The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-13
JUSTICE PlNCKNEY'S TRIAL.
VAS IT NE THAT BROKE TUMBLERS IN
MRS KLEIN'S BIRROOMY
a Clerks Record Of u Maeistrnte's Drunken
mel" In hts Court Room-Mn5or Luxton's
Observation OF n Pnrtly-PnrnIyzed Tongue.

Mis- hGEIN'O bAhhOOMf
a Clerks Record ora Maaistrnte's Drunken
ness In hts Court Room-Mn;or Luxton's
Observation ofn Pnrtiy-PnrniyzedT Tongue.
Major L. Denning Luxton OF 2i3 Broad
way testified yesterday before Referee Buel.
that on Saturday last he saw Justice Pinckney
presiding in the Seventh District Court At
first there was nothing specially noteworthy in
his behavior. Soon. however. the Justice went
out for few minutes.
When he came back =" Major Luxton said.
speaking with precision. Tho was under the
influence of liquor opium. or something that
incapncitated him for acting properly in his
official capacity"
lie remained on tho bench for about twenty
minutes. Then certain papers were called for
by n lawyer.
I'll go down and get them myself" Justice
Pinckney said.
There were" the witness continued. three
idle court officers present Justice Pnckncy
was absent from the room about thirty -nvo
minutes. When he came back he had the pa
pers, but his tongue was partly parayzed.' and
his manner was that OF drunken man.
johanna Klein. the next Witness keeps bar
room ut 225 East F!ty-nfth street She is mid
die aged. and has an aversion to taking an onth.
She said sho was willing to toll the truth about
the case. hut didn't want to mix herself up with
it by swearing. She held up her right hand
when tol. to do so. but every time that the in
terpreter came to the German equivalent OF
swear" in his translation 10 hcrof the oath.
she would pull It down again. At lnstthe inter-
prefer ,hy spanking, very rapidly hnish"t tho
form oi words while her right hand MIS- vet
held up; She nodded and said she would tell
tho truth. Mr. Reavcy objected to ~" outh us
invalid, but the referee admitted IT, Mrs. Klein
testified that a man who she had been in
formed was Justice Pinckncy came into her
harroom two years ngo This man Was drunk.
lie insulted somc women who were there. and
broke some tumblers hv throwing them against
the wall in the direction Of the women. She
could not tell at which Of the three the glasses
were thrown, because ihey all ent together.
only one oilthc three. Mrs. Eckcrt. IL now alive.
After the man who she was told WIS JUSTICE
Cook entered. He TAXED with the drunken
man, who after that did not mishehave The
insults 10 the three women were not described
very particularly what Cook did 20 the drunken
man more than TO talk to him. but Mrs. Klein
short time after Cook entered Mr. Miller
promised to prove the identity Of tho man
whose actions Mrs. Klein had described with
The REORGANIZATION ~ Patrick Anthony.
clerk otJustce Pinckneys Court. who had becn
detained away from the reference several sos
siOns 10y the sickness OF Ass istunt Clerk Bowling.
WIS resumed. He testified that the legal charge
Tor the issue OF summons was 81. For tie
always charged 81" The docket which he had
Kept would not show the amount of money he
had returned 10 the Comptroller. record "
the amounts received 90 T." so returned WIS
Kept on slips. which were aiterNard destroyed.
The reason. the witness said. why bee had taken
pains 20 mark down the absences OF Justie"
Pnckney while he had rot kept account OF his
own absences was that II was Justice Plnckney
who was absent and not he. Mr. Anthony
testified that he had never retained any money
received by him for summary proceedings.
The witness looked over the docse, ior 1877
from July 10 December, and pointed ont about
twenty dates under each OF which no had made
q memorandum OF Justice pin'kney's nbscuce.
\ memorandum made in the docket under date
Of Oct. was Judge half druuk." Ouo under
dat" Of Sept. 20 WIS Judge drunk" one %. : 'pt.
j. was Judge very druuk.' This last memo-
randum WAS written in red ink. Mr.. Anthony
testified TINT Just!oH Thomas \. Icdwith had
never advised him tonps" these memoranda.
H. was, very positive That at sitting OF the
General Term Of the supreme Court he had
NOT said to.a Mr.. Kelly: " have got that loatrr
meaning Justice Plncsneyl where want him. '
Those who knew him knew he was hot accus-
mel n n :