New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-09-15
CITY lNTELLIGENC

CoURr OF SESSIONS .-Bctore the recorder,
Judge Lynch and Alderman Balls.
The Court opened al II O'clock but no business was
transacted until Il
The Grand Jury came N with number OF bills OF ndct-
ment and retired 10 resume their duties
PLEA OF GUILTY.-C Charles q. Scott, implicated Win
John vandewater in the publication OF an obscene paper
called TIE Flash ,hrou. his counsci, SIR Terhunc, With
his plea guilty and pleaded guilty to tue lndc
wh the privilege OF putting in aitdavits IN niusa
lion OF punlshnle III.
TRIAL FOR PuBLIsHIyG An OBSCENE PAPER.-John Van
dewacr pu upon his trial ioa misdemeanor In pub
fishing with C. c. Scott an obscene paper call
ell The Fla> The publication in part by the defendant
had been previously admitted 10y X. Voorhees, then acting
as counsel Vr Mr.. Rice Tor Vandewaer admit
ed the indcc-Mcy The paper but by way OF mt tioh
Introduced tie father OF dernant prove that tie i4tier
Carpenter ANA had entirely abandoned The paper,
having I.cenuy las, no conuccton ihtrewIif Inc JCry
found the accused guilty, and sentence vas deferred I'LL
Friday ne1t
Trial FOR PUBLISHING ANOTHER OBSCENE PAPER.-Geo.
Woodbridge tor publishing obscene paper called
he Lbrue containing articles vioatire OF decency md
coed morals The publication was admitted, but j. NJ
smith, Jr Esq coun,ci for defendant contends that Wit
must be called 10 prove that hs paper was indecent
Which! ;hty deed..at business Ut The jury
10 read The varou, articles and pronounce upon the
character of paper-bu; be proved by Others
who must pon; lhz indecency, II such existed The
District Attorney replied and commended that II was not
ceary prove The paper 10 be indecent or 10 read the
clss 10 det4! ary He had read the headings oil the
Articles io m Jury 20 t&lmne and sad me Ve5 utle OF
e paper, The L!OtrIGe, showed II 10 he Indecent The
. per read from dated July lst, 49, Mr. Smth re-
uied al length the Remarks otthc strict Attorney and
deu1itd tie articles charged 10 De indecent should
be read that tut' court jury ana coH>t4 uh' Know nat
vy wtTe and tGa TIE duty OF The District Attorney
pom. out The Indecent matter ne Court deciaed that
.o necessary To p.Guce oral testimony 10 prove the
nIecepcy OF The pubcduoEit must come before Tue Juf
last they could read the publication After re-
uew.d argument the Court decided that Inc !cl Alter
y saoud parts tie paper he deemed 10 he
OF, Gene ana lbey weie read. The summed
up b. j. u snih, Jr Esq ios he defendant, .nd The Dis
rcI Attorney ior the people The Recorder charged The
Friday
Tue Court thea adjourned to II on Thursday.
PoLlcE OFFlcE-RoBGING A HorEL.-A Young
man. but old aud np,hed offender, named Alexander
Daalorth arrested Tuesday evening" by officer
Prince john DAVIS, charged with having Sunday night
stolen SIS in bank bulls from The panaoous pocket
Mr. Caleb Z. baldwin, Ale they hung apon the post OF
his bed IN lch he slept, In the Commercial Hoie No IS
Couriandt-street Danorth there with named
p Mitchell, en,e.ed heir IN The BOOK and
shown into second story roorl Adjoining the OF
with window looking INTO aald~Ins ROOM AID
which The pos. CT Tic ocd whel ths garr2sD nung
wnca TIA, reacDrti. and i,it the
room truaA was ALSO cut open The d1rA ocnl. The
dgcr> lett unknown 10 any ard IN Tier room were
ou.d Tvs false keys rJ razor, tteiT
rsndun that l'.d Dee'' saen from Mr. Bad~ss pocket
Dan arrested, attempted 20 throw away SSi IA
ooC, $50 "a tad bi wGlct! recovered, and The
accused coulmieG 10 answer
FEMALE gogBER OF a BoARptSG-HousE.-A well dressed
youag eiuale named Abigail Jane Lawson, went Saur
ay aorning the boarding house OF Miss Lucy Proc
tor No 49, Broadway, and engaged board tor herself and
husband The later OF whom O'clock, P.
" with the baggage Fesning illness the f.dy wished TO
lie down. and was shown INTO Miss ProctcIs which
she lei. oet u O'clock and wegt saying She would
;nro 70 dne hut did reappeai. On examining The
premises 2cef,aned that the lady had carried of 10