The New York Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1855, Page 10

THE FORAY ON VAGRANT WOMEN. 4 SUPREME COURT—IN CHAMBERS. Senate. Before Hon, Judge Morris. ke aRSat: SIN, 1855, WE LATE FORAY ON THE CYPBIANS—APPLICATION FOR THEIR DISCHARGE, Marcu 30.—In the matter of Matilda J. Wade, com- SER Test ics pecomioaee trate To extend the time to complete the Utica and Bing mitted as an alleged vagrant.—A writ of habeas corpus | Isriyupon the subject of the’ proof of the evidence be. | Be Ce. B.) nee Se Cot £6 5 vais ts © W88 | namton Railroad. had been issued in this case to the warden of the Peni- | fore the magistrate, wl the affidavit is the bo ay Weg MP sec and pela oa TE beans Geta dilinls Gs Wis Ghasimsl'ef! Tako'ee entiary, to bring up Matilda Wade, one of the thirty | competent testimony required by the statute. Distrlet Attorney ‘that in case J women arrested as vagrants by the police, a few nights since, and committed to Blackwell's Island by Mr, Jus- tice Osborne since being uly stern apuan Sat: aaice Wak eet |. tnae be committed Me, Wade’ te tie dona , named, being 01 poses and says, at merci ‘The dill for the of intemperance. This is ‘The Cvurt asked if the parties wore ready to procead. | o.clock 2h the evening of the ae CF ine “ np Pia pall the of the female portion of by the committee, and was laid on the Mr, J. D. MacGregor said be had sent for his associate | 107 Clark strect, to tho placo of busineas of hor, husband ity Prison. Rae table. ‘i Mr. Tomlinson. No. 183 Spring street, ‘anh while she was passing quiotly and ‘The amendments of the House to the Sackett’s Har- ‘The District ‘ Attorney, in the meantime, put in the | 2% ma. fy ma tak aise aap im the Bi wae THY NYMPHS OF 288 FAVE. ee re ey ‘There were night return to the writ, whieh is—‘The execution of this writ hat she was taken to the but very fow arzoste Inst of the en, appears from the production of the body of the within ay, Tomlinson then read the following affidavit of Mrs, from there to the Tome, and 7m land; that she has never hed 4 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, \MAQUH ’31,’'1855. ‘To authorize the Orphan Asylum te bind out orphan plain, at Whiteball. ‘To authorize the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad to fortunate class of women known as street watkers. The PEE ni Fin eh a hd PE velatye, te, semen 4 7 A comniltaten! unity to empl vigilance of the police during the past few evenings ‘BILLS PASSED. I pag A and was floating pene Bie \ aandoaeatia r ‘he iF not & comin seemed to serve as an instructive lesson tothe Oyprians, | ,70 authorize Brooklyn to purchase lands of the United ais wa Geant ofa henry ons Cotte Bot hosed er, om ‘The Court—Geatlemen, what issue do you taketo this retura? nont says nut. ji MATILDA J. WADE. were accompanied with their loyers, thus preventing ize the acts of the supervisors of New York re- ‘abe Mr. MacGregor said that they had an objection—that | sworn March 20, 1855, before Aun: . 3 lative to the salaries of receivers of taxes, \ t this reef is not this oftcer, if he is an officer, does not state whether or | misrioner of Deeds. me, GeonGe T, Aupex, Com } soy possibility of capture. Again, many of themmight | *Ty ‘change the name of tne Metsopolis Tasurance Com- Ont not she is in his custody. It appears by an endorsement ou the back of the commitment, that this party has but she bas for years ive by her husband, And further Mr. Tomlinson continued to say that he would here 1e- mark, that he could have had abuniance of test Many artifices were resorted to last evening to ayoid ar- To restrain banks of issue in New York and Brookly: zest. Those who had the courage to parade Broadway | actin; a0 savings Make. i gi seen standing on the door steps of their dwellings, | pany to the Goast terennnee Oseenny- To incorporate the Niagara Saspension Bridge | Thursday night « keeping «sharp look-out for the police, who found it Company. Fine iy Forriern Staxer,—Shortly after 12 0’clook on broke out in a frame shanty, occu. cum Caso ai A Ea te ° re ealzed “ to clear, were on the reaf Ps to proceed 2th tent to the workhouse. If that be so, we desire | %#%0 the mode of examination before Justice Onl hard to approach them, even at the distance of one hun- NVENING GRESTON. pied by aGerman family, situated in Fortieth street | orow wherthe brig wane with ie haepes sf the soeidichaae ate the conten: Onslaught on, thoce: women whee apocemen make an | dred yards, Oficers were detailed to arrest the gil | The Idiot Asylum bill was ordered to a third read- | wearEleventh avente, The flames soon spread to nix | Savoring 00 Ding her Md her oatgo'to Havas ‘The District Attorney anid he had sent to his oftce for | prostituten: they are” brought up to the Mayor's oftce, | at frequent the Broadway and other theatres, but 4a was reported onthe bil apocopriating to the | ‘uated wt phous $000" Net ispecnames Stay setts: | Cattle foe Ricci wtuplatton, NC) Bile & copy of the act which mazes the workhouse a part of | Whez¢ & police magistrate of the name of Os! com, | they tere badied in their attempts; anal of themymphe | stare Fund the, uoreclaimed: Copeate in sarage secupied by poor German families of the | Fisieat cule ca enone Jey) the penitentiary. He then