The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-15
NEW YORK, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY Is iS42

only necessary TO prove who were the actuai put
fishers Of the paper.
GEonGE WooLRIpGE was called upon the stand
and stated that he was solicited by George Wilks
10 take share in the paper, and that ii he would
go in with him they would make good thing
of it. lie also testified that he was engage
on the Flash as the collector of items, from
which certain articles were written that ne
obtained the particulars OF the article pointed out by
the District Attorney, as forming the ground work
of this prosecution, from Amanda Green, the wo-
man whose life il is represented as forming
sketch-that the District Auorney had entered
noLs ptoseqti in the case, and that he Rad turned
states evidence to prevent others from getting
ahead oil him. Several persons were called to I'M
peach the Testimony of Woodbridge, one OF whom
stated he would not believe hm under oath.
The jury were unable to agree, and were there
fore discharged at eight o'clock last evening.
Messrs. Brady and Russell appeared for defend
ants and the former made an able speech In de
fence of his clients
In the Case of Liba ON Niger Levy, published in
the Sunday Flash, plea of guilty was received by
the court and recorded, but sentence was postponed
for future day.
The following letter from one of the late editors
Of 4" The Flash" was presented 10 the Judges of
the court as justification for the libel pub
lishcd =
Nsw York, Jan. ., 1872
sm,-In Justice to myself and you, consider it nay
duty to state that am not the author Of the bellous
publication you that appeared in the Sunday Flash
and for which have been indicted by the Grand Jury
The notes Of the article in question handed TO
by George y Woodbridge, one Of the editors Of the
Flash who informed that he had received them from
Mr.. Emanuel B. Hart broker in Wall street. and told
me that could rot be mistaken in OBTAINING your char
acter and charging you with every possible vice,
Mr.. Hart would furnish any amount of scandaoas
dote that might be requisite Without any personal
knowledge OF you your character, and coifding in
the integrity Of the author Of the libel threw into
form and published it.
hasten to acknowledge my error, and make all the
atonement in my power, by placing you in possession
of he of he maleyOlence
by grossly belling you leaving to be responsible
and suffer imprisonment for his acts cannot but add
that, from what have since learned Of you from the
most respectable sources consider you much calum
mated person. whose character far from ustfyng the
mputatons that have been cast upon it, AS for the libel
satisfied that it cannot be sustained for moment
and deeply regret that had any agency in giving it
currency.
Trusting that this admission will remove the i'm
sion Of studied ed wilfu malice on my part,
remain very respectfully, yours,
Plead guilty to Grand Larceny Alexander
Watts, ,who was indicted for stealing clothing and
other property from James Stsnc, Al Mott street,
the 18th of December last, valued at SOL plead
guilty to the charge, and was sentenced TO the
State prison for three years and five months. He
is the same person who was lately tried and &C
quilted of charge OF attempting to pass fraudu-
lent note, and but recently served out an appren-
ticeship in the Trenton State prison.
Plead gully of Petit LGrceny-A colored man
named Charles Williams. indicted for stealing Sl4
worth of tea, from No. 81 Dey street, and was
fenced to six months Imprisonment.
The Court here ad journcd to eleven o'clock this
morning.