The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-24

tiff. yesterday claimed before Judge McAdam that he
entitled to costs under section 30i of the Code.
although the amount is under $50. Decision was re-
served ON this question. Mr.. N. A. Chedsey appeared
for the defendant
In the case of Catherine T.. Stewart. committed for
six months to the House of the Good Shepherd by
Judge Murray, and ON whose behalf writ of habeas
corpus sued out. consent given yesterday for
a dismissal of the writ. Judge Davis accordingly
dered such dismissal and that the girl be remanded to
the House of the Good Shepherd.
Harmon Hoover in February, 1877. bought the lot
in the Tax Office showed that the taxes for the two
previous years had all been paid 1t turned out that
mistake paid the taxes ON this lot for these years.
and, this discovery, the records were altered ac
cordingly. He applied to Judge Potter for man
damus directing that the records be altered to what
they originally were. Judge Potter i'll his decision
yesterday denied the application holding that there
is no law or principle to estop the payment OF an I'M
There has already been published the particulars of
the arrest on the 10th of November last of Rafael
Di Grazia, charged under the laws of the United
States of 1874 known the ''Padrone act, with in
ducing two young lads-Carmin Amio Fosco and
Stefano Fosco-to come here from ITALY, Commits
siorler Osborn as will be remembered, discharged
Grazia and the two lads taken in charge by the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and
subsequently placed in the of the Commissioners
of Emigration, in whose custody they are now de-
tanned on Wards Island It being claimed that their
detention is illegal Judge Van Worst yesterday
granted writ of habeas corpus, returnable to-day.
James Kearney said be one of the leaders of the
Third Avenue Railroad strike. who convicted on
Friday last of assaultng John Brown driver of car
No 80 of the road whom. it claimed, he at
tackled because he accepted reduced yester
day called to the bar OF the Court of General Ses
sons for sentence Judge Clderslecve observed that
in view of the prisoners previous good character he
inclined to exercise much clemency as posi-
BILE though the circumstances warranted him in
being reasonably The prisoner then
sentenced to three months in the Pententary.
of long standing was disposed of yesterday
in the Court of General Sessions. In March, 1875,
John Batterbury janitor of the building No ~ New
street, arrested suspicion of being of the
masked burglars who broke into the apartments of
David r. Price, Waterman of the st. Nicholas Bank.
Wall street. and severely assaulted him. the idea
being to compel him to aid them in pundering the
bank. The burglars, however, were disturbed in
their purpose and ran away from the building. The
prisoner. Waterbury. who caught in the vicinity,
being unable to give satisfactory account of him
self. was at arrested and indicted. He adj
mitted to ball. but despite earnest efforts evidence
could be secured against him. Yesterday in the
General Sessions Assistant District Attorney
Rollins entered nole prosequi on the indictment,
stating that there nothing but suspicious crcum-
against the accused and that there would be
little possibility of convicting him before jury.
Judge Gldersleeve thereupon directed his discharge