read the act of April 11th, 1849, by which the power is given to transfer parties from the penitentiary to the workhouse. But as the ‘woman is present incourt, in obedience to the writ, it ebvistes any difficulty. ‘The Court—It is no matter in whose custody she is, so asthe party is here. Mr. MacGregor then put in a traverse to the return. ‘The District Attorney having 1ooked at it, said the tra- vorse was proper, but he took issue on it, Mr. Sayers, of counsel for the accused, said he applied on behalfof the husband of Matilda Wade fora certiorari mits ber without any opportunity being afforded her of being heard; without being permitted to communicate with her husband or toemploy counsel, she is sent im- mediately to to the Penitentiary, and he (Mr. T.) knew ‘that his , the Judge, would consider that this wo- mau bad not been taken before a competent tribunal, but that the commitment was made to carry out what is deemed a laudable reform, ‘Ine Judge bere remarked that the affidavit of the of- ficer cont d only conclusions, and not facts. Mr, Tomlidson submittea that so jealous is the law, that in all summary proceedings they are obliged to state every fact on the record that gives the officer ju- risdiction, whereas in ordinary process it is not neces- sary to state there facts: but in all processes of a eum: mary character all facts must be clearty stated and no inferences allowed The officer in this case comes be- were lucky enough to have an escort, who accompanied | banks, and in the oli Court of Chancery. them until out of danger. BILLS PASAED, ETC. In the Third ward five alleged prostitutes were taken | , 70 incorporate the Kings County Horticultural Society; | evening « fire w into custody and locked up for examination. tn the | nei the charter of New York Ceuteal Cpiicee. nt?” Eighth ward there was but one unlucky one. The Fifth Mr, Lawsina laid on the table a resolution to inquire | street, corner ward police could succeed in arresting but one white | into the condition of the funds of the late Court of gives, and Oe oe Mr. Howard has an ingurance of * age done will probably ar Chancery. woman and two black. In the Sixth ward the officers ‘Mr. BARR presented a remonstrance from architects ‘a. were more successful; a haul of eight young females phew wen pod was made before 11 o'clock, allof whom spoat the re. | S040 'memyauoahews Nem Totty SeMinst the pro- Mba woainder of the night in the cells, In, the Fourth and ‘Adjourned Fourteenth wards but very few prisoners were made, : showing conclusively that the number of street walkers ix becoming beantifully less in the metropolis, Amembly, ALBANY, March 30, 1865 BILLS REPORTED COMPLETE, to have been the work of an tacenc Fine ty Wait Staxer —Betweea 8 and 9 o’cloo! Alsoovered by officer McCabe fruit storé kept by J. Howard & Co., at No Peart. The alarm uickly om the sp Married, On last Tuesday evening, March 27, the bride’s father, by the . Dr. street, Mr. Cuaruis 8, Sram, “oda, lost and split enil * strok at the residenuc And caused the esper houk She will be towed * underping repairs, “more from Ne * ¢orom| ‘ Miss Sanat Ans» Grime 8, cruise to have the testimony upon which this woman was | ‘ore the committing magistrate. How do you know | MAYOR WOOD AND THE POLICE JUSTICHs. bezzle- | On Tuesday, March 27, at Mount Ver Off Shore w.. committed, brought before this evurt. It appears that | that che is a prostitute” “Tsaw her walk tho streets age iestndep soccgie ean tdapeeaee sant ee re ee Oe county, N. ¥., by the Nas ft, Bange, Guonee Ft, 22) ap; Clarice, w. she was going to her home at eight o'clock in the even. | and 1 infer Soh the ia © prvstituie,, Is that competent “NYMPHS OF THE PAVE.” yo ictactibata le “tea” Ga tne! eetiy’ ok cot | Baz, of this city, to Mra. Bana A, Stoxx, of Mount | “Tan of, Off Masafuere” Malzte, Dormar : : an ints 4 Corpor econ: orpon. : ing, whien soe was artestea by omy over-ofliclous police- | tence to adopt the rule that @ prostitute Ine matase | _ The following clgcular was issued yesterday from the ‘At Norwalk, Conn., om Monday, March 26, by Rev. | told? “1? Comstltution, \, .aslow, Nantue man, locked up all night, brought to the Mayor’s office | rightto walk the streets peaceably. 1 know that by the | Mayor's office :— rl e morning, wheré'she was committed without ex- ation. Counsel moved on the affiaavit of her hus- band, which set forth these tacts. common law of England a prostitute is liable to arrest for enticing; but the law contemplates that the entice- = is so apparent that you cun turn to a policeman Pliance with my order for the removal from the streets Relative to the Second Avenue Raitroad in New York. Mayon’s Ovsice, March 30, 1:55, To compensate for damages done by mobs or riots. To Powsce Carrains :—Your prompt and effisient com: Wm.C Mead, Grorck L, Osnoay, of New York ci Saran EF, Topp, of the former place. jb hay ‘To prevent the appointment of improper persons to of- Died, Spok Ship Monarch of the Seas, from New Orle: paseed Key Wert March 11 Ship Sea Kin, from Bath for New York, ‘The Court—The warden of the prison cannot have | ®! y, ‘Arrest ‘hat woman vagrant.’