New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-06

CfCer Materson OF tie Chiefs Office chsrSed Win hHv
ing various occasions emb zzled money belonging &
bis employer he taken before Justice Osborne AZ
comm. ed TO await examination.
BREAKING Up or LOTTERY OFrIcE-Arrest Of be
Proprietor and S7:ure # $4,000 LOtlcry POiici-s Edwin
II Crowley residing in Hamilton av- Brooklyn. on Saur
day appeared before Justice Wood and preferred
Ile against Henry Cooley Of No ia Fulton ST. whom
lie charges with beng engaged in vending lottery policies
ia violation Of He states that tbs lt inst he
purchased of Cooley three ery tickets for viii n he pad
So that he has frequently purchased similar tickets Of him
at his Office No ia Futons, that Cooley is the agen; Of
the firm Of X France & Co, lottery dealers in Bali
eud hat his Office il the headquarters Of that firm in this
city Upon the affidavit Of complainant the magistrate
issued for the arrest of Cooley aud also search
warrant to examine his off and placed them in the hands
Of Officers S Smith and Mansfield Of the Lower Police
Court. to They succeeded in taking Cooley into
custody and in sizing about IS 900 lottery tickets together
with the books schemes and other papers connected with
the business These taken with the prisoner to the
Police Court. and the latter after examination held to
bal in $1,000 TO await the action the Grand Jury Mr.
John p Scott of No 1861 Fuk,n ct, became his surety
many other gentlemen Of his acquaintance present
during his examination and offered themselves bonds
for his appearance TO the charge preferred
against him II is said that mayor Of sister city and
many wealthy and wei known citizens of New York.
engaged in the lottery business in direct violation of law
FORGERY or BANK CHEoEs-Stephen Lyons, under
indictment for forging the OF Book Price 10 check
the Commercial Exchange Bank for $500 the money for
which be received and also for forging the of Dubois
& Vandervoor to a cheek the Union Bank for $685. and
arrested at the time of presenting ii at the bank yes
tetday made complaint agains, young named as
II Rogers whom he charges with having given him the
checks and employed him to get them cashed Rogers
arrested by Officer Spcer of the Court Of Sessions
while on board vessel lying the foot of Kruger. st. East
RIVER about sailing for foreign port He AIKEN be-
fore Justice Osborn and held to avail, examination
CHARGE OF FoRGERY-A man named Alex b. MEOW.
residing at No AGA Broadway Saturday arrest.
cd charged with forging the of X Battle indorser
Of two promissory no,s each amounting si2l, which
we're passed to Ira L. Ekies of No 400 Greenwich in
payment for the stock and fixtures Of furnishing store
The notes drawn for five months from the ls Of De
osmber last and the forgery not discovered until
few days ago The accused on being taxed with the
forgery did deny it. hut said bis intention was to meet
them when due, and hus syod its discovery Mr. Battle
his uncle and possessed OF considerable property AMI
a. the notes had been refused by Mr. Elkies without in
dorstment be took the unauthorized liberty OF aixng his
unces rame 10 them He taken before JUST e Os-
bone and held for examination.