New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-07
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS OFFICE

Jurenile RdScdlity-Two lads of 1G and IS.
named Arthur Lewis and Frank Green and eeonglng 10
respectable Brooklyn families. brought before Com
missioner shields on Saturday charged Win eWDeIAhg
money letters addressed to their employer, Bllings
Brothers of Waer-st The same boys stole 80 worth
jewery from their parents and disposed or ~ lor huoh
less than its real value In order TO get money Th ~h
ever they did not wake up at the NeNLondon oei IA
time witness On returning 10 this city they attePsu
to cash check for 500 bank on the corner OF ths
BOwery aid Canals and were arrested Oh ~
having stolen H. DURING te ,b regr ~ the al
legged letter ENLIGHTENMENT, and the cuplIs were 1'uH'
beforc ,he commissioner Green gave bail but LeWiss
father declined become surety for his SON. saJhs 4"
better he should suffer for ms niseonduo or,l,n
The Neptune CdSe.-samuel whitney, the iaest coipp s
ant acnnst Capt Peabody testified ON saturday Dcote
Commissioner Shields that be shipped a. one Oh .e ~
OF the Neptune and being IS days ut sea was truck
bv the Captain with Delaying pm ~hep nt2ke ms noe'
VIM Carter, another sailor. corronotalt1 WITTY 1870
ments and the examination was then adJourheu uh1''o
he Cook Harrington CASE Dischdrge o. ne DffendGnt'
Cook ReaTeed Ne'c charges In the case OF Mar
tin r. Cook and +. W. Farrington charged With oon,Pt
ing defraud the Government Dy means OF IIaudr,'
whisky returns Commissioner betts tehueIeu o" 0''"'
day the following decision . , A..
On the Slst OF July 1868 f. W Farrngton helng ,nsn
Revenue Inspector, furnished To NJ t. Cook 3i tue hlm
OF Gordon Fellows Mcmillan. dealers IN whisky - htst
return of 1873 barrels OF highWines maTked ~ tDS
In bond at Nos. IS ana 80 PearSt. IL eouain.u ~
36.iOO proof gallons whereby Cook was enab!eu u" WIZ
draw the same from bond upon the payment Oh iaN a
that number OF gallons ana TINS return i "tEeu " ~
Government TO have been false. and known 10 he W
the defendants. Harrington also inrnished 20 ''v 40
return that the same l35 barrel, l. - co.lan'G a.
$500 proof gallons which return Was also dated Jny 81
1893 by which Cook tndbit to tN"'
and did charge one Michael DOuSherty 81 Boston 70
whom he had sold these l8 barrels. Win the 1oN'I,
mcnt tax paid on the larger number OF ,o,ui.
being proven that the two defendants nau, ~ sorrs
vance made different returns as 10 the S bch
which differed by about 500 gallons aud 3,1 ~ sir On
was manestly false. the Governments hau ~ mon tho
claim that the larger the true one ~ fss L,.
defendants explain this variance Syby ,i.re
now undertaken TO DO, first, by cNp ,,,,,, "a
were two returns SO different ID u ... ~ 81. -
second TO prove that the larger ie'a M io H..
third that The smaller one j. tiut. nv 80. W
give Of tbis transaction j. that the - od''ls w. w
70 Dou9hertv while in bond, ahd that sun.laot WIS
m ,de win him that they were 70 ne man ~
S,s, pnrrhnn Whisky: that therefore harrington was
e,,noyod tn yange them, and made true return w.
employ ~ W "a nnon which the tax paid. aud no
nrifs ont OF bond hut THAT when ne splrs e"
p,s stnr of Gordon Fellows Mcmillan, tneh IN
~ , ~ the contract made with pouSh.IS'
a4,s"S =" ont OF these 1873 barrels were us.u,
pp ~ other s3 barrels were hostea INTO Uo
s a,r 81. ,n.,r Mace being supplied with otnSr mn
iot. ~, an hand which were dumped into Tue tlhhs
VIII -, ~ barrels OF Il ID highwines, ana otheI tuH!e
W.T. LII as -irup cOloTng and havorng added thereto.
oonnd producing las barrels OF shields bouIpon'
~. n,h a,s foTw arded 10 Dougherty; that tDe supuu
non ~ other hlghwnes was concealed nom DvugneD
I ht from The number Of gallons IN the lis barrels o
1',rh"n an estimate was made ny COOK ana otnetspi
~, anhsr of proof gallons which had Oeeh otlgihaug
rto The tanks which estimate was that bt5S - 10
g aiinns had been used aud that the booAkoePtI
athaSav Was sent 20 Harrington To Induce hm 10 W
49, - ncitous return OF the gauge OF the lSJ DaI!oS
xxhish aAould sAaw Lhsa ~ have Contained %sS ss~