? (Counsel | of street walking prostitutes, who haye so long dis- fice in New York, and to h driber; On Thursday, March 29, Sam infant son of Samuel 3 A - ‘a t] fae reads the policeman’s affidavit.) A conclusion of law | gtaced this city, is worthy of commendation. Yoowill ney , and to punisl Le a mau Bark Aaron J Harvey, from Philadelphit ee eee ee eearat faxes the commitment. | Fworn 10 by. « witness ia incompgtible vectimone,” This | goneiaue in this dary ‘without ‘relasction watil these | To allow the Five Points Selool to partisipate in the | *%¢zliza Jane hiontgomery, images and 20 days. | no. date, lol 2708 Ken forth in your aflidavit Mc, Sayers—We know netbing of who the magistrate is except by report. We kuow that Justice Osborne has commited these parties, ana that he has done so at his perli, anc that ali pert.ea counected with the proceedings will be held responsible tor their acts. ie a mere affidavit, and the statute contemplates an in- yestigation; this is not testimony, and thatis a fatal ob- jection, and the prisoner must be discharged, [Referred to the Revised Statutes of New York, fourth edition, vol, ii, p. 84.) All idle persons no: haying visible means of employment, &c., &c., shall be vas grants. Under what section do you claim she is com- spection must, however, be exercised as to ti pains fo nserens mistakes. S80 Fe no instan’ come to my hnow! where an im arrest been made of this soon of vi eh tirue to act with pradence in this important mat ter. You will also, under no circumstances, disc! isentirely abolished, The greatest caution and ae School fund, RIpcS PABSED. avenue. The 8 CA ad the cfnfinement of Dutchess county | invited to attend. convicts. ta, and you will cqa- ‘To amend the act ‘olative to jurors in New York. The funeral will take place ¢ hin afte o'clock, from the residence of his Nee DOSS arents, No. 90 Sixth ida are respectfully | Ported, Feb 24, of scarlet fever, acquaintances and On Friday morning, March 31 Lovisa, infoot ‘aughter of J » Mania In relation to schoo! officers, and to'umend the law for Sprague, ages i year and7 months. § e relat Bannavo: BAnnavors—In port F wury, of and for Sale sails,'£0, making fer St The lat 28, om 65, Ports, bark Gago! TTa—In pores yn 22 ship Wild Tho Court—We have got before us the zeturn of the the superintendence of schools. This bill re-estebliches | Thi ven und friends of the family pectful- Boston, not Ly person who retains thurwomas ia custody, and also's | mitted? a prisoner arrested by you, sgainst whom s chi the office of couniy or deputy superintendent, and levies | ly invited to attend the funeral, from the tesidence of y of the commitment of Justice Osborne, who com. District Attorney—The first, as a common prostitute— legally Preferred, except upon a judicial examination | g three quarter, million tax for the support of common | her parents, No. 175 Macdougal street, to morrow, April itted her as o vagrant—to wit, a public prostitute; | ® Vagrant, having no lawful employment to maintain | Police magistrates have no authority to direct the dit | schools. Ist, at 2 o'clock P. M., without further in « herself. charge of any ¢ffender arrested, without a proper adju} The amendments of the Senate to the Atlantic Mutual 3 otcer axing dnceaictinn, [suall have to remand T, uuless vouapply for s certiorari to bring up the evi- dence on which ake ta comettted mind Mr, Sayers referred to the ytutute, which states that the writ of certiorari must be directed to the person in whoe custody the party ir; but it the Court can issue a certiorari to Justice Ostorne, that would answer their Purpose. ‘The District Attorney suggested that it would be a @aving of time if he were to it ov Juatice Osborne and obtain be papers. This was assented to, and in a few minutes the District Attorvey came back with the return of Justice Osborne, which sta I hereby ccrtify te your Hon: fon within named upon the it herennto annexed and marked A, by me, and by me coed aud thereatter fled on the eame day of comimtment—the proper record of com- pei ma B. OSBORNE. ¢ Court, to counsel for the prisoner—-What aro you going to dof Here is the re:ure of the otticer of ne evidence on which he committed the party. Mr. MacGregor—Unlecs it be xdinitted that the arrest ‘Wes wade withoas warrant, we wil! object to the ret: ‘aa inevfficient. The writ of certiorari requires bim to wet forth at large the eviaence upon which he coinmitted ‘bat I committed the per- er Tho Court—The statute says it shall be the duty of apy constable, &.. to convey and concuct such vagrant bofere o Justice of the Peace for the purpose of exami- nation. What is the Judye’s return? Mr. MacGregor read the above return, and submitted that the command to Justice Osborne was to certily fully and at lurge al the proceedings in the matter, ‘The District Attorney thought his learned triend un- Mr. Tomlinson referred’ the Court to 612, 614 and 616 sections of the statute, and said that be held the whole principle m this case to be erron¢ous and contrary to law. teferzed to the 2d section of the statute, which says that such party shall be brougat before a magis- trate, and upon examination, &:, Now, whatdoes ex- amination mean? eee east That implies that the parties have rights ereto. Mr. Tomlinson submitted that no person could be ar- Tested, except in the cases specified, unless on complaint or warrant. It is