The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-05
General Sessions.

Before His Honor the Recorder, Judges Noah and
Lynch, and Aldermen Benson and Woodruff.
ArRL 4-The calendar for the present term contains
the folio wing :-Fsrgery 3; Burglary 10; Grand
Larceny 8; False Pretences Assault and Manning l.
Riot l-Total "a. Previously convicted but not sen.
fenced Indicted lo Dsorderly Persons q witnesses
Total old and new 4s.
WM snALER, Esq appeared as acting District Attor-
The following gentlemen were then sworn as Grand
Jurors John Ooihout, foreman; George w. Able Jo
man Dehnson, Robert NJ Field, Jehn Ferguson, Bar
tholomew Grssger James Harriot Joseph Isaacs Alex
Charles sanford Christopher Tarpen Albert A. Zabrs.
kie.
Judge LYNCH then proceeded to charge the Grand
Jury. and reviewed the charges against ia higA public
functionary" presented by the Grand Jury Of last
term for abuse of the habeas corpus He denied the allie
CATION, and asked the present Grand Jury point out
the He further stated that owing to the reform eff
fsced in the Police Office, through the Of the
Judges OF the Sessions The Grand Jury relieved
from numerous complaints that formerly brought
before them He contended that the loose and careless
manner that complaints were taken by the Police JUS
tees, previous to the change effected by the present
Judges Of the Court Of Sessions and the Of
log persons for security knswn "bail masters"
tended materially the before the
Grand Inquest and be congratulated them upon the re-
form tcied He concluded by showing that crime
the decrease in this city And he attributed much to
the influence the Temperance reform in this respect
The Court then ordered six Of The Grand Jurors who
absent to be fined sa5 and ten efthe petit jurors,
a like sum, and also one ofthe panel OF lastterm-
Pleaded GIiy-Two colored burglars and thieves
named Benjamin Johnson. alias Phillips and Charles
ments for grand larceny and burglary pleaded guilty
to the Indictment for stealing Sa5 worth oiclohing fcm
Benjamin r. Winthrop, 1874 Second Avenue, ON the goth
of December. and were each sentenced to FIVE years
confinement in the State Prison at Sing Sing.
Charged Nth stealing Socp.-William Birmingham was
tried on charge OF stealing soap from William Uyst
Co., of los Barrow street, in the early part OF December
last II was proved by prosecution that the soap
found the premises OF William Birmingham, and by
defence that his wife purchased IL from woman who
offered for sale The jury returned verdict Of not
guilty.
The Vdtchmen Burglars pleaded gully John Kenne-
dy and John Sinclair the two watchmen who we're in
dcted for burglary in the third degree for robbsg the
store John Hays tailor No 273 Hudson street. on the
ID ecember last ofclohs &c. valued 5000, withdrew
B. Manchester Esq and entered plea Of guilty. They
then remanded to prison for sentence at future
day. The penalty cannot extend over five years mpri
There is another Indictment against Sinclair
for petit for stealing dry goods the store of
James Cook and William r. Cutter No Sc Cedar street.
with whom he was engaged as q csrtman
BmgIary in the Second Degree.-A negro named Ed
ward Smith, tried for burglary in the second degree
in breaking open the store of Timothy Noonan No ais
Lewis street. the gath Of February last and stealing
desk with several other articles He was tried at the
last term, ans the jury being unable agree dis
charged. The desk found in his possession by two
Of the city watch, and snort time after he had stolen
II from the above named premises He defended by
Peter B. Manchester Esq. and the jury returned
dict Of not guilty, through the tact OF his counsel
Stealing a Gold Wafch.-A man named James Richards
was tried On charge OF grand larceny, in attempting
to steal gold watch from James @. Kemp in the saloon
Of the Chatham Theatre, the night Of the sh Of Feb