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TNE STOALS-FISK ‘WORDER TRIAL ‘ ee ie earn | An Exhaustive Session Yesterday—Important Testimony for the Defence—The Theory of the Second Pistol Sustained. Testimony of Miss Turner, Waiting- maid in the Morse Family— Tho Defence Closed. wee The Case To Be Sumy Up To-Day. Ftv a? ence AN INCOME TAX DECISION. a SOR ia The Salaries of State Oourt Judges Not Lia- ble to Income Tax —Important Rul- ing by Judge Shipman. BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. Wammarics—The Suydam Will Casc—Assignment of the State Courts for 1873—New Appoint- mente in the United States District Attor- ney’'s Office, District Attorney’s Office and Office of Corporation Coun- sel—Decisions—Calendars. Troceedings in the Stokes trial were resumed yesterday in the Court of Oyer and Terminer be- fore Judge Boardman. The session was a long and exhaustive one, the proapect now being that coun- gel will commence summing up to-day, which will bring the trial to aclose probably by Saturday. The principal interest in the case yesterday cen- tred upon the appearance and testimony of Miss Turner, who was calied for the defence. This wit- ness was a waiting-maid in the Morse tamily at the Grand Central Hotel at the time of the shooting; she corroborated the testimony of three other witnesses for the defence as to the strange Jady and the finding of the second pistol, and as to the fact that Fisk was in the Rabit of carrying a pistol. .To this extent her testimony was important to the deience, more particularly as after a long cross-examination she Was unshaken in her direct evidence, and left the witness box unimpeached in the slightest degree. The defence closed, and, after some rebutting tes- timony, the Court adjourned, it being understood that counse! will sum up to the jury to-day. Yesterday in the United States Circuit Court Judge Blatchford rendered his decision in the case Of Madeleine C. Battlo vs, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. The suit was brought to recover $10,000 ona policy of insurance on the Iife of the husband of the plaintiff. The Judge re- fases the claim of the plaintiff on the ground that there 1s variance between the proof and the state- ments set forth In the proceedings. Yesterday im the United States Circuit Court Judge Shipman rendered a decision’ in the case of Judge John J. Freedman, of the Superior Court of this city, against General Franz Sigel. When the latter was Collector of Internal Revenue in this city he imposed a tax of $162 370n the oficial salary of Judge Freeaman, which the Judge paid under protest. He then brought a suit against General Sigel to test the validity of the imposition. The decision of the Court is in fayor of Judge Freedman, and holds that there was no authority under the law to impose this tax onthe Judge’s oMcial salary. . Benedetto Stangher, mate of the Austrian ship Civilta, was yesterday held in $1,000 bail for exam- ination before Commissioner Shields, on @ charge ef having assaulted George A. Livingston, a Mar- shal’s keeper, who was in charge of the vessel, she having been seized in libel for collision. Another maudamus was yesterday, granted against the Comptroller by Judge Ingraham, of the Supreme Court. The mandamus is to compel the payment of the salary of Timothy S. Kelly, an om- cér of the Court of General Sessions. In another column will be found the assignments for this year of Judges of the Superior Court and Court of Common Pleas. That of the Supreme Court Judges has already been published in the | peqOne a fashion for an hour, but failed to seeegoh her teatimony in the least.” THE COURTS. A et i her examination she said that she hath to@ man named Chase, who leit ber aud to parts unkno' } moved to io fly; Mrs. Me sald the Would be to leave the city; first to go to the Grand Central Hotel and remain there untit she could get & chance to leave; she went there and stayed three orifour core then went to Fishkill Seran- ton, Pa. ; Lee, Mass., and other places, visi ;sne had never been in the Canterbury Music Hall or in the prental saloon in Mog A aed 3 eeonae by 4 ever take any proper’ longing to family; [ know Phot iar, Comer (of the Erte Rail- way ofl ice, and @ witness for the prosecution) has lately tried to engage rooms in the house where I am stopping, at 53 Horatio street; Mra. Morse owes me eleven dollars and a hall, and told me to leave my clothes aud she would send them to me; I sent A a twice, but aere not got them i, f bee r. carry @ pistol on many occasions; pe Piston peer much like it, the lady had in her hand. A recess for half an hour was taken at one o'clock. After Recess. THE ‘STENOGRAPHER TESTIFIES. Mr, Townsend read the testimony otf the boy Redmond, fron the notes of the reporter, taken at the last trial. q Mr. Wiillam Yeich, the stenographer, who took notes of the evidence adduced at the Coroner’s in- quest, was: asked as to whether Redmond testified as to certain expressions made use of by Stokes alter the shooting. He contradicted Redmond, aud said that as far as his memory served him, and as his notes showed, Redmond testified to no such expressions, W. L, DRUMMOND was called to testify as to certain threats made against Stokes, and as to seeing rufianly looking persons hanging about the hotel where Stokes was | residing at the time, as if lying in wait for him. REBUTTAL TESTIMONY, ‘The defence here closed, and Colonel Fellows cailed Captain Byrnes in rebuttal. The wit- ness stated that he had heard the testimony of Henry De Corley, the parlor man; after the shgot- ing had taken place, and J had received this pistol (Stokes’ pistol), 1 met De Corley in the hail and asked him if he bad found a pistol; he replied that he had not, but that a lady had; I asked what kind of a pistol it was, and he stated it was one of four barrels; Tshowed him this peut (Stokes’ and he identified it as the weapon he had receive: | from Miss Grace Hall. i To Mr. Townsend—He sald that it was | A DARK COLORED PISTOL} | this pistol (Stokes’) I had in my pocket at the time; I wanted to be certain before showing it to him, and particular about his answer ;1] have been on tne police force about nine years; I might have been appointed through the influence of Hank Smith in- directly; I was sworn as a witness on the last trial, and remember De Corley swearin, pistol was not the one he saw; I immediately toid the District Attorney, and he replied that it was immaterial. JOHN H. COMER recailed—I_ never knew Mr. Fisk to carry a alt] Gy T bave scen him day in and day out Erie offices. Cofonel Fellows here called a number of wit- nesses whd had been sworn betore, but none of them answered ; he could not ask for attachments, a8 he had no proof of personal service, Mr. Tremain objected to any delay. THR STATEMENT OF HART