New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-15

The Court-Why are no, Mess~. Knabem and
Grasp present.
warrant % srIest person who resides in his beat.
expect him back every moment
Officer Ketchum-Mr. Grab is quite unwell, and
unable TO be here this mornings he was taken sick
early this morning. aud was excused from further duy
hy The CAPTAIN: the Smith which be arrested was
brought IN dead drunk
Noe. l and 2-Ihats me Sir.
The Court-It can't be both Of YOU; one Is charged
with being found drunk in the street; second with
disorderly conduct in violently beating bis witei ana
third with vagrancy
No. IL amt the vagran,.
No. 2-NOr neither
No. looked on with seeming unconcern.
Tie Court-Ihis witness can probably identity one
Mr.. Blobb,r against which Of these prisoners DO you
appesrl
Mr.. Blabber-'Aug me if knows; I'm stranger
in TIE city, avn lust come from the hold coun'ryi
last night I'd been walkn' the streets AID sd drunk
some bale which didn't 10 agree with me; II gave
me dizzy edacae, and as was goln along iet put
lin 81 my wasteost pocket looked and saw man
at nv side close to me; fearn I'd been robbed cred
for hoficer, and in minute one came; saw the
nan who had been with me runlin'; | pointed 70 him
and tod the hoiicer that he ad picked my pocseti the
toficsr ran and soon csugis I'm snd brought I'M
back 10 where was; the hOftcer said was too drunk
10 90 along with them 10 the Station ouse and he
ssked ire where lodged said at the Hirvin 'Ouse;
then told i'm my name, and he asked gentleman
who was goln up 10 conduct me TO my iodgin :, ana
witness Igot to my room and this mornin the hoicer
care for me and brough, me ere.
The Court-Do you mean TO say that you don't
know which of these three persons was the one VINO
was arrested at your instance
NJ. Bobber-I can't give benny definite Uniforms
ton ss 10 which was the person.
The Cour-Wbere is Officer Ferret
Sergeant Hooker-He was called into the Court of
Sessions Just to give testimony in case which Is
berg tried there. He viii be back soop.
Nc. IL aiut plckpocket; | was arrested last
night for being drunk.
No. 2-I never picked pocket in ny life know
] was drunk.
The Court-Perhsps this last man may be he,
ihous be looks ike lager beer customer than
anything else. 10 No 3l-Say Sir did you attempt
TO pick this mans pocket
No. 3-Yes.
The Court-Tben you are the vagrsnt, probably
No. 3-Yes.
The Court-Are you German
No. 3-Yts
The CORTLAND pickpocketl
No. 3-Ies.
Tie COurt-A German pickpOcket is & rather an
usual character, Is II not
No. Eyes.
The Court-Do you confess this fact because you
hove 10 secure the leniency of the Court thereby
No. 3-Yes.
The Court-Where do YOU reside
No. 3-Yes.
The Court say, where do you reside
No. YES koople o times.
The Court-Do you understand English
No. 3-Yes MIGHT so good as Deutsch.
Tie Court don't believe the man understands
what | We been saying. Mr.. Break jawsky will You
interpret
The Interpreter proceeded to question Mr.. John
Smith No. g. and learned from him that he No. 81
hearing the Judge speak OF lager beer at the com
Increment of the dialogue had supposed him 20 be
questioning him as TO whether he bad drank lager
beer or lot. The interpreter expressed an opinion
from No 3s style of conversation, that he was by no
means sober.
ba
atiDg upon the iniricacy of the question of identity
when be was interrupted by No. l. Toe following
dialogue ocuned:
No. Judge. III tell you the facts of this case;
blush to own it, but eel hat to confess would be
far more honorable; did get very drunk, having
allowed myself to be led off by some young men
whose acquaintance / formed last evenings ! have
the money in my pocket to pay my fine, and as have
sister who an officer with whom am acquainted
told me ia very sick, having been sliced with
cholera am willing to plead guilty and pay my fine
and leave; want to see her IN case she should be
dangerously ILL.,
Ibe Court-What was the officers name who told
YOU that Your sister sick
No. IL don't know his name.
The Court-If il s all the same TO you would pre-
fer to await the return of the officer.
No. sted some tears and remarked that II was very
hard to be kept from seeing a dying sister
The absent officer soon returned. Mr.. Feuett tes-
tilted that No. was the alleged pckpocket, ana that
be well known in the City as pickpocket by the
police but inasmuch he did not succeed in stealing
anything from Bobber they had entered a charge of
vagrancy.
John Smith No. was given six months on Black
wells Island.
Officer Knabem had arrested No. in the act Of
beating bis wife in the streets and had brought him in.
John Smith No. allowed to recreate or three
months. This left the case of John Smith No. I'M
disposed OF. He was informed through the Interpreter
that the present being his first known ofense gsnst
the law If he would promise not to get drunk again
he would be discharged. John Smith No 3 did so
promise and was discharged