The New York herald., 1870-02-03
WINNING THE BELT.

SlinninG Emigrants-Cruel Robbery Of Emi.
grants 70 Rarope-Captaln Petty In Trouble
Again-@1, ,OOO ssScoopcd Imp
Two cases Of cruel robbery were brought before
Judge Downing, at the Tomos Police Court. yester
day. It q KIND Of robbery that deserves the &C.
vercs punish ment, but unfortunately. seldom gets
any, because OF the legal dnculties that beset the
attempts at conviction. The atIentson Of the Dis.
rict Attorneys would DO well directad towards the
case that Judge Dowling has sent Tor tr1a' Captain
Petty, perhaps with the lntenuOns. has in one
an explanation for at present he In resting on both
horns OF . dilemma The facts detalled IN the EVIL
dence are given below.
Henry Sanders, working man, No. Front street,
went into the once No. Hoboken street for the
purpose Of exchanging United States notes, ~ he
was about sailing for Europe. He gave the clerk
behind the counter 81, $780, TOOK receipt for It, and
told to return the next day and the gold COINS
would be ready. Ssnders returned The next day.
presented receipt ana demanded the money. lie
saw John Ellis, the man Ia custody, VINO was behind
the counter, and who pnt number OF gold CONS In
leather bag, wlicn Ellis handed to another tnaD,
wn0 TOOK sanders INTO bacg room anu put the We Il
around sanders. In about twenty minutes after ne
went on board the steamer to Liverpool and wnen he
opened tue bes lie discovered IhBL contained only
81 lus. IN SILVER instead OF Eig5 81. IN gold.
ross.examined oy Mr.. Howe.-had Decn back
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precinct sLaJiOn house two weeks ago; saw Captain
Petty there; he SAID there Was case TO be sett,ed
before mine; caned upon captain Petty about
week niterw ards aad made complaint saiust this
man; the lrsI ume be knew all ABOUT it; Lac next
time the Captain said the otner cass had not been
seLIled YET; he said he was Sorry anything OF the
KIND nad occurred; asked nm TO ar est EIlis; saw
Captain Petty three times before ElIis was arrested;
the Captain SAID he would get the money, Dnt ne dId
not wat TO arrest him until the other JOB was Set
tied; the other JOD was the same klud VI case a5
mine; nave been at No. 2 trout street ever snce
went 10 the station house this morning, and Captain
Petty told me " 90 down the once anu try get
money Is nad been talking TO Mr.. byrnes ABOUT
tlls case
Jud.e Bowling said he should discharge the de-
lenuant. The case mad been knocked about IN the
Fitth waru, and every thief ana vaXaDODd III the
ward told about II, and now there not evidence
enough TO convict. IL was Idle 70 send such cases
before him. and .hereiOre Ellis must be discharged
and the COMPLAINANT he was sorry 10 say, must lose
his money.
THE OTHER CASE.
A Frenchman named Herman Block, Of "a Green
wich street. ent into No. 42 Liberty street Tor the
for gold and silver French COINS. lie mel man
named Leary. There Was Inc nlodils uzeyaJlGl
as IN the above case, with the addition that one Oi
the scounoreis proiessed to be gong 70 Europe by
the same steamer as Block, and accompanied him
In q Carnage ~ HODOken. When The steamer had
got away tnls Man was nowhere to be found
On BUcA'5 return Leary WAS given Into custody
and Judge Downing committed him 10 answer.