Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-08-05
General SESSIONS
Present, Recorder Morris and four OIL

Present, Recorder Morris and four other Judges.
The following sixteen gentlemen appeared, and
were sworn Of the Grand Jury, VIII
John l.. Schenck. Willis T.. White, Paul A. Cur
It's, James Kelley, Alexander ii. Psttinson, Richard
Irving, William Robins, William ireland, Joseph
Kee'er, Tyler w. Lsfetra. James Robinson, David
Sutton, Albert A. Diblee, William V. Lecount Levi
Apzar, and Hezekiah w. Bonnell.
The Recorder delivered his customary charge,
and dwell on the sin Of selling lottery tickets and
taking more than seven per cent for the interest,
or forboarance ~ money but we did not hear his
Honor observe that although those very wholesale
statutes, known as usury laws had been in force
for about two years. and the attention Of the rand
Jury repeatedly called To the fact Of their daily and
hourly viola ION in Wall street and vicinity, that
MOI single pr, sentiment had been sent IN to the
Court 10 l. fact, nevertheless, although his Ho-
nor forgot to mention IL
His Honor also called the attention Of the Grand
Inquest To the fire laws, but did not instance the log
cabins, which have lately sprung up within the fire
limits, 10 the evident violation Of that statute.
The Grand Jury having listened to the charge
with great attention, retired 60 their chamber.
Archibald Cowan, a cannie Scotsman, was put on
his trial, charged with whipping Jamie Lam.
bert, an itinerant vender Of gingerbread.
The complainant aud his wife having both sworn
20 the assault IL set up the Defence that the
gingerbread man did not belong to the teetotalists,
and that moreover he was very drunk and very
saucy when the assault was committed.
To this jamie replied that he did take drop
when necessary, but. that he was not drunk, be-
cause he could sit across a rail without losing his
equilibrium.
II was then set up that Cowan was a poor man,
with small wife and large family, and this the
learned Counsel proposed TO prove cut Of Lambcrt's
own mouth, thus
Counsel-How many children has this got
Witness-1 do not know
Counsel-N hat DO yos live in the same house
and not know hos many children this man has got
Witness-No. lie has some five or six about him,
but how should J know II he got themi Loud
laughter. in which the Judges and Jury joined
Recorle r-Ceme, come, Mr. shaler, let us try the
assault and battery, and not mind how many chill
drcn the man has got
Testimony was then addu ed 10 show that Lam
bert had called Cowsns wife out of her name and
that her husband knocked him OF his perch. The
Jury found Cowan not guilty
IIapsiaughfer.- w illism Carroll, well dressed
mild look ing middle aged Irshman, was put To- the
bar charged with killing his wife. by striking
her sundry blows with his foot thereby causing her
death on The 18th of July last
The case was fully reported at the time and we
shall merely rocapitulae the principal facts they
came out in testimony. In the month of June last
the prisoner aud his wife. Jane lived at No. 406
Cherry street, the deceased. being al that time en-
ceinfe. and within month Of her delivery. On
the 18th or 18th Of June aquarrel took place between
them when Carroll beat and Kicked the unfortunate
woman IN such severe manner as brought on a
most terrible ooding which caused the delivery Of
dead child, and the death &c the mother shortly
followed. u was proved that toe flooding was so
severe I at the deceased had not a drop of blood
left in her body.
Before Mr. Craft had entered on the defence Of
the prisoner, the court and adjourned the
until Wednesday.