The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-18
Summing Up in Ex-Sherilf Brennan'S
Suit Against the City.
The CASE TO Be GIVEN TO THE JURY TO-DAY
Preparing for the Trials Of the Alleged
Crooked Whiskey Dealers.
ANOTHER BLOW AT RAPID TRANSIT.

After taking some additional. though unimportant,
testimony in the suit OF sx-sherr Brennan against
the city to recover $50 000 claimed to be due him
portion Of hts fees for the rst three quarters OF 1871
being tried before Judge Van Hoesen, in tho Court OF
Common Pleas counsel proceeded TO sum up the case
Mr. John T. Strahan behalf OF the Sheriff. claimed
that the bills presented mado out strictly In COM
plance with tho law; that all the charges legal;
that the same were made out from data furnished BY
parties whose duty It was TO obtain such memoranda
and that Mr. Brennan signed the bills relying mplic-
lily on their legality and correctness. Hc insisted
further that the charges werc in accordance with the
presidents established by previous sheriis; that
tho accounts examined monthly by the
Board Of Supervisors, and that the same
animation. He spoke also OF the unlkelihood Of Mr..
Brennan resorting to tho paltry meanness OF over
most, si few shoUsana dollars oomparasveIy could DO
made, when as Comptroller, an othce hc hiled with
acknowledged ability and probty, he might have
In cumming up on behalf OF the city Mr James G.
Carter spoke at great length and with great earnest
ness lac accused Mr. Brennan with willul and gross
pvcrcharges In his bills and characterized Thorn rs
Illegal exnctions belonging TO that category which
enabled the ring operators 20 rear for themselves
palaces SURPRISING spendor the palatia abodes OF
The OLD World. tie insisted thas instead OF tho city
being indebted TO Mr. Brennan in the Of $62 600,
and he asked verdict against him for this sum-
II beng late when the counsel finished their sum
mug court was auJourued until TINS morning.
when Judge Van Hoesen will charge tho jury
ALLEGED WHISKEY CONSPIRATORS.
The parties indicted by the United States Grand Jury,
who arrested bench warrants charged
with dealing in crooked whiskey and thereby defraud
ing the government Of large amount OF revenue
yesterday brought into court to plead before Judge
Benedict sitting in tho United States Circuit Court
rhore was quite crowd OF Interested spectators in
The court room anxousy attentive to the proceedings
and watching developments. Assistant District Attor-
neys General Foster aud Pullman appeared for the
ernrnent Alter conference between counsel Tor the
prisoners and the government application was made
TO the Court that brief postponemcnts OF the trials
should be had TO give counsel Tor the defence further
titnc TO prepare their The Court granted the
application in each case The trials Of Phil
lip II. Tuska and +. D. Boyd were set down
Tor next Monday, and tho cases OF Eman-
uel Eising, james Anthony, Edward Browry,
f. r Hill, w. s. Miller and William N. Rice set
down for the Wednesday following. Ex-Dstrct Attor
ncy Tracy OF Brooklyn will appear counsel for Boyd
and Hill, being the well known firm of f. .. Boyd Il
Co.. J. W. Hill as counsel for the firm OF Rice Hold
ing, Elihu p. Root for W. s. Miller, A. H. Purdy for
Emanuel Eisng. The other prisoners have also emil
nent counsel engaged In their defence The bail Of
Beth Ely, OF tho parties indicted on charge Of
dealing in crooked whiskcy yesterday perfected
bis suretes JAMES Loughran, Daniel Drisco, Will
liam Frendell John g. jenkins, John Finley and Ma
than G. Ely the amount OF bail being $4,000.