rphy spoke Of me
N il morning Mr. fied states the 2 - nDny # SIR VI
never told him that the Com nttee tbs stuff of
that could get him in met hin IN Nassau st. Pine
be- excited complained that h. the
on y one Of the Broadway hines lit he -ad that hs
Committee were id rascals-thlt be u the
meet Interested and oldest popretOrs Of The lines he sad
TIE COMMITTEE the SUIT joked hun little At
terwafd saw bin Broadway and told hin thought he
~. IL 10 have been allowed 10 In, aud would see
n H. a'pe AID | did osrcted & b. Mr. Van Buren,
l., udge-1h.re never ~as anything u the kind -
how much he would give the gist - our conversation
10 how interview could be had between Mr Mar
ply and grantees never spoke 10 Aid. StnteyaBt
Aboutit
By Mr. Field-Never knew Of any Of the Aldermen or
Assants ewing anv money or other equivalent for tbs
grant or their being interested ia the report had been
nde at the time Mr. Murphy spoke TO me, aud il thsre
should be any alteration IN names must Do With consent
Of the grantees