New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-16
cs.e since the fudrg of tie indictment, and urged
that the rrn.inr "a. In TENDED nnIx fnt delay.

A.
grant such delay except upon good cause suown by AZ
fcsyt Tho defendant had taken technical afvGe-
tag- to prevent his ri ~ the -s term ~ the oyer
and TerIniner, It would be highly prejudcia to tie
public business further to postpgne the case 1t was
not matter of seIicus rau-e TO call for mpre
council than the defendant ready had. Mr. Sicxes
has lad aupe notice 4 he trial. ard might have beea
prese ut; ard he refused 10 postpone the trial.
Tie announcement Of this decision was followed by
hearty demonstration Of applause il the back p.Ii
Of the Courtroom.
Judge Ineraham directed the officers to srres, any
person who bad been guilty Of aPpandng, bat none
sDch could be pointed ont.
The Judge ten directed the Clerk to call the Jurors.
Tie fret Juror having been called. was challenged by
Mr. Bu-teed OF the ground that hi7 name dd rot sp-
pear on pare II jarors summoned for the Oyer auc
Terminer. This objection would apply TO the entire
panel.
After so.ae argument. the Cour, overruled the ob-
lection stating that the vsed Statutes provided that
the same u'ors summoned ior Tie tucni Co-f shal
be Jurors for the over and TeTmner. The last 70
yIsors had seen fit To- omit this yisOn AM il did
not appear in the fourth edition of the Revised
Statutes, but il nevertheless the law.
Mr. Bnsteed excepted to the ruling, and the juror
was subsequently set ASIDE for other cause.
4 large humber Cf jurors called, and ques
toned upon challenges respecting their knowledge o.
this case ard particularly then oplnicr, OF the Cali
forria Vigilance Committee One junor stated that in
bis opinion the San FTaucsco Vigilance Committee
did Just hight that Vigilance Committee would be
good thing IL New-lork, and that Mulllgan and his
fellows ought to be sent no. back to Cshiorni butto
the Feeiee Islands The spectator. again spplaudef
Tie Dis,rct-AttOrney satisfied that the juror
was incompetent and Mr.. Busteei toll hun to " stand
aside or 60 to the Feeiee slsrds, just As he chose.
One Juror, Mr John II. Coon, having formed 10
opinion Of this case and being Of opinion that exoul-
by the Vigilance Committee was nothing asains.
Mulligar was accepted ard sworn.
James McMai Us, Of the Fourth Ward was asked
bui one or tsO questions, and sccePte a. Juror.
A juror stated tast, although he nad no kno vedge
Of tins case he syGpathzed with the San FraucscO
Vigilance Committee.
Nearly the whole day was consumed in procuring
qI Tie cs 9P~0s are w.rd as Jane. uM..
Seventh wsd Aexanee Fssar Ninth waId Ch,re. t't,
Tw1s t ss Ms' Dayd Ee.cS f~sneh wsa s
Mollen Fouttecrth Ware; J,hH E Lsnsle' E-h,a w"di
Ward Leonard Loveland, sixteenth WaTc.
After the iupeBnelrg Of the jury was completed,
Mr.. Busteed asked for some time to prepare huisci
for the case
The Judge said tha if the counsel would assu-' him
the canse woult not last over THURSDAY, ne .ou al-
low the posiponeIeDt. The essnrauce 6tvln, been
given. and after cautionirg :he Jury The Court nd
ioUrned until Thursday at IL a. m.
EXAMINATION OF THE LOTTERY DEALERS.
CITY Jr-DGE's oFFIcE-Drc IS sef.re Judge
The exaainaton Of Bei.janin Wooi, Go. L T. dy
and Charles p. Murray who are charged With .hus
lottery policies in this S'ate, wzs comneuced this
mornIug. Messrs. Homes ara Ti'Iotson appear FOR
the people, and ex.Recorder Srita aat 4. Oakley
Hall for the accused.
The office was crowded With fancy men end lottery
and policy dealers, who apparently took great deal
OF interest in the proceedings.
