The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-02

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support with which he favors the Of liberty and
progress.
The November Term OF the Law Courts.
Election week generally causes dearth Of law busi-
ness, and with the exception OF pending
before the courts few trials will bc disposed of until the
result Of the election is known. Seldom has there
many the bench at tho disposal Of the people
at one election There will be less than eight judicial
seats in the higher law courts to f and fourteen a.
teed in the civil and Police Justices department. But
little progress has been made in jury causes last month
aud lawyers have stated tho 10 bc that many OF
their clients involved in tho money crisis that they
have not time to attend litigation and prefer let their
suits lie The street Connissioners' controversy
has dragged its slow length fay that Mr. Justice Pea
BODY has ordered the delivery Of the books &C. Of that
Office TO Mr. Conover, the Governors nominee yet he
not destined to enjoy with ease, Mr. Devns counsel
have sued out quo warranto
Mrs. Cunningham, too, has been the tapi but whe-
her her bogus baby trial will be another
county the Judges have not yet decided The second trial
Of Cancemi will take place in New York; the Court having
refused the motion Of the District Attorney change the
renM.
But the most attractive and interesting legal nvesuga
ton pending y. uhat of the OF Mrs. Caroline
woodman, the wife crfwealthy drug merchan, in New
Orleans, Who having discovered his spouse and Mr.
Gardner Furniss fcgrdc deicto at the New York Hotel
attributed her nhdely mental disorder and according
ly placed her in q private lunatc asylum in Flushing
where he pays 500 per her support and
conended that the lady not nsane but that her husband
has domiclcd her there Of revenge and that he
tcrmincd to keep her confined all her lie tiuc With
to obtain her freedom Mr. Gardner Furniss her
legged whiom partner in breaking the commandments,
sued out writ Of habcas corpus, which under
gument Two letters from the fair captive her cham
pion published the proceedings OF Saturday in
Sundays Herald. The brother Of Mrs. woodrnan has
started from New Orleans for this city, and Mr. Brady
the counsel for Mr. woodman, has strongly intinatcd
hat the blood OF tho Southern brother viii nct
that ehastisement which the husband, by accident failed
ogvc
We understand that there the present term Of tho
uperor Court very Interesting OF breach OF pro
mise Of marriage to be tried The plaintiff Is a
fair widow End tho gay Lothario a schcolmaster
OF some tity summers well known Ia thu fash
onabc circles OF our city, II is said tha, tho
widow time the housekeepor Of the defendant
We hear that there will be spicy love letters tho
gentleman read on the trial and among other things
"orgna" amaory poetry addressed ''ye fare w,dowe"
but which, however, may be found the poems OF Tom
Moore The OF the Flushing Inatc Asylum will
scarcely have commenced TO when the public will
have served their morbid sppetes this feature
in the tales OF love and litigation.
The Police Commissioner too, by their acts furnsh
the courts and the lawyers with work and may involve
the city in immense expense Last week he Board were
To have made returns to tho wri Of certorar man
damus, setting forth the facts they existed no AZ To
the points of law involved In the cases that deci
might be had ut once and that the four hundred DO
hcemen, who have been for many months anx,oasly
awaiting decision might learn whether they cni
tied act and be paid policemen not and that lh
unhsppy taxpayers Of already oyerbsrdensd city
might not, " tbe policemen successful pay .
double set Of men. II will be remembered that theso
men, illegally discharged, entitled BE- paid their
full salaries their dismissal and these aggregate
salaries amount to the snug little or about s25 900
per month Il Is over two months sincs legal pro
ceedings were instituted by the policemen 70 the
gality of their removal by ths Board who, instead d
promptly making returns setting forth truly all the facts
upon which an argument and decision might have been
long since had have ra-ed all Of technical qub
bles and petty obcctons and the policemen be anay
successful these delays alone will tho city so oco
when the up last Thursday the Board tho
suit Of Richard Gambling, put return signed only by
N.ssrs. Ny., Bowen and Stranahan, which GambIng's
counsel alleged 20 be fsc in many important particulars,
and 10 have been surrerousy ned without The oonseot
kno~ledee of the other members Of tho Board and
produced adavits from Mayor Wood and Mr. Chowel TO
that effect The consequence that the could
be argued and the bad TO be sent back In the
0f Murphy the return went 20 Tar a. not only 10
deny that Murphy ever appointed ~ policeman,
but that he was ever ono OF the police, or ever
did duty such II contended that such
return was notoriou'ly erroneous. Compelled 70
try this question tact n IN. Circuit II the
permitted to stand Mr. Dyeu, tho council of Mur
phy 20 avoid that delay dNmurred 10 this return and
insisted that the Board having removed Murphy, were
etopled from denying that hs wa policeman, and that
tho title of Murphy hs office could not be tried on
mandsmGs Tho Court, however, felt compelled to hold
that the return not only denied his appointment hut
that he did duty, the reator Murphy plead
the return that they could not try that sa al Gene
ral Term sr Dyeu hereupon oesought the counsel ror
coed TO argument at once but the counsel refused 70 al
nit anything The case must 90 N tho Circuit nnd Il may
be many months before the can hc wed In tho in
term the patient taxpayers of city have the consoa
ton oi knowing that the delay only risks 81 them s2S e
Q month Verify some men, when dressed in . liulc
hricf authority do sometimes pay such fantastic tricks
before the world make the taxpayers suffer
try Judge Russell will preside during the November
term o. the General Sessions which opens this morning
not likely however, that much business viii be trans
ated III next week, as always difficult 20 procure the
WerGsrce NJ witnesses and jurors immediately her cleo
Ton. ihcrg the subjoncd calendar that
have tcd unusual interest namely charge preferred
against ifs. Cunningham for producing fraudulent heir
~ the butdc estate and indictment Tor the murder Of
tu,su Anderson found against the Italian Cancem but
as il i well known they have been removed 70 the Oyer
anf retrr'ner ON glsncng over the calendar we per-
that there are other cases whcn are o suncient
10 deserve notice. Three capral charges will
undoubtedly be disposed Of in this court. The youth
James Rodgers will he tried for the murder of John swan
ston on tho Tenth avenue James Drake and Patrick Duffy
for The homicide the saltcrs and James shop
berd FIR arson the first degree by which W alleged
/ t,,spdad ~ effect the death Of his wife Alter the nre
was exnguishcd her charred remains we're discovered
me following the calendar of prisoners for General See
lions for the November term
ras,ardy. ............. False preteuces.
Forgery ...,..,.........e False token .,,,.,....
nd A