Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-08
Der. 6.-The 1Sllowing sntIcmes appeared, and
took the oath ~ Grand Jurors, viz:


Der. 6.-The allowing sntlcmes appeared, and |
took the oath As Grand Jurors, viz;
Linus w. Stevens, Esq Foreman,
w. Wells, f. Peterson,
B Delapisag' NJ T w.. Howe M Snnr.
+ Grand w. Il Co ming.
James Kelly, Albert J. Spear,
Charles Merchant, Charles Curtis,
Robert Findlay, an elderly man, of respcctabea T.
pearance, was put on his trial for hlching ecu pie
of snuff boxes and some other baubles, from the
trunk of one John TaubnaR, boarder at the Bat
tery Hotel on the Oh of March last. The par Gcu-
lars of this robbery have been twice reported IN the
Herald The principal witness against the pr isoner
was John Thompson, to whom the prisonert ried TO
sell the stolen property, and who recogniz ed him
on his arrest six months subsequent TO tne obbery
The iury found the prisoner guilty of gr md lar
ceny, and he rsmanded.
Charles w. Smith, another loafcr of the especta-
BILE order of society, was put to the bar charged
with robbing the franks of boarder, at ie Wash
ingten hotel, of $3.50.
Joel Atkins examined-I reside at uaaio but
boarded at the Washington on Thursday last After
dressing, locked the doer and put the kew ia the
bar; went TO bed that night, and no disturbed,
bat in the morning found the prisoneru nder bed
stead, concealed by the bed furniture On searching
my clothes, found my pockets had ridcd, and
all my money stolen. then called tor assistance,
and whilst the servant had gone fors officer,
marked that it was wrong for him to take all my mo-
ney to which he replied. "yon will get it all sgain;'
and then he admitted that II VIZ s in the walters
kitchen, where it was found
The case having gone the Ju ~, Mr.. Dougherty
stated that it was very hard for the prisoner
who was only Is years old, the so of Of the
respectable men in Vermont, and he ought not to
have been tried in that hasty an undgnifed way of
finding bill one hour, and putt ing prsoaer his
trial the next.
The District Attorney app' saed to the Court to
protect him from such eutrag sous assaults as he
constantly open to by the pro ctitioners at the bar
The Court explained to tn Jury the reason which
existed for putting the prise on his trial
The jary found him guilty, but recommended him
to mercy.
Thomas Taylor a lame, inirm old man, was put
to the bar, charged with assauting his wife, cutting
her throat aud other outrageous conduct
TIE prosecutrix stated that she had been married
to e prisoner % years, and he did so before.
She. had borne kin 10 children, and he never at
tempted to cut h. throat until eleven weeks ago
Thea she &C ing for pail of wa'er-sn her re-
taru, he met her with carving knife and seizng
lAsr round the neck, he cut her desperate cash
from the mouth to the right ear. In answer to some
questions from the court the witness stated that
1he prisoner insane at the time, but not drunk
Another witness was called, who depOsed that
the prisoner was Jealous when he did the deed
zsmw:h he ths old msn going with sailor
auto an adjoining 10 the one he occupied.
The jury found him guilty
Thomas Welsh a dirty loeking Irishman, was
convicted Of petty larceny, in rObbing little old
woman Of a lot of copper coins. And the court adj
burned.