EXCLUDED. Colonel Fellows then proposed to read the state- | ment of Thomas Hart taken at the station house. | The defence objected to the reading on the ground of immateriality and illegality. | The question was argued at some length, and finally His Honor deeided that the statement was pe pigs after the witness had been ex- ined. een in the MRS, ADELINE BARKER called by the defence—I reside at 68 Leroy street; Tam acquainted with the Morse family; I used to wash for them at the Grand Central Hotel; I have been at the rooms of the Morse family when Mr. Fisk was there; 1 saw him there-just before Christ- mas, 1871; 1 was in the room when he called; the two Mia lorse were present and myself; he was sitting on the sof, with the young jadies; I saw him jump up exeatedly; he put his hand be- ae him and struck the end of the sofa; he then made A DECLARATION. Q. Did he connect Stokes’ name with the declara- ion ? The question was objected to, and ruled ont. Exception. Mr. Townsend said that he proposed to show b; the witness that Fisk said that he nad just returne Jrom down town after having had a legal contro- versy with the Capp nel that he called Stokes a cur, and said that he would be; him first and kill him afterward; that he would worry him asa cas oor @ mouse, and that upon Miss Morse ask- ing THR GALLOWS did not loom up before him he replied that no gal- lows was ever built for Jim Fisk. The Court excluded the testimony. Colonel Fellows asked for ATTACHMENTS AGAINST TEN WITNESSES who were subpemmled and failed to respond. He said that he had senta carriage to the Grand Central Hotel for some of them, In about half an hour MR. TOWERS, proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel, arrived and went on tne stand in rebuttal. He said that he ald no! y pistol lying in front of parlor 219 or in the hall at all; Iden't think that Stokes made any audible reply upon my asking why he came to my house to cause trouble; I don’t think he made use of the expression testified to. Several others were recalled and testified on Kd specific portions of testimony by way of re- ut Alter some discussion on various points of law and evidence an adjournment was ordered till to- day. Some eight or ten witnesses will be examined this morning, briefly,in rebuttal, when counsel will commence to sum up. THE INCOME TAX. Important Decision by Jadge Shipman— HFRALD. STOKES’ TRIAL, Yesterday’s Proceedings—Important Tes- timony for the Defence. At half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning the proceedings in the tiial of Edward 8. Stokes was resumed. SAMURL G. SCHENCK was the first witness called during the morning for the defence. Mr. Benjamin K. Phelps, the new District At- torney, appeared in Court, but allowed Mr. Fel- Jows, as he had been in the case since the com- mencement, to fepresent the District Attorney's Mice until the conclusion of the trial. The witness aforesaid, before testifying, pro. eeeded to mark the holes in the cloak worn by Colonel Fisk at the time of the shooting by attach- ing small pieces of white paper corresponding to the number of holes found in the cloak, He found eight holes all together, front and back. The witness ‘was requested to put on the cloak, and did so, that the jury might see more perfectly. Messrs. Beach, Fullerton, Townsend and Tremain all tried their hands at fitting a light walking stick into the per- forations made by the bullets of Stokes. The ob- Ject in showing the clothing and the holes was for ‘the purpose of allowing the jury to judge, if they could, the position Fisk was in at the moment of the shooting, and whether, from the manner in Which the cloak was pierced, it would seem that Fisk had been in the act of firing. The witness was also requested by Mr. Tremain to don the inside coat and vest of the deceased, which he did, It was observed that there were two perforations in the coat and one in the front of the vest just above the abdomen, JENNIE TURNER ‘was next sworn—I am nineteen years of age; my parents reside in Massachusetts; on the 6th of January, 1872, I was waiting maid to the Morse family; I had been in the employ of the Morse family for one month prior to the shooting; I have often seen Mr, Fisk as a visitor to the family; he used to come at one period nearly every day; I know the prisoner by sight; a short time beiore the shooting I was standing im the hall at one of the parlors, not far from the private staircase, eek to Henry, the Ey it was nearly Opposite the elevator; I had just come down stairs from the third oor; as I was standing near the main entrance T8AW MR. STOKES COMB UP THE PRIVATE STAIR- CASE he passed and looked in the first parlor, then in the second; he next passed Deck again anda Second time looked in the first parlor; next he Walked as far as the diuing-room hall, and, turn! back, went down the private staircase; a momen ter that I heard the shots; Thomas Hart was 1 togethny | w7hen we heard the or Ww ards pire staircase; when 1 aol tere saw ~ isk supported by several persons on the staire; he was taken into the reception room on the sec. ond floor; I continued to stand at the head of the private staircase, and sa lady come up; ag she Feached the top she met a gentleman, and. hora out her hand, she gave him a pistol, saying this; [picked it ap on the stairs,” ‘The ott, it and told her to accompany him, and they went into the reception room; I next went up stairs and Feported what I had seen to € M133 MINNIE MORSE and ber dmother; subsequently I descended again and faw @ large crowd of people congregated @ the lower floor. ‘Witness also testified to hearing Mr. Crockett gay that Stokes must be convicted under any cir- eumstances; the Morse family removed a few ‘ayes the shooting to Thirty-second street, where 4 under another name, , Fullerton cross-examined the witness ln most The Salary of a State Court Judge Decided Not To Be Liable to Income Tax. Not long since we announced in the HeraLp that Judge John J. Freedman, of the Superior Court of this city, had commenced an action in the United States Circuit Court to recover from General Franz Sigel, Who at present holds the office of Register, the sum of $162 37. This amount the Judge paid to General Sigel when the latter was Collector of Internal Revenue in the Ninth district of New York, as a tax on the income of the Judge, which consisted solely of his oMcial salary. The tax was paid under protest, and the Judge then beg js action torecover from the United States the amount which he claims to have paid in his own eihen Yesterday Judge Shipman ren- dered his decision in the case in favor of the plain- tif. The latter claimed that the tax is illegal, and that its illegality is conclusively shown by the case of the Collector vs, Day (11th Wall), That case brought up the Lh ne of the validity of a tax upon the