The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-24
General Sessions.
Before his Honor the Recorder, Judges Lynch and
Noah, and Alderman Balls and Pollock

Before his Honor the Recorder, Judges Lynch and
Noah, and Aldermen Balls and Pollock.
FEB. 23.-Iiiai of dmoy,y e. Leeds for false pre-.
tenee continued JAMES BOWEN was called for the
defence; was at MIR. Simeon Diapers house, in
company with William e. Haggerty, in the fall Of
lsil, and subsequent to this indictment; MIR. Ha9-
to continue in Office; told him about year; he
then said that the Governor could have chance
to pardon Amory & Leeds.
The deierce here rested, and the prosecution
| called.
OGDEN HAGGERTy, one Of the firm of Haggerty
s. Co. In thc summer of lS4O, resided on the
farm Of Mr. Amory at Sing Sing with my family;
| the intimacy between my family aud his was more
formal than it was familiar; made special visit to
| Sing Sing during that summer, to obtain the deed
| Of the farm; went to MIR. Amory's house inthe
| evening, and told him he must come to New York;
| | threatened him with personal violence on beard
of the steamboat; told him we had relied upon
their promises, and unless they were fulfilled, !
should expose his conduct; he told me we should
have the deed on that day; he also promised to
give us assignments of the balances due on their
books; we agreed to give $4,000 for Mr.. Amery' s
farm: we sold il for SIS 900; there a mortgage
upon it of 81 go; did not search to ascertain
whether it was MORTGAGE or not; had no ihcui'y
in finding the &C DDS that were il the atore in Pine
street after the failure; those that were missing,
Mr.. Snow informed me were gone or sold; did not
ask him who had bought them; did not obtain
any further Information as to where the remainder
Of the goods were; ,cas not informed that any
public stores until NoremLer sod 1910. ,chen dey
care IT'S the statement of goods disposed Of
| Cross-exdnincd by Defence-Our intercourse at
Sing Sing with Mr.. Amory and family, was always
with good feeling the families went to church to-
gcther in the same carriage cannot recollect when
l threatened Mr.. Amory on board the steamboat,
not think intendedto kill him / was very angry
knc,c nat the shac!s sent TO us in October, lSic BY
Amory 8 Leeds, icere from the public stores.
IMr. O'Conner here called the attention OF wit
| hlork ut,odtr lt
given in his direct examination, when he said he
did not intend to perjure himself, but had made a
istakc.1
| JTitn,ss cont;nued-Inever told Charles G. Haven,
or any else, that intended to give Mr.. Griffin,
ono Of the counsel for defence, hogglng.
HENRY PALMER was called and sworn Il was a
clerk with Haggcfty Co. in June 1910; went
with Mr. Ogden IIaggerty TO the store Of Amory d
Leeds after their failure; the goods found by us
that were placed on the invoice we marked with
chalk the goods not found were said to have been
sold.
MIR McBarrR, Secretary of the North American
Insurance Co, was recalled by prosecution, and on
cross examination, stated that the morning after
the fire at the public store, Mr.. Leeds, who was
then director Of the company, came into the IN
surance Office aud asked what was the loss Of the
company; l told him that Amory and otheri
had some goods insured by their firm had been de
strcyed; the President and Mr. Amory settled thu:
loss by compromise
The prose cution here rested, and the counsel fol
| d. fcace called
| Faxes GnIrFEy, who was sworn, and deposed
| xs folows-I had a conversation with MIR, Og2er
Uapgcrty, of the firm Of Ilaggety & Sons, last fall
| soon after the result Of a trial in the superior
Court, in which Mr.. Amory was witness for the
ebove firm he told me that he was dissatisfied
with the evidence given in BY Mr. Amory at tina
| 10 keep ont OF mr. way, or damn him will shoo
him.