incompetent for « policeman to arrest any person in the streets is he witnesses an offence against the laws, or on & war- rant. It wilt not do to ‘@ @ general order to arrest every woman in the streets whom they sup- pose to be a prostitute, unless complaint is made oath and process iesued for the offence. In this case there was no complaint on oath; in the next place there was Bo process isjuel. There isno evidence on the reccrd that Mai cp was an impr person. ‘The Court—That is a question of judgment. Mr. Tomlinson—-There was no evidence to that effect; Iam clearly of opinion that, by common law, the re- cord of the conviction should have stated the testimony, and all the facts, eo that a supreme tribunai would have the power to revise the proceedings; otherwise there would be no right to review, and it would be giving to an inlerior magistrate 2 supreme authority, and for that reason it is baie to Leper to your Honor all the pro. ceedings taken before the magistrate, Iconteod thathe has a mghttoset forth full and sufficient proof, or we may infer that he ucted improperly. ‘I'he record of con- dication, The request 8 Police Justice to discharg) id Sieginin. The if arg) | Insursnce Company bill, aud to the bill legalizing certain with. This order epplios to offenders of overy kind. THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR I3 HARD, cultaral societies. Mayor, of which the following is the substance:— Avery respectable merchant, gp while walking through the streets on the ) Was young le@y, named Catherine Smith, who pertuasion, overcame his sense of dut: ’, and took to GF Sie Mans bills doring the’ night, by another young lady named | ° New York; aJso, in relation to Hamilton squire, there asleep. Officer Webb, of the Chief's office, wae made acquainted with the circumstance, er ges phe ge een ene arrested Pr iris, who were loc} uy it itical y vered Hoages eos mieacsatl phe: F exam! ion. Miss | of Europe, poli and religious, was deli last also confessed to the officer that'she knew where a large | D- D., before a large and intelligeat audience. Gie por- me. Porticn of the money was, but. up to the present time ( tion of the hall was reserved solely for ladier-puptls relatives and Vof the Instit ‘and their fa: as pe to attend the faneral, from the residence of her ebe has refused to give the requisite information. The gi req at 8 o'clock P. M, merchant preferring rather to lose the than ba his name gored Mat being connected witt this aifarr, | Such as seriously to discompose the reporter in Is du. yerterday, to make any complaint against | ties and distract his attention. Under these difialties |, Aref Bik cnr 29, Tuwopons FF. Atiana, in the ae itu, iu consequence of which Miss Mary Hodges | the following brief and imperfect outline of Dr. Bird's pus on Thursday, but for the affidavit of the officer | temarts are given:— refured. unti ‘tion must in no c1se be complied | acta of super’ of New York city, were concurred in, Very respectfully, FERNANDO, WOud, Mayor. EVANING SRSSION. M Some affidavits were taken yesterday before the | was m: it it was laid om the table. This bill holds hotelkeepers barmless where the usual | of consumption, Hevxy Notices are placed on the doors. years and 4 the. To provide for the payment of the debts of tht several tty loo! State prisons. king | Mr. Brarcuronp introduced a bill to amend th) charter y som Mutual Insurance Company; to vest Of $2,500 in bank the title to certam land under water in the Mey doug business in Wil- by a rather a. ; On Friday, March 36, or, Key The members of the W uane street, where he was rob! Adjourned. Lectures on Europe. ke of German: The first of a seried of lectures on the present| aspect Philadelphia pa; y Hodges, who came into the room while he was residence, 14 » Who imme- On d Sind ehecegnndtia aoa eee ic | evening in the Spingler Institute, by the Rev. Dr.\Baird, Joseph W. and Bridget No. 189 West Twenty. fifth 46th year of have Leen discharged on a writ of habeas cor After a short illness of consumption, FRanciy 8, BULK: aged 44 years. is funeral will take place from his Burcet, this afternoon, BILLS PASSED, RTO, friends and ecquainta: ipectfe To facilitate the formation ot’ agricultural and horti- | attend bis saeeret, without farther notice. His mains will be co: ed to the Ne To i the wee of hotelkeaperr. A motion | trom there to Greentela bath Cons. Proper . to reconsider, but On Weduesday evening, March a at East New York, razon, silver chaser, late residence, 187 o'clock. His f rally invited to | mon Piper, Mec! sud aged at His remains will be taken to-morrow, 1st Aj o'clock, from Melrose to Bensonia Cessetery, "cesisee 45 years. ial easton from his late WeELsER, @ native PATRICK GILUIGAN, .