The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-22
Sessions.

Before Recorder Tallmadge and lodges Noah and Lynch.
JAMES r. wHrrI>e, ESQ District Attorney.
ApRIL 2l.-FS jeitsd their ~bdii-Robert Sutton, an old
rogue, and VIM. Z. Thetford, alias Oppie, jeweller, an
Englishman, who were indicted in February, ls4l, on a
exchange office Of Moses Baker and his son Samuel +.
Baker, No. l Chatham street, and taking therefrom $3.50.
clared forfeited in the sum of $4,000. About 500 was
found in their possession at the time of arrest.
Case Of Francis MeDord-Wm.M NJ. Price, Esq, one of
the counsel for Meiord, in connection with Theron
Radd, Esq moved that his client be discharged on bail,
on account Of his extreme i'll health from prison fever.
He stands committed on seven indictments, and his coun.
sci presented the certificate Of DR.. James Wood, in which
it was stated that his life is in great jeopardy. The Dis
trict Attorney opposed his discharge on bail, and con.
tended that the certificate Of the regular phi stefan of the
prison was necessary before any action could be male
by the court. DR.. Wood was sent for and testified to the
facts as set forth in his certificate, and the court stated
tina, they would give their decision this morning.
Forgeryin the Second Degre. "A man named Stephen
Warren, a cartman, was then tried on a charge Of pas
sing, on the l2th of February, a FIVE dollar note OF the
Tradesmans' Bank Of this city, upon James Ar nstrong,
grocer, No 400 b sery, in pay mentfor some articles pur.
chased, to the value OF twenty five cents. Previous 10
offering the note, he asked a boy who tended The store If
it was good, and when informed that i, was, he presented
the bill, which was soon after ascertained to be counter
felt. When questioned as to his residence, he stated that
it was at MOI Union Place, which was found to be incor.
rect. Several witnesses were called to testify 10 his pre-
v,eus good character, and the jury, after an absence of
nearly an hour, returned into court and stated that they
could not agree, and were discharged Ills sister, a pref.
ty. modest girl, appeared on the stand during the trial,
and stated that her father had resided at No. I Union
| Place a short time previous TO the arrest Of her brother.
Passing an Altered Note A m IN named Samuel Poole,
| a hack driver, was tried for passing a ten dollar note, al.
| tered 30 as 10 purport to he OF the Meriden Bank of Con-
| necticut, on Wm. r. Goodman, of No. 76 Nassau street,
in payment for q pair Of drawers, on the 10th of Februa.
nv last. He received nine dollars ia change, and 1t was
afterwards ascertsined that the note was bad, and also
tina, Poole had passed other notes of a similar char acter
Of other places in the city. Leonard Gosiing, the keep
er Of an eating house in1Fulton street, teshhed that Poole
| passed a similar note upon him on the same evening
| The son Of Mrs Rathbone. who occupies a store in the
l vicinity, also testified that Poole passed a simiiarno o
upon him the same evening. When charged with at
tempting to pass the counterfeit, note at Rathbone's,Pool
started and ran away. bat was ~overtsken and conveyeo
o the police office. Thejury returned q VERDICT oil gun
" without leaving heir seats.
me court then adjourned till Friday morning, at III
o'clock, 70 hear motions OF counsel, and pass sentence
upon a nsnoer OF persons previously convicted.