The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-15
Court of Special Sessions.
Before Justices Kelly and Bowling.


PERMITS FROM THE MAYOR TO CARRY WEAPONS
WORTHLESS
The case OF the People vs. Looram, charged with
assanng Thomas MCGUIRE has exploded the theory that
the Mayor has the right to issue permits to citizens to
carry concealed weapons for their protection. When
arraigned to Plead tho defendant Looram pleaded
guilty, but his counsel, exRecorder James NJ Smith,
tered plea Of guilty Of technical assault He said his
client had committed technical assault. Mr. Looram
lived at 26o avenue A. locality that both dangerous
for life and property; he had often been threatened,
and, expecting violence, he applied to his Honor the
Mayor for permit to carry pistol TO defend himself
The application granted him the 10th Of February
last, and since that time complaint had been made
against him. He did not think the Mayor had the right
to grant permits to citizens to carry revover but his
client had obtained certificate to that effect and when
he did get that power his object in drawing his pistol
was merely to- intimdate those who threatening
him. He did SO this occasion, and innocenty, from
having been mised by this permit Of the Mayor, when
ne had been very much abused by Mcclure and his
District Attorney Hall took the permit handed him BY
Mr. smith, and after reading said the papers in this
case had been sent TO the General Sessions but
lining them he found that II was only misdemeanor
and he sent the papers to the Special Sessions In the
Muigan case had been decided that the drawing Of
loaded pistol unaccompanied with the firing was not
felony He raised no objections TO the plea entered by
counsel The cs.Sas' grave dsisndan, TO
avenue A, had permission" &c This was signed on
the 10th Of February 1895 by G. Godfrey Gunther Such
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he was bound TO believe that there such law that
he (the Mayor had been advised by the Corporation
Counsel that there such law, and acting under his
advice he issued those permits believing he had this
legal power The Mayor always guided by legal ad
vice In all he did and in the Of the Street
Cleaning Commission the opinion OF the Recorder guided
him. II there was such a law rs gave the Mayor this
power-and he supposed there must be such a
law-then the defendant was guilty Of technical
assault; but he asked that sentence be deferred
that he might have chance 10 examine into
the matter himself Although believing that such law
might exist that the Mayor power to license the
rying OF concealed weapons, he doubted IL very much
Judge Bowling said he would postpone the sentence
No doubt the Mayor had found some law under which
he acted in granting this permit His Honor always
acted advisedly, and no doubt he did so In this
Sentence Was accordingly postponed Till the 21st inst.
BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN.
Stephen Daley was convicted OF very brutal assault
officer Robert Barbour OF the Twenty seventh pre-
oinct On the evening Of the 10th OF November tho
ofncer putting half drunken In the cars that
no might get home the prisoner josted against him.
Tho oicer thought the jostlc accidental, and paid
attention 10 IT, when Daley came back and asked him
what he meant The officer told him II late, he had
better 90 home and sleep hts liquor OF Daley would
be pacned and undertook to whip the officer, when
he arrested and the way 70 tho station house the
prisoner got his hands around the officers head and
nearly indeed bit his OF, only leaving II hanging
by a shred. THIS very skilfully sewed by q
physician or Barbour would have been dsngured for
life Daley sent TO tho Penitentary for six months
and fined dfty doars-the highest punishment the Court
could impose.