New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-07
CRIMINAL COURTS.
COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS.

COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS.
~ Before Justice Kelyl
The trial list on Saturday stood rs follows: Petit
larceny 10; assault and battery, a. keeping dsordeny
house o cruelty 10 animals abandonment ]; violating
corporation ordinance, n Suspended cases. D. total 49,
A CURIOUS CAsE-AN ALLEGED CoSsPmAcY.-Mrs
Margaret Hanley has stand inside the ferry house OF
Fulton Ferry the NewYork side, where she sells
newspapers She is lady nearly 60 years OF age ana she
has held this stand by permission Of the City Council and
NV fine Ferry Company for % years or late years the
ss" or "stand" the old lady occupies having become
very valuable has been sought after oX various ana sun
eor AID install somebody else. This one newspaper stan
Is franchise worth thousands OF doarsthe profits OF
that little sevcn-bynine place from S35 to $50 per diem
Mrs Hanlcy was brought info Court ny Miss Sarah
UendrckCon on the charge OF stealing muff, worth
from 81 10 S. Mrs. Hanley says the muff must have
been placed in her basket FOR the purpose OF founding
against her complaint of stealing thereby nurDg her
reputation and eventually dcprvng her II her stand in
the market SDe also says that certain parties have been
for wears endeaSoriHg 20 procure tins stand which she
has held fer half lifetime, and that, especially man
namod Sullivan has been most INSCRIPTIONS ard yindict
I've in his endeayqIs tO turn her out Mrs Haney Is an
large family Of sons and daughters and has given 10
them each and oil the best education that money can pay
for she is reh s9nparayey speaking nnylng r tha
extent Of over $4,000 ana beside sue hos me lhehlse
Of her stand in the market, which Yields hef clear p"t
offrom SIPS TO 500 per week. Iat shcd ~, Moi ac,d
hand catsn muff not worth dollar, is almost incied
Mrs IIanley's counsel In defense not only showed by
evidence, the facts above stated but also produced
written document from several OF the Dst cllHthh OF
Brooklyn, testifying earnestly 10 their long ac-
quantance with Mrs. Haiey TO their knowledge Of her
Industrious honest and strict business habits and their
own thorough aud mistaken belief ia her perfect integrity
aud strict honesty The paper was signed by the edt0ls
of Tie BrOokiyH EGge, The BroohBn Union, aud many
other WellknOwn gentlemen Of that city. Spite Of All
tis however the magistrate found the defendant guilty
and fined her $50 .ra- 80 7'f
A PAIR OF SAILOR TmEvEs-Two seamen, who gave
their names as Richard Keamey and Charles Mclean,
were brought into complaint Of Mr. George Cobb,
for stealing leather trunk The testimony OF one of the
petty officers o their ship told the entire story ana
settled the whole question.
This officer (the Boatswais mae) said that he took
nun, - hin the City OF Cork fourteen men to assist
m unloading another vessel Of the same me- the City Oh
Washington, which lay along side. The two prisoners,
Eeouey and Mclean were two of the fourteen; ana no
sooser had they gone board the strange vessel IMAM
they began Ia pick mp vaTons articles OF baggage anu
carry them When the officer was told OF THIS ne al
oTcr followed them. and found them in the foreeasle OF
hjs own shin the CITY Of Cork and with the stolen trunk
I'm their possession when he undertook TO arrest them,
they attacked him with bclayingpln ana sheath
knife and II only after hard fight that ne was ape
10 deaiu them shippOard till tie arrival OF police
man They were tie Island Penitentary FOL three
months each.
DIsORpERIY HOrsT-Julius Striker and Washington
Mullen were brought up for keeping dsordery house at
No 1913 Grcenwich-st The proof was not particularly
strong but nevertheless the magistrate felt justified in
uficting fine Of each The proprietor paid his own
fine az once bnt though he had plenty Of money, refused
To adyiNe similar sn for his partner In the SUIT VINO
wac harkeepcr Of the place The latter unfortunate
f. therefore, left to out his so days IN nrbs0b