The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-28
HILL GATE p1Los.


p1Los.
jun o;.-11e PeoTs Of tie STATE Of Nee Yora, on ne
complaint Of Geoye W. Horton, Jr, Pder Francisco,
Master Of the Seanltuo John O. kintrn.-This suit
entered before the Hon. Michael Connolly and Hon Bar
W. Osborne abou, tho 9th OF May last against
the defendant for violating the pilot laws of this State,
passed April 1e 1857 and lss 1sa7 and 1857 The
ton under which the defendant was arrested In these
words
Sec TO- n any pcr.on oher than branch or licensed
PILOT under this law shall pilot for any other person any
vessel OF any description, except steamboats,, through
the channel OF the East river commonly called Hell Gale,
board such vessel for that purpose Offer 70 pilot
vessel he Fha forfeit and pay the OF thirty doa
for every such offence or on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty OF a misdemeanor and punished n SUCH.
II appeared by tho evidence that thirty two
ceDsed pilots for Hell Gate service and tina, these pilot, all
are mpeed by Ga 70 serve apprenticeship for
three Yeas: then TO assistant pilots two year
longer then undergo examination before the Po.
wardens Of the city Of New York snc obtsln license
such examination, before the party authorized 10
pilot Tho counsel argued, from tho law passed April g.
1857 and from all the statutes OF this State, that Il
agains, the policy the Law permit tugs act
pilots AMI cited the agth section Of the SAID act which
IN these Words
ar any person holding nceuse p,lo, By way OF
Sandy Hok, master person 90 board OF steam
g or owtoat Who shall such vessel ycsset with
out such licensed plo bcag board Of suon vesel or
Is. I
nom tie por Scw Yors b. the wa Of Sunty Hook be
shall he deemed guilty o. u,demc4nor and on oonvic.
stal &c puI.sbc ~ hnn uos exceeding $780, or i'm
psoumout 1T exc ctag sNy days; and AL persons ON
ro,irg pcreou no, ouen Ned and not holding hccusc,
iba forfeit ard Jay % sho Commissioner Of i1os tho
num OF $780,
The witness for the prosecution testified this Ial
that he (he snsas) Hell Gate pills, and that the
defendant 10 a 1ias rrto- OF the steam tag John G.
Minurp that the defendant isbOi 10 his ftes ting the
Achooners Hurnmirg Bird ard tao Ceorge--lwo British
ve-sels, belonging to East Windsor, IN Nots sc1us--
ord tnved thsm turOgsh the Gaie, from Ekcr's
Hisnd n Tie harve1 81 &c tst riv,r tha the vessels
raid each ~ fees the ogrsru Of the team tag makug
sl4 ia all the witness c-nod ths, DO went board OF
the Hummlns Bird "a Fort Morris sten ne was lsshod 20
the tag; that another pilot Mr.. BCriamin Arcrla
rius vert board schooner sc0rgC The umn:
toll On. OF the Fctounr~ t1a' no
branct pilo, and would have - ray half riotare ecr;
the then went TO tie defendant and HHct him
Whether h. so1e N take N vessels through the Cate
the caltsin replied icsi and v many more "a have
mind 10 that the ~ pilots -rnalpcd board 81 the
vessels until they through He'll Gate Catherine
market The East river. On t1o trial the o, thu
steam tug, John Ninurb tosuncd that tho 4efsndaut
bad been me steam tug four weeks. Tse ersm
nation Of this embraced ~dc range, and LED -
examination Of al INC plot as. Of ,h. state Tie case va
plaintiffs and deiondants counsel Tho pilot laws were
thoroughly canvassci Tie act Of Congress 7Ss declares
that all plots IN the bay. inlcts and Ports % tho United
safes shall oortnuc 10 be regulated IN conformity ~h
the existing Avs % the aice respect ely. Tho counsel
Tor the defendants argued thai towing vessel
pilot service; ttni the ring Of vessel towase
and not yosage; that Tie steam tugs had right 70 take
vessels wherever they chose and that the OF
sels had q right 10 employ whoever thcy az The
counsel for the plaintiff replied thai, this evasion Of
the statute defendant liable 10 punish ment
for nisderoeanor which nne might amount 70 $780, and
mprsorrent FOR year. both such fine and mprisoo
men, and that n a vessel required steam tug towboai
the piio bound 70 furnish H. that the pots could
demand pay FOR extra labor and COMPENSATION BY way q
IFS, sso-sse 49, Tss coufs ,oos time % thoroughly
investigate this case, and Saturday they 10 The
concluson that tho tugairr 81 rcs s'.amp 70
violate tho pol laws OF this and that the defendant
had been guilty OF misdcme,no-, and gave Judgment
that be should be held 70 NJ tho next General Sc
sons, and held him 10 ball In me Of 600 10