The New York herald., 1869-06-23
CousT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS.

Bellic0se Lawyers Start On the Highway to
Coffee and Pistols and are Turned Back
What it Costs 10 be n BrOther-lAn0cked
Oni Of sight or the Next Thing to It-A
Brutal Deaf and Dumb SON Beating His
Aged Mother.
Before Judges Bowling and Kelly.
There was a very long calendar yesterday, the
cases numbering fiity-seven, and the session was
extraordinarily long. occupying nearly four hours.
Thirty -four charges or assault and battery, twenty
two Of petty larceny and one OF malicious mischief
made up the calendar. Such array Of battered
and bandaged heads and eyes dressed in funereal
habiiments are rarely to be seen al one time in the
court. Numerous as the cases were, but very few,
however presented any features OF striking interest
excepting, OF course, the assault and battery cases,
and these not OF that striking character the public
are likely 10 be very much interested In or from
which 1t is possible to extract very much OF moral
or amusement.
TWO LAWYERS IN THREATENING ATTITUDE.
From having so much to do with fighting people
IL not 10 be wondered AT that the lawyers become
blatant with bellicoseness at times. Among the first
cases tried-though this special one happened to be
upon charge OF larceny-two representatives OF
Blackstone and Coke upon Littleton got into quite
a fuming lingual rage. young man named Evans
was accused OF pIrGnlns money S w rom another
room together. Mcintyre marked fifty cent stamp
and left 1t on the mantel piece. He missed the
money, as lie expected he would, and had Evans
arrested, when the money was found
81 want the prisoner called" said the latter's
lawyer.
Il don't ypnt him called' SAID the lawyer for the
Complainant. -, -ts.-~r,-
''You shut up.n shouted out the first lawyer.
''You shut up,n called out the second lawyer.
'I won't stand tr yelled out the tirst lawyer and
he brought his fist down upon the table in front OF
him with terrific thump:
81 won't stand IT, yelled out the second lawyer,
bringing down his fist with like terrific force upon
97,e afiar began TO look interesting. The excited
otnrs roc their feet. The Judges raDpeu
order, Policemen looked bewdered. order was
restored, and the case went on to peacefui termna-
ton, the accused being remanded
WHAT IT is TO BE A BROTHER.
Francis POUR found 1t inconvcniently expensive
being Sroe Sa hs Me Is brosr Mr sche
who keeps a bakery at No 292 Bleecker street. Mr..
August Schel accused Francis POUR OF assault and
battery. Mr.. Schel does not live with hts wife, they
having agreed to disagree some time ago. He went
home TO his wife. and had some words with her,
and, as the latter and her brother stated knocked
her down. The brother then pitched In the cham.
what do you say to this ~ the Judge asked MIN.
"7hat woman is my sister. Her husband talk
savage TO her aud knock her down. My blood IL mp,
and hit him."
Don't KNOW
'Ile struck me with q stone" interrupted the
iii might have been a loaf of bread for all
knew,n urged the accused. ~ was excited and
hardly knew what was about,
After considerable testimony the case terminated
In a fine OF fifteen dollars being imposed on the
KNocxrp HIS SIGHT OUT.
Mike Waters, quite a young man, was arTagned
on q charge of beating John O'Connor. The com
painant, who fs quite an old man. had TO be led up
10 the witness stand Ills head was bandaged, and
altogether no looked az though lie had gone through
the siege Of Lucknow.
asked him.
''Not much. lie Knocked the sight clean out OF
mc.n
The case was conclusive against Mike and Inc was
fined twenty-five dollars, which was promptly paid.