, 1876-07-21

Some time ngu lsobort e. C'urko, q sos,-irr1av
Of David 4. Gage, commenced suit nf forcthlc
dctaiucr 10 obtain possession Ut plcre Of proE'-
crty situntetl In ths Town Of Riverside MID
innw, as the Atwood Farm, which Cornelius
Sullivan, the defendant In the suit, WIS IN pos.
session Of. Tic suit WIS brought before Justice
George A. Mech, and Sullivan called for n Jury.
Tho plaintN seeing or thnklng that he snw
something wrong Iii the call dismissed thy suit
fy 1Sy y T. 1 t 'Eaa t1,y py s ye;. 7nss ma
tnude and plnccd in the liands Of Constable Fer.
rinc, Trustworthy tnan, who was given strict
ortlers by 1ustleu Alcecl, tu sce that good
business men composed tl,e panel. The Con,
somu OF tho most prominent business men Ut
tho South shlo. Sullivan saw It, a,,d iook q
change OF venue to Juhttcc unincs, who placed
tho Ventro In the hunls Of Constable pcrril,c,
J. Barstow, tho halter; A: O. !,asscts, the gas-
fixture man; John Tyrrell, Of unrtry II Tyr
rcll; G. II. Rowe, ot Hamilton, Rove y Co.;
II. B. Kellogg, of Kellogg y Johnson; D. W:
Gfans,. Gs q 1 Fsfwei; ks H. T fssatt Fl tscce Yoe q
ban; ". b. Kcrioot; j. b. aiayo; and
Mr.. Bishop, Of bishop E Barnes. Some Ut them
were challenged at'd some were excused.
THO Jury was on hand and wns tmpancled,
when two men nalncd I.alalb!er nntl ScnnlUn,-
both Of them Constablcs,-sa1 tD be IN tho ct.i-
p!oy Of tlte defendant sulllvan began to try to
In doing 80, and John Coz resented their ubusc
and knocked ScaNlon down. Sclnlon tmsncdt-
ntcly crossed over to Justice Mcccl's court aiiu
sworc out a warrant for Cox's arrest. The pris-
cl,snstanccs, a'ltl thnt lo wns on q fury n Jus-
tsce 1fHinos' Court. Justice Mech took his rec
oEnlzancc, mud Mr.. Cox returned to his Jury.
The case was tried and Sullivan tlctcated.
In going out of the courtroom With the Jury
Constable pcrrtnc wis roughly nssaultsd by snl.
llyan, The defendant, who accused the Constable
mohing fespcetaldc jury. Sullivan
finally struck the Constable, which was
ssauo1 II 9sss % naa nsa % t1g Geo. are
tho facts OF ono Of many cases wllcrn It is tried
to pack the jury--n custom that Inns become
very common Of late, especially in the Justice
Courts. Thrrc arc rcgular act Of destl-bcats,
around the dlspensas!cs OF Justice to pick up
my little job that may como along, such nB Sit
tltig on II Jury. perjarinE themselves, or any
thing Of the kind to mako ltttle money.
Thcso men CONT very handy to tho ConBtablcs
when my crooked work L. to be lnns, and there
IL np sriatl amount OF TINT kind Of business
done by these law-ofIlccrs, about nine out Of ten
Of whom should be fn the Penitcnttary. 1t is u
suit himself, I'll be has to do Is to fec tic Con.
and brings In men who will bo sure
to do as they nro bid. The trick
hns been repeatedly and successfully tried In
every Justice Court In tho city, ind It Ia about
tImo that something was done about II. At
least Jnsttce htcccll hus thought 50 foE some
time, and l,as done more tlIan any other Justice
to attempt to uncover the frauds that nrc OF
common .sgcurrcncu In and around Justice
Courts Not long ngo T. was through his eiforts
thnt several professional bondsmen were cbrought
#, the Sullivan case Constable rerrino WIS
offered $50 by one Of SuIlivnn's friends to stay
out Of town and leavo the jury-gctting to ono Ut
Sullivan'a paid Constab!es. PcrTino refused,
and consequently Sullivan was beaten. Hence
| the fight and attempt TO break up the jury. Of
competent mud honest men. The Constublcs
Etous, and that is saying enough against them.
fact that George sparlng and q man named
Cook, calling himself q lawyer, were the coun:
sci for Sullivan in his recent attempt to defrnud
Justice though Sparltng lid NOT appear in the
ease till after the Jury had been lnlpancacd.
1 Tho Occurrences Is looked upon botf, by Justice
Mech and Justice Jlalh.ss rs t, great piece oil
roguery,. and practtce that should be sum
fore statrd. determined to break It up, provided
Ills efforts receive the support Of other lnag1s,
trntcs Of tllo city. JuBtlcu Iainca Is troubled
by the rnscally aolngs Of Constablcs and 0thc,
langcrs-on, Ald lias concluded thnt Ae will co
| opcTate with Justice Mccch to put MI efTcctua
stop to all such ul,0crllundcd practices. The
barciaeed attempt, first to pack q Jury, and sec
onlly, to.brcnk up ono Of respectable mon al
ready lEnpanclcl, will doubtless result dlsas
truus'y to some Of those engaged IN Il, for II I.
q crime punishable by several yours In the Pen