The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-26
LEGAL REPoRT--ruE-DAY.
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Criminal cases 10 be t,t,d On Wednesday
IN, e. inir al Calender o'thiH Court will hi taken
lp for trial The iol wig are tue Ases " he triei'
Murder Case, John Riley, charged with the
murder 4 a seaman on board the Mani .Wau.
Maurice IL German, charged with homicide on
O,a' the chip Mongolia,
WIN II. ussklns, charged With the murder OF
the captain " the LImbergier.
SLdre Trade Casss-Samuel Haynes. LIST
Maze uf the Nightingale, indic'ed Tor capital silence
Brady wnslow, ID Mate Of the Nightingale,
cspUal '-uce.
WIN. II Burns, Master q the W. X Kirby,
capital ,h-rCe.
MORGAN Frodericks, In Mate OF the Cora capital
offence.
Ersstus II. II 9TH, Captain, and George Jarnet,
Mate Of the Buckeye, capital III nee.
Hcuy q. Crawford, Captain Of the City Of Nor
'ok, capital tt-uco.
WIN Warreu, list mate, and David Hal, Cd mate,
~ the Erie capital ,iisnoe The accused are charged
Win serving ON q rdon's VI 'se
Al the ye sells named are well known slavers,
and the u aipr ~ have been condemned ~ such
Henry Common John Williams aud John Morris,
charged with Voluntarily serving on board the SLAYER
Aibsrt Herr fitting out the City Of Norfolk 'or the
slave trade, and j seph T. Slntos similarly charged
In she case Ci the e. ~.
Miscellaneous Gases. -- Among tho others
which will b. tried counterfeit coin cases.
larceny on tho high seas, as7aut with dangerous
wasp5n. stealing bot ia from Custom H'use, l
COM piracy case, forc.bly resisting Custom House
oihcur
Peremptory MandamuS 10 Comptroller Ha'cS
The People err. rel. ChIs. ". Baker rS.
Ro5cyi T. Hdps.-1he relator asked for a
Tduidmus To compel the defendant 10 pay him 81
300, tue amount o' his bill for printing and bind
| ing 10 600 copies oithe City Charter with Ksnvs
| notes, under resolution 81 the Common Council
auth orizI e tAe work ~ be done.
The motion for peremptory maHdan"s was re,
rtlAio- had sued the Superior Court on this bill,
| and been non-suted, the Court holding that the
contract uacer which the work was dole, was MOI
made in accordance with TIE requirements oil the
statute
II at rla the Legislature had authorized the board
OF SUI erysrs 70 Iass the money - pay this bill,
and had passed law ~ the siisct that moneys spe.
cialy appropriated " any purpose should Oe USED
| only foT the payment OF the bill In question
| The Comptroller replied that this law was I'M
| constitutional, lnasmuch az II impaired the obIl-
| gallons Of this conuact-as made under the oll
law, which contained different requirements INT
| Court held THAI a. the Common COuEcl. had al
th"rl1sd the Comptroller 10 pay the I'LL In pIr
suance of that act, the corporation had thereo!
pdirrd all objections h. the UNCONSTITUTIONAL
OF the law, and the Comptroller VA not c)mpsien
| g. raise such question.
| TleWrit Of nduddm mus was ordered The he
PENDANT appealed " the General Term ~ the Court
| and that Court hes now unanimously affirmed tn
| Judgment below, n the effect that tue bin must b
| pad, aud that II is not competent for the Comp
tr Ter g. refuse 10 pay bill tr "hicn ilndS nav
been specifically appropriated.
| tNNf tuOtf IbtYHtHto ~ W ~ y = w
| Rose In this case, TIE dGcdent let fJeutOO I
, | wares founding Manual Labor lnsutuhon 7.
| destitute boys of this city, provided the city "ou
within Eve years raise ike Tor the same pun
| pose The next ~ kin claimed that the beques
, | were void from uncertainty, and this proceoiu
vas iustituted g. obtain construction Of the VII
| The Court now decided that the proVlzlonA OF u
| will ere void for the = asons assigned.
= The case has been several times stated IN u
, sgN.
SuroHaIe's Court.
4 Minister IN Luck-The will Of Caroline
Gnfn, DOW admirI.d u pro bate, leaves 70 her Pa
: | tor, the Rev Francis Ehngh ham Lawrence, 800
-, | and 400 volumes selected from her library.
T. 81. Lukt's Hospital, 5000. To the Sund
a school Of the Holy Communion, 1000 Also
large SUN 70 ths Board OF Missions OF the Protesta
a / Episcopal Church Of this city.
Court Of General Sessions.
Before the Recorder.
l. August Meyer, a young man, pleaded gull
i 10 trs cry In the fourth deg roe, and was remand
70 Cor sentence. The prisoner on the 29tb Of Janus
r lasI offered at the counter Of the Chemical BE
Ia forged check Tor STeo 20 100 purporting 70 hl
!. | been signed by Messra. Wonds& Lowry, bus
character u the check was discovered, and he v
Of arrested. No other oass u geaerl tnisrssa "a
n ! up. Adiourned.