salary of Mr. Day, as Judge of the Probate and Insolvency Court, Barnstable county, Massa- chusetts. The salary in this case was fixed by a statute of the State, and was not payable directly out of the State Treasury. The Supreme Court, on being appealed to, came to the conclusion that it ‘was not competent for Congress to impose the tax upon the salary of a State Judge. It was insisted by the defendant, General Sigel. that the present case was to be distinguished trom that of the Collector vs. Day for the following Teasons:— In that case a statate of the State had directly fixed the salary of the Judge, while in the one now under consideration the salary of the plaintiff is fixed by the Board of Supervisors of the county of New York, The salary of Judge bey was payable directly out of the Treasury of the State of Massa- chusetts, whereas the salary of the plaintiffis now payable out of the Treasury of New York city. That the Court of Probate and Insol- yency of Barnstable county, Mass., could not pro- perly be termed a@ local court, belonging to a class of tribunals known only to the cities of New York — Buffalo, the Justices of which are purely local oficers, Judge Shipman, in the course of his decision, ob- serves it is obvions that the decision in the case of Day controls the question in Judge Freedman’s case, unless the latter can be distinguished by some incidental features. He holds that, because the ba eps of this State deemed it proper, when they created the Judges of the Superior Court, to al the Board of Supervisors to fix their salaries, this did not in any way affect the nature of the Judges of that Court, who are still the judicial officers of the State. The same reason- ing which led the Supreme Court in the case of thi Collector va. Day to hold the tax ille, apples with equal force to the present suit. r review- ing at some length the other points relied on by the defendant, the Judge orders a decree for the piain- tim, Edmund Fitch for the piaintid; L, W. er- son for the defendant. BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. Admiralty Calendar for Tuesday, Janu- ary 7. i Before Judge Blatchford. ~ Benner vs. The Steamship Circass: that this |- Howard vs, Grifin.—Motion to amené granted, j and Solomon Ferris, of 750 Greenwich street, were operant of costs of time and costs of motion. eliey et al. va. Bernheimer et al.—Case settled. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Fancher. Crawford vs, Waters, Receiver, &c.—Order of reference granted to take and state an account a8 stated in opinion. Milander ve, Milander,—Report of referee con- firmed and judgment of divorce granted. Hoyt et al. vs. The Bank of Jersey City.—Judg- ment for plaintiq. Baae et al, vs, The New York and Virginia Steam- ship Company et al.—Judgment for plaintiffs on de- murrer, with costa agalnst all defendants except Heineker and Palmore, with liberty to answer on Judgment of costs, and as to said two defendants or agents, their demurrer is sustained, with costs. SUPERIOR COURT, Assignment of Judges for the Year 1873. GENERAL TERMS.—January, Judges Monell, Sedg- wick and Van Vorst; February, Judges Barbour, Curtis and Sedgwick; March, Judges Monell, Freedman and Curtis; April, Judges Barbour, Monell and Van Vorst; May, Judges Barbour, Freedman and Sedgwick; June, Judges Freedman, Curtis and Van Vorst; October, Judges Monell, Curtis and Sedgwick; November, Judges Barbour, Moneli and Freedman; December, Juages Barbour, Curtis and Van Vorst, SPECIAL TERMS.—January, Judge Barnour; Feb- ruary, Judge Freedman; March, Judge Van Vorst} April, Judge Sedgwick; May, Judge Curtis; Junc, Judge Moneli; October, Judge Van Vorst; Novem- ber, Judge Sedgwick ; December, Jndge Freedman, Jury TeRMs.—Part 1—January, Judge Curtis; Feb- Tuary, Judge Monell; March, judge Barbour; April, Judge Freedman; ‘May, dua; ‘an Vorst; Ju Judge Sedgwick ; bctoder, Judge Barbour; ber, Judge Curtis; December, Judge Moncll. 2—January, Judge Freedman; February, Judge Van Vorat; March, Judge Sedgwick; April, Judge Curtis; Mey, Judge Mone!l; June, Judge Barbour; October, Judge Kreedman; November, Judge Van Vorst; December, Judge Sedgwick. CHAMBERS IN VACATION.—Judge Monell, from Mon- day, June 30, to ‘Tuesday, July 15, inclusive; Judge Freedman, from Wednesday, July 16, to Thursday, July 81, inclusive; Judge Barbour, from Friday, eens 1, to Saturday, August 16, inclusive; Judge | Sedgwick, from Monday, August 18, to ‘Tuesday, | Septeinber 2, inclusive; Judge Van Vorst, from | Wednesday, September 3, to Thursday, September 18, inetusive; Judge Curtis, from Friday, septem- ber 19, to rday, October 4, inclusive, GENERAL TERMS IN VACATION.—Thursday, July 81, Judges Barbour and Freedman; Tuesday, Sep- tember 2, Judges Sedgwick ana Van Vorst. SURROGATE'S COUAT, The Suydam Will Case—Charitable and Educational Institutions Likely to be Beneiited. Before Surrogate Robert C. Hutchings, Yesterday counse! for the contestants in the Suy- dam will case announced to the Surrogate that he was instructed not to offer any evidence in contest, and that he was willing the case should be submit- ted at ics present stage—namely, the evidence of the subscriblig witnesses in proof of the execution ol the will alone being given. This is equal to a withdrawal of the contest, Should tue will be admitted to propate—as it is now likely to be—about one-half the estate will go to charitable and_ literary institutions, including $25,000 to the Bible Society, $25,000 to the Ameri- can Tract Society, and bequests to the Synod ot the Dutch Relormed church and to Rutgers College; the pentne goes to the wife and relatives of de- ceased, COUNT OF COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions, ” By Judge Larremore. Waterman vs. Vandewater.—Motion denied, ‘Without costs. : Felt vs. Cauldwell.—Memorandum for counsel. By Judge ©. J. sate Higgings vs. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Kailroad Company.—Plainti? entitled to recover amount demanded, By Judge Robinson (in equity). More vs. Rand.—Opinion tiled. Assignment of Jadges and Terms for 1873. GENERAL TeRMs.—First Monday of January, Chief Justice Daly, Judges Larremore and J. £. Daly; firet Monday of Murch, Chief Justice Daly, Judges Robinson and Loew; first Monday of May, Chief Justice Di Robinson and Larremore; lirst Monday of mber, Chief Justice Daly, Judges Loew and Daly. SPECIAL TERMS.—For trial of issues of fact.—First Monday of Janus —Part 1—Judge Robinson. First Monday of Febri Satie Loew.—Part 2-— Judge J. F, Daly. First Monday of March.—Part 1— dadge Larremore. Judge J. F, Daly.—Part 2—Judge Larremore. First Monday of May.—Part 1—Judge Loew. First Mon- day of June.—Part 1—Judge J. F. Daly.—Part 2— Judge Loew. First Monday of October.—Part 1— Chief Justice Daly.—Part 2—Judge J. F. Daly. First Monday of November.