The New York herald., 1878-11-15
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.

enged The penalty for illegal voting is one year IN
the Penitentiary.
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.
Nicholas Ellis. indicted on the charge Of adulterat-
ing milk was fined $25 by Judge Gdsrsleeve yester-
day in Part of the Court of General Sessions.
A writ of certiorar yesterday obtained by Mr..
william r. Howe in the Of James McGoire, who
is charged with the murder of his wife and setting
fire to his tenement house. The writ will be argued
in Supreme Court, Chambers, to-day
The suit OF Henry d. Sayer and others against Henry
Driver and others, involving title to property on
Fourth avenue in this city valued at about $4,000,
the particulars of which have already appeared in the
HERALD, was yesterday submitted to Judge Van
Brunt. in Supreme Court Special Term, and decision
reserved
was overhaued in the act Of stealing jewelry from
the apartments of Mrs. Mary Delaney and Michael
Watson. Of No. 1854 East Twentieth street On plead
ing guilty yesterday in Part OF the Court or Gen.
eral Sessions Judge Sutherland sent him to the Pen
| itentiary for two years
! laborer named Michael Brennan was arraigned
for trial yesterday in Part OF the Court of General
Sessions charged with fclonous assault. 1t appeared
| from the testimony of james Lawson that on the
night the recent election he sitting in his
at Twenty eighth street and Eleventh avenue, when
the accused, who lived on the floor. and
cut him in the face with knife without the slightest
| provocation Mr. John 0. Mott, who appeared for
the defence. examined witness who proved that the
compliments wife had struck the prisoner on the
with a saucepan, and that he and the complain
ant then clinched when the laters head came in con-
which it alleged had been inflicted with knife
| The prisoner was acquitted.
| Charles NJ Crittenton had o mare valued at $500,
which fell into On insecure manhoe at the corner Oh
Bleecker and Leroy streets He expended, he says,
$a5s in medical attendance in the hope Of restoring
he brought suit against the city to the
hanced value OF his mare, with medical attendance
added although he says i'll his complaint that she Is
worth nothing The jury gave him yesterday. before
Judge Donohue. IN the Supreme Court, verdict for
John Reynolds of No. 3l5 West Fortieth street
the 7th inst. became engaged in quarrel with Will
lam Patterson in front Of the formers place of resi-
dence. Just Patterson about to hHrl stone
at Reynolds Mary the wife Of the latter. struck him
the head with club, infcting severe fracture Of
the skull from the effects Of which Patterson subse
quently died. At the Coroners inquest Reynolds was
held to await the action Of the Grand Jury. but his
wife acquitted. She was. however, subsequently
indicted by the Grand Jury for mansaughtcr and yes
terday she arrested bench warrant by Detec-
tivos Fields and OConnor, of the District Attorneys
Office The accused was srraigned by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Rollins in Part of the Court of Gen
sra Sessions o she pleaded not guilty and was held
There was tried in the Marine Court yesterday.
without jury. the case Of Leon j. Vincent against
John II. Starin. The suit was brought to recover
$780, alleged to be due plaintiff for weeks salary
as stage manager or Mblo's Theatre. The legal de-
fence set up was that defendants son. and not de-
fendant was the lessee Of the theatre at the time.
and the only party in the premises the
moral defence that plaintiff had exercised s ss his sr
Brothers. which proved loss to the theatre OF
$500. and the defendant had advised his son to with
Of the loss. There il now in the Sherfs hands to
Judgment and costs in the case $780, Decision
| was reserved.
| James Shaw, who was charged with endeavorng to
pass q counterfeit dollar at the saloon Of Albert
oettnsnn in Eighth avenue. was before United
The defendant stated that his name was not James
Shaw, but John Kerrigan, and that he gave false
name and address because he did not want to dis
! grace his family, and that he deputy marshal
and acted election day. and that the shield and
| commission which were thrown away belonged to
him. The defendant accounted for his possession Of
the counterfeit dollar by stating that he had five
1n OIL fnaea 70 4e a. dollar m fo Genuine
He held in $500 bail to await the action OF
the Grand Jury
COURT CALENDARS-THIS DAY.
| SUPREME CouRr-CHaafBEas-- by Judge Law
renceNos. r. 49, &c. 107, 116 1885, 14O. 222 225, 1885,
2ss $751; "a a47 255 1885, a5 2el, 262, ass. 2e4. 265
SUPREME counr-GEsxRA1 TEEM--Adjourned until
Supnrnr couar-srEc1AL TERM-Held by Judge
Van BruntIaw and fact-Nos. IS. SEQ. S72 71e 6O2.
a aa5 sso Saa s7 s 49, 49, 500 ss' oS 0' 80
| SUPREME CouRr-SPEcrAL TEnh-Part 2.-Adjourned
until Monday.
die. Part Held by Judge Barrett-Short causes
Nos $780, Ats, 39lS, $685. 3797 413e 403 1907 1878
Held by Judge Donohue.--short causes-Nos. 34ls.
3672 $500 1885, 3l4 396 3037 4O4O 1878. 4001. 39l0
4176, 1876. 300O 1920. 30S1.
Judge Curtis and Judges sedRewick and Freedman -
Nos &c. 3S. A. AZ, 49, A. 45. 49, A. 49, 81 3d. o. 81 90
SUPERIOR CoURT-SPErIAL TEBf-Hcld by Judge
Speir.-Nos. 35. u. II. 7s. 7. 50, SO. 30 80. 81.
SUPERIOR CouRr--TRIAL TKRn-Part Held by
Judge Van vorst.-Case on-No. 6S6. Hayemeycr
Havemeyer. No day calendar. Parts and 3.-Ad-
journed for the term.
COMMON PIEAs-GrNERAL TERM-Held by Chief JUS
tice c. p. DAILY and Judge Van Hocsen Nos. 65 35,
1885, l65. 166, l67 l69 no. ILL., ia 175. 176 17s 49,
las. STa
COMMON PLEAs-EouTrY TERM.-Adjourned for the
term.
COMMON PLEAs-SrEcIAL TERM-Hed by Judge
Larremore.-No day calendar
COMMON PLEAs-TRhL TEnM-Part Held by
Judge j. f. Daly.--Nos. 1925 1896, 715, 1918. 1903.
1861 -A0 245 1887 72S 7G5 754 774 $780, COG 1888 622
745 T62 T21, 1884. Part 2-Adjournod for the term
MARINE Counr--TRIAL TERM-part Held by Chief
Justice Alker.-Short causes-Nos. 53H, 1854, $500,
54l9, $3.50, CAST, $780, 5431 Part 2-IIeld by Judge
McAdam.-Short causes-Nos. 53G3, 1894, sos, $780,
lG74. $500. 542s coal. Part 3-Ecld by Judge Shea
Short causesNos. 542S 5011. 1924, 4G39 535S, 5412
5437, 50D1
CouRr OF GENERAL SEssroNs-Part Held by Judge
Sutherland.-The People Edward J. Carroll rob.
berry: Same James Rciser felonous assault and
battery: Same William Schultz. felonious assault
and battery: Same Edward Devoc. grand larceny,
Same Oscar Stumpf, assault and battery. Part -