The New York herald., 1875-12-26
WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT.
Before Judge Duffy.
CHRISTMAS RETURNS.

CHRISTMAS RETURNS.
Christmas Day the Washington Place Police Cours
was not merry. The returns from the various pre-
cincts were very much heavier than usual The Fif-
tcentb precinct tvenycight prisoners the Eighth
precinct seventeen Ninth precinct six Twentieth pre-
cinct seven Sixteenth precinct six, and tho Twenty
ninth precinct tour The prisoners nom the Fifteenth
precinct alone filled up the prisoners box, and moro
hithy and dirty looking crowd could Ecarcely be imag
ined Judge Duffy granted an extra number OF dis
charges and treated all cases but feonies with especial
lenency.
sHoPIIFTNa.
Mary Ann Clark of Church street, was charged with
stealing cloth piano covers valued at $50 the prop
crty OF Sheppard Knapp, OF Sixth avenue and Thir-
teenth street The complainant was Henry G. Knapp,
OF No. 86 Bank street. The prisoner was held IN 5000
TO answer. ~ss i1s$ ~ 90
HUNGRY WAITER
Charles Norris coored OF No. 1913 Prince street.
waiter in the ST. Charles Hotel charged with
sault and battery. The complainant Edward Mosey,
OF No IL st. Johns lane, also colored, said that
Christmas Eve ne had quarrel with the prisoner in a
saloon In South Fifth avenue In the struggle which
ensued the prisoner biz two fingers OF his right hand.
nearly scvering them and finished up by taking a
mouthful OF his left cheek Morris requested
10 furnish $500 bail for future good behavior.
CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS.
William Cornell. OF No. 81 West Tenth street.
held in $500 TO for carrying concealed weapons
An ofncer of the Fifteenth precinct found in his pos
session formidable pair Of 'sstce knucklea" " The
prisoner said he saw two men nghting and TOOK the
t1knuckles' from of them and not knowing IL was
offence 70 carry them he kept them IN his pocket
RECKLESS DRIVING.
Elisha Hynard, OF No 6l3 West Forty third street,
charged with reckless driving On Friday evening
while driving Eighth car, he MargA-
Hughes Of No. "a Charlton street. He was held TO
await the result OF Margaret's injuries
ANOTHER WARNING TO STRANGERS.
On Friday evening James McGee Of the canal boas
W. R Baldwin, having sold some grain, walked mp
Thompson He had $500 in his pocket He went
into saloon where no met Ellen Crawford colored
young woman and after having taken few drinks
companied her 70 y room in No. SO Thompson street
In this the complainant charges that Ellen stole
his money Ellen was held in So 600 McGeo
was sent to the House Of Detention default Of $500
prosecute tho prisoner when trial He is farmer
from the upper portion OF this State
AN EVANGELIST IN TROUBLE.
Albert St Clements OF Upper Sandusky, Ohio, was
charged with dsorderly conduct Officer Pellet OF the
Broadway squad, found HIM collecting a crowd in
Broadway, al waverley place, BY ''preachng the Cos
pei" Mr.. ST. Clements told Judge Duffy he the
'crusader of the crusaders and commissioned TO
preach the Gospel TO the world He had preached in
Philadelphia and interered with by the police,
and II in New York he sent TO prison he would
bear II for Jesus Christs sake He had church. but
would preach in II the Judge could tell him where
TO 60 Al first Judge Duffy thought OF sending him 10
the City Physician ut the Tombs to II no was In
promising not 10 again obstruc the street by collecting
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