New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-22
SIXTY DlYS FOR HoEsEWHIPPING.

EXCITING SCENES IN A POLICE COURr-THE FRACAS
N TIIg BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF Music
The little police court room of Justice Walsh.
in the BROOKLYN City Hall crowded yesterday morn
ing when the case was called Of Clark against Walker
the parties to the horsewhppns fracai Ia inc Academy
NJ Music Oh the night Ot Feb II. In company with me
principals were sheriff Dag@ett, john OAAey' w T.
DupuinC Capt Crafts, number Of amateur actors anu
the counsel-As,istaut DstrictAttorney Smell and D. r.
Bird for the prosecution and Gen. Calm ana Assistant
United states Di-trict-Attorney Pullman Tor the de-
,epse Con Catlin asked that the court should
consider the testimony gwen by John Oakey anu
hi, wife on Monday in the light OF preliminary
examination and not as part OF trih ms Jus'c'
Walsh refused to d. and Gen Calm theh asheu 10 DC
allowed 10 Withdraw the plea OF not guilty ana put III
for his client the plea OF guilty OF assault and battery
lnd that the Court should name some day on "heh IL
would impose sentence. When this plea was Granted
fine counsel said that they desired to present ahiaYtS
~ IN the previous good character OF the Defendant anu
asked until today to prepare them Mt Snch opPoSe"
this claiming that IL was merely q tricR 10 ld"o INV
case ont Of Justice WaIsi's hands Gen CHth l'Ac"
per,nssion TO again Withdraw tine plea OF guilty ana pro-
cod IN the examination OF witnesses. This caused some
excitement and Justice Walsh did not conceal DIS annoy
amer N the cond let the defense characerzinS l. rs
.burnh, rrng proceeding" and lacking in proprety He
enid tbe case must be disposed Of there at that time
Gen. Catlin asked an adjournment until O'CLOCK MI
smell said that to expedite matters they woud cohceue
that the defendant might have the highest character
CON CatIiu-You say with a mental reservation that
II j. not true i.,,, .r,a T saw n isn,t
true n. character is the worst -
cen CatIin deliberately mo worse imam thht oi the
man who asserts that.
Another sensation followed. When it was Quoted Gen
Calm was again refused his request for time To prepare
,fdayts but was allowed TO address the Court WIN
,vr of mitigating the severity Of the sentence lie SAID
that he had known Walker FOR several years as hgh-
toned honorable Gentleman. moving III go"d SiclJ, d
businrSs man OF integrity, and Sood 5tildluS lHC %
yros I,sty uud mistake. But II was hJs lIplc attch
nj and NOT have been made public except Tor C'afA
onr,rca Ju,trC Walsh said that n the defendant o.
ciprd Ugh social position, he was by 80 muGH INC uDio
.IinnlIp The allowed INN 10 lnhitt huo u vli
so and he did not consider TINS a siHcleht
nennity He alled IT Is hOls"whlpplg Dsl,.'ss ns
nm increasing latcy. recent case III new lorh eu
10 IN. vLicn yht have ended fatally propose as
lar "a lies I'm MY puwrr 20 pt stop 10 IL II. NE "a
sf,nec shall commit walker 10 the P"htth'idy Ioi o.
d1v. The defendant andis friends sttnleu SUI pIL9o'
- ,,li,unf 1t what they considered IN" severity "
- s~rf,rrp mad Gen. Catliu SAID he womb appeal ana
80, f,r writ of rer0rdr In such c;ts' justice WASH
!!nsr.t u COO na which Sheriff DJLGelt prom sea
..rritN for Walker, counsel, however, cor
20 G'' r,oId t,gt il would be better for them To
-. mo iua.tor uli the Saprcme Cont Accordingly
80, ,l,.,Io ypstrr fay afternoon nom Justlc' Gilbert
vr.f al hnitas CORPUS % produce Nj. walker p'loVc
lin, tomorrow murn.ag H5 10 O'Clock. me CAIN Tor
IN Wit h. based on ground Jhi the 0 icEdh' was
t owed ~ hour. H which 70 elect whether OF h"t ne
.rIl Ia. lied hy 0! Jury In tn3 mean Tune NAhtl N III
mo surIlH's charge M iH'lti