¥. | Society are respectfully invit to-mcrrow, April Ist, at 1 o’clock P, Broad: corner of For! On Thursday, March Zist, Cuamiae iy, im the 8let year of his youngest child of ), aged 2 years and 2) friends of the famtly are requested Friday, 20th’ inet, Manone, Maria Lamb, this day, without further invitat! His friends and relatives are invited to attend hia fa- neral, from his late residence, No. 44 Broome street, at NYork; 16th jure, ark Arr March 17 brige Li Mary Eluabeth, "weconnell, Philadelphia; vohr 3” 50 ark ohn ‘Park Marcia Tribou, 2 el “d 10% to-morrow, Ist ef April Hone Kono—t San 16 shi derstcoc “bat be was to pr thi a of . | Yiction sboulé show, which it does not, that this woman | ™4king the arrest. The victim was induced by the Jus. No American, he said, can travel ia Europe witlout y . In port Jan 15 ship' ter, which includen everything. | {™ ™** | wan an improper pefvon tobe sent to the Almabouse. | tee tomake the necestary afiaavit before nim yesterday | peing convinced emphatically that in ts ta the Oud | Qu mmerseay grenlng, at y Tome | So frome home, Attala voon, Mr. MacGregor—Well, that is no better than the other, | After some few forpens sanezke on the {legality of the keris ‘3 ing, whereupon the girla were examined by the Worlé—in # country totally different from his o poe pena of Dum! A 48 years ‘The firat Fi tmoy we make, «i the papers now stand, Teor Fionne' mat ee 40 7h ‘* new and trast that The par ny to being fully committed for trial. | °F sea br Sete ce thw wn. He me ee iS 4 Abies is for the discharge of this party Tne question, in this | four Honor will Rive to Dhls cave phe considoration Wy [co Mary Hodges, alias Wallace—My mame is Mary Wat-"' conume. There are, perbapr, sixty verioun, St! °t invited oy cian {tends of the family are respectfal- cave, is directly whether any man or womam in the com: | Terence Comanle. ere Tabric Every attempt to | lace: Fam tweaty-eigbt yeurs of age; I was born'on 5 » sixty varie neral, from h’s late residence, munity can be arrested without aay prosess of law? Malice, for instance, may instigate the— ‘The Court here remarked that be would like to have the proceedings in order before him He had first the charge, the commitment and the teansfer to the work- house; the commitment was for six months, on the afi- Gavit of officer Jas, M Miler, Eighth wara police, which cba the parties with Ueiag common prostitutes, The aflidavit is w joint charge, I eee, against two per- manufacture charactef or reputation by otticers high in Iwaye a failure. Character and reputation icta of life, They begin in the promise of youth, they flourish in manhood, and they crown, as with glory, the declining years of age. Jsut when magistrate of the city, even for the purpose of preserving morals, violates there principles of common law, he maces a dangerous inroad on civil liberty, and tram- tighten years old; born in Philadelphia; Live in Broome | Vet Europe at the multitude of languages spoken, some | 404 50 years, 10 mon’ street; am a cloak maker; I know nothing about the | tweity in number. We can classify these lang into ter'¥areletive: trapsuction. nae $5 ,000 bail each. of Livingston Manor; Tlive 2t'No 61 Duane siroets T do | ttme in Ruseia, thirty in France, and no less Swi. | cmnivision street, this day, at 2 o'clock. "His remains my own work; I don’t know anything about the trans- | zerlund, and these things, perhaps, indicate the dn actic will be taken to Greenwood Philadelphia and Canada ion. 0 Catherine Smith—My name is Catherine Smth; Tam | 2 °rlginof the people. Ove is also struck in travelling the Latin, the Teutonic, and Sclavonie families; and them | Dmbere hd ‘They were both fully committed for trial in default of i Papers please copy. ‘Hoa. Fromas Wooovrr, and 26 days. nd friends of the family, Alpha Chap- also the On Wednesday, March 28, invited to attend his fu ‘1 ral, force grent divisions seem to be about equal in point | o'clock, fry a hia late reside bribe og ork: a; Zee Woodbury, Portland. a ch ¥ es on the very policy of our institutions. Pre ial oe ry, q pone. Toen we have the record ef cummitment. ples y, z of bize, and are each spoken im their various branches by Friday, March 30, Loam aged 10 years, Sacua—Arr March 15 bark Chiltor, " ax ji ina. | And Whea the judge is en from hia court, where he 1 164 ee ‘ 1 ea, St ke cree ta ar ee amcesnmine | ordinarily adwunieters justice, to ait bende the execu- The Arrest of the Gamblers. abeat eighty millions of people, The people who speak | Eiserernne cqetze’ eros anushter of J. Newton and | Ute, Milton Brewte, Macca, Tate find a great variety of objections, we have a preliminary | tive, as his monitor, it detracts trem the independence INTRRFERENOE OF A POLICE JUSTICE. the Latin language are mostly Roman Catholics ; hore) Boston. motion to raake. That is, tust tl the wardea of the workboure, and that there is no au- thority for avy person to cetain her; but the warden of the penitentiary. (Reads the commitment.) The statute vioes thas euch person is to be sent to the alms- se, or tf an improper character for the almshouse, then such person \s to be sent to the penitentiary. party is detained ry J 7 te, but it iv cowardly to fail upoo the forsaken. | Justice Osborne; but after waiting half an hour beyond |/western. There is scarcely any cit ii the commitment of Justice Osborne is, that the raid set g 1, tale hoes i ; ef ‘y Wwe 80 to apei street, Brooklyn, L. I. Ki / enough without being pounced upon by st enring, wi co that all |in Ruseia, Greece and Turkey. Yer per Rus: In City, on Friday, March 30, of scarlet fever been ot to the pestioatinst, He then a the police, peraded through the streetr, brought before or irgendiactiin vrgenum piticibeboeiritie Mare 4d were once civilized. Sebastopol was