New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-01
ASSAULTED IN A CHURCH.

A case of assault and battery. occurring IN Q
before Justice Ferry in the First District Court. in
Brooklyu Yesterday At the morning mass 10 oo
Peters Church at Warren and Hlcks-sts.. inc rev 3
Eafher FransIOli announced that the revenues or
the church from collections had fallen OH, Two col,
lections would be takcn-one for the pew rente ana
the other for general purposes. He SAID thnt thS
nshers in taking the first collection were INSTRUCTED
not to receive 50 small q sum a. one penny. When
the collection was taken. John +. Murtla, one OF
the ushers one of the eOngreGation MIS-. Gari.e
Dalton. drop penny in the box: He took it up.
and holding it 50 IL could be seen by al those near
BY returned it to Mrs. Dalton telling her TO Keep
for the next or general collection. $500,
Mortified ut the position In which she was p!Sceu,
Mrs Dalton hurried bone at the conclusion OF Tue
and told her husband Mr. Dalton "a "a pevenSn
the insult his wife had received, ana proceeued 10
the church at the hour for the succeeding mass AT
the time of the collection he followed Murtha INTO
the vestibuie and asked HIM if be had nsulted
woman in the church that morning. Receiving no
reply Dalton struck him 10 the right eye Wiln one
hand and on the with the other, and tlien re-
turned TO the body of the church. As soon as he
could, Murtha went home and got the badge OF a
ianitor of the Savings Bank Building at Court and
JoralemOn-sts. Armed with this authority, Murtha
returned to the church and arrested Dalt0n, wuom
be placed in charge of a policeman. AT 'hc ponce
station in Buterst the prisoner was released 10 ap
pear Yesterday before Justice Ferry; AT the trial
Dalton admitted the charge OF assault ana battery
The Justice SAID the offence aggravated by be-
ing commit ted in church. md ordered the prisoner
10 pay $50 fine, which he did.
CLOSING LOTTERY AND GAMBLING SHOPS
In the Court OF General Sessions yesterday, A. Or
lando jackson pleaded guilty to al lndlctment
charging him with selling lottery tickets at No. 81
Nassa,,-st, and was fined $3.50 by Judge Glider-
sleeve. =. =, ., ~
John Graham appeared on behalf OF Zacharlah r..
Summons indicted for selling lottery tickets unuer
the firm name of Williamson ~ Co., at No. ooy
Roadway and argued that the Indictment shOnhl
he onashed His reasons for the motion were llaO
the indictment originated with the Grand Jury, the
defendant not having had an eXaminatlOn before
Police Court: that there no legal evidence VI
the offence charged; that the jurors dld not vote
npop the various charges set forth in the several
counts of the Indictment, but simply passed on tho
question whether not an indictment shonld DE
found the DIstrict-Attorney afterward setting out
the various offences charged in the indictment; aud
that the Indictment was vexatiousiy and Cypress
lively found Assistant DiStrict-AttOrney Bell op-
posed the motion. Further argument In the case
was fixed for tomorrow.
At the IoinbS Police Court yesterday, before JUS
tice Wandel John Stephenson, OF the Society TOR
the Prevention of Crime, charged stephen Cody
with keeping faro bank at No. 10 Nassai-sf., II,
violation of the Gambling law. January III, ana
with being guilty of the same offence January Ia.
He was required to give bonds IN : 800 ior his np
Dearance Tor trial. George f. Stcbbins, OF the same
society charged Michael Hayes with keeping q
CaInblng honse at No. 1873 FutOn-st., January IL
Rail was required in ii 900 to answer.
Henry L, Frost was afIalgned ut the l0mOS Dy
Ronndsman o Toole on two charges OF dealing in
Lottery policy ut No. OF Cenrcst.. and was held Tor
trial at the General Sessions III default Oh SlOOO
bail.