New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-28
POLICE COURTS.
At THE ToNrS.

.,5 Srsan Patterson fcrearn-coored old and lauk.
wer, charged with sighting II seems that the two
Law cain to the same ooloned "pu~son --ene John
Patterson. Henrietta said that she was legally mar
ned t. John. Susan said she was not but that she
had souatter claim she having occupied the prem'-
see for some time and she considered her clam Vsua
a. against Henrietta marriage eeTiincate soma pe
ferreu 10 live with Henrietta becarse henriets :
good. looking. Both women were sent up TOT d &c"
dave. ,,
Samuel Smiley, Of Mobile Alabama wel-dres;sed
man. had been brought in very drunk. tie sai tha'
he drank no lquor the day before. lie might haye
drunk ale He wouldn't ike TO swesr 70 1t though.
He had drunk q heap in his tme-enough 70 most
slip. Sapuel wac very indignant when be saw IRE
TRIBUNE reporter taking notes. he said ne giGn
want TO have his name in the papers Samuel should
Marsaret Brown and Jane Smith, two citizens OF
the Indcr eHdent Republic OF Cow Bay, hayins ven.
tured into the Five Points, over which the United
States Government has jurisdiction, commenced
fighting the Police of the Sixth Ward arrested lhem
and they were sent 10 rustcaie a Backwells.
cood-looking young woman named Mary Finley
charged with vagrancy. IL was proved that sue
was an hsbitual drunkard Her husband looked Tor
her on Thursday last and found her Ia ater-st den
of prostitution Mary sent up for Elk months
Daniel Malone a United States seaman, belonging
on hoard the North Carolina was charged with hav-
ing been drunk. He -aid he dranK hs liquor III every
house in New lork and Brookls u, aud he drank hi
Of lot of it too; not only that but he was robbed OF
fifty dollars IN gold. Fined $40.
The Judge called ou the names OF Cesar Freeman
and Bartholomew Buxton; two personages, remark
able for sny thing but resemb ance to on anotler
responded they from their seae and approached
the bar.
One was huge negro fuzzy six feet and four inches
in hight: bis face betrayed evidence of ight-it
was shsde-he was man above all Others so olscA
that he would make an excellent drum-nalor 70 Anu
neral professions II il fact that custom sane
toned the employment of that Ron-eommissioned oiii-
cia on such occasions lnasuuch, however as custom
dos not DO any such thing, the next best use 70
which the sable giant could be put would he to mako
his face the igureLead of Broadway mourning store
with Il exception Of bis large size and remarkably
black face the colored Individual in question looked
very much like other coored Individuals not IN ques-
tion il was be whs answered TO the ha classic ana
half descriptive name OF Cesar freeman.
But bis companion in observation-disclosures Buxton
WIS q subject for John Me LeI ans quaint and quiz
zical pencil be little man, Just large enough TO
be entitled TO enter the army that Is to say, i've foot
" four his body was very small aud his mead was
very large round and full; his hair, which was of
a sandy color, of the scratch-wig order OF cut;
his ewes were small and twinkhng his face, 80 far
from being ford, was quite pale. In the matter OF
dress, Bartholomew wore par OF pan's MADE OF
a checker board patieru-ona -large-scae cloth ms
dress coat was of blue cloth, and was furnished with
large fancy brass buttons designed to serve the double
purpose OF ornament and utility his vest was double
breaster made of scarlet velvet but this would hardly
attract attention 30 long the main feature OF his
dress was visible; that feature was his collar II
was remarkable collar-a mighty and mas
sve rampant Of linen, encircfng Mr. BuxtOus
head in line with the centes OF his ears, and almost
meeting in his face; on side, however, the collar
was evidently disarranged; il did not stand up with
that meiestic ercctness which characterized the re-
manning portons on the left side, in front, II was lying
down; it's self sustaining power had departed; there
were numerous reasons assigned Tor Mr. BuxtOns go
ing 10 sucn extreme lengths Tor hghis In his induy-
eIce in collar; one gentleman suggested that Mr..
Buxton was aciuated by desire 10 economist IN
aga
shirts made with flaps which could answer also Tor
collars, and that when oLe OF them, used as coht,
became soiled be turned the shirt over aud had
clean collar without the OF additional six and
n oualter cents for washing This idea, however. did
not obtain much credence. Another gentleman sug-
eested that nasmuch Mr. Buxton's head was very
large and his body very small, the collar was mat
ter of utility 10 economist physical strength which,
without The collar must be Overtaxed 10 hold up the
head. There were many other theories advanced all
of which were possibly though hardly probably
cor ect
Officers Snap and Keichum were the witnesses
They testified that on Thursday evening about dusk
they were engaged IN conversation on tic corner 81
street which forms the boundary line between their
r. speciive beats, when they saw crowd collected ON
the sidewalk about square above; they ran there,
and they saw the TWO prisOners engaged IN hght;
Freeman, the negro, was striking Buxton violently
with his left fist his right hand between Buxons
teeth while Buxton was XII king and striking his ath
letc,advesary very generally aud promiscuousy, aud
a colored woman woo present was laying on the
blows TO Mr.. Buxton with broom whenever she
could; at that moment they arrested Buxton aud
Freeman; it required all their sire 9Th to secure them,
such was the violence Of their Efforts TO get away;
hence they were unable to take the woman lnto Gus
tody.
Judge-Do you know the cause of the fight
Sual-Noihng further than what we have heard; a
niger who was 10y said that Mr. Buxton iasulted this
man Er,eman's wife; 1t was she who striking
Mr. Buxton with the broom at the time of the arrest
Jude e Freeman, how was thisl
Ere. maxwell last ebenin | was up stairs, and
my old woman was weshIn de wihders 90 de store on
de sidewalk, when heard her hOler to me- run
down stairs and da dis ere man; he was jawin
away at de Old woman | axed her what de debh de
matter was, and she told me dat dis ere man had III
suited her and made indecent proposals 10 heri anu
wild Cat struck hun, and FIRST | kno Nd de Gamble
was tyin' 10 chaw up my fingers; just look e-dat,
Jucge and see. Freeman here showed his fingers to
the Judge.l
Mr.. Bux' on. Ito Freeman, erruptingl-Indivdual
OF color you are guilty OF uttenng falsehooi before
this Court emf hatcay do pronounce your assertion
relative 10 my making an insulting proposal 10 tnat
feminine lump Of animated charcoal, with whon you
very probably cOhabt 10 be an uuequlvOca be; judge
am 10 coulrOversalisf, and srl lees wout descend
from BY exalted hight TO engage IN controversy wh
this herculean African especially after enduring tue
Iersproton which, cespite my frantic elJrs 70 tle
contrary compelled 10 suffer during hot night,
In A eel where any respectable thermometer, II IL
could be inOuced 90 into tie CT once, II II Wes
ANYTHING AT oil would be a hundred at least yes,
JUDI g, should you ever nave nIoiD'L uo'"O ~
into controversy, rec Inc your heated form OF no,
nia BIT ia the cell which occupied, aud by morning you
Will irsist NJ on retiring into secluded spot from
which secluded spot you look dispass onately and
uumovcd upon the moral striies OF the world.
Judte-Let me hear your statement, Mr. Buxton,
about the origin OF this difficulty.
Mr.. Buxton-Certainy, Judge. Before doing 40,
however, / desire TO state tact. We all have our
hsmGn weakness indeed, it may be set down as tru-
ism that human beings do have human weaknesses TO
greater OF Ices extent I am human being / have
nv human weakness and that weakness is my collars
Of IN IN