New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-03

TIE Commissioners of Police met yesterday after
poos in the Mayors Office, for the purpose of trying
the cates of Policemen of various Wards, charged
with derection Of duty &c. Present: Mayor Wood
Judge Stewart, and Recorder Smith. T1e 70 lowing
cases we're tried:
RICHARD CooTE-SM1H WARD.
Charged. lnsoleDt language to superior officer;
9 Dsobecieuce Of order: 3. Int0xicatiou.
SPECIFICATION That said Coote on the night Of De-
cemher o. ufed cOsrfe and infolen aDgu7 - 70 Capt
DowliIg more fully appears from ali iGvits, IN
vi atIon Of section SO, OF the rules and regulations
g That said COote, the 25tn OF December, re-
fused to report himself To- the Commissioners of Po-
Ice wien ordered 70 to dc by the Captain; ,. That
said Coote wos intoxicated on the afternoon of Dee
o. 1884, in violation OF section %, of the rules aud
uPulaiieDs.
The testimony of Capt. Dowlirg Lisut Fierty
ard Ssreesnt Pollard, was taken IN support of The
various charges
Nathaniel 7 Hicks LIEUT.. SEVENTEENTH WARD.
Charge l. Conduct uHbecoming an officer. 2.
n, glect OF duty.
Tfe speoifcaiions set forth that the accused AZ
vsrious times sbse nted himself from duty and made
false entries in the botter Of the time OF bis coming on
duty that said Hicks did not accompany his pat)oo
10 the arsenal their return on the 2o'h o! JAM
ary in violation Of the orders Of Cap. Hart.
Mr. Hicks OF beirg ready for trial, Toe case was
adjourned I'LL next Friday.
MICHAEL HALpIS-CAPTA1S FrR-r W,np.
Cbarcts-lst. Conduct uDbecO Ii0g an Oihceri
3D. Disobedi,nc Of Orders.
SrfcgEcof ons-Tbat said Halpin, ct viro Is times,
mace out fraudulent payrolls, ana received pay ios
ouiy not performed by members Of hi. com nsnl -;
That saio HalpiD, or about April % June 10 ala
H. and Nov. TO- 1854 discharged prisoners from Gus
tcdy in violation Of section % Of the Rules aud Regu
ls,icps. 80. That said Halpin was in the station
Uoufe on the 9th Of Novembe-, 1854, snd hesrd Po-
,icemen McConnan use cosrse and violent language,
lie being intoxicated at the time, and did not report
the san in violation of section 20 OF the Rles and
Regulators
This case vas adioune till next Friday, the accused
ROT being ready for trial.
Jopy D.i1oy-LIEUTESAST FIRST WARD.
There we're two charges against ID lton for DISC
he0eToe Of orders neglect Of duty, violent eohiuet
md 0isrespectful language 10 a superior Oih-er ~
Dalton moi being ready for trial. the cases we're post
TOLeC til next FTidey.
WN. H. BEDELL-SEyEyTH WARD.
Ckarge-Conduct unbecoming Poiicemsn
Srscifcat.on.That said Bedell, on the nigh, Of
Ian 16 removed from the Academy OF M1si', IN
For,t.snthst. the coat of Samuel +. Fiins and ~.
isinfd possession OF the same. %. That sald b,ael
stfeIttd himself from duty on the evenlng OF Jan.
Is in Vic laion o! sec. Of the Rnles AMI ailons.
Several witDesses were examined In support Oh tue
Charge hut their testimony was not very direcl
sgsnst the accused far as concerned the thet Of
tie coat.
Several oti or pertes were called up for tria, but,
"a thew old 10; appeas their cases laid over TIL
the rert meeting.
AT the termination OF the trials, the Courtroom
WAS elsaed. when the Commissioners took under
consideration, for decision the cases ried Inc ioi-
loving d.cisi, was rendered:
RICHARD CooIE. Sixth Wsrd-Suspenced ior three
noD,i on bsllpay subject TO duty, ana 70 be DE-
nj, se6 from serIi ice repetition OF ellner fs9oe
clerCe of orders. ins )eIcs 20 superior ohcers o.
su..fy OF being sgain intoxicated.