—Part 1—Judge Robinson. First Monday of December.—Part 1—Judge Larre- more.—Part 2—Chief Justice Daly. Equity Terms.—Firat Monday of February, Judge first Monday of June, Chief Justice Daly; first Mon- | day of Octeber, Judge Loew; first ‘Monday of De- cember, Judge Robinson. January, Judge Loew; February, Judge Robinson: March, Jadge JF. Daly; April, Chief Justice Daly; May, Judge J. ¥. Daly; June, Judge Larremore; July 1 to 15, Judge Loew; July 16 to 31, Judge Larremo. August to 15, judge 5 Fe Daly; August® 16 to 81 Judge Robinson; September 1 to 15, Chief Justice Daly; September 16 to first Monday of October, Judge Van Brunt; October, Judge Robinson; November, Judge Larremore; December, Judge Loew. UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORIEY’S OFFICE, List of Appointments Fully Made Up. Yesterday Mr. Bliss, the newly-appointed United States District Attorney, entered upon the dis- charge of his official duties. The names of the tol- lowing gentlemen show a complete list of the staf’ | of the oMce:— Gencral H. E. Tremaine, Chief Assistant; Mess?s. Thomas Simons, A. H. Purdy, Roger M. Sherman, John A. Goodlett, Willett Denike, Jr., Assistant District Attorneys; Messrs. Henry Donne and The kirst Monday of April.—Part 1. | Larremore; first Monday of April, Judge Robinson; | CHAMBERS—and Special Term issues of law.— | Pe be calling on af trapt per omphe dig ne fatigued ie caneiee eta all maces Erste aad yerevag” ac afer Martel Soa mitted in default or $45 bail for good behavior, Burglary. Michael Tobin was committed in default of bail, at Jefferson Market, yesterday, charged with bur- glary, in forcioly entering the premises of Thomas Ryan, 187 Wooster street, at an early hour on the morning of the ist, and stcaling a quantity of liquor and le had a confederate, who es- caped. Tobin is alr bail for highwa, robpery. eady under bail ighway BROOKLYN COURTS. ‘THE BUSINESS OF 1872. Supreme Court. ‘The records of the various Courts show a vast in- crease of business last year over any previous year. In Circuit there were 450 cases disposed of, and there were 6,500 orders entered at Special Term. One of the Judges of the Supreme Court has been and ts daily in attenaance. The chief trials at Oyer and Termiuer were those of Fanny Hyde, Henry Rogers, the assassin of, Policeman Donahue, and Dr. Irish.” 1t was frequently the case that three branches of the Supreme Court were in session at one time. City Court. The following is a record of the business of the City Court for 1872:— Nw Nw Number of motions di Number of motions Nuwber ot Gener: ny Number of persons made citizen Number of persons who declared their intention of becoming citizens...,....... 301 The above figures are twenty-five per cent in excess of those for the year 1871, Court of Sessions. Number of persons arraigned. Number of persons tried... Number of persons convicted, Number of persons acquiited Number of persons di:charged, the Grand Jury having tailed to find indictments..."... te 1,573 1,183 12188 a Number of indictments in h LOMECTEM se sceeeeseseneeae 39 Number of persons discharged ‘thereby 29 Aggregate period of sentences imposed, 353 years, as follows:—Sing Sing, 135 years; Pent- tentlary, 217 years; County Jail, 192 days. Scnt to House of Refuge, two persons. County Court, In the County Court (Judge Moore's) there Were seventy-six cases tried and 1,033 orders granted. " THE BUILDING QUESTION. To THR Eprror oF THE HERALD:— Observing that the late fires in your city have drawn public attention somewhat anxiously to- ward the building laws, and have elicited remarks more or less unjust to the department in charge of their enforcement, as one of the lawmakers of the last and coming Assembly it is perhaps appropriate to recite somewhat oi the experience of last ses- sion in regard to it. It willat least serve as a warning in the future, and also illustrate the ab- solute necessity of entrusting the construction and drafting of such laws only to experienced and com- petent persons who have no political ends to gain or private interests to subserye. Inhad the honor to be a member of the Assembly of 1871, when a comprehensive and careful building law had been en .cted under the auspices of Mr. Leander Buck, | @ builder and also a member, and I naturally | felt interested in the subject and curious to learn the particulars concerning improve- ments upon it; and when, last session, Mr. Haight, ® reform member, introduced bill 627, intended, as we were assured by himself and corps of active lobby members, to reform and amend the building law in accordance with the best experience of architects and the public welfare, my interest in- creased. The bill was reported favorably by the Committee on Cities, which was regarded as par excellence the Reform Committee of the House, and of which that eminent reformer, Mr. Hawkins, was chairman, and who, as [ understand, still persists in regretting its subsequent tate. During its so- journ with the committee, parties claiming to be in some manner representatives of the builders’ Association of New York city, headed by one Coi- onel John W. Marshall, who, I understood, was a discharged inspector of the Department of Build- | ings, and Messrs. Tostevin, Sexton and Doilinger | and others, under whose auspices the bill had been | drawn, appeared at Ele and were very active in soliciting its passage. e bill was referred toa | Sub-committee of the whole, of which I was a | member, and remonstrances of all the insurance companies of the city, also from the architects, builders and property owners, were presented to the committee. Mr. James M. Macgregor, Superin- | tendent of the Department of Buildings, also aj i ared beiore the committee in opposition to the bill, and clearly and pointedly showed its incongruity. Althoagh warmly defended and supported by ita friends and their counsel, the motives of the framers and the wickedly stupid natu 4 of the bill were ren- i dered 60 apparent that the committee promptly aud peremptorily reported against it, and the As- sembly concurred without dissent. The parties | who had prepared it and solicited its passa: | Were found to be merely malcontents, opposed to the department, and were not representatives of the Buliders’ Association. The public, so lately startled by a series of fire disasters iato a sense of the almost incalcu'able importance of some strin- geut legal building regulations, in order to secure | Safety to life and property, will regard the pro- | visions of that proposed law as a curious bit of his- tory, illustrating tue persistence and unscrupulous energy of cheap builders. who are and have ever | been opposed to any law or Department of Build- ings. ¢ bill was composed chiefly of garbled ex- tracts from the existing law, made, evidently, by some ignorant person, and the flimsy