The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-25
SUPREME c0URT-sPsCIAl TENN.
Interesting Life Insurance Case-Insnnity
the Issue Involved.


nary A NeIcaa, Administrative az charles Nc
Cure deceased U.s. solomon Tb,oaSend, et dl.-rhis
acton was brought to set aside an assignment Of a
life insurance policy issued 10 Mcclure Tor his own
benefit for the sum OF So 900, 10y the United States
Life Insurance Company, some time IN The year 1883.
Mr. MCGUIRE was an extensive liquor dealer IN Front
street, anu died on the l1tl OF February last. The
grounds On which the assignment Is sought 10 be
set aside were, frSt want OF consideration, and
secondly, that Mcclure, at the time OF the assign
ment, insane. The plaintiff Is the sister OF Mr..
Mcclure who was bachelor, anu she took out
letters Of administration and now bNpgs tins suit.
The answer sets up that The Defendants did not
know anything about his being insane; that they
had dealings previously with Mr.. Mcclure, and on
the day OF the assignment they had an accounting
when IL was found tnat Mcclure owed them So 0OU,
WLereupon he gave an assignment Of his lie policy
TO secure payment OF thai amount.
Judge Cardozo intimated tnas If he was satisfied
that there was insanity at the time vi the assign
ment ne would send the case to 4 jury.
The further hearing was then adjourned until to.
morrow uornlDg
The Policemen Robbers.
Ex.Judge Stuart moved Tor writ OF error ana a
stay Of proceedings In the case of Remsen and
flanagan, the two members OF the Metropolitan
Police force who were sentenced TO Sing sing on
Thursday by Recorder hackett, having been con-
victed OF robblng a kentuckiau, nauled Wells OF
about $3.50, the facts OF which have already fully
appeared. The motion was made on two grounds.
FIRST that certain instructions to Jne jury III the
The commission OF an offence was positively proven
evidence u the previous good character could not
be entertained was erroneous; and, secondly, that
there was no evidence TO snow the KIND quality oil
the money alleged TO have been stolen.
Assistant District Attorney Felowes replied, and
said Thai the evidence against the culprits
aud conclusive, aud that II the Court entertained
such motion IL would only be sancuoning the acu
OF every runian who might choose TO violate tn,
laws IN the manner these policemen had done, ant
enable them to 20 unwLlpped OF justice.
Judge Cardozo reserved his decision.
Admitted Practice.
The following is a list OF gentlemen admitted Il
practice by the Supreme Court at General Term IN
November lSe9:--WIlam II. Stephens, Daniel j.
Leddy Albert II. Ammidoun, Frank W. Angel,
George d. A Armstrong Albert A. Abbott Matthew
p. Breen, " illiam c. Barley, GODDARD Barley, William
II. Bell Arthur Z. Butts, James Barry, Butter II.
bXby, Hiram ;. Blunt, William H. Brown, John
Control Frederick Chase John Charlton, Timothy j.
Campbell, Charles NJ Clancy, Maurice l.. DeVries
Wnet Denike, William A. Dunham, Morgan Do
herty, Henry ;. Farley, Ashbei +. fitch, Abra-
nam Feucntwanger, Alfred Flowers, J. Henry
Fowler, Hiram b. Ferguson, William j. Fln-
negan, Richard G. Fowles, Edward j. Fen.
nell William Henry Gardiner, Andrew GIlhooly,
Charles 5. Gage, Isaac Heyman, German Hanschel,
Lowell Han, James o. Hoyt, George W. hardIe, Ger
sen \. Herman Emanuel Il. Hart, Judson Jarvis,
Frederick W. Kenny Frank J. klmball Herman
kobbe samuel halLsch, William korff Isaiah Key
ser, James II. Lawrence, Frank Il. Lawrence, Louis
q. Lewis, william Fl. Lyon. Elias G. Levy John b..
Lfndon, Jonn X. McGulre, John McGinn, NJ. l..
Mckenna, James Mcdonnell, David Mcclure Jr.
Peter Mitchell, James Maxwell Allan Mcdonald
Matthias, Frank Nugent, Jonn W. O'Brien, Charles
Ii. Plerson, Merritt a. Potter, George W poncher
Arnold A. Renson, simon kaufman Obed II. Sander
son, Albert NJ. Schenck, George j. Smith, Robert
sutherland, Lewis Sanders, James G. sinclair, Ser
geant =. Stearns, Richard A. Storrs Edward q.
Sterling. William sinclair, Jr.; Stephen Lynes John
): iindale Louis {. allner, Abraham WEBB, Jesse
Il. Whitaker Henry i. Wing, George ;. wilkes Ben.
amin IL. ard.