The New York herald., 1869-07-04
COURT or SPECIAL SESSIONS.

COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS.
How Lawyer Got Client Ont of Scrapc
and then Got Himself Into scrnpe--
Female Inquisitiveness and the Opera
Giass-Three Outs and One Innine-More of
the Grab Game-Throwing Brick with
Mild Intentions.
Before Judge Dowling.
Thrty-tour cases constituted yesterdays calendar
which Judge Dowling ratified through with animated
liveliness The complaints were seventeen charges
OF petty larceny, sixteen OF assault and battery and
one Of indecent exposure. AS usual there was a
crowded court room. During the latter part Of the
session Justice Dodge occupied a seat on the bench.
The proceedings presented very few features OF IN
terest.
DOUBTFUL THINGS UNCERTAIN.
Daniel Dennison, q fashy and pompous looking
gentleman, accused Levi Segar of assault and bat
terry. segar is a colored gentleman, a genuine
Havana, in fact. in appearance.
''Well, sir, what did this man beat you for 2n the
Judge asked the complainant.
''He got into difficulty and got him out OF it.n
"What kind of dificultyYn
"He was charged with steaiDg.n
''Where was he takenf"
sTo Jefferson Market.n
"And you had influence and got him out OF the
scrapef'
eyes, sir.n
"Inhuence with the JudgeT T
81 will not say that; am lawyer"
at was your talent, doubtless, that saved him.
at was my innocence" interposed the accused,
'that saved me-"
"But We do not Set to the cause of the beating
YETI remarked the Judge. "Come, hurry up; give
us the facts.n
81 asked him to pay for my services and he beat
me.n
'well, prisoner. what have you to say to this 2'
'.He did not call on me for money" replied the
prisoner, "but he kept calling at my house IN my
absence and seeing my wife,
'.You have wife, then How many childrenS'
..iIe only went to take look at your segars" said
the Judge.
~ only went to take look at him. interrposed
the complainant 81 wanted my counsel fees."
$50 you didn't want to see the wife ~
0Is your wife in court Mr. segar9" the Judge
asked the latter.
'Yes, slr.n
Mrs. Segar, who is Of olive complexion and good
figure. was called. She said that the complainant
called frequently to her, and at times he knew
her husband was absent
'Did he come to see your' asked the Judge.
"Yesn she answered decidedly, land he talked
to me as no gentleman should"
'In view OF the fact that doubtful things are un-
certain 1 dismiss the complaint said the Judge.
81 think, with the doubt In the mind of Segar on the
subject Of the visits to his house, that the complain
ant got no more than he deserved"
OPERA GLASS EXPLORATIONS.
James Johnson was accused OF plagiarism in copy
ing TOO exactlySafter the wardrobe OF the original
proprietor of the Garden OF Eden. Some young
'.Do you positively identify the prisoner R'' the
Judge asked the first witness.
'Most positively
"There can be no mistake about it?''
'None; looked at him through an opera glass, to
make sure.n
Sure OF whatr'
''Sure-sure- -that-that he deserved arresting,"
rather hestatlngly answered the witness.
"Dd other young ladies look through the opera
glasss'
These other young ladies were called, and duly
testified to intensyng their powers OF vision in the
manner stated.
the accused.
Il have worked in the building six months and
"rii Sive you SIX months work on the Island,
where, with the breezes blowing over the Island,
you VIII have no difficulty In keeping cool" said the
Judge, ''and meantime advise young ladies to Guilt
vate confidence in their own eyesght and have less
recourse to opera glasses"
HARD SERVANT.
hard master is thing mentioned quite fire.
quenty, but hard servant is altogether new. Cath
arine Williams woman fully sixty years old, was
charged with attempting to help herself to the con-
tents of the money drawer Of Sarah Raynor.
81 caught her in the act" said the complainant.
"and then caught her by the hand, and then told
her to drop that and she dropped it.u
"That is 20 say she did not succeed in getting any
money" said the Judge.
Exactly that"
"well Catharine let's hear your story" said the
Judge to the accused.
"You mean you have been hard working wo-
man."
"Its all the same. was out of place and out of
money and out Of my head.n
''Three outs and not one inning. That's bad. I'll
give you place"
''Blackwel's Island one month";
"0h, murther," and with bowling and lamenta-
tons the hard servant left
sNATCHING MONEY.
Henry Myers was arraigned to answer charge Of
snatchlnG a portemonnate that contained two dol
raf n "A xyn n hear
by her mother TO grocery to make some purchases.
'Had you said anything to him 7" asked the Judge
''Not word. He snatched my pocketpook from
my hand an, and then ran away"
"What did you do thenpp
al ran after him till l saw policeman, who ar
rested him."
The policeman was called who arrested the pri-
soner. lie confirmed the girls statement as to her
chasing the prisoner, calling on him to arrest HIM,
which he did, and found the money. The prisoner
was sentenced two months 10 the Penitentiary.
ONLY MEANT TO CRAZE HIM.
& S ZION h cRaged rnomas BRADY G WIN I'm mt NIT
been at work for the accused and went for money
that was owing him.
cused; ~ told him Keep to away from my place and
he kept coming.n
"And because he kept coming you threw brick
at hm9r spoke up the Judge.
"I only meant TO Craze his head"
al fine you twenty dollars ior your good inten-
tions.n
'l suppose must stand it'' and he paid the fine,
looking about as pleased as Shylock might be sup.
posed TO have looked at the loss of thousand
ducats and then he continued "But suppose this
man Bion comes TO my place and annoys me moreT'
'If he throws brick at you let me KNOW said
the Judge, 'and III fine him twenty dollars"
MISCELLANEOUS CASES
Herman Lindendorf mstook August Klein for
sand bag and went to beating him. He was given
ten days In the City Prison TO recuperate his organs
OF vision. Avian Schmidt, a youth or seventeen,
visited man he had formerly worked for, and the
latter gave him naf Of his bed. Young schmidt dis
appeared In the morning before his hospitable en-
tertaner awoke, and with him MS entertainers