New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-27
JUSTICE IN BROOKLYN.
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SIR: short time $50 the writer was sssiuted n
Brooklyn by several half grown boys. st-u:k several
times n the face with hssvy stick. aaf stone, SIX
inches iorg. thrown, cutting open hi. forehead sni
brui.inc and injurirg biz eve AMI cheek severely.
Three parties were arrested for il; also syoung maa
for CT courseing them. Being brought before Juiss
Curtis be sl-o arrested counter charge.
Thus prevented getting bi. witnesses, hs s.Sei to
tsve The csse put ii MI next day, which the jade
g1snied ct last. dischargiDg he accused on their Own
enhances and telling the writer he coui 70 20
jail til tbs, tine. This was before the merits OF the
case lsd been gone into. On being remons'raiei
with BY gebilensn present he consented 10 al going
on the .sne terms. The assault was proved s-sns.
two Of them, ard the writer swcre TO the fact OF
The mans encouraging them. Other witnesses, mo-
meu;arily expected, lot arriving, the Judge ia spite
Of The ieronsrsnce. Of b;s counsel, who begged 8
few minutes delay said there evidence against
the others; the man had been represented 70 him 10
bear an exceen, character tbs. far "a he Vas con
eerned the charge fal.e and mAliciou. one AMI
discharged end put them on the stand
1t was found the witnesses had been in eour:
and cent OF. The man vss shown who did it. but hs
Judge took no further notice OF it than to say he had
10 business to DO so.
The sbsentees testimony was had e, last. proving
the boy discharged also concerned. the doctor who
Creased the wound ssi j: vas a very bal one-the
eye roteven then free from nter-sn1 tas il il hal
struck half incs back It would have been fatal AZ
once. The s,.ut was shown 70 have been unp-o.
yoked and be gun By one Of them while drunk
veil az their notorious very bal ard rowdy ch'rscer
Hst the ~iiter was of peAcesbl9 dispo-ition en-
n
from attending.
Finally, the Judge. whose extraordinary strong bias
in tho p'iouers svor had excited snrprse and strong
comment from dissterssted parties pre-eo', was
obliged, in view OF the evidence. m,nifesty ay,ns
his ncliI alton, TO nict the nominal imprisonmsnt *
ten Gays on the two left.
ASS single evidence OF the feeling .hown By tho
Judge in TIE prisoners favor the writer viii merely
state thu, be said in open Court, on the Bench, sni
in the presence of their numereu. frenis, well
of pumber 81 young lais, witnesses in the case
that he believed it was generally understood that
" everybody had the right to ge, drunk en- SevYeacs
" day.
II seemed understood that the man 10 be let Oft
at any rate, with as many more as ps'sble and if
punishment was Inflicted it vas to be very light.
Else. why The haste in dcharging two when Wit
nesses subpensed and sent away could have been nd
in few minutes! The writer evidence. unimpeacbsj
implicated the man, and could have been afersard
CT rroborated, had it not been too late.
He ives arrested op the cross-wsrrant, but refused
trial before Judge Curtis, and claimed one by jury
He believes it. unwarred by the judges conduct the
day previous, he had gone without counsel, relying
on The justice of bis cause, he had intended he
would lave been fined or Imprisoned, and they been
all discharged. His apology for taking up your vsu
able space is that be thinks his ease not solitary
ore, but that mems ,hs are often outraged n this
way in the courts Of these cities, where the diff Guilty
persons experience whel seeking redress in cases OF
assault, when any Of the accused posses any p)It
cal influence, is notorious.
learned to day that the two sentenced were re-
leased four days afterwsrl Comnsn, IS unnecessary
N,,e. Iork, Jan II 1915 ;.