Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-09-19
Special Sessions.


John Montgomery, guilty Of petty larceny, was
sent to the Tombs for ten days.
Mary Baker was convicted of like offence, and
sent to the Penitentiarv for sixty days.
John Mack, for like offence, to the Tombs ten
days.
John Martin, a like offence, to the Tombs ten
days.
John Fletcher, a like offence, and like punish
Williun Rourke, like offence, to the Tombs till
Monday night.
William Jackson, q negro, whipping Kate Easton,
to the Penitentary thirty days.
William Clark, for petty larceny, to the Tombs
ten days.
Elizabeth Farrell, negro Ioaferess, to the Peni-
John Mcdonald to the Tombs ten days.
Several were discharged with an admontion, and
the Court resolved themselves into a
General Sessions.
Present his Honor the Recorder, Judge Ingrahan,
and three other Judges.
Harvey Place, seafarng man, was put to the bar,
charged with highway robbery. At the request of
the Court, +. b. Cutting, Esq defended the pri-
George Robinson deposed that he was a farmer,
residing in Washington county, n. Y. He came to
ing house in Oak street. On Friday night he was
locked out, and went to an oyster cellar, where he
drank, and in paying for the drinks took out his
ney, which was seen by some men in the place. He
then went down to wharf on the East River and
sal down, where he accosted by three men, who
first asked him to take refreshment, which he
declined. They then seized hold of him by the
throat, and forcibly ried his pocket of wallet
tanning S35. The prisoner was arrested the same
night by Waterman, and the wallet found him
with only SO in it. He had the prisoner in the
cellar where he took the drinks
On his examination the witness admitted
that in the cellar where he took the drinks there
| was vast concourse OF men and women drinking
ca T and carrying on other evil practices
prosecutor, SO far the finding Of the pocket book
on the person Of the prisoner.
For the defence, Mr.. Cutting made an able and
very ingenious address to the Court and Jury, in
which he commended that as the proof did not show
that the prisoner stole over s25, he could not be
convicted under the present form of Indictment
The jury found him guilty.
The tYaH street Caricafures Alfred +. Baker
appeared before the Court and requested, in the in
dictment against him for libel, that he should be per-
mitted to plead guilty to the first four counts, and
not guilty with respect TO the three last.
Messrs. Cutting and Sherwood, who were with
the District Attorney in the case, confessed them
selves satisfied with the plea, and the sentence was
deferred. MIR. Carpenter, counsel for Baker, read
a affidavit which Baker had sworn to, in which he
entirely " disclaimed, and in the most public man.
ner expressed his conviction OF the utter ialsty
OF the insnuatisns contained in the prints which
the indictment was founded, as utterly false and ca
luminous, ct cetera." The District Attorney gave
notice that he should move for judgement on Baker
Eliza c. Wray, a we'll dressed, good looking
,young lady" was put on trial, charged with grand
larceny.
Saran DradIOrd, negro Wencn, eXamined.-At
the time Of the robbery the prisoner and lived
at MIR. Whites, in Broome street. had y72,75 in
my bureau draw; il was in gold and silver; never
the money or the purse that contained ii after
IL was stolen. IL was missed on Tuesday, and
thought the white woman took IL, because she went
up stairs alone on the Sunday previous. That same
night she left TO 60 to church, and never came back
until the next day, and then she said she had got
Their place.
Two other witnesses were called, but they only
proved that the accused had been with ten or
twelve dollars in her possession, about the time
when the money was missed.
Mr. RUSSELL FOR the prisoner, calledno Witnesses,
but set mp the extraordinary fact that no larceny
had been proven.
The negro wench swore she lost some money, but
could not tell when she saw il last. The District
Attorney made a speech, IN which he cited the Lon
don and Paris papers, and talked Of the i'll conse
qucnces Of suffering offenders TO escape the ven
gesnce Of the law.
The Jury retired for half an hour, and acquitted
the prisoner, who was Immediately discharged out
Of custody.
Thomas Reed, loafer, was tried for stealing an
iron shovel, worth Fl cents. Verdict, guty-the
six months.
Emma Workman and William Workman, were
indicted for whipping Sarah Workman, their cou-
sin, and said Sarah was in her turn indicted for
beating both her relations.
The offences arose out Of a family quarrel, and
tended to show the inconv eniences Of too many peo-
pie living in one house.
The Jury convicted William Workman, and the
Court adiud Qcd him n nav n fneo of 80