The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-09
THE COZ rs.
cidons- Trials, Pleas and Sentences
in the General Sessions.

In the United States District Court, before Judge
Blatchford the case OF Henry +. Devoe, assignee
bankruptcy OF Martin Murphy vs.. william p
Tyson, was brought on yesterday for trial. 1t was
an action to recover the sum OF $780, with In
Ierest, being the amount OF o check which, It was
alleged, the bankrupt had given to the defendant
in fraud OF his creditors. The jury found verdict
for the plaintiff for $407O, being the amount Of the
check with interest.
Lang Ogden, Iron merchants or this city, i'm
ported In March, 1870, some lots OF what they
claimed were iron hoops cut and punched ready
Tor use, and which are classified as . manufacture
OF iron not otherwise provided for in the laws
reiating TO internal revenue. Lang 4 Ogden paid
the duty Of thirty-nve per cent ad valorem; but
subsequently Collector Smythe demanded an
additional duty OF one and q half cents per pound
on the iron, claiming that It came within section
800 ofthe act OF June 80 1894 This additional duty
was paid under protest; amounted to $1,000, and
the present action against the Collector was
brought to recover back that amount as being ex-
cessive, and also on the ground that the iron In
question not included In the section OF the act
OF June, 1894 The question In this case was-Is
IRON rolled into STRIPS which are cut and punched
iron hoop or hoop from The case has been tried
twice before, and on each occasion the jury disa-
greed. Yesterday, by direction Of Judge Wood.
run sitting In the United States Circuit Court, the
Jury found Q verdict Tor the government. Messrs.
whitney and Belts for the paintifs Mr. Il. E. Tre-
nam Tor the government.
In the United states District Court yesterday
Judgment was rendered BY default against the
ocnd OF Matthew ]. McKeon, an army paymaster,
who. II was alleged, had been short In his accounts.
me amount recovered was $23,s33 81, for which
sum Mr.. McKeon's surety, Philip Dury, ia liable.
John L. Nolan, the proprietor Of liquor store
on Sixth avenue, had, some time ago, q
judgment rendered against him In the United
states District Court for $4,000, being penalty In
double the amount OF the value OF o quantity OF
cigars which. IL was alleged, he had purchased
knowing them to have been struggled. He petit
toned the Secretary Of the Treasury for Q re-
triai OF the case or for remission OF the Judgment
on the ground that he was not aware that the
cigars had been struggled. Testimony Is now
being taken before Commissioner Osborn and on
this testimony Mr.. Nolan intends to base q
petition to the Secretary for remission. The prin-
clpai witness against Nolan 10 o Spaniard named
Eutense. who declares that he knows, OF his own
personal knowledge. that Nolan was In the habit
OF buying cigars from firm called Foss Dorner
wei knowing them to have been smuggled. The
defendant, IN the most positive manner denies all
knowledge OF the alleged smuggling
Charles Calender. who recently gave one surety
In the United States Circuit Court. TO the amount
Of $4,000. for the purpose OF taking second trial
on the indictment charging him with having &C
cepted bride, ana was to report from day to day
until he found second surety, IL now lying dan
gerously M OF b. ain lever at his home In Newark,
NJ.
The new Board Of Police Judges yesterday APP
pointed a. one Of its clerks the old and wen known
ex-Poiice Court clerk Mr.. Thomas w. Murray. He
has had an experience OF fourteen years as Police
Court clerk. aud win re-enser upon his old field Of
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