New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-23

WAS 1t imported liquor
Course tEant; couldn ford il foF time cents Q,
glass"
! Are YOU sure il was not imported hauorf'
- Course | am; else how could Be- sold it T.. tire,
centsl'
Mos, Of tie -c,,...eIren examined had had the pra
denoe 10 ow uothng Of tnv nativity Of The liquors
they had been imbibing, ard In this way hal coop
GRATED with Il Recorder in shielding the seller this
one however was obstinate II his three-cent logic.
Tie case was grave one; the Clerk referred % the
Justice, who repeated the question:
d" Do you bnow that
"Why. yes know he amt got any"
Web II you know IT, viii have to shut you up
for a witness
"Won. / think 'twsnt farrin'
The Clerk then put case
How do you know that be dld not steal II then he
could sell II FOR three cents.
"Course l can; swear to it, don no course
can't.
This matter being satisfactorily settled the clerk
proceeded 10 institute further inquiries.
How much gin did you buy"
" Don no.
How much money did you pay p
Il didn', pay nohin' tOther felIer, friend er mine,
paid for it,
did you see him pay for II =
II see i'm pay shil for tie four.
"Whet is biz name -
He had learned wisdom; ne did not know his friend
name. Something said about ten dollars fine by
which the gentleman with elbows seemed to under
stand that the American eagle was fine BIRD and he
was waited on TO bis room.
Another gentleman who did not seem 10 be much
Oh gentleman FAR more earnest. His hair and
ewes were in still closer proximity, and his garments
were evidently two or three fashions older.
"'Tsint often git so; was az work hard yis'dsy
and day fore
"Well Sir, took some spers and some water; don't
make practice of drinkni can do as good days
work -
"WLere did YOU buy it
H. L,.,u 4Larna AZ than
ner where The railroad comes; il comes down there
the P'Tade."
Who did You buy it OF ?"
6" don't want ter hurt any man.
Well, no matter about tbat-you must answer.
"Dutchmen they re there they're Merricunsi low
Dutch is MeuicuIs ;, high Dutch amt
"Do you know whether it was imported liquor or
not r.
Think twas jersey lghtnin, wus kind"
- DO you know whether it was imported liquor or
not p
. No. Sir couldn't tell YER It's an old sayn in
Staten Island, York State blcngs to staten Island
Staten Island longs 10 York State
Justice" Fined ten dollars
Guest" Naow, yew amt goin ter keep ne,
Merricunl"
The courtly host assured the gentleman that ne
should exercise the same hospitality toward BIN had
he been born in Holland. The gentleman seemed to
take that impariiality in high dudgeon, and ed
away SAYING; - / was raovnd on York lsisnd fore
vew was aout er yure eggsllciI.
Sunlry other short conversations are subjoned
"Nhero do YOU liycl
"Up in Thirteenth-st; don't know the number"
what did you drink :"
''Guess drunk brandy and beer IN Jersey drunk
Ii being thus proved that the liquor was imported,
the gentleman was discharged.
Mr. T. Clancy was examined.
Were you drunk last night
"'Pears WIS; drunk jersey brandy got it from
Carrs up there in Ninteenth-st and Avenue A.
did you pay for 1t y
Eyes did, Sir,''-very emphatically
How much did you pay =
81 didn't drnk-what drunk there | didn drink
there paid sixpenoe. His wife sold 1t to me-.
"Do YOU know whether it was imported liquor or
not ?"
30, God Almighty bless me- DOMINO whittier twas
imported or not imported
As Mr. Clancy protested that this the first time
he was ever brought before Judge or Jury, he was
let off.
poor little woman came in; her left arm held an
infant, and her right which was exposed, was shock
ingly bruised. She came up 10 the Judge and turned
away the double vail which covered her face The
sight was sickenng. Her face was notified mass of
black aud white and black rings about her eyes
broadened over her cheeks. Her husband had beaten
her the night before, and she came to complain OF
him. On " the week before he had been taken up for
being drunk and she had begged him OIL from this
same Justice.
All that while lady in black had been sitting in the
.ustice private room-a lady in black with jet black
hairsmoohly parted beneath the Grape, and flashing
through had you her ON her native mountains
twenty yea rs ago. The thin prominent nose and the
delicate mouth marked her blood. She might have
been ore of the defendants Of Owen of Meredith. IL
would be of no to give her name the congregation
of onanis il utterly unIron0uncable 20 an Amer
can tongue. By and by young man ofthe same race
with the much more Christian name OF Lloyd came in
They were evidently accusers. After awhile young
gin and a boy were brought in by two policemen. The
boy perhaps 20 years Old but the coarse turz was
~ thick on his hands on bis face. This last mass
was decidedly porky, and when in quiescent state
exhibited an interval of at least an inch between his
lips. This was by no means on account OF
any lack of length breadth thickness their part
indeed most economical forehead was amply made
up for in them, whose lips, with pair of leaden eyes
aud a of no particular shape, pattern tor
politician were his salient features. His clothing fitted
him remarkably well, and consequently revealed eH-
tonsve areas Of freckes his wrists and ankles cor
res ronding TO those his face. Altogether more
disgusting aggregation of such disgusting features 10
seldom seen. II could not even be dignihed by the
very respectable name Of O'Rourke which 1t bore
The girl, poor creature, sat sobbng IN corner She
was but eighteen, ard had delicacy OF form and
features and taste III dress rare IN her race her
blue eyes were swollen with weeping, and her only
handkerchief was vanly endeavoring to do the work Of
a dozen. But the poor girl could not get another
for she had been apprehended for taking laces ana
buttons and such little things from this dark lady with
whom she had lived and they bad been found in her
trunk at the house Of the young man with whom sne
had been lynz. She acknowledged 1t oil IN sub
dued agonzed voice and in answer TO the sharp words
Of the ROYAL lady she only sobbed and moaned. Poor
Kate They were quite sure that she had had help
sure that this shapeless boy had something 20 do with
r. but she would not tell OF nybody she took il all to
herself. While the afiidavits were being taken, and
she sat there in her touching sorrow, ORourke who
was represented TO be her loyer-naHied to her the
lady said but nobody could believe ihat,--was very
busy employed in investigating the condition Of his
nails with PIN and exhibiting his intelligence by an
occasional grin. They sat there for an hour or 80 and
then two went away and two went back to prison.
Poor Kate,