The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-13
General Sessions.
Before Recorder Tallmadge, Judge Lynch and AL
dermen Bonnell and Balls.

Before Recorder Talmadge, Judge Lynch and AL
dermen Bonne and Balls
JAMES K. WHITING, Esq, District Attorney.
SEPT r. Stafra GoLting tried This colored spe-
cimen of Jenny Twltcherism, was tried for grand
larceny, for stealing about $1,000 in bank notes from
Henry w Cook, about three weeks since Mr.. G. sta
ted that on the evening In question: he left the Bulls
Head tavern with pocket book in his possession,
containing the above named sum OF money, and on
passing down Centre street he stopped in at 2l0 and
obtained some milk punch. While there the money
was taken from the pocket book by prisoner.
dark eyed yellow straight haired girl, named
Mary Smith, stated that Cook came to the house on
| the night named, and went into bedroom with
prisoner. That soon after she prisoner come
out of the bedroom with large pocket book, and
took package OF bank notes out at lt, and threw
them into the lap of a colored womlu, named Rachel
Lee, who was IN the adjoining room
Officer Stokely testified that he arrested Statlra
Goldlng, the prisoner, and finally ascertained that
$500 OF the money was in possession OF a colored
man, named Thomas Randall, who was in Ph:la-
| delpha from whom officer Clark recovered it.
| The defence was conducted by VIM. M. Price
| Esq, who offered no evidence, but commended tina
| the prosecution had not made out the larceny as
having been committed by his client, except through
| the testimony of Mary Smith, who was resident
in the house at the time and who had asserted that
she believed that prisoner was convicted she would
escape.
| The Jury returned verdict of guilty, and the
court sent her 10 the state prison for four years.
| Trial of Rachel Lee.-Ths colored woman, who
| received the money from Statira Golding, on the
night il was stolen was also placed upon trial tor
Grand Larceny, but there being no evidence, ex-
cept that she was receiver the jury returned YER
dict of not guilty. She was then committed as a
witness against Thomas Randall, the black man
from whom the money was obtained.
| Horse Stealing.-A man, named Jacob Hiefer,
who was indicted for stealing horse from Joseph
| Tompkins, of Newtown, l.. l., was then tried. but
there being no evidence, the jury returned verdict
| OF not guilty.
| Forfeited Recogni-ances-The following named
| of hplY do
| cared forfeited
Aaron Sergeant and lanes T. Turner, indicted fol
obtaining money by false pretences, by cheating anc
defraudng William Williams, jr., Of several hun
dred dollars, in the sale OF stock and good will o.
| grocery and store at the corner of 4th and Troy
streets The securities for Turner are James Boyle
and BENJAMIN A. Starr, and for Sergeant, MIR. AL
| bert j. Fontain.
| William Dillon and John M. Moore, indicted fo
libel publishing article in the Evening Taller
charging John Hart with endeavoring TO counterfeit
| DR.. Peters Lozenges
Timothy, alias John Barnes, indicted for Grand
larceny stealing sixty bundles ofiron wire, worth
about 500, from the vessel Commodore Jones, bail
| ed by Thomas Syfon.
| SO counterfeit note, of the Grafton Bank, upor
| Peter B. Sanford, bailed by Leathan Wilson
William Simmons, for petit larceny, in stealing
two pieces of Grape from Alexander s. Leonard
Ann Peal, indicted for Grand Larceny, in stealing
two pieces of ingram carpetlng, worth $40, and !
looking glass, worth $40, from Frances Alexander o.
| "a Walker street, bailed by Oliver tombstone.
Discharg ed-Joseph ]. Rottenmark, the German
| who was indicted for setting fire to the house il
which he resided at Nos POI and 203 Delaney street
on the 18th of August, in company with John Eek
ert, was discharged the Grand Jury having ignored
the bill Eckert was discharged last week.
Ann McGinnty, charged with passing two s;
counterfeit notes, of the Tolland county Bank Of
Connecticut, on Joseph Lees, o23O Division street
clerk to F. ID. G. Barney, owing TO the absence o
Lees.
Richard B. Morrison and David II. Plat, indicted
for highway robbery, in knocking down Hugf
Lynch, on the 25d of July, were also discharged or
application of their counsel c. w. Terhune, Esq.
The Court then adjourned to Tuesday morning
at IL o'clock. Special Sessions at9 A. M.