By - wil Y ih Spot fover, ferred to the cection of the law mectioued by the nd said that the objection is, that branch of the almshouse exclusively, and not of the penitentiary. In other words, t houses is to receive from the governers of the are able to work, or such as ry rates a8 vagrants. Now, y - tended that this party was not committed to the work- house, but to the penitentiary. He therefore demanied her discharge, and would remark to the court that wudge Bosworth, of the Supreme Court, yesterday din charged on a case analagous to this, where the return ‘was mode by the keeper of the city prison, who held the of the judiciary, and sullies the purity of the ermine. Let candidates’ for office seek popular favor and the Ele of the preas—but regret the populace may amor, and the press may thunder, let the judiciary maintain its purity and independence Strike not down even a prostitute. It is God-like to be merciful, There is something not only uejust in trampling on the & magistrate, and committed without progess of law. Let those who may, justify it in the name of morality and religion; but there was not one lawyer in the country would justify {t; and I say this with all respect to the District Attorney. Mr. Tomlinson concluded « very forcible address by declar- ing that there was a tendency to take the power from the people, and that the effort sprung from vhe corrup- tion of the people; but he warned them thet these vio- lations of the rights of citizens would lead toe vindica- tion by a higher law. The following are the points upon which the counsel for the prisoner base their motion to discharge:— office yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, to witness the | yocqvome iSmbou a proceedings against ther friends who had been arrested | 254 00,cin eer Reacteuen at Bob, Willis’ the night before. It was expected that } Whileon the vas the prisoners had been dirchargoi the night before, | ty" ind perhape far more leaportant ‘2 witbin an hour’s time after their incarceration in the | stan station house, by Justice Davidson. The roulette table, the chips, andall the paraphernalia | have the remarkable tact, too, that om thi® vintinent | \South Sixth street, Jersey City. of a gambling house, were brought into the Mayor's | facing the civilized portion of Karope, with the Al office, and this was all that the oficers were able| between. to ehow of their descent of the night before. This reported interference of Justice Davidson pleased the | taining thelr “fancy” prodigously; but thore on the side of the! ing in statu quo. Mayor in his efforts for reformation denounced this! ler in Europe is its yreat amount of governments—no action of Mr. Davidson as ® piece of presumption , who, k Teutonic axe priaci - A large crowd of fancy men gathered in the Mayor's the. Pa pe i in pally Protestants; and in set down at| Warp C. Datnymris, what 16 {he ost extraordinary is, that | da; tern side there arg on! 08, western side coutains at leat 1ity & Greek| in the 16th year of his “nye of Cons’, of Alfred W- et e than itis now. It is Asiatic bar! done all this evil to the eastern side of pe. We | eral, this a civilization is chiefly on the eastern side, or on "t ‘side Notice of the tuneral will be given in the evening pa- pers. of the’Greek On Friday morning, 30th inst, of consi Ep- 21 years, 3 months and 29 8. the relatives and friends of the family are respectfal- | fini fon’ ly 78,000, ‘the the prisoners would be heard in the morning before | Yution whic began on tbe east egta.oun. Bo the on % tr abet fe ‘ths ater belatonen idence, 96° Washington Atyrev WILUAM, eldest iad Harriet lease. : a His friends are respectfully invited to attend his fu- ternoen, Slat wat., at &; o'clock trom No. ‘sntic ‘The lecturer then spoke of the Asiatic emigration in, Europe—Magyers, Tartars, and Turke—the last still re- ‘Bastern habits and customs, and remaio- ‘The next fact that surprises a travel- ) levs than sixty-three—though it must pe said that mat- 804) ters are fast tending towards consolidation. There are MARITIME INTELLIGENCE. ville); Lucy Ann, 8 34 inet for Attabapas jonville for St_ kitts jam! Griffiths, Plummer, Trinidad Alexan: scouted in transitu to the penitentiary. Finst Porr.—The arrest ot the prisoner being without The Distzict Attorney raid the reference Inst made by | warrant and authority ot Inv was in violation of the Legal rights of the citizen aa guaranteed hy the constitution pa se of the State of New York that this use In uogued. | {uited States, which declares that “ths right of ‘the peopl Betere sour houor, who ai a fermer Mayor and Recorder | ‘°,be#ecure in th Pe eye Bo gy Be amet of this city, is faxailiar with these cases, which, I may shall issue but ‘upon probable ay with respect, some of our judiciary are not. I con yr aitirmation.”” And alsoof tho tend that this commitment is ample and sufficient. unjustifiable interference, | It was understood that the prisoners were discharged | en their own recognizances, to appear at the Mayor's office yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, to answer has chargea against them. At this hour only three or fou of the parties were on band. Among them wos Me, Wil twenty-one monarchies, thirty duchies, and the remain- governments