New-York tribune., 1868-04-30
TIE COURTS.
CIVIL.

In Commissioner Jones's Court, Brooklyn.
yesterday Frederick A. Plat OF the Farmers and Clt
National Bank applied for authority 10 compound
claims against that institution. The Commissioner after
hearing the petition. recommended the request to me
Court. About 500 s involved IN this matter Dennis
McIenry, alias John Doe. and P. McKennir, alias Ked
Roe accused OF Obstructng Frank Webb an officer
of customs while dschargng his duty the ship Bessy
Parker They allowed ball IN the Of 1900 TO
appear this morning at 10 o'clock.
The case of Frederick A. Burnham agt. the
Police Commissioners before the superior Court yes
terday. The plaintiff Is ZenO Burnhams son. He asked
Stao2nS an officer in front Of the house in West Six
teent st. away strangers from InOc-actlOn
Mr. VanderpOe, behalf of the Police Commissioners
raised preliminary objection that by the Board Of
Health law passed last year, no injunction c0nld De
granted against the Police Commissioners, except Ia the
Supreme Court, and on eight days notice Ihe Court
took the question into consideration, and the argument
postponed until the decision on this preliminary
point.
In the Admiralty branch of the United States
District Court yesterday the Judge decided tho ease Of
Hanson ana $ Others ga aSnst I'm ~ .o stea ~ b
bark Auguste Lonise, against the British steamship
from Queenstown. ireland, to EewYork. and the bark
bound from Queenstown TO Traee on the west coast
OF Ireland The collision occurred on the night OF April
T. 1857 off the coast Of Ireland about eight miles from
MiZzenhead, and the bark sank in few minutes from
theefect OF the collision becoming total loss and those
on board having barely time 20 escape The belarts
claim $4,000 for the loss OF the vessel and freight money
he Court DECIDED INA tha e Durucr Oh Po1 IN w ant ~
after hearing testimony and argument decided tat pOth
vessels were t. blame ior te COLLISION; & a' the
A motion was made in the United States
Circuit Court yesterday TO discharge edptds III he
Of John Graham against Greg0ro DolnlngoeL Inc
latter is th Consul Ecuador at this port The suit
brougL ganst him to recover s2jQ0OC alleged dam.
for rauduent representations sara 10 nave Dcen
made by him By order Of the Judge he was arrested,
and required give $4,000 bail to await the issue OF the
suit Being unable to give the BAIL he has been confined
In jail several days His counsel now move for DIS Dera.
tiO and offer aiidavs rebutting the charges against
him. The substance OF the allegations against defendant
ia that he with Milan deposited bonds ot the Gov
ernmets OF Chill and Peru, amounting 10 S5COO0, WIN
plaintiff security for the purchase OF an ironead and
for money loaned by plaintiff to them, they not having
any title to bonds and their representations to the
effect that they had title being fraudulent as the two
Governments had stopped payment OF me bonds on tne
ground that these persons had no night TO DISPOSE or
them. The matter Is still pending
The case of the Continental National Bank
against the National Bank Of the Commonwealth, In
which the plaintiffs seek TO recover the amount OK GER
tain check drawn them by John Ross. deposited by
10 the plaintiffs through the Clearing House, and there
being supposed certhcatOn by tho paintins pay
tnued yesterday The evidence OF the certcaton beng
forgery was hreefold, the denial OF the teller himself
that he had made the certcatOn, the testimony OF other
officers VI the bank that there marked differences
between this aud his genuine signature, ana the tesmo
painting" that the signature was an imitation,
Tie defendants presented testimony Of various persons
different defense also presented Mr. Cronise, who
received the check for gold checks which he gave Ross
testified that no suspicious OF the check, and rent his
clerk the bank 10 ascertain II the cheek were
genuine. and II It were not to try ana stop the g2a
bank and inquired Of the paying teller who Informed him
II all right Tile payingteler denies positively hay;
ing said any such thing. The Court charged
that the acceptance by the Clearing House
clerk OF the check not acceptance by the
bank; that IN the certfcation were genuine. OF
the defendants were entitled q verdict II they con-
cuded not then they must go and inquire into
the second defense II that true. then the bank
estopped from declaring that the certcaton was forged
provided that Mr. CrOnse relying II lost right IL
claimed that the delivery ot the gold checks was the
delivery OF the gold, ana tat he had lost nothing; but
he could hold that this delivery, but rather,
gold considered "a commodity Ia tho dealings, an
order goods II Mr. Cronse had lost the opportunity
stop the delivery OF tho gold by anything said to him
by authorized officer OF the bank, the bank was
estOppcd from setting up that the certhcatOn Is for
gerry. Tie s with interest nearly $4,000
The jury are to bring In a sealed verdict to-day.