New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-04
BITS OF LEGAL NEWS.

Judge Pryor in he Court OF Common PicaT yes
terday granted application made ny A'Nahue'
Than for order vacatnG the appointment OIL tx
Senator George F. Langbein as referee IN the
mochanlcs len suit brought by william j. Key
nolds against Joseph Moore. In granting the apph-
cation Judge Pryor said: Intending no reflection
on the conduc, OF ;he referee In the former ac'o"
the property OF which is not under review IL i ND
duty nevertheless TO relieve the parties OF 'he'r
stipniaon and to set aside the order " rcierence'
Under oat the referee characterized defendant ana
his counsel in these Moore was trying 10 do
The poor simple annered plaintiff cut OF the
money due him. and expected to succeed with an
aggressive. bulldozng counsel Ike MI. Iha'h
Iuage Pryors opinion then reads: The acrimonious
controversy, since the consent 20 rcier between
he referee and the defendants counsel ana the i'll
opinions OF the defendant and OF his credbility as
a witness entertained by the referee. make 1t m
proper that he should sit in judgment on the de-
PENDANTS rights and determine issues dependent on
the Defendants testimony
James NJ Seaman. attorney for the Health Board
Of the town OF Hampstead. made an application to
Judge Barrett in the Supreme Court yesterday for
an Injunction restraining the c.y authorities from
dumping garbage near Rockaway Beach. asserting
that ii was a nuisance and dangerous to the health
of the people in the neighborhood. Judge Barrett
reserved decision.
Amos II. Evans appeared in the Supreme Court
before Judge Barrett yesterday in support OF writ
OF habe corpus that ne hal obtained for the pro-
dlCtlon Of Frederick Kother. who - in the Tombs
under Indictment for misiemeanor in secreting
m rigaged property. Evans applied for the wrlt,
alleging thar the Supreme Court should discharge
the prisoner because he had not been tried prompt
IT, He said that Rother had been in the Tombs
under Indictment since early in August, and that
his had been on the calendar eleven times
and adjourned. Judge Barrett said that he had no
jurisdiction. and the Assistant District-Atoraey
pointed that under the code II prisoner IL not
tired in two terms succeeding that in which the
indictment IS found, he can apply to the court OF
original Jurisdiction. Judge Barrett agreed with
this view, and dismissed the VIII
Judge PRYOR IN the Court of Common Pleas. yes
terlay granted Thomas Brady a writ Of certorari
TO review the proceedings OF the Dock CommisslOn-
ers in dismisslng him from his position as dock
master on charges OF nefficlency and neg.ect OF
duty. and Of having deposited check TO his per-
sonal account that payable to the order of the
treasure: OF the Department. Brady says that the
Commissioners denied him the privilege OF counsel;
and acting the advice of his lawyer, he declined
10 make any defence. He also says that he Is inno-
cent Of all the charges.
Judge Barrett. in tne Supreme Court. Yesterday
released from the lien upon II the property Of Rus
sell Sage a. SXty-fourth-st. and Madison-ave. the
lion Is he'd by William T. I.aiiiaw as result Of
the verdict obtained by him against Sage in June
of 10000. Mr.. Sage saws thai ne wants 70 sci the
property. and. the lien extends TO all his prop
erty. Laidlaw is amply protected.