The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-15
Rrooklyn CITY Insslnxrncr.

TRIAL AND CONVICTION ~ An ExcIsE CoKMTIoyHR TTB
Justices z iwen and Stry KERN ts-ac Crampton
o hs ~ else Commissioners Of thu cry Of Brooklyn,
d.mes COR in granting licenses to improper persous
The efes dant had Ice befe tried the
no" msDt both Of which occasions the juy failed to
sg".e. The same witnesses examined M the
p" visus tyias and rimilar evidence sdduced The
% fence which was c"niucted by Mr. VIM. Il Gale, Of
vtred NO evidence depending What he commended,
IN ~ the only point the cssethat constitute the
silence charged IL must be shown that defendant viii
ovss In s nr s sd So,s1es
p0e The judge In his charge, bore heavily against
the d'fendant and the jury afer absence of about
one quarter Of an hour, came into Court with verdit
This the second bar OF the Board OF Exei.e that
bas been ccnvictsd-the frat being Mr.. JOHN Ca
ssnaeh.
Sentence suspended to ena be counsel to als bill
NE punishment, which Is optional with the court. Is
sprisonm-nt for not more than in the county
PRISON and ape not exceeding $3.50.
william Gubbins, who summoned q witness In
this Gaze, snd failed to attend at the proper time,
brought up attachment yessriay, and 6ned SO for
contempt - court In default Of paying the tine
csmmstted TO the county jail.
JRuI FOR HIeHwAY koBBERy.-Chaa. Mcilone indicted
With James ONeil Michael Ryan and Thomas Conaor,
afteT the Termination Of the excise yesterday III
esDpaiDfDg witness 10 Mr.. John Nelson, resident
nan i New York His testimony was to the efest
thai the night Of Saturday the 10Th Of april last az
YER r-cssiDg bis wages, amounting to somrthing nsa
porterhcuses the say and arrived in this city afte
O'Clock When arriving at the corner Of court AMI
B~ves streets, he met party 1T young aud lien
SEED defendant Of them. They attacked and
kpot ked him down. and wee proceeding to do further
came up and some Of them we're arrested. On accom-
paDyiDg officers and defendant to the statio0ouse he
missed his pocketbook, which was The irst time he
missed It. hut could not say hs lost it The officers
who made the arrests examined and corroborated
witness in particulars. The money not found
any of defendants TIE mer I'D cha acter of the
defer dapt al fully shown and the sub
mited TO the jury who after an absence Of three hours,
returned with dict of guilty and ,ndei him
r. the OF the court Sentence reserved and
the court adjourned to Tuesday next
FATAL ACCIDENT CAusED BY RUNAWAY HoRsE-On
ar.d,y srsn,ns, little daughter W., Of Samuel C. Day
Brnnt got into her fathers which standing at
tbs door, when the horse took fright off great
SPEED out Van Brunt street to Columbia Thomas Nc
Cshe, IN attempting to stop the animal, knocked
dswn and seriously injured and the little girl thrown
0Nt upon the pavement, and killed almost Instantly.
An inquest held upon the body by Coroner Hantor
yesterday and vercct Of accidental death returned
THE GRAND JURY OF KINGS CorNrY. The following gen.
tkmen were empannelled a. Grand Jurors at the
wtncsmeDt Of the oresent term of thu Kings County
CURT OF General Sessions-CharIes Kelsey. foreman;
Abraham Coh.r, Michael Mcnamara, Peter Young, Bar
nsbas H. Booth Robert Craig Benjamin Baldwin, Joshua
FeiioId, Henry Norton VIM. S. Barber, Luke q Ryder
John Ryer.oo, Horstio A. C.rter John Barts stephea
CoselL Stephen H Cornell, Thomas Booth. after the
usual charge, they retired to their labor.
EXPLOSION BREwEEY.-An explosion took place in
the brewery Of Dr. Williams, the Huntsrny road, yes
and scalded .he proprietor slightly The building was
small AMI Of frame. The damage, Independent Of per-
senal injuries, email.
ExExPr FIRxxEy's ASSOCIATION A meeting of the Ex-
empt Firemsn's Association held ut the City Hall
last evening for the purpose Of considering the propr-y
% establishing Firemen's Insurance Company After
organizing, the following committee appontcd to In
qore into the oxpediency Of the proect:-sorge Hail.
Il. r. Storey, G. W. A. Everett, r. Mercen, G Eoerle
u. Van Vo0rhs After other business relative to
the hremen's anniversary, the meeting adjourned.
Obituary.
DEATH Of REV LOUIS DWIGHT = The Reg. louis Dwight,
Of this city, died at his residence No. Ashblrton
Place, Wednesday evening At the age Of 81 years. Mr.
u. Of note, and blessing to his fell Nv
Kind For many years he has been known TO Chefs
tn Pass both si"s 81 the Atlantic by hts Efforts in
the cause OF prison disciDiue II. has bean the Score
tsry ot the Massachusetts Prison Discipline Society To-
many years and Chaplain Of The Boston Lunatl 10
suj House Of Correction. His devotion great
causes Of religion ana philanthropy energetic
uuceasing He a rarive of Sto:kbrdge, Mass an
was relative Of the sedsewick and Willis families
Boston Bee.
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LsphoYa Psnsms palm leaf and brazil
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