The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-08
Court Notes.
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.


 Brown s. Patterson of Staten Island, who has been in charge of the West moreland hotel on State street, under the name of M. S. Brown, for the past four months, was taken into custody by Detective Constantine of New York at 2:30 o'clock yesterday morning on a bench warrant from that city, where he second degree.
 Patterson was formerly station mas ter in a railroad station in Staten Island, and it is alleged that while in that capacity he took check for $97 from man named Emmerich, made payable to MT. Allen, a saloon keeper in the vicinity. Patterson, it is alleged with the assistance of his eight een-year-old daughter, indorsed the check by writing Aliens name on the back thereof.
 The authorities have been looking for Patterson for about six weeks. His daughter was arrested short time ago and through her, it is stated, the whereabouts of Patterson were learned. On this information the detective came here yesterday morning and arrested Patterson.
 Patterson was locked up until yester- day forenoon, when he retained Attor- ney J. P. Goodhart to look out for his interests. He was advised by him to go back to New York, where he said he could get bondsman.
 THIRTY DAYS FOR ASSAULT.
 Mn the city court yesterday Judge Dow fined John M. Reynolds and John Borden each $10 and costs, and sen fenced each to thirty days in jail for as sault on Simms Embler and W. H. Dobbs. Embler and Dobbs, who are both young men and well connected, went to Belle dock last Thursday night and while there were pitched upon by Reynolds and Borden. The boys were badly used up.
 TO RECOVER MONEY LOST AT
 PLAY.
 The old, pool room case was recalled yesterday by suit in the city court, the hearing on which began at o'clock, of Anthony Carroll against L. D. Chid- sey, the grocer.
 This case has dragged along through many ramifications and is still far from settlement. The first chapter of against Thomas Brady, then manager of the pool room over Prokasky's cafe, to recover $1,500, money that he lost in play in the room,
 Carroll received a Judgment and the papers of attachment were given to Constable Joseph Warren to serve. They realized little or nothing and Car roll alleged defective service on the part of Warren and brought suit against him and his bondsmen, John H. Platt and L. D. Chidsey. On this suit he obtained a judgment of $350 MT. Platt, who was liable for half of this, settled, but MT. Chidsey declined to do so, hence the proceedings yester- day which are against Mir. Chidsey. AN OLD FOUNDER. Patrick Cohen was arraigned in the city court yesterday morning, charged with vagrancy Cohen has been a fla miliar figure in the "Bowery' for a number of years. He seemed to think he had a perfect right to roam over l that region without any visible means of support, but as residents in the To. eality have complained against him the police took notice of the autocratic l nonad. The case against him was con. tinued till to-day.
 HE PAID HTS FINE. l Judge Dow in the city court yester- day morning imposed a fine of $25 and costs on James F. Donahue, who keeps a saloon at teh corner of Chapel anG East streets, and was caught Sunday i by Officers Toronto and Caulfield, sell l ing wares in a shed back of his place | No drinkers were arrested by the off cers. Donahue paid.
 1 SCHOONER BARTRAM LIBELED I Deputy United States Marshal Catlir yesterday served papers on the master l of the schooner J. Percy Bartram which came into port day or two since | libeling the vessel in suit for $5,00' damages brought by the Barney Dump 1 ing Boat company of New York Tht l suit is the result of a collision whicl occurred near Hell Gate, October last l According to the allega ton of the com | C