pre- tence o: buliding regulations was insufficient | to conceal the real ovject of the framers, | which was to break up the Depart- | ment of Buildings. itad it paesed it would | Merely have repeaied the excellent provisions of House bond suits and internal revenue cases; W. H. Hartley, stenographer. We have already £ ven some ing four of the above named ofticials—Messrs, Purdy, Simons, Hayes and Doune—who, after a roperly retained under the new régime. General Tremaine, the new Chief Assistant, had been formerly Chief Deputy Marshal in the office of Mar- shal Sharpe. He is well known to the soldiers of this State. Mr, Sherman comes from the office of the Attorney General at Washington, Mr, Willitt Denike, Jr., made public speeches during the late campa: in favor of President Grant, and appears now to have received the reward of his services, M. J. R. Goodlett has been practising law in the State and federal Courts for some time past; he has quite a number of friends and acquaintances, who will be pleased to hear that he has obtained this official position, Attorney’s Office. During the past year the number of civil cases terminated in the office of the United States Dis- trict Attorney was 155, in 148 of which there were judgments for the government, twenty-seven hay- ing been dismissed or d scontinued. Aggregate $237,202. Of this sum Number of civil suits amount of judgments, $109,255 57 were realized. now pending, 675. CORPORATION COUNSEL OFFICE. New Appointments. Mr. E. Delafield Smith, Counsel to the Corpora- tion, has made the following appointments :— gar P. Andrews, Assistant Corporation Coun- Horace M. Ruggles, Corporation Attorney. Isaac Dayton, Public Administrator. Mr. Andrews was Assistant District Attorney of the United States under Theodore Sedgwick, ex- e Roosevelt, E. Delafield Smith ‘and Daniel Ss. Dickenson, Mr. Ruggles is an able lawyer, @ prom- inent member of the Bar Association and Mr. Smith’s co-laborer in the affairs of that organiza- tion. Mr. Dayton is the author of the standard treatise on the eco in Surrogates’ Courts and has a high standing at the Bar, Mr. Smith is win- ning the approval of our best citizens by his Sagacity and quict devotion to official duty. Other i gal beg kes are deferred till the necessities of the office become fally known to the new head. The New District Attorney. Mr. Benjamin K. Phelps has assumed the duties of the office of District Attorney, and has appointed as his assistants Messrs. Horace Russeli, Daniel G, Rollins and George W. Lyon. There is a vast ac- cumulation of work, to which Mr. Lien will give ention without delay, and he is fully capable The Lighterage Company vs. The Steamtug E. Levy. Mecienn vs. The Steamer Argo. Aumack vs. Schooner Creole. t . The Ferryboat Sunswick. Tomp! vs. The Steamboat Syracuse. Wheeler vs. The Steamboat City of Norwich. Earle vs. The Schooner Emmeline. Brown vs. Loud. Benedict vs. Steamboat Niagara. Chapman et. va, Sanchez y Dolz Nickersol al. vs. Steamtug Echo. SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT. . Decisions. Ry Judge Van Brunt. Crowell etal. ve, Crowell et al—Complaint dis king the proper disposition of it. SEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COUAT. Robbery and Escape. Harry Campbell and Frank Richards were ar- raigned at Jefferson Market yesterday, charged with robbing George T. Hartshorn, of Brooklyn, while in @ state of intoxication, at a house in Greene street. Barns, the proprietor of the place, witnessed the act and caused the arrest of the offenders, While the clerk Was making out ti complaint Richards quietly elipped out of the court room and has net since been seen. Campbell was locked up for trial. Appropriating a Coach. Wiliam Joineon, of 320 West Sixteenth street. Nicholas P. Hayes, oMcials in charge of Custom | hg cke respect | lengthened and faithful service, have been very | Business in the United States District | the law of 1871, bevldes being inoperative itself, because no builder could have understood it any | More tian the makers did. No authority granted to make surveys, enforce law or collect penalties. Inspectors were required to be skijled mechanics, but any one could be superintendent | or either ot five devuties, aud they had scarcely more power tian their clerks or messengers. The | only power proposed was vested In a board of arbi- | traiovs, mutually chosen by delinquent property | owners and the department. No law compelled | property owners to sclect arbitrators, and no pro- | vision was made to pay them; and, under such a | law, 20,000 several boards of arbitration would | have been required to decide questions of violation | during the past decade, Not to trespass upon your space and patience, a more viciously absurd law was never proposed, It consisted of forty- seven sectiuns, Whici were carefully examined by ! the committee, and, as before stated, condemned, | By the provisions eight inch walls were restored; | it dispensed with the testing of iron work and tron shutters; restored wooden cornices; omitted fire escapes, ladder: ind aeutties to build. | ings already erectec restricted the fire | limits again below Eighty-sixth street; per- mitted the erection of wooden buildings thirty-eight feet high anywhere in the city if cov- ered wita freprooi material, and twelve teet high without. In a word, the bill abolished all restric- tions and was especially designed to subserve the interests of shoddy builders on the one hand and ambitions malcontents on the other. My impres- sion of the present building law—and I think it was, also, the conclusion of all who examined it last session—is that a lew amendments concerning construction details and increased power of en- forcement to the department are ali the public in- terest requires. Let the machinery and organiza- tion of the department be what they may, the build- sng details are the results of ten years of the labor and experience of the best architects among us. As one among many members of the coming Assembly, 1 am willing to be my effort and infu. ence in the attainment of a good code of building regulations and a depaitment fully empowered to enrorce them. JAMES M. OAKLEY. JAMAICA, THE NEWARK “MYSTERY” REDUCED 10 APOPLEXY, Tu the case of the man Charles Beckham, who, as reported in yesterday's MERALD, was found dead on New Year's morning, in a saloon of unenviable reputation in Bank street, kept by Arthur Cham- bers, the prize fighter, Coroner Vreeland, of New- ark, held an inquest yesterday. Little, ir anything, hew, beyond what has already been published, was elicited. It was proved that there had been & row in the place, though there was nothing de- veloped to show that the deceased was mixed u in it, as had been asserted. The doctors agreed that death might have been caused from intem- porance, or from a rupture caused by a blow, or oth. The jury, alter a brief absence, returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death “irom apoplexy, caused by long intemperance.” ASTRANGER FROZEN TO DEATE. Yesterday morning the body ofan unknown man, about thirty years of age, dressed in ordinary dark clothing, and apparently @ laborer, was found lying in the rear yard of premises 59 Thompson street. There were no marks of violence on tne body, and it is believed deceased, while ly a ea ienve noe all chy a Me ‘oa a, own w froedn 1} deatn before mornin. Bi ald the re- mains not be identified and claimed for interment, they will be sent to Morgue, where Coroner Young will hold ap tmaueat, , NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1873—WITH SUPPLEMENT. « Murders of 1870. 