The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-14
SUIT FOR A SUIT.

Notwithstanding general impression that gentle
OF tho sartoria profession frequently ind great
difficulty collecting their bills, and in fact often
most egregously swindled by their customers, II is
very rarely suit is brought in Court against tho dere
lict debtors An exceptional u SUIT brought
the Supreme Court against Peter Crystal to collect
bill OF SIS Tor suit OF clothes made for Crystal ny
Messrs. Petts Curtis The bill however, had been
signed Henry Thompson, and latter brought the
suit, which yesterday before Judge Lawrence
On Crystal complaining that the suit did mol al him. tho
amede honorable made by making such alterations
In tho garments likely to pacify him into their ac-
ceptancc Crystal still dissatisned and sent
them back with the message words to that effect.
Mill fit On the trial yesterday, after the plaintiffs
side OF the story had been told, the defendant
placed on the witness stand.
sYou selected the cloth, did you nots" asked the op-
posing counsel III the course Of his
~ did," answered Crystal
$50 there fault In this respect 2"
mot the slightest /"
"You gave directions h ow TO cut the garments ~
~ did,"
'You found fault with their not n,tngs"
s.Ycs, sr.'
.'were you not sick when the suit was ordered and
did you not gain eleven pounds between the they
were cut aud sent to your"
II answer no to both questions"
SWELL describe the particulars in which the gar
= VIII Try then, on, and then the jury can judge
by all means" interrupted Crystals counsel. Lot
him try them on and show himself 10 the jury That
will be tho best test OF the merits OF tins suit"
(which sut?" asked the plaintiffs counsel
Both suits, y answered the defendants lawyer
While those present were laughing IT this exhlbiton
Of legal rcpar,ec the defondant withdrew behind tho
all board screen back of the jury box and speedily
the controversy. ..Ali accou,ered he
was' he exhibited hlmselt 10 the jury. giving them
first front and then n view and then side
views. He then pulled ut leg and then at the other
and then pulled down his vest, by his manner mucly
uttcrance to the rhythm, but slightly changed Of child
hoods memory
View me with n critics eye
Don't pass my imperfections by.
The result had It's effect. Tho jury promptly gave
verdict for Crystal.
UNFORTUNATE DRAFT PURCHASE.
The Superior Court, Part 8, have been engaged for
The past two days the trial Of case involving tho
validity OF bills OF exchange drawn In cipher and also
question OF agency, the fun facts which pub
lished exclusively In the HERALD in November 1875
In August 1875, Samuel Joynson, dcsrng to to
England called at a shipping house in Boston for tho
purpose purchasing draft. He was, he says,
tirely unacquanted with the nature OF bills OF
change Of tho nomenclature of the different
parties to such instruments. He purchased a draft
OF NJ. S. Creash, and paid $4,000 for IL, being
all he had the world, Tor which no re-
ceived a bill OF exchange for ESQ, drawn on
Edward w. Yates Co, OF NO. 81 Castle street. Liver
pool, England. On presenting his draft In Liverpool
Mr.. Joynson was informed that the drawers had no
personal with Creagh but that the letters &C.
ID. X. b." 10 whose account II was 10 be charged,
represented firm oil private bankers New York ny
the name of G. y. Richard X Boas Mr.. Joy nscn Ind
ing himself In distress knew other mode oil redress
than to New York 10 seek The payment OF his
draft.irom q. Is. Richard a. Boas Selling his and
his wife's clothes he managed TO raise the means Of
returning TO New York. and found tho banking
house OF c. u. Richard & Boas. They refused
pay the draft, although they admitted that
they had received the 81, 900 paid 10 Creagh, bu.
claimed they had applied the money on their
count against Creapn. They advised him TO attach
lew hundred dollars, then IN their hands, and bring
suit against Creagh, who In the meantime had alb
seconded TO parts unknown. Joynson ailed to the
soundncss OF such advice, and called upon legal coun
on two grouDds-hrst, for money had ana received
plaintiffs use and second, the ground that Crcagh
although signing the draft his nane really
the agent OF z. Is. Richard X Boas On the trial ex-
Governor Solomon appeared Tor tho defendants, and
commended that the defendants merely the agents
o. Creagh, and had right 10 appropriate the unus on
general account as between them and Crearh.
case was Mr.. Henry W. o'Harc VINO
had formerly been Creagh's cashier and confidential
clerk. he volunteered 10 come from Boston TO md
this poor man ~ establishing his rights He testified
TO the TACT OF Crcaehs agency and to the warnings he
had gwen Crcagh Tor deceiving the pubic by signing
his name without attaching tho word agent" The
defendants stoutly denied the agency Mr. Amos e..
Hull and Mr. X b. Gwiiln, counsel Tor the plaintiff
contcnded that tho drafts containing the cipher
&c b. X. b. made the instrument the
tgaft Of defendants, aud the sale by Crcagn
81 such drafts constituted him their agent
They showed numerous ucts tending TO prove agency
Tor period OF two years, ana cited numerous
the question Of agency, and the recent OF Enee
VI Grcenbaum Hun, 100. The ease creates much
interest among the profession, there numerous
persons who nave been swndcd by tins class OF drafts
il4 trial OF the was concluded yesterday before
Judge Curtis, OF the superior Court without Jury,
took the papers, rcscrving his decision. Messrs
Amos g. Hull and r. H. Gwillim appeared tor plaintiff
ana Ex-Governor Solomon for defendants