The New York herald., 1865-12-28
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY, DECEMBER %, 1865. ~A


Trials at Police Headqus usrters.
A QUESTION or vuRACTY FROM tbs sBvEkrH-
A CITIZEN KNOCKED DOWN PoR PUFFfna CIGAR
SMOKE IN AN oFFicER's FAcE-A BURGLARY ON
BRoADwAY-A GOOD CASE FROM THE NINE
rEENTH, ETC.
About one hundred cases were before the Board OF
Police Commissioners yesterday, eightysix Of which
were for violation Of discipline regulations ths remain
ing fourteen ng the only in which citzens were
concerned and many Of these being Of Arrival character
Citizen Charles Pierce boatman, of 500 Front street,
appeared ss complainant against ocer Kellum. of the
seventh precinct charging that he boughs lot OF iron.
abou, afteen handredweght, on vessel and thai officer
Ksilum took the same In charge 1t being supposed
stolen that the occr wanted S16 Of him TO allow him
to take the iron back again. but that he could not
afford TO give him but $i3; that no paid elS It being
intmated to him that ton dollars OF tho amount
was for Captain Jameson. The matter coming 70
Captain Jamcsons notice he ordered complaint TO DO
made before tha Commissioners. Oncer kciium gave
very different version Of the affair stating that Pierce
attcup,od to brbe him while he was looking up the
ownership Of the lron by Offering him two notes, green
backs and note, State money twcnty dollars IN al
that he told him he had mistaken his man ana tnat no
would take no money from him. Czen Andrew rorse.
formerly watohman on ocean steamerA testified that
he heard officer Keum say to citizen Pierce that the
latter would say nothing about the money ne mao gwen
whole one OF yeracity between Inc parlies
and the Commissioners will have 70 decide upon the
Andrew j. Martin, Of o. Leroy street, made charge
against officers Herman and Burns OF tho Twenty egntn
precinct charging that as he was going pcacoaoy nome
about half Ia the morning be was assaulted ny
these officers who knocked him down without provoca
ton Olccr Herman stated that citizen Martin oowed
cigar smoke his face that he r6mOnstraod with hir
and words ensiied when he knocked him DOWN. Pres
dent Acton rcprimandod him severely for such course
and stated that he should be In FAVOR OF preakng nun
for Knocking citizen down because he happened to pun
little cigar smoke in his face Oicer Burns, ~ ap
pcared had nothing TO do with the assault, put ratner
nterferod TO prevent officer Kicrnan from assaLlting
citizen Martin still abusively II appeared on the
WHOLE that officer Herman was much 70 blame Tor let
Ing his temper SO far carry away his Judgment. ,.
complained against by Captain Petty OF the Fifth pre-
cinct for neglect OF duty n allowing burglary to occur
schanm pipes, lost lve hundred dollars, and Mr. D.
Cohen. dealer in neckties, &c, lost about as mmch
more The parties do business at 1898 Broadway the
goods 1t shown could all have been carried away IN
bushel basket by one man. II was further shown tnat
as general thing the place had mover been properly
secured at night that both the private wachmen ana
the situation of the premises afforded unusuai taclies
for operations Of thieves The credable part OF the
whole transaction that Captain Petty succeeded IN
arrestng the thieves with portion of the same property
on them that had been stolen only few hours before
Officer Bradley conducted his case very we'll and showed
that he had remiss in his duty the propretors
OF the place being much to blame for leaving their prem
iscs poorly secured.
complained against by citizen Mcknight of Sixty-frst
street and Second avenue who charged the roundsman
with being in lager beer saloon drinking beer while on
duty that he went to the station house and told tze
tain and went with officer Sergeant Wrght) 10 the
saloon and Peeney there that Peeney subsequently
came back 20 the saloon without his uniform, and
threatened to whip him. using abusive language towards
him. &c Citizen Mcknight stated that he was engaged
in particular business at the present time Rounds
PeeEey showed that Mcknight had once been on the
poce that he proved him neglectfu Of duty and broke
him de showed further that Mcknight was disordery
aud ordered out of the place IN which Pecney was
eating his dinner, he had been permitted to do Ser
geant Wright stated that he gave Peeney permission to
20 the place and get ch0wder This showed the
case to have been one without sufficient foundation to
base charge upon, Peeney coming out all right