New-York tribune., 1881-12-24

Yesterday. charged by Officer Evans OF the sDebeV
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anlnais Will WItttad &
iup cruelty neglected his ho!ae whien en- nc ~ water
ia re.n,in lor many days without food OF maoi;
TIE officer said he found the animal III No food
grabl. in "A terribly emaciatsd condition., NO iooJ
or bedding was in sight and the starving, ahi1T TI
III i,, mt al the woodwork OF the stall. Inc
rtiorts of th,. o,ccr to save the horses lie were
frntle>s. and death Don ended It's suuerlnss' Gu"
lice smith held Phillips for triai.
PoUNDAGE NOT ALLOWED.
Justice Dorohuc, in the Supreme Court, onauad
hers refused yesterday to tax the Dlil Ior o99nU
age presented TO him few days ago III penai AZ S
SLcritfs Conner aud Kelley Iii the sut OF the az;
arains William II. Tweed. lie holds that tao ~ IN
ought 10 be presented 10 the state tOard oi ~Ai,' ~
as cOnrt cannot tax bill OF costs ID sun Ia Ills
upon the Truue L of the parties to the SUIT III 'l9
case Tweed is dead and cannot prefer sucH ,t 10
quest, and the state not only does nor tkG ~ t
opposes 1t. The amount OF poundage oI 10 ~ 90
ex-Shcrifs think themselves entitled is TSl, ~ Vo
winch is 10 per cent upon the amount OF tne Jug
ment recovered. but not collected, against l"eeo'
PETIT LARCENY A MusDEMEANoR
JoseDh Iaughlin, hoy, was convicted IN tie
Court OF Special Sessions, some time ago. OF Pe'lt
larceny and sent TO the House of Refuge. Willaln
+. Knitting obtained writ Ol haDelS COZ Po iUi IN IN
the Supreme Court Chambers, asked iOr MS uIs
charge on the ground that pctt larceny was
felony, and that therefore, the Spcclal SESSIONS 3
no jurisdiction TO try the offence the JURISDICTION o
this court extending only to misdeInean0rs. JUS
ticc Donohue refused to discharge Laughllh anu an
appral from his decision was taken to the bcheTtl
Term which Yesterday rendered decision nwhich
il is held that petit larceny is not felony but
Inisemcanor, and an offence WITHIN the Jurisulc-
tiOu of the COurt of Special Sessions.
ALLOWED TO SING, BUT not TO DANCE.
Under an act of the Legislature passed III 1876,
il made misdemeanor tor any person OF persons,
having control of a child, To sell, apprentice, OF
otherwise dispose OF il TO any person for the purpose
OF singing, playing on musical lhStfUineht1' oI
dancing IN public. Bat child may he employed asa
singer or musician in church, school or academy
or al u concert or entertainment, on the written
consent of the Mayor of the city where the enter
tainlnent takes place Mrs fIaherty' mother 9l the
child-singer COrnnc, accompanied by the latter
and counsel Yesterday called on Mayor
Grace The counsel read the law 10 the Mayor ana
asked for the necessary permission To slHR Inc
Mayor gave it, but declined TO grant PERMISSION ioi
the child 10 dance
BROOKLYN.
The 23d Regiment will give promenade concert
at IT'S armory on December 81. The drill, feature
of last years entertainments, will be omitted.
There is reason for thinking that the man who
committed suicide by jumping into the East RIVER
from q ferry boat, on Saturday OF last week, was
Nckerson hite, age forty five, of enth and Hope
sts. He told his wife, on leaving his nome on sat
urlav mornIng, that she would never see him awe
AGAIN, and she has not seen INN since.
Al a meeting Of the Long Island Baptist Assocl4-
tion in the church Of that denomination III latDus
on Thursday, the Rev. K {. Bowen was examined
for ordination. 1t found that his theoIoglcal
training vas deficient and II as decided To deler
his OrdiaatiOn un.il he had completed his studies
lie will continue TO preach III the church as sup
ply.
The Investigation of the charges of frauds IN cN-
Warden SheviIn's management of the King County
Pcmtentiary was continued IN the Court l0use IN
BROOKLYN Yesterday. Warden Green testified on
animation that he founded his statement OF
ovcfcharg,s tor county supplies on Ar. Nheyllnr own
books nc alleged that examination Of the figures
would show glarng frauds The investigation viii
be continued on tuesday.
A check for $3.50 30 was presented yesterday for
ccrttcatlon at the Long Island Bank. IN tuiton-st,
opposite Hicks-s but the cashier, John !. Ditmas,
discovered that it had been slulully raised from
81 90 The check for the latter amount was given
TO a wel-dresscd woman, who gave the name Mary
Walker by George Pool a son, of No. 20 FultOn-st.,
on the afternoon previous. She asked for n instead
of taking the sum i'll change out of aSSlO bill.
When presented to the bank the amount was raised
and the name of the payec changed 10 Matthew
Walters. A boy took the check TO the bank, and he
SAID a man in New-YOrk gave il to him 10 take to
the bank and To re- urn 10 him at the Astor House.
search by the police did not result in finding the