Mr. Wm. X. Alien, beiug sSorr -'stided ne follows
in behalf of the prosecution:
For the last SIX or seven yecrf yrevious 10 this De-
cember have been employed b. Gregory, Ma1ry ~
Co., ,through their agents m tb's cy It wa called
the Delaware Lottery, and was Drawn 10 Delaware;
after the LIT of December the sCleur were issued IN
tie nsme Of Wood. Etdy n Co One Of the setemes
was shown to witLess. 90; thi- fsom mao 10 jer-
sey City, named Joseph Quii'e. Another exhibit
was produced. ! obtained this fro Ii Mr. A. o. Bulls,
an exchange broker in Greenwich street. gave him
II cent? for II.
The various packages which seized by the
police were handed TO tbe Judge, who marked them,
after which the examination was continued.
Mr. Bills was an exchange broker.
Question 10y Mr. Holmes-What is the meaning of
the name being cut from the tickets y. Ihey are
cut off for the purpose of being sent back to the man.
ayers parties seut ont To collect IN all the uusold
tickets before certain time previous to the draSnS
of the lottery these tickets then become uf no value
to any but the members they are cut d. so in case
they should get in the hands of persons not entitled to
Their they could not be cashed each vendor of tick
cts returns statement as TO the number received,
sold, and returned.
The witness then identified various papers shown as
belonging to the lottery business and gave their tecA-
nica names.
Cross.examined-IIe was in the printing business in
Jer-ey City previous to being with Maury Co.; was
discharged the st of December last he went there
expecting to So to work, aud Was discharged by MT.
DicknsCn.
A Voioe-Your Honor, The witness periures himself.
The Judge repninAndel the intruder, and the witness
resumed.
He went there on "Wednesday and iouod everything
locked up, aud unable 70 proceed IN hs duty ne
waited for MT. Murray; shortly after hl' discharge he
made threats against parties eng iged III the vt'ei!
business: he received communication rom Marcus
Cicero Stanley before ths writ commenced, aud
had conversrd with him. this prosecution was not got
NJ ariN 1sNf I'M
that he TO bring The parties up for 'he manner
in which they had served him. neither >taney nor any
ore else bad given him any money; Stanley had lent
him g. on one occasion and nary red after that;
the only money he Lad borrowed since, he got of Dfi
Ger Dubois. who hao him IN charge; he b1rrowed the
money Of Stanley Fficav l.st Stanley had not told
him to go to the Mayor Office but hsd advised him
how to worn if he wished to bring the parties up.
Redirect He had determined 10 prosecute these
parties before he borrowed the ey Of Stanley, AID
the latter sought the interview which they hac; he
had been in prison ~ he Tombs in October lart for
be in the policy business and dismissed without
trial.
A letter the witress bad received from Stanley was
here shown and marked. though Mr.. lio mes objected
10 its bciug admitted Ia evidence.
M Smith SAID he wlehed 70 prove that there was
conspiracy between witness and Stanley.
The letter is az follows:
DEAR SIR: Iwoud be glad 20 .se you upo1 1--we
No Ea Ttlrieta street. h'er aoor' from TN averue
and vii be a. bone a day On snd'y az s2'sT. Siy Il
Witness went to Stsneys house OF the Monday after
receiving the note: re,iied before he taken ato
custody at No. ~ South Fourth street jersey City.
Israel Foote one of the defendants, eXsmiued-Re-
sides at No Is Pine street has no bnslpessi dechned
to say what bune~s he bad beeu engaged 10 last tor
the reason that be might crlInnaie himself; did not
know the firm Of Wood Eddy \ Co believed there
was such lottery az he "Delsware' know that
the lottery has number Of agents the City Il New
York \ package of ticket, shown him De said he
did not know What they wee, bat be.ug differently
questioned, sail they tickets ard return state
me nts: the nsmes taken from the tickets 20 that
they would be Of if stolrn ii transportation;
witness identified number OF lottery paper; the one
marked r. vas scheme Of priz =; III any uau could