The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-04

Lawrence Commissioners OF Estimate and Asse ssment
m tho matter Of opening lT5th street
me jury, m the United States Circuit Court in the
SUIT OF Archer against the deunc Ocean Bank, to re-
cover the value Of bonds left defendants custody
when the bank was robbed yesterday rendered YER
dict for the defendants
At the suit Of Sigsmund Badain one OF the creditors
OF duncan, sherman Co., who claims that the lrm ~
indebted TO him in the of So 93S go attachment
was granted yesterday by Judge Donohue against NO.
IL Washington square.
In the Superior Court before Judge Curtis there
begun yesterday the retTal Of Elias Magnin Co
against Adams Express Company to recover 81 800 for
the alleged loss of package OF watches while in transitu
from Memphis, Tenn to this city The trial will prob
ably occupy day or two.
In the Court Of General Sessions, before Recorder
Hackett yesterday Bernard Mcdonnell pleaded guilty
to the charge of having feoniousy assaulted his wife,
Dora with knife. He was sentenced to State Prison
for three years and half
trial was begun yesterday, in Supreme Court Cir
cut, before Judge Van Vorst IN which Matthew Lyons
claims from Rosenthal Co. So 900 damages for alleged
injuries sustained through the falling upon him OF
box Of goods down the hatchway OF the latters store
on Broadway. The claim IS tina the was more fright
ened than hurt and that he only incapacitated
from work for three weeks. The case rs still on.
Judge Brady gave his decision yesterday pefusing to
grant the stay of proceedings asked for IN the case OF
John Clark convicted of the murder OF John Trevor In
Rochester the "a of July last and sentenced to DO
executed tomorrow. The point urged in the prison
er's favor that he was convicted upon improper
evidence. Judge Brady thought otherwise, and hence
his refusal to interfere in the case.
The following assignments were filed yesterday in the
Office of the Clerk OF Common Peas:-James II. Sher-
wood and Charles II. Van Name to r. W. Van Bentz-
chler, liabilities $50 406 g. assets, $40 000 Edwin
r. Cartwright and Agnes L. Hazard to William II,
Cheeks liabilities $40 49 10; assets, $4,000; Sarony
Bendix and Louis Suzbeeher to Joseph Scherer iabl
tiles $44, a70 "A; assets, $1d, 500 ST. and William P.
Roberts to Thorndyke Saunders liabilities SAT 6Sl So
assets, So 400 II
suit brought by Richard Van Wyck against Richard
NJ Allen on for trial yesterday before Judge
Robinson in the Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiffs
is that he ordered cabbage seeds of q certain
variety from defendant, and raised from them about
Is 600 plants and set them out when they turned out
TO be OF different kind of less value. He claims that
If the seeds had been ordered he would have got $l2
o hundred Tor the cabbages. He sues for $4,000
damages The Is still
The protest entered by Mr.. Bergh against the mode
Of killing hogs in vogue at the hog slaughterng estab
lishment OF Davis " Co.. on Eleventh avenue near
Fortieth street. continues be a subject Of prolonged
judicial inquiry. Preliminary to the being carried
to the Court OF Appeals the evidence is being
now taken afresh before Judge Larremore, OF the
Court of Common Pleas with the usual sharp and spicy
nterlocutory legal skirmshing between the leading
counsel, A. Oakley Hall and Eldridge I. Gerry. Mr.
Bergh after getting of his little Joke that the day after
election good time TO commence slaughter case,
recited the mode OF hog killing practsed by the defend
ants, which he pronounced species of most refined
cruelty. Mr.. DAVIS, on the contrary. gave sort Of
Eysan picture of the taking of OF the porcines, in
which he was thoroughly backed up by DR.. Stone, for
merry Health Commissioner The evidence will be con-
unued