New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-17
THE COURTS.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
Au.a.a A Il..,r,t 10 Ertorf hti Rams Officers

AUeoed Attempt TO Effort BY Bogus Offers
Frederick c. A. Keeyer and John W. Labor were arrested
and brought before Commissioner shields YESTERDAY,
ing attempted defraud him out OF about worth OF
laces Duverger lives at No lt East ana a
leges that, tho night OF the 18TH INST. heever
and Laor came to his house anG ac seSt to
seize the laces I'm question Tor alleged non @
OF duty that he 70 give up the tS Se s
when Laor drew pistol and noursDeu over ms he
that he nnay consented 10 ta ao him 70 fhe 81 Charles
Hotel to room No l5 and put the goods IN that room
Treasury Department with the facts OF the case and
Howe deputed A. Brush and Thomas r. Tooe Two OF MS
ASSISTANTS Keever and Labor whlch they sue
ceeded dong Keever, who says he Is Custom House
broker ana denies all the allegations or DuyerRer was
committed In default OF 5000 bail for an examination on
Friday next LaOr, who says he is clerk IN tne once
of the Naval officer, was discharged on his own recOBn
zancs to appear as winoS CarTo seaman on
the American ship Florence Campbell on her late pas
sage from WmnsG await The action Of the Grand
Jury 1t having been shown by Oscar b. Jonh ne cap
tain Of the vessel ana o S1g steer the ship then alb
sOluely refused to do duty anu nnaHy W A
III" Disekarge Of I,ekey-Nelson j. Luckey, tho claim
agent who charged before COMMISSIONER petco
having withheld 800 e1Ta panty DaW has been dis
charged, the Commissioner holding that the I'm ny
showed that although Lucksy received 70 Day
as passed 1t to one Wmot VINO was tne au'hoi
Zed
The Lottery Cause.-The examination IN inc lottery
cases was resumed yesterday before Commissioner
Ssd s Henry wS SSd q w. Hu Of
st. lottery and policy dealers, who were cnargeu mi
doing Of 5ns eTenue
showing that they had paid the tax In question:
these receipts were void as the parties who obtained
them had complied with the law by ming PresVu
obtaining s rSa psS@eSt Of Eve per cent on
the gross receipts for sales OF tickets me Conmssons
was inclined TO the opinion that no case had been maze
out against the persons named. as they were simply
charged with doing business without payment OF tae
special tax-not being charged either with emitting ~
de the proper bond or emitting pay the five per cent
on their gross receipts He would however ADJOURN tne
matter over for day, In order that the revenue
officers who had given the receipts might explain now
they came TO issue them ,,, a..
liberation from custody Of Francois Farez, an alleged
fugitive fOrger from Switzerland Is sought on haDea1
corpus the return OF the ~ asTs5 nv
Newton, traversed by counsel ior fare anu Ine
replied 70 o ,O tbs sG n9rpoe of
that. under the laws OF Switzerland the onenss ina
Farez is charged with is at the most fraud and not
forgery and Is not therefore, oense covered by the
| extradton treaty between switzerland ana tne
United States. Pending the introduction OF rebuttne
testimony 20 show that the oense charged Is forging
under the laws OF Switzerland and the Unted states
an adjournment had until this AFTERNOON Ihe 9ues
ton was whether the fasiiyng Of commercial eOcu
ment In Switzerland by any one other thah
the alleged fugitive Is not VIII a. ho.n
known the Swiss laws az forgery, or simply KNOWN d.
| fraud. r,
Smuggling Morris Stark was brought Detore CoMins
sioner stilwe yesterday charged with having, sDGuS
"a O'Clock the morning OF the 10th OF june smugged
about $500 cigars and cigarettes from the steamer Eagle
which had arrived from Havana and was lying between
piers Nos and 4 North River. Solomon L. BlrdSall,
Custom. House Waterman. testified that at ths Time
named he saw cigars passed the stern OF tho Eagle
TO man In a row boat and shortly after heard pistol
fired; that he rowboat glide out irons unoei
the stern that Stark In that boat that he vtness
hailed the boat and told Stark to to the pex where
witness was that Stark asked him to help him, as nc
could not row on account OF his hand being wounded
that he helped Stark the pier aud then found the CT
gars and the boat that the boat was named
Washington and bore the number 1872; that AT the
time OF the shooting John Wiley another Custom House
watehman was looking she stern OF the Eagle Inc
| further hearing was then adjourned.