The New York herald., 1871-11-15
COURT or SPECIAL SESSIONS.

First Appearance o. ShaDdiey, With His As
suciatc, After Eiecfion--a shot for POlIcc
Scrgennt-A German Sent TO she Peniten-
tinry Tor Twelve Months for Indecently
AssmuIt'n~ Child.
For the first time since the day the Tammany ship
was stranded the rocks OF political reform, and
when mainmast, rigging and even the old venerated
nag which has so frequently and denantly n0ated
over the old wIgwsu were apparently, all thrown
10 the raging elements the Associate Judges OF
Special met yesterday for the transaction OF
Business Shandicy. who arrived at about hall-past
ten o'clock, dia not appear quite so faded and
brokcn-down as some oi his enemies had stated
and it was evident from the number OF per-
sons who surroundei him. ANXIOUS for friendly
grip that he still had good manv sympathzers and
woui-be supporters. SIM there was a marked
difference IN his exterior. wnile endeavoring TO
banlsn rom his mind the events OF the past fort
night, by speedy return to his duties as a magls-
trate, II was evident from the manner IN which he
the ''soaENRss OF pEFEAr''
haunted him ike deOus spectre, ana all the
ciai inlerllneatons or sarcasm. so to speak applied
al al times and In all case. by the 'Chei," did not
appear TO AFFORD much relief Eversb0dy seemed
glad 10 him. Even the regular lOaierS Dright
eneu up al The ght OF the Junior beak and evinced
considerable sympathy for nim-morc probably for
the pecuniary loss ne sustained than for the loss OF
The office OF Register.
1hrt'-two cases were presented for trial, which.
!
csuld noS be considered as q heavy calendar
| Leon p. Philips was charged by Onicer Fitzgib-
him on the naht OF the election. From the evloence
| i appeared that Pnlllips went into the station
n.ise lor tne purpose or as efainlnG now tne re, re-
Twentv.second precinct, was standing behind the
desk, aud, wllhout any cause ano ~ signal from
| the former, FitzglDbons eldeavored TO crush MIN
| out The deiendant cauRnt hold Ut the ofncer's
clothes 70 prevent himself from falling, when the
o. Ger gave HIM some severe blows with hts club
| ana afterwards arrested him.
The senior Judge SAID II appeared TO him that the
! dsOrderly state OF tho station house. Tne wholc
bla 20 should De placed upon sergeant LoOnie who
was not nt 10 be doorkeeper on such an OCCASION.
Ihe station house was IN state OF chaos, people
| were admitted mdscrlminatclv, and what else int
disturbance could result from such stare aHaIrs?
Loonle was not u competent man, totally unit for
Harry Palmer, Of Nlblos Garden. charged Martin
Loonie with defaclng number Of pIlls which ne
hai ordered 10 be posted up on ience near Ninth
street. The defendant WAS caught In the act OF
lucrative business OF Di posting already there
tive To the complaInants theatre and Tor which a
special arrangement had been made. mr. Palmer
sad that as ne nad discovered the man was very
poor and mad alvcn his word tnat ne did not know
he was posting on special space he would not
Tress the charge, although the prisoner had pieaded
guilty. The Court said they should suspend SEN
tence; Dut, as u was tentcnIary offence. II ne
WAS ever brought up before them on any similar
charge the full penalty OF The law would pe mctcd
out TO him.
AssAuLTING GIRL TEN YEARS OLD
Thomas Bauman, who Keeps q grocery store IN
Orchard street was charged by EzaDeih Quinn, O
Iile glr, Ten years OF age with nssnultng her. The
complainant stated that she went into defendants
store on aturday for some articles for her mother.
when he called ner behind the counter ana inde.
Gently assau ed her She had been in the store o
great many times and knew bauman perfectly. The
cnce stated that TINS was case gotten up by the
child first and then developed by the parenls after
wards for the purpose OF obtaining money from Bau-
man, wno was not 10 be easily swind,ed.
The child was broa2ht up 10 the bench and closely
examined Y the Court; but she simply reiterated
the statement winch had appeared on the records
previously.
1he CoURT-We have carefully examined the
child and cross-exanined her and we do not md
that sne differs IN any way now rom the state1ient
IN the afidavit. We nave studiei the matter and
cannot conce,ve how this pure little gir could pos
slby cOncoct such tale II There was the actual
iact 10 base IL H. on and afterwards adhere truth
1ully to II. To acqGi the would thereOre be 20
throw unjust odinm upon the child and her parents.
70 have decide 10 send the prisoner 10 the Penl-
tentiary Tor Twelve calc dar montns. Such, there
fore IS the sentence of the Court.
The Court adjourned ut twelve o'clock