The New York herald., 1867-02-10
He G oURT s.


The Austrian Exsraditisn Case-Charsc Of
Forgery Against Adssphe Wm. schwarfz.
Before Comniasioner White. ss
Adolphe William schwartz, who was arrested ON The
18th Of last month on board the Bremen steamer this
port aiter her arrival from Europe charge Of hay-
ing committed forgeries Of commercial bills Of exchange
in Vienna the Of loo 600 norins brought
up again on yesterday before commsaiOnsr white Tor
Mr. rOcque appeared a. counsel for the Austrian gov
eFnment and the prisoner was defended by NJ. A. j.
Dttenhoefer.
Mr. Larocqus again applied for another pos.ponsmen
and proofs regarding the charge against the prisoner
had not yet arrived
Jounment and said It wrong cruel to keep The
prisoner n jail without particle Of proof being ad-
duced against him except the adavit Of the Aus
bad now been in prison six weeks, and n0t even
check, n he bad forged one, even copy OF forged
check, had been produced against him.
The Commissoner-You mistaken. The prisoner
not arrested until the 18th Of January and he has
therefore, been only about three weeks in prison.
Mr. Dtenhoefer-Be II six weeks or three weeks, the
Mr. Larocque said tbaHMr. Dittenhoefsr mot aocu.
was the only evidence @ aSsns. the % accused Mr. De
Loosely, the Consul, had received written despatch
from the proper officer Al Vienna, containing statement
Of the facts.
Mr. Dittenhoefer observed that Mr. Iarocque ought
be slow in demanding these adjournments, for he had
spent four in protesting against arbitrary arrests
II they established bad precedents OF this kind might
be said that this country could longer be called
asylum for those who sought its shelter. He feared
there disposition to be too subserviens TO foreign
governments In these matters. They sent men on TO
Spain and Cuba without any treaty. In England they
would not hold grave charge like this unless
there was some very good reason for It.
In reply the Commissioner Mr. Larocque stated that
he supposed the Bremen steamer would have arrived
by Tuesday. II would be necessary to translate the
documents and II they adjourned the case I'LL Thurs
day that would give them opportunity Of doing
The counsel for the prisoner should have copies Of the
papers they made
The Commissioner said he would, therefore. adjourn
the till Thursday
Mr. Dtennoefer said the few gold pieces given 70 the
prisoner by the consul had been exhausted, and he
wished some more money would be given him.
MT LarocQue replied that II In three weeks the pris-
had spent something equivalent to SOL, II must
have been extravagantly spent It was $50 week
Mr. lDittcnhocfer-The board al the jail s so week.
After some further conversation the matter dropped
Charge of Passing Counterfeit Three and
Five Cent Coins.
Before Commissioner Belts.
Henry Jerken, who keeps q grocery store in Ninth
avenue charged with passing counterfeit three and
i've cent ooins
Mr. Joseph Ben appeared for the government and Mr..
George N. Curtis for the defendant.
II appeared from the evidence OF one Henry Neiborn
that be the Of the defendant Friday and
sold him paper Of matches for Al 23 Defendant gave
Neiborn payment 81 in two rolls OF pennies four
hye cent and three cent piece Next day Ne-
born discovered that the coins bad He marked them
and his employer took them to the station house. whers
they detained by the officer Another witness de-
posed that by direction Of police officer he into
defendants store and purchased paper OF matches for
three cents no gave the defendant twenty ave cent
currency stamp, and the defendant gave back among
the change two OF those five cent COINS which are
stated 10 he counterfeit
Mr. Bell said he would prove by the POLICE oicer that
he found tweniy-one i've cent and fourteen fifteen
three cent Ia the drawer Of the defendant and
that those coius counterfeit The oicer however
not in attendance but he would produce him al the
next examination.
NJ. Curtis made motion TO reduce the bail required
for the prisoner from 81, 900 20 81, 600
The Commissioner refused, but the defendant subse-
quently found the required bail and further hearing
was adjourned 70 Thursday.