New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-18

So. ~SnIcs.ion. and the two women,
;h ,a., ,cklipg down their checks, left the Court
Iooto
r,,,. s,ynpIr.-Complaiut was made at the
Mavo,s os5oe Yesterday BY man who had Deeh 'u'
rcsd NJ ,ers TO enter ticket office ID Cedar street
W., .,re,t and where Of the parties present
S,,. .cket for passage TO Baltimore, price 81 30,
-, donbe the usual rate. lie soon afterward dis
,vered he had been imposed upon, but all his efforts
., ,.nover the money were unayaing untllthe Mayor
mssb.l sent Officer Vanarsdsc to the skinnsng place
in question The ticket vendei first refused to di'
,orre saying the price might have been itt'e 700
Eeb bu, that Sas the way he had Of getting llVngi
but finding the officer determined to take hlm before
the Mayor. ne refunded the money.
A Coor, SrypLY OF PocKET HAVDKERoHftfs.-
Yes,erds, morning, as the porter of Turbel, Jennings
a Co.'S store. No. A Park place, extending through
10 Barclay street was sweeping out the premises,
,oyno 6iov entered BY the door on the latter named
str,et in q great hurry and inquired If the book
kecpes was n Upon the porter replying in the mega
i've he said he would leave note for him. and &C.
.ordingiy eat down at the desk TO write note. Hav-
ing 6n;seed he started to So out by the Park place
door and on his way through the store picked up q
bunde Of fine handkerchiefs. Officer Bennett of the
detective force happpned to be in the neghb0hoOd at
tbe time. and saw the fellow out with bundle
which he t-ied TO slip under his overcoat The officer
quickly oycrhauled him, AM took him back to the
store, when the theft became apparent. The accused
gave lis name as John Donpeily and was locked up
ITF CAsy or KEDParn.-Wliam j. Redphh,
keeper of an intelligence Office, at No. 81 Broadway
was seut for sgan Yesterday ornng to appear at the
II. II,
nblaped OF him as copartpersbp investment in the
pstent medicine business. Redpath came up and said
he hal been unable to raise the money to refund the
cognp,snant The Marshal therefore revoked his n-
teligenee license.
CHnp ForSD IN SIsK.-The body Of child
was found in the sink OF premises Nos. a and IS Jack
son stree. By Frank Tslva, night scayenger The
remains were conveyed 10 the Seventh Precinct Police
Station, where Coroner Connery held an inquest. No
proof could be obtained as TO heparentage Of the child
The jury rendered verdict that the child was still
"boru and sferward thrown into the sink Of house No.
q 73 jackson street by some inhuman being
THY ELxtIloS RIor Is TnE ELEVENTH WARD
Yesterday afternoon Justice Connolly rendered de-
cision in the case Of Policemen Oscar Van Tasse
i'e.er Duffy and VIM. L. Miller, charged with killing
Patrick Vaughan at the Eighth Poll District of the
Eleventh Ward the evening of the lst of December
last. The accused were held to bail iu the of
S3 900 each to answer the charge at the Court of Ses
D ions. The following is copy of the magistrates
tlecisiOn
Of the Eleventh Precinct Police.
4 CorsorIY J-This is a charge against officers of
hustics-pO;cemen--for taking life while engaged III
iheir general duties. William J.. Miller, Peter Duffy
nnd Oscar Van Tassel have boen arrested brought
o,I nod with
<eath of Patrick Vaughan by wounds inflicted upon
him ON the morning of "wednesday Dec 2last The Cor
sner by bis Jury, adudieated upon part 0 the tes
saimony but did not hold the defendants. The proper
function Of the Coroner and his jury Is TO ascertain
he cause Of the DEATH and if it is accompanied with
3elouous homicide henthe Coroner, a. magistrate,
must detan the guilty parties But the action OF the
i orouer Is rot fnal HIS duties as a magistrate are
q ollsteral. IT. in his discretion he discharges,
srssb coDplaiut before magistrate whose duties are
primary may be made. l entertain no doubt ot my
farsdctioD and of opinion that II the facts be-
fore me had been in their length and BREADTH before
he Coroners jury their action might have been d
sferent. l have devoted many days To careful
.1aminston Of this case. Very many witnesses
have given their testimony before me- The
evidence Of somo of them, Ia some particulars
onf,. with the d others but there are eesn loading and
Ar esannins magistrate ged to pass upon the quit or
o. PS &C. rssuG I SI 0ny upon pc Ge ay II e @
Of b vaughan widow OF the deceased is 10 be be
.nd.a HeT testimony i. 5borstcj many s material
that OF other witnesses who are D,foe me
nimpsoed II ell that has been by them is true the
subjected after he wa sho % cs he
"A drsgsed from his room, ster h door had been broken
Upen and when he bleeding and mortal wounded he
rrs iunie,ed upon him while being taken N the station
House subsequent received 10y him there
would wsrsnt II nothing more appeared In h'd
Ina TIE defendants accountable for their conduct. l
oud y this cOnpcction say The conduct Of Officer Hawke;
the occasion Of the homicide deserves praise lie was co
deliberate and although wonndd n the time and
lsys In his possession loaded revolver did mo- use H. hoa
BY justice the subject of EXTENDED aIt
wharton and other writers o criminal law The general
by that Ohcers ought not TO cYme TO ex
troner iii gh interruption without aresSOnaOo
necessity thai officers Of justice ENGAGED In the preser
Nston Of peace. homicide BY them Is lushabe they mud
iecesay take M tha, party assault tne ohceI or Is 80
the officer believing bis life TO be in PeT he msy justify
king ths party Thus the whole question Of homicide
by officer reduces itself to question Of rea'onabenes
hnd Eoces.ity." Now the tscts before there
such 9 ssity take life will justify the officer
had they such removable tear of consequences just
ied them7 The Officer too, in deciding for himself "a, Chct
Justice Bronson Shorters must take the peril the
The Justification OF Law facts 70 b. drNwn by
The mssissie jury constrained 10 the opion that
able exed that would sbsolyc the occrs hold the Of
be nNissuRhte In conclusion, may be psntedto
thai sppIecac much citizen the necessity OF
supporting officers Of justice Of grade in the honest d
AGAINST. Policemen who armed are subject 20 human pas
snd human inrmy, sud 10 Of human ludanen
lite and whea rembe for the consequences The evil OF
te action is greater than the evil OF not pro
fcctng when they assaulted The rst incidentally
TIE whole community Of citizens earnestly trl,t
,, b. Ro,d 30 pci;c and tbe n sboye will o)k c4eflly
iuO this after posses from hands dare uo un
the testimony law do otherwise than hold the defend
nnt tot us 5eT LIE; them find bail IN the san OF s3Oo
secA
An ISToLERABLE NUISANCE
To ne Edi'or Of The y. Y. Tyibune