The New York herald., 1877-11-03
Grave Charges of Misconduct as .
Police Magistrate.
PROCEEDINGS LOOKING TO IMPEACHMENT.
A Woman's Story of How She Was Kept
Four Days a Prisoner.


has initiated these proceedings prcaoss lengthy
anldavits, ono OF party arrested and takan before
Judge Duny, and details tho proceedings taken In the
case, and tho other AFFIDAVIT ol bis own, corrobo-
rating, in. . measure, such statements by letter
TO Chief Justice DAVIS giving his reasens
for making his complaint After citing tho
law regulating the administration OF police
judges and providing Tor their removal upon
proper charges he says he presents this $50 that
thero may be, II possible, judicial determination
whether such practices In these papers
can be allowed any longer 10 be carried In tho
OF judicial proceedings and whohcr the facts forth
do not bring the within tho or either or
Of .hcm mentioned In section 20 Of that
removal from oflcc Of the officer who perpctuates
them' He then gives the names Of various witnesses
with Wow Of full judicial investigation into the iacss Of
the The following is the aildavit Of the prin-
cipal party, upon whose statement this investigation
la dcmanded:-
AFFIDAVIT MARY rRAvERs. el
Stis City and County of Nem York.
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Ssirs the brother ih.t dspoasn. !. widow
s"S ss ssa Of sa sr ssp
house and sa and her children 1.-Two together at tho ae
day Of osebsr 1877 asponsns ss,aS by ~ Poes s
Oaicer Gabriel Aiguier sStces number S9 In her own
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station house The nunIs I'm. does no, know and
taken y the said from .e police
coars said PasrIoS Duff ross Ju.iics
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should dspoaensa regard to What disposition sh.
Dua inauired dcponcns whether or not oee. asey
u the police precins had tho witch and chain
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deDonens was n,ouE ao from the fomos to tho court
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said Occr Agnicr which deponent then and
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inside that he would put then. whore tney wonld not
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state this deponont was again taken from the romps
the and Court 'SIss &
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thought dsponous would have lawyer TO for de-
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pnnant depenent sister as we'll denonons coa'a and
s" e the 90
prison that twelve o'clock Of SAID asth day
for the discharge Of deponent from said arrest
s a 3 sH' Il u
wanted 70 settle ts cssc with deponens sister the com
ponen. said she wanted to settle deponens could o
that amer some Ssswesn en- said Ja.tse % nnd ds
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Ja:ss 6a sspsnon, Soaa sSs set
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b. Crotty. which dcponoh. had loaned to him.
Dooonons farther stated os said Durh.. de.
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ses.sd sSs. @ sad js:s:s u
Sepo"snss house ' ia fvsn,y..sin street s"rsssld
s s. as s:ss sSS sS then e
S Mr1 &c s M ' s aS @ y? %
shoreapon said oa,ooT Alsuisr ,ook dcponon. from
the % s Du and 80 ws a
sixth street. in with said Thomas p Crotty and
then wen. deponsais nparim and Not tho bank
book. IND went to tho noresa SAVING. hank and
non Of said Justice Duffy handed Onicer xsuier;
ss did not ike 10 have anything more 70 DO Will, the
cr and sent ocer Agnic with dcponent to the Office q
BY said Officer Aguicr back Police Court before JUS
Ing the estate q John Or j. USs, acsss.sa and
= vh ,s. s, AZ h" /, moi
% ssS M " s Se
.hni ar John shay one Of asponen.s .nretie apon Oh.
deponen. sha. deponens Ind better borrow tic
other 800 Z dsponen, eogli DO 50 and upon depoasn
o. one Robert sey dry good. merchnn ncrr the
5 s%a s
dcponen 10 sec said Be. that said odcor Aiguler took
the check q rad Betty for tho sio)
Mr. McKenns and Mr. Gillespie Aforesaid going with said
JUSTICES
That deponcnt of Aforesaid and tho persons
aforesaid all returned the rombs and there met Justice
Duly the sidcwax, and deponent told said Justice
that deponcnt could not do any more TO which Justice
% Sas s S ssS au a
O'Clock the day October 30; that dcponcnt then
returned to tho Tombs Prison remained until tho
that morning Of October 10, 1877, depo-
nent required ndorsc the said check aforesaid
obtained by depohcr from said Robert Betty that dcpo-
nent was on soth day Of October. 1877, again
he, said toncerj having obtained ths money upon
cad check. the sad watch and tho 800 that
dcponen drew from the savings bank orcsad and all
which had been by and direction OF said
Justice Duffy making 500, that tho said Justice pny
then and there inquired Of said complanant sarah Mui.
hern Muhearn) she one sad Sarah) was willing 20
withdraw the charge and tbecnpcn said sarah said she
that said Justice Duffy then said 10 depOncnt that he
thourht that deponont ignorant aud had bcen badly
advised: that dcponcht had not received tho COM
plninant q sister should that dcponent
was cruel to said complainant; that bc said
Duffy might call dcponent ngan aud then be
said Duffy might would postpone u tor TIE pres
ent dcponcnt then said To said Jusicc Duny that de-.
ponsn would not consent that the money 20 Us soread
In the hands Of Officer Aguier should be paid over 70 tho
complainant unless deponent got full release cac quit
tNncc and said Justice Duy remarked that
he Duffy allow be paid