The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-02
THE CHURCH STREET EXTENSION.
A Nice Question Of Interest-ImpOrtant TEST
Case in Connection with Street Opening.
THE DEATH SENTENCE
Resentence of David Murphy To Be Hanged
Application To Be Made to Gen.
eral Dix to Commute.


In the United States Circuit Court yesterday
Judge Woodruff rendered his decision in the case
OF Robert Graham the New Amsterdam Fire
Insurance Company. On the LIST OF FEBRUARY,
1873, Mr. Graham filed petition in the United
States District Court praying that the New AM
sterdam Fire Insurance Company be adjudicated
bankrupt on the ground that it had committed
certain acts OF bankruptcy about the month OF
October 1872. This petition was denied by Judge
Blatchford, who held that 1t was not put on file
within six months after the commission OF the
alleged bankruptcy From this decision an appeal
was taken to the United States Circuit Court and
yesterday Judge Woodruff rendered a judgment
sustaining the decision of Judge Blatchford.
The case OF Simon Donau and Christopher Flood,
who had been on trial for several days in the
United States Circuit Court, before Judge Benedict
and a jury, on an indictment charging them with
having conspired to defraud the government out
OF the tax on quantity of whiskey manufactured
at the Spring Valley Distillery Rockland county,
has resulted in verdict of conviction against both
prisoners, who were remanded for sentence.
Yesterday J. S. Nicholson was charged before
Commissioner Shields with stabDing Herman
Stanger, on board the American bark j. II. Seigund.
Defendant was held in $1,000 bail for examination.
Ormsby Roddy, 1888 First avenue, was charged
yesterday before Commissioner Shields with hav-
800 First avenue. The evidence offered in support
OF the charge entirely failed, and the defendant was
therefore discharged.
The Supreme Court General Term. adjourned
from yesterday till the 18th Of this month.
An important decision having reference to claims
against the city growing out of street openings
was rendered yesterday by the Supreme Court
General Term. The opinion In the matter given
by Judge Davis will be found in full elsewhere.
David Murphy, who in June OF last year shot and
Killed David Barry in front OF liquor saloon in
Second avenue, and upon trial before Recorder
Hackett in the Court OF General Sessions, found
guilty omurder in the first degree and sentenced to
be hanged was yesterday resentenced in the Su-
preme Court, General Term, to be hanged on the
Sth Of next month. singular phase in the case
was the presence or the Walworth Jury. Suisse
quently stay Of proceedings was obtained, and
every effort will be made to induce Governor Dix
TO commute the sentence to Imprisonment for life.
In the United States Circuit Court yesterday, be-
fore Judge Benedict and jury, Joseph Kendall
put upon his trial for sending through the Pos.
Once an article intended to effect an immoral pur-
pose. The case was not concluded, and will be re-
sumed to-day.
Judge Blatchf0rd has gone to Newport, r. l., tc
enjoy hts vacation At intervals between the
present time and October he will return to hold
Court re<laining on each visit two or three days.