1. Jan. 2—Anna Almeyo, aged twenty-five, Dative of iondon, ngiand, came to ner death by. pistol shot wound, at the hands of George Bauman. 2. Jan. 13—Geerge Stohl, aged twenty-six years, native of Germany, died of wounds received at & T bier saloon on the n ght of December 24. Jan. 5—James Logan, aged twenty-one years, Native of Ireland, pistol shot wound, by the hands He reerentiah Dunn, on the sidewalk in Houston 4. Jan. 15—Conrad Oestricher, German, aged = pears stabbed by Morris Kehr, alded by iv. y 5. Jan. 29—William Townsend, English, aged Hee rave, years, stabbed in his own store by Jack 6. Feb, 1—Joun Mirkee, German, aged forty-nine rs, skull fractured during @#kirmish with un- nown pei 7. Feb. io, Margaret Sheridan, New York, aged thirty-one years, shot with a pistol by her husband. 8, April 24—David O'Day, Irish, aged thirty-one years, stabbed in a saloon by Philip shone. 9 May 13—Patrick Welsh, Irish, aged thirty-five years, stabbed Mareh 17, by Micheel tin, 10, June 2—Patrick Herman, Irish, aged twenty- one years, shot with piato: by Oficer William Burke, in discharge of duty, 11, June 15—John O’Brien, Irish, aged twenty- five years, stabbed by Lawrence sullivan, 12. June 26—Daniei Michael, German, aged twen- Bane years, stabbed in the street by Thomas Sheridan. 18, July S—Mary Neison, Irish, aged thirty years, beaten to Geath by her husband, 14. July 4—Robert Montgomery, New York, aged twenty-one years, shot in the street with & pistol by James Egan. 15. July 9—Jacob Schveibler, German, aged twenty-eight years, struck on the head by a cobble stone during an assault upon his preinises by John Campbell, James Boyle and John Stewart, 16, July 12—Florence Scannell, New York, aged twenty-three, shot in the street with a pistol by Thomas Donoghue, on December 3, 1869, 17, July 18—Patrick Farrell, Irish, aged twenty- six years, shot in the street with a pistol, by Wil- liam Hamilton, June 18 18. July 24—Henry Wachtels, German, aged thirty- seven years, stabbed by John Glass, as 19, July —Benjamin Nathan, New York, wounded with an instrument known as a dog, by unknown persons. 20. August 1—James Fingleton, New York, aged twenty-seven years, bayonet run through his chest in his own bakery by Adam Lanfrted. 21, August 8—George Johnson, United States, aged ae years, stabbed in the street by Patrick in, 22. August 9—Charles Wilson, Norway, aged twenty-six years, shot with a pistol, by James Nolan, on Staten Island Soreyboas, July 10, 1870. 23. August 14—Wiliiam Davis, Irish, aged nine- teen years, killed by blows on the head with a whifiletree by Margaret Dunn. 24, August 16—Thomas Shea, Irish, aged twenty- one years, killed by injuries received in the street from the thrust of a broomhandle through the eye at the hands of Michacl McAloon, 25. August 1s—John J. Kelly, New York, aged fourtee. years, in tne street on July 19 was stabbed in the nead by William Kavanagh. 26. August 18—Dennis O’Brien, Irish, aged twenty-five years, stabbed with an ice, ick by Fred- erick Datken, 27, August 27—Hugh McCall, Scotch, aged forty years, died of injuries received from blow of an axe dealt by Patrick Matthews during a tight on Au- must 13, 1870, 28 August 28—Thomas Connolly, Irish, aged twenty-tour years, shot in the street with a gun by Richard Alien. 29, August 20—John Smith, New York, aged twenty years, shot August 6, 1870, with a pistol by Rodney W. Lork, a private watchman, in protect- ing his employers’ property from river thicves, 30, Sept. 10—Christopher Higgins, Irish, aged twenty-two years, shot in the street with @ pistel by Valentine Reiecke!, September 5, 1870. 31. Sept. 16—David Keischer, German, aged thirty years, in the street, struck on the head with a shovel by John Quinn; Thomas McUarty held as an accessory. 32. Sept. 18—Mary Von Harestadt, German, aged twenty-Nve years, shot with @ pistol by William Marsh, September 9, 1870. 83. Sept. 26—Joseph Flynn, Irish, aged twenty- six years, struck on the head with an iron shutter- bar by Thomas Wiggins, September 7, 1870. 34. Oct. 1—Walter Johnson, United States, aged . thirty-nine years, shot with pistol by John Thomas, September 30, 1870, 35. Nov. 10—Ferdinand Schwartz, German, aged thirty-five years. stabbed Octover 25, 1370, by Louis Frank and Martin Bogardus, 86. Nov. 21—Ellen surrick, Irish, aged twenty- seven years, thrown down basement steps by ‘oa, George Woodruff, Edward Jackson or Kobert Carey. 87. Nov. 25—Leonard Geigrich, German, aged ren cme years, thrown down stairs by Charles rese. 38. Nov. 27—Edward Hines, New York, aged twenty-two years, shot in ‘the street with pistol by William McNevin, 39. Dec. 1—Patriok Vaughan, Irish, aged twenty- two years, shot with pistqi November 28, by un- known persons. 40. Dec. 3—John Cronan, Irish, injuries received in the street from a blow on the head with a tum- bler at the hands of Robert Guiles, Murders of 1871. 1, Jan. 2—Margaret Jones, New York, aged thir- ty-six years, stabbed by her husband. 2. Jan. 9.—John Smith, Scotch, aged twenty-eight Hirata skull fractured by cutlass during a fight, at he hands of John eat (second mate), on board vee omer while lying in harbor, December , 1870, 3. Jan. 25—James Haggerty, of Philadelphia, aged twenty-seven years, shot in a saloon witu pistol by “Reddy the Blacksmith.”’ Feb-uary--None. 4. March 5—John Murphy, Irish, d eighteen years, struck on the stomach with a club by Officer Patrick Tooney, in the street. 5. March 5—Israel Schmidt, German, aged twenty-two years, shot with pistol by Thomas Whalen. Five men held as accessories. 6. March 30—Thomas Brown, English, aged forty years, stabbed by Frank Wilson, a shipmate. 7. April i—John J. Casey, Irish, aged twenty-nine years, died of injuries received from unknown per- sons during a fight on March 17, 8. Aprit1—Annie Bowe, Irish, aged forty years, died of compression of the brain irom violence at the hands of her husband. ¥. April10—Victor Borer, Swiss, aged forty-five years, died at hospital from the effect of injuries received March 27 at the hands o! unknown per- sons. 10. April 26—Avery D. Putnam, Massachusetts, aged forty-four years, died of injuries caused by a blow or blows iuficted with an iron car hook at the hands of William Foster. ll. May 16—Margeret J. Rudd, Boston, aged thirty-three years, pushed trom third story window by her husband. 