are republics, of whi stands at the head. There are also four principalities— one in sary and three in Turbey—fervia on south Feo fallachis and Moldavia on the north side of the ube. The only two duchies in Europe worth jing of are Tuscany and Baden. As to the monar- Russia is the largest in extent; but it must be re- out Ship Havre, Baxter, Taree is ibs Livi 5 Ship Panama, Swasey, Hi - ate , Mu’ Lreferred your honor before to the act which makes the San retpuistan oF thw alusped eatanfiohonent formant ‘workboure a part of the prniientiary. If the law be pict t j membered that, while in Great Britain there are only Gast jpersvns! commitiea to the. peaitoutisty way be a8 AE, amare tke twenty-seven millions of inhabitants, the Queen of these islands rules over one hundred and seventy-five millions le. As om military power, France is the through his counsel, Mr. Theo, B oe of | peop gréatest in Euro) ly would be so if it Tomlinson, who asked for a the transierred to the workhouss, aod the law is sileat how fendant, Wrcten case, he being then engaged in the dapreae Court and unable Ly 0 arre: y they moy be transferred and As to the mode of transfer | tho arbitrary direction of « police officer, or of the. Mayor, ‘trom the peuitentiary to the workhouse, yet under ia omen conferred no jurisdiction over her person if the co amitment to the that principle of law I take it ier to the workhoure is pénitentiry is legal the tra trate. mney of the defendant consisted mon prostitute; having no I to attend to the matter. ‘were more centr |. There are but three mon- ‘The Judge, acceding to the request of Mr. Tomlinson, |arehs gtill on their thrones, since he (the lec- postponed . bearing of the case ngainst Mr Willis till aie’ weab to tee Taube. ote also legal. The party was committed to Mr, Jas, Keene, " 91 o-ahen to tain hersel , ‘ turer,) went rope, twenty go. | Slaght. . Semel of the peattoutiary, sad be\ transferred | cen tree prrtenee tack toe datdees ore, Reese oe sriin Lateces mere takes be the [it must be admitted that the monarchs of Tee present | “288s vurtisn, xexdett, Po WIRBAY, March 17th—Arr her bo the workhouse om the 2htli March, 1855. He (the ly engaged in the commission of such Judge for the ‘of ing Mr. Willis:— ge corgreggd je monarchs of twenty years ago. Schr Wonder, French, Prov trington, Rockport for Savanuah; District Attorney) eubmitted tha: the writ of habeas cor- reach ot th aoe oF offen ota th of the Chirt's offies, being sworn, | ‘Vite seas to Se See ot ee reece esmer Middieess, Ee ifant for do; sche s Lion, Healy, Ro ogee Dye who has the actual castody of ‘of mlsconduet tom thorize her arrest without | say, that im company with other officers he went to the | {UF#iipg to see how many of them Steamer Anthracite, J? soni 4 he el . Mr, Eldridge basa right to the cas- Lee § he ts the warrant, house 510 Broadway, lat night, for the pespees Peg ie Tete, Saseee meee, 1 fo 224, Ri u Post, Roseland for New York; 284, Fly ville for Norfolk. rzon to make the return. If | "2. Th ision of the statute which declares that an: ‘ Pope’s dominions. It may be said, indeed, that ¥ ort Hees comest that tre worasn was rightfully in the | such vartent arte dovcrived tu the Set shall be | suracrenh, hat on wong tc eid premes be foun | ted governmente tht are eoetitational are very im | St Seuthpors, WP 4s | son Meh 0; pobe Rben Herbert, Nick custody of this party, and that Mr. Keene, the warden nw Bn ody cor to | playing cards and ® large quantity of checks, used for 4 centuries to bring her constitution to its present he Fie ot ‘or 5 ad fone Clit Cld bark of the penitentiary, had had her rightfully in his | sir ost her upon his own iere ruspicion or belief, orupon the | gambling purposes: and deponent aiso saw in raid pre- | sett of and 60 time must pass ae een a i ag ; they would then come to the second point. | direction of any other person who merely entertains such | mises an article called a ‘dealing box,”’ an implement governments can become nT tothe | Schr Jona W my Ar is @ commitment from Justice Osborne to the keep- | suspicion or rolict; but was intonded to protect the citizen | ysed in gambling. morrebs of Kurope, the lecturer anid that Louis Napo- | Schr New P fd tons) dace” er of the pevitentiary. It appears that the keeper took | trom insult a e by such vay oats, ane sppties Philip Farley, of the Chief's office, testified that he pod 3 pod himaoalf at the or oe Sehr Elise SA Pog oe ae oe ph meg dere lar Ra Bon ek ont to establish At before | Secompanied officer Lefferts, and saw in the said pre- | wialRassia. He has led it—bes quarrelled = tom lay arith betes osccieny Seotoamenaret the magistrat:. Any other vio would expose the tibertios ig ge fe ta | a Prussia, and bas om a ae wi Schr R — po meets blic to be violated ly, and the of the house, a1 nowledeed hime! eucl , himself at the SMates modeuteolitabis pesteneen mk, im effe Benjamin ¥, Williams, of 105 West Twenty-secand me) ay voles unre. | the laws of '58, reciting the words which the law directs it should recite, (Rei ‘he usual form of commitment fn @uch cases.) As to the action of the magistrate, it g that he acted in due form on the affidavit of Jas. ier. By reference to the law of 1533, it appears that all common