Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-06-04

JUNE 3.-This Court spened with the following
calendar Of offenders, viz forgery /, robbery !,
assault and battery y total 80, remaining here from
last term It, Grand total 46 in prison. Only twelve
grand jurors answering the Court directed fresh
PANEL to be summoned In addition to the foregoing
250 persons have been bound over to appear and
swsr since the last term Of the Court
William Robins, alias VIM Smith, negro, was
put to the bar, charged with grand larceny in steal
ing number Of Otter skins, from j. Mauran s. Co.
There being some doubt to the guilt of the pris
ener, the jury acquitted them.
Libel-Willam j Mulock, a lawyer by profess
sion put to the bar, charged in conjunction with
Moses Y. Beach, with publishing wicked and indie
cent libel on the character Of young lady and five
gentlemen residing in the city Of Newark. The Ii
bel appeared in the Sun on the 10th Of August last
Beach pleaded guilty, and Muiock not guilty.
The District Attorney read the offensive article to
the jury, and called Horatio s. Bartlett Witness is
of the editors Of the Sun knew Nulock, who die.
tated the article has been read to the Court II
dictated to the witness, who wrete it matter Of
information the public Mulock stated the trans
action full il is in the article He said that the
influence of the parties in the State of New Jersey,
was sufficient prevent its publication in that State,
and he said the lawyers in New Jersey were equally
corrupt the press for they would not prosecute
the affair, and he intended to move in the matter
himself for the benefit Of public merals He said il
matter Of notoriety at Newark and the suburbs
He said expressly that he had communicated the
facts to me for the purpose Of publication. He said
Miss II. was the daughter Of gentleman in New
Gross examined by Mr. j. TSBrady.
had known Mulock before q lawyer, but ne
had any conversation with him previous TO that
affair Mr.. Beach called me down, saying that Mu-
lock had something 10 communicate 10 me-On my
coming into the publication Office, Mulock detailed
the story, saying that II was matter of common
toriety, and tosk notes of the facts he related
them. He spoke OF IL matter about which there
could be no mistake. He said expressly that young
Kinney was in prison, and that his father was in
dgnant that he would not have any communication
with him. He added, that when Kinney consented
to disclose the names Of his accomplices he was
did state that he present at any ofthe occur
which he detailed to me, but spoke as though
he knew the parties and the facts well. Witness
made further inquiries before he wrote the article
The parties whose names mentioned were per-
fcctly well known to me- He commented very Sc
vercly the fact of three parties having the New
ark press under their control He mentioned partcu-
arly the Newark Advertiser. Mulock also said
that he would had volunteered to act as prosceu-
ting attorney against the offenders.
William ID. Kinney, very gentemanly looking
young man, was called to the stand for the purpose
Of proving the utter alsy Of the libel il apper-
tanned to himself, but before the District Attorney
had commenced, Mr.. Brady took obje ctis in fn-
inic which he followed up by argument much more
ingenious and specious than IL was logical or solid
After the learned gentleman had sat down the de-
PENDANT and sponted ost torrent Of billingsgae
eloquence on all newspapers, large small, big or
little, daily or weekly. He wound up this elegant
Grafton with bitter invective against reporters in
general, and those among them, in particular, who
had the luck to better coats than loafng law
yers.
When he stepped, the Court adjourned.