The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-17

gagged In the intellectual occupation OF whiting
fers to case; Barnard asks where It isto be found
and shafer y unable. ct once to remember, but
order, which, in its elect, innicts q loss upon
this company amounting to millions Of dollars.
this IN ne and ID the S
Of Ms
vancing and they were short, to use the language
contracts to deliver this stock to M This state Of
AFFAIRS was ruin0us to them, and something must
be done to relieve them; hence this order must be
secured, In order that the advance In the price Of
the stock should be checked and decline secured.
And all this was done on a sham suit, based on q
$500 bond. Counsel then considered the case OF the
LEASE OF THE OLYMPIC THEATRE,
and after stating the case which was that the re-
saysG Ss M q issued y Sge
barney williams Of $4,000. Here, said counsel DUN
du to ne best Of %
fants, making an order by which these infants
Ssss vss ~ three ss%s tsSss tssn
the case Of Sheppard against thompson, Msh he
tortonate Counsel alluded to other s cases Of ike
character. Counsel then detailed the case Of the
registrars arrested on charge OF false registration
OF voters. writ OF habeas corpus, said counsel
was issued by Judge Barnard, made returnable at
his house at certain hour the same evening. The
Barnard in his testimony said, It being rainy
and muddy night, he ordered that the men should
not come into his house. into his court but be kept
waiting In the street. The return s passed up
stairs, some conversation is had over the balusters
and the return is passed back again with as
Counsel then considered the
PACIFIC NAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY
case, where Judge Barnard sent an order to that
paid by Monday morning he would fmprison them
for contempt. Such an order was entirely without
Of any such threat. Counsel then glanced at sew
eral other minor points In the charges, and which
he presented with much cleainess and force and
He claimed that the prosecution had established
all the charges made against the respondent, and
stitution. This the people demanded; the people
who had seen their highest office degraded. They
win not be satisfied with the mere removal OF this
ment Of the Court to be o logical Judgment. He
wanted the full measure Of the mild
PUNISHMENT PROVIDED BY THE CONSTITUTION
inflicted. Never, he said was a judgment more
anxiously waited for by the people than this. He
referred to the precedents In England, where the
punishment OF Judges, much more severe than oul
constitution provides, had had the effect OF stop
ping impeachments there. On his concluding
there was applause which was promptly checked by
On motion OF Chief Justice Church, the Court then
went into private session. The debate IN the pri
vate session Of the Court, which lasted nearly one
hour, before the recess, was on the question OF
having stenographer present to take the discus
sion and proceedings had on the final action OF the
Court, 1t being proposed to have the remainder Of
the proceedings In private.
The question was not settled at the time OF tax
ing the recess.
THE PROBABLE VERDICT.
The Court sat in secret session from two to three
P. NJ and from five to fifteen minutes past eight P.
M and then adjourned, to meet in secret session at
ten O'Clock tomorrow morning. The secret is well
kept, but 1t Is generally understood that after a
good deal OF discussion verdict Of guilty was given
on several articles
The final verdict win probably be published to.
morrow.