12. May 29—Two male infants strangled shortly after birth by their mother. 13, June 6—Lazaro Carayanto, Italian, aged thirty years, skull fractured im the street from blow or blows with a brickbat, at the hands of An- ‘tonto Arata 44, June 13—Patrick Cahill, Irish, aged twenty- eight years, skull fractured by a blow of @ pitch- jork, at the hands of Jonn Wall. 15. June 22-—-Unknown, man’s skull fractured in fe street by a fall, caused at the hands of Michael enny. 16. Tone 18—Two children, murdered by _ their father, Dr. James J. Connolly, while insane, Father committed suicide the same day. 17, June 24—Bernard Leary, Irisn, aged forty years, skull fractured in a fight. 18, June 26—Peter McCuen, New York, aged six- teen years, shot with pistol by Josepn Czah in seli-detence, 19. July 2—Joln C. McFadyn, Scotch, aged thirty- one years, died of eee inflicted by Michael U, Shay and Wilham Quinn, 20, July 15—Charles, Cases, Irish, aged twenty- ben tant Ahr stabbed with a knife by John O’Brien, 21, July —Anthony Crowley, Irisa, aged thirty years, skull fractured in the street by blow or blows at the hands of person or persons unknown, 22. suly 26—Allen George Brown, New York, aged six years, struck on the head with a chair by John Dunphy, a boy, 23, July 18—Luke Deignan, English, aged eighteen years, skull tractured ty base bail bat. 24, august 12—Patrick McNamara, Irish, aged thirty-eight years, died of injuries received irom & person or persons unknown, 25. August 13—Jeremiah Mahoney, Irish, aged forty-five years, died of disease, produced by vio- lence in the street at the hands of Patrick Butler. 25, August 13—Dennis O’Connor, Irish, aged wie years, stabbed in the street by John Cullen. 27, August 23—Ellen Dorsey, Irish, aged forty- one years, killed by her husband while insane. Felix Dorsey, the husband, committed suicide the same day. 28, August 27—James Cregan, Irish, aged thirty- six years killed by James Gray, who administered a blow on the hi which caused him to fall on the > August 27—Agnes Reilley, Irish, id thirty. nine years, died of violence at the bands of James ley. 30, Bent. 1—George Lee, Irish, aged forty-four y a lexy, caused by a blow or blows the Breet atthe hands of James Valentine. $1, Sept. 7—David Dorian, New York, aged thir- ty-seven years, stabbed at Jones’ Wood by a per- son unknown. 82. or 8—Jsohn Kane, Irish, aged thirty-three years, skull fractured by a stick in the hands of Albro W. Lamb, in self-defence. 83. Sept. 10—John McCauley, New York, aged twenty-six oe in the ‘street with a pistol by Thomas Murphy. 34, Sept. 7—John Schneider, German, aged sev- pie years, stabbed in the street by person un- nown. 85. Sept. 24—John J. O’Brien, New York, aged twenty-four years, stabbed by Daniel Foley. pt. Randoiph Wucherer, German, ened twenty-eight years, staoved in the street by Phillip e. 87, Oct. 7—Julia Steirman, German, aged twenty ears, skull fractured with @ smoothing-iron by er husband, who afterwards committed suicide. 88, Oct. @Thomas O'Connor, Irish, aged twenty- one years, killed by injuries received at the han of Patrick Molone during a fight on a dock. 89, Oct, 20—Jobn Rouke, Irish, aged thirty-two eee AD: Sacks red in the street bya perso’ " Jackson, Irish, age® Reanrdve years, skull fractured with a stoves. cover Sp agg Hirrman, under great prove« cation ith no intent to kill, 41. Noy. Betts, Irish, aged twenty-. seven, stabbed b; Evans. rons Calter Gree eeene™ cul 43. Nov. 25—Unknown ed ive bout thirty. found in North River, with by per- wea Dee, 3 Patrick Black, Irish, aged forty year, died from the effects of a blow ithe street atte * eee bee, so kaward Carrot, trish, aged, thirty. ec, 2 Wi - five, skull fractured by a club fm the Hands of James McCartney, who had no intent to kill, ee Murders of 1872, 1, Samuel A, Hasson, aged twenty years, if land, Me., sailor, stab wound ot heart at the oh of Wm. H. Haste, at or foot of West Twenty-fourth: street, January 1, 1872. } 2, James Fisk, Jr., aged thirty-six years, Ver~ mont, pistol shot of abdomen at the hands of Ed- dard 8, Stokes, at the Grand Central Hotel, Jana- ary 6, 1872, . Ff Wiliam Maas, aged thirty-four years, Ger- many, compression ol brain by lall on the sidewalk in front ot No. 234 Monroe street, January 9, 1872,- said fall being the result of a blow in the face at the hands of Daniel Marrow. ard 4. Victor Clemens, aged thirty years, Germany pyemla, irom a blow on the head with a lager beer,” giass at the hands of Joseph Keeh, at 324 Kast Twenty-eighth street, December 30, 1871, and died- January 9, 1872. 6. John Murphy, aged thirty-seven years, Iret i land, pyemia, trom’ pistol-shot wound of leit knee at the hands of James Larkin, at 291 avenue C, De+ cember 17, 1871; died January 21, 1872, 6. Hermun tlepner, aged seventeen years, New ” York, pistol-shot im the head, at the hands of his father, Henry Hepner, January 27, 1872, in Grand! street, near Ridge. Fatucr committed suicide by, shooting himself at the same time. 3 7. Thomas Bell, aged thirty-eight years, Ireland,’ compression of brain from vioience at the hands of - Boga McGloin, at No, 477 Pearl street, February 4, 8. John J. Glass, aged thirty-six y New York, wounds with a kuite at the ihauds of Janes Cog- tello, January 22, 1872, at No. 109 Nassau street. 9. Giovanni Petrelli, aged iorty-three years, Italy, stab wound witha knlie at the hands ot Michael Rosa, at No. 87 Mulberry street, February 22, 1872, bt 10, Thomas Perry, aged thitty-bwo years, land, fracture of skull Irom a blow of a hammer at the hands of James A. Carroll, February 16, 1872. ane jury beloved the prisoner had no intent to { take life. 11, Philip Lambrecht, aged bilgi fie? years, New York, fracture of the skull by being struck by@ icce of marble at the hands of George Lavery, February 26, 1872, in Filty-fourth street, near First avenue, 12. Samuel Calvert," aged forty years, Ireland; stab wound with a knife, at the hands of Justus Dunn, at the House of Refuge, Ward's Island; March 17, 1872. a 13, Thomas Doyle, aged thirty-five years, igo compression of brain by a full from a blow recei' during a drunken quarrel on the night of the 17th of Macch, 1872, in Washington street, supposed at the hands of a man named Murphy, at large. 4 14, John Hallissey, aged twenty-two years, lveland, gun-shot wound of head, at the hands of John Fy Menken, at the corner of William and North Wil- liam streets, April 2, 1872. Jury finds that said Menken fired said shot in seif-delence. 