New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-23
ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL.


THE HEARING BEFORE JUDGE BRADY-TwEED's
COUNSEL DESIRE DELAY-MOTIoNs TO QUASI TO
BIZ MADE BEFORE TUEsDAY-AGRKEMENT BE-
TWEEN TIE LAwYERs-DECIsION OF JUICE
BRADY-ORDER OF JUDGE DONOHUE.
The news that VIM. NJ. Tweed was to be in
the Court Of Oyer and Ternner yesterday morning was
pretty thoroughly circulated before 10 a. m Judge Full
eron one of his counsel came into court at that tmc
but finding that he had been msnf0med "a to the hour
returned to Brooklyn The first step was formal one
before Judge Davis sitting In Supreme Court Chambers
TO enter an order making the decision OF the Court OF
Appeas the judgment OF the Supreme Court. Willard
Bartlett and Elihu Root presented the order 10 Judge
Davis with the remttitur. The remttitur, with the
papers used Oh the appeal which include two large vol
umes has An order OF which the following is the sub
stance:
March ls 1875 The People on the relation of William NJ.
tweed plann error in this action, came here into
died in the said court writ of and return thereto
from the General Term Of the supreme Court OF the
state OF Ncw-YOIk and Joseph L. lAsc0inD, warden,
&c, the defendant in error in said action, a,ter
ward appeared by b. \ Phelps, Di shn renn
thereto, filed as aforesaid are hcrcunto annexed
Wnereupou the said Cont Of ApIeas hS1g Head ms
Bartlett and George T. COmstock for paintih III error
and Mr. B. X G eeaon Sad heeon did order
and adudge that the judgment OF the supreme court ana
orders arc c ne sg Teversed and that the prisoner be dis
charged
The order then provides for the remission Of the de-
cision To the Court below. On this remittur Judge
Davis without word Of comment signed the following
order:
At a special term OF the Supreme Court OF the state
Of York held the County Courhonse in the
CITY of New York the 22d ~ OF June, 1872 present
the Hon. Noah Davis, JusceLhe feople Vi my S s;,
of New York the relation OF VIM NJ Tweed pa p nun
ia error against Joseph L. Lisconb warden OF the rem
Tertiary OF the City of Newl ork defendant III error
The reatOr, Vim. NJ Tweed, having prosecuted his WITH
Of to the Court OF Appeals itoin inc 9uer or
nent Of this Court bearing date the day OF Maich,
1873 which order judgment was duly entered ny we
Clerk OF this Court, and the Court Of Appeals having
reversed the said order Or judgment oh OF 'h ~
tLe rclator: now on reading and filing the
rcnittlur the said Court of Appeals ana on motion
of Mr. Willard Bartlett, attorney Tor the Telaior IL Is
ordered that the order and Judgment oil the Court OF APP
meals herein he and the same is hereby made the order
and Judgment VI this Court and IL II flrtDer ofiefed
thar fine said relator william NJ Tweed, be and he Is
hereby discharged from the custody oi the "afueh Vi 'he
PenitentaIy Of the City OF Now-fOrk.
BY this time W. O. Bartlett and David Dudley Field
had taken their seats In the Court Of Oyer and Ternner
and number Of Mr. Tweeds old friends began 10 come
In Tie courtroom was time greatly crowded. but
among those present Dudley Field and his partner
Mr. Deyo. Foster Dewey. Mr.. Traphagen, Julien Davis,
and Charles Devlin At IL o'clock Mr.. Tweed came In
with his son william NJ Tweed, jr, Mr. Edelsteh, and
Major W. H. Quincy, the order OF arrest clerk, ana
DENNY Sheriff McGonjga, Wheeler ii, Peckham came IN
hou, the same time Judge Brady was little late but
,,s Court stll waited for DstrictAttorney Phelps
Mr. phelps coming In mentioned TO the Court the entry
~ the order that morning. and then asked 'na'
srrxned On AL indictment found On NOV ~ 1870 anu