prostitutes, &e., kc , who have no lawful ment to mainthin themselves, rhali be deemed vagrants. However unjust the !aw may be considered— and summary laws have th vila—the question bere is, did Mr. Jost aright to receive ‘this affidavit? Did the poli rightfully bring the forty. before the justice! | Was the affidavit suficient? is tree ‘contended fur the people that it Did Mr. J Osborve make up a proper commitment, which the statute provider! We have evidence to show that he has Gupcvesty followed the words of the statute. In the mext place, was the warraut of commitment property made out? Lid it fail into proper bande? I have en- denvored to sbow that it dic, and that Mr. Keene has the power to transfer the party to the workhouse. In the pext , has the keeper of the workhouse proper custod, I have endeavored to show that he bas. T aul that the par 8 properly arrested, properly committed and properly held Tomlinson, counsel for the necured, aaid—I should fon this onjection, which, for I would prefer that nould come before your Honor, I wish to ex this care, 1 am wholly with this woman—Iam not retained for a tleman of standing in this city nud un fuatitable pretences, and vould, im effect, tie of the immun: a” protection secured by oTne, bear no rex e zal exam- rp and are not only disgraceful to the ministration of justice, but destructive of the legal rights of the defendant Vy arMtrary dieregard of the forms and re quirement ef NY No lawful conrt contd be held at the Mayor's office by Justice Urborne, and the attempt to transfe: ness to the chamber of #municipal executive unauthorized by —the corporation ordinance white was procured to 4 to carry out such a deeign bei: step beyons wrunieipal lenisl ation 2. No thne forded the det Procure evans: making the affidavit. 3 No." competent evidence” whatever was produced before the magivtrate in support of the cherge. a amda. g of law by ye ata cont ‘ation, And Judicial inquiry and proceed: Iihcfate and deoont character. 4, “ne proveeding being summary, the common law right to trit with analogy mh pupr: to UOT 3 the defendant—morg particularly when thore is no other Couneel provene on Ber Debalt “Thee extracedinary pro: ecedings, however, been conducted and consumated ‘on the f init 1e4 and 1883 ) Fountu Porst—The commitment to the rantteas jary it felf te not justifiable, because by the act of itis mado ¢ wiagistrate to it the jant to the varrency, uniers am fi ot whch tb stresi, being duly sworn, says that he has visited the house No. 510 Broadway, where he has seen gambling carried on with cards, &.; that Robert Willis is the re- | t10 aye bear @ good ebarecter, '* puted keeper of said house See ut we LT gd — Fdward McLeon, of No. 11 Watts street, being t | the Milan, the before the police ‘justice, to testify the truth and give | brotter, who were there evidence according to bie knowledge in « certain com- whelpe, tastin~ plaint made egainst Robert Willis, and being duly sworn, | i5, Jone better ** answored a6 follows:— the King ot Q grip ew! id visited the house, No. 510 Broad- | ¢y, o woy? A. 1 decline anewering. ‘] Q, Have you ever seen gambling carried on with cards or other apparatus in aid bouse’ A. I decline Piped the ground that the answer might crimi pate my . Q In Robert Willis the keeper or reputed keeper of ae’ house? A. I decline banpee | on the ground that answer might crimipate myself. U the above affidavits Mr. Willis was held in the «um of one thousand dollars to appear ewer on Saturday next. The ‘was prom and the prisoner discharged, the appurten estate enlistment being then removed t fice for safe keeping. Jorsey City Intellig Horoxext Onarten Vore—Orr cant in Hoboken, at the charte ‘ on. b: s taktora, quiet ‘end résolate man. The Fmr- to ego eS tribunal on eens 7, he \ was 120 the civil rights community, | tho we he. M For the charter,.... ‘oenen: Bhd Seen ich js am independent institution, to whieh, 4 at All, # : married Theuld ‘havo Teen committed by tho magistrate. (Act Oppored to the charter Majority for the charter The event will be er” > stration on Tues/ will be held on th semis ha tace at oh psn C— i Semrensact eo atiary or . Ld se ¥ hou Dy thelaws af 8 u fmens in the penitentiary fe has Sas ea oe aproper a — can be thence to tle workhouse; but the law of ment to the penitentiary wae unsuthor- | ents of the %3 imposes the duty upon the magistrave to commit to commitment nor record of ment sine dé ‘almshouse, unless the party is an improper person— mmitment nor treet of et Prctorun ofesder eed Qirw 1 puy nay that there i seen een cat cae | yP Mt ‘ 5 * not a particle of evidence to the effect that this woman, seared ve thie tri Sere hae the right ¢ pen | Preme ‘appears to bea married woman, was & notorious ia “Dut admitting that this women was @ noto- der, they then nek the warden of the work- ‘by what authority be holds ber, und the District by implication. ee itel athere a Nieves the counsel to the act to transfer. Tho, the ore Covet ‘thst he would pot, bg look decide the point whether the POPS ee tae Boye wees of the Almehouse [i e? G mmitting magistrate, And of the oot tne Lis oh y i hersel Nort RACOBECOR ? ¢ TE, tomes M, 5 Of Connsaly ‘trfet Attorney brief; |, confining himse? wor we point whetine ue ler the statute of 18°