15. Unknown man, about thirty-five years, compression of the brain trom iracture oi skull, the result of violence at the hands of some person or. ' persons unknown, on or about the 3d of April; 4872, Found in an alleyway opposite Batavia strvet, in Roosevelt.street, 16. William Buran, aged thirty-five years, Ger- | t . ly x many tay riee by vee struck on the head by » missile thrown by the hands of Nicholas Gallegeery. | sa DOR Pey street, near Ridge street, April 27, 11%, David Barry, aged twenty years, Ireland} istol-shot wound of lead at the hands’ of David ‘urphy, in Sixtieth street, corner of second ave- nue, April 17, 1872. 18. John Hatioran, aged forty years, Treiand,. pericarditis, the result of a pence wound of. + | chest at the hands of James Burns, at the Gotham saloon, 298 Bowery, on the morning of the 28th of April, 1872. 19. Patrick Kiernan, aged nineteen years, Ire-. land, pistol-shot wound of neck at the hands of Christ Cordes, at 611 Greenwich street, May 12, 1872. Jury find that Cordes acted in seifdeience, + believing his own life to be in danger. 20, Mary Ann Gallagher, aged twenty-three years, England, peritonitis from rupture the bladder caused by kicks Irom Patrick Clifford, | in Elizapeth street, near Hester, on the 11th ol 1872. iM Bryan O'Connell, aged fifty-eight years, Ire- | land, fracture of the knee, blow of. @ chisel thrown ' by Henry Dugan, June 2, 1872, Jury believed that } the brane ad je aster < u bea peceaned, | 22, Augustus rowh, age wenty-five years, Germany| blow on the heag, at the hands of John Smith, on the night of June 8, 1872, in Mivision street, near Attorney street; James Tully held ap an accessory. ». br 23. Willam Morrissey, aged twenty-six years, ~ —\ Treland, iracture o1 skull by a blow from a paving } stone, at the hands of John Connors, Martin Com. * . ¢ nors, Jonn Clancy or Richard Ahrens, on June 9, + 1872, From the conilicting testimony the ‘jury are ; unable to say which oue o/ the prisoners threw the stone, . 24, DaniefQonohue, aged forty-seven years, Ire. land, Dente by stab wound, at the hands of Rocho Attella, at 25 Marion street, June 9, 1872, John Brown heid as an accessory. 25. Mary Dunnigan, aged fiity years, ind violence to head, at the hands of her husban William Dunnigan, at 512 West “rhirty-third street, June 11, 1872. ‘ 20. Leonie P. Andrie, aged thirty years, France, pistol-shot wound of head at tue hands of her husband, Emil Andrie, tn Eust Fifteenth street, near First avenue, June 13, 1872, ¢ 27. George Wood, aged thirty one years, Ham- burg, hemorrhage irom stab wound in abdomen by knive at the hands of August Wood, at 376 Water street, June 14, 1872, v8. Louis Margraf, aged twenty-one years, Ger- Many, pistol shot at tne lands of Carios D, Maggt orl, in Houston street, near Columbia, June 10, 1872, Died June 25, 1872, at Bellevue. 2%. Margaret Cobb, Aged thirty-eight years, Ire- land, exhaustion, the result of Violence at tht hands of her husband, ‘Thomas vob», July 3, 1872. 30. Mary J. kliott, aged seventeen years, New York, strangulation at the hands of her another, Margaret Kiliott, July 5, 1872, while in an unsound state of mind, 31, James Cloonan, aged twenty-six years, Ire. land, stab wound of thigh, inflicted with a knife or sharp instrument in the hands of dames Finlon, at 729 second avenue, July 13, 1872. 32. Jamea Smith, aged twenty years, New Yor! hemorrtiage, pistol- 106 Wound, at the hands of Nicholas White, at the corner of Rivington and Lewis streets, July 21, 1872, 33, Mark McDonald, aged twenty-one years, New York, stab wound of abdomen with a kuile, atthe hands of James Lamb, July 23, 1872, 34, Matthew Burke, aged lorty-two years, Ire- land, hemorrhage and peritonitis from stab wounds of abdomen by Knile, at the hands of eu” at No. 685 West Grand street, July 22, 1872, 3. Richard Coleman, aged thirty years, Ireland, pisto!l-shot wound of abdomen, at ‘the hands of Charles Sag rg at No, 551 West Forty-second street, ae jury find that Regan tirea purely in self-de- « fence, 36, Patrick Braniff, aged nineteen years, New ¥ York, injuries received by a blow of a pitcher on 14 the head at the haads of Timothy Collins, at the » corner of Washington aad West Twelfth streets, ~ July 29, 1872, Died at Bellevue, August 11, | 37. Catharine Flanagan, aged lorty-two years, Jrelund, hemorrhage by stab wound, the hands of her husband, Mark Flanagan, August 15, 1872, at 405 East Seventeenth street. 38, Margaret Fritz, aged four years, New Yorr, fracture of skull by a blow of a stone thrown by John. Goery, August 19, 1372, in West Fifty-second street. 89. Margaret Dykes, st sixty years, Ireland, blows and kicks indicted by her sun, Joseph Dykes, on or about the 16th of August, 1872, Died at Belle- vue, August 24, 1872, 40. Robert G. Dunn, aged thirty-four years, Maine, pistol-shot wound, at the hands of William J. Sharkey, at “The Piace,”, 288 Hudson street, Sep- tember J, 1872. 41. John Ornell, aged fifty years, Sweden, disease - i of brain, hastened by ill treatment, at the nands of Thomas farrell, on or about september 5, 1972, at the eth Aayiiite, Waid’s Island. ; 2. Horatio Seymour, colored, ed forty-five years, United States, injuries by ‘“Tolence Kr the hands of Thomas Farrell, at Lunatic Asylum, Ward's Island, on or about September 10, 1872, . 43, Stephen Quail, aged three years, New Yor! injuries by being struck on the head bys brick ’ thrown by Catharine McGuire, at 512 East Four- teenth street, September 8, 1872 Jury believe that prisoner bad no intent to take life. : 44, Edward Wellington, ailas “Indian Ned,” aged } hirty-eight es New York, Pistol-shot wound of head at the hands of Daniel U. Perkins, at No. Broadway, September 14, 1872, The jury consider that Perkins was perfectly justifiable in fring said shot in defence of his life and property. 45. Martin Stamfo1 aged tw HS ooened years, New York, abscess, the result of @ stub wound re- ceived at the hands of Arthur Quinn, alias James Johnson, August 18, 1872. eis or tre ter Hen: Adams, conductor of car No. 122 of the Belt Raif- » road Company, irom blame iu ejecting deceased from his car. 46, Sovepn Burnett, aged thirty-five years, Swe. den, b> wound with a pair of scissors or other sharp instrument, in the hands of Timothy Lany ders, during @ quarrel at No. 76 Jackson street, on my U ne ra : | . L the evening of September 2, 1872; and turti from the testimony, jarret Landers held an am Hy ba a the crim 7. Sarah Leavy, aged forty years, Ireland, blow with a saw at the bands of her husband, Patri Kary Velieve auld Lecvy 16 nave been iaees 2 rf e time rk Cimnelim | the, Gen ns iy om: noghue, thi Hstol-shot Wwouuds at the? ands oT soke at Johnson's saloon, Broadway, corne | | Twenty-eighth street, on evening of 24 ig Novem « 48, John Strothman, aged thir ry land, Injuries by blow on Nea, piece a) eee een | CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE. ' |