The New York herald., 1865-01-22
Trial. at Police TIcndqunrtcrs.

AN AGGRAVATED CASE FROM THE SIXTEENTH PRE-
CiNcT-A CITIZEN CLuBErD WITHOUT PR0yOCA-
TION-CAPTAIk CAFFRAY AND sERGEANTS DILKs,
BIRD, FIELD AND CHAPLIN, or THE FiFTEEsTu
PRECINCT, ON TRiAI.--THE COMPLAINT DISMISSED.
For the present. and long press Of business
tnues trials will at headquarters ON Wednesday
Thursday and Friday Of each week. Tho discipline Of
the force strict that the complaints very
matters which, the old rfgime would have
been thought tho veriest trifes The cases however
in which the public have any real interest few On
Friday horc or three worthy Of especial men.
tion. Ono Of these very aggravated ard concerned
officer Fisher Of tho sixteenth precinct Citizen John
Coye who the complainant 10 the case stated that
he with party Of friends on New Years Day,
making calls and that while they in at No. All
West sixteenth street. party of rowdies came along
beat their coachmap and drove the carriage or Citizen
Coylc and his friends pursued the rowdes the latter
firing back at them They were overtaken in Twenty.
second street. between Eighth Ninth avenues Citi
zen Coyle ran up to the horses heads, and called
ON officers Fisher and McDougal to arrest the
thieves In the place Of this, however com.
painant states that officer Fisher threatened
him, and that he seemed 10 get very angry and struck
him, but subsequently let him go without taking him 10
the station house officer Fisher put general den nj
Of the allegations and said further that citizen CoyIe
drunk and that his friends rescued him after he had
been arrested. President Acton took a common sense
view Of the affair and rcpmanded officer Fisher severely
for his conducthrst In striking citizen Coyle without
due provocaton and second for not taking him TO the
station house after he had deemed hun subject TO arrest
Citizen William stivcn, Of No 70 sixth street. appeared
complainant against Captain Caray Sergcants Diks
Bird Field and Clsfin Of tho Fifteenth precinct He
stated that New Years Day no let out horse and
sleigh TO certain parties who lost II that he sent once
70 Police Headquarters TO inquire about H. but could
learn nothing regarding the missing property; that no
then advertised tho loss In the Nsw YoaK HfR LID
three days. and in this way track Of ~ that he
then found u had been taken up by the Fifteenth pre-
cnct police officers, who had kept L stabbed nearly
week In Mercer street He complained agninst Cap
Caray and all his scrgcants keoping tho pro-
pery long without notifying the central ONCE and
thus subcctng him 10 needless expense and annoyance
He further stated that when he finally discovered the
whereabouts Of his property, through advertising In tho
HKRAIp and sent his men for H. Captain Caay Insisted
on claiming the reward thai had been offr-d Captain
Caray denied any guilt In the matter and showed by the
official bottcr that be tel graphcd the central Office on
Monday night and again two days afterwards, aud did
all he could TO get the sleigh 20 the rightfui owner
Upon the evidence appears that the captain and his
scrgcanis were all night and The complaint dismssed
II intirnatcd, however that complaint would DO
preferred against the operator who on duty at tho
central Office nj the time notice sent there Thai the
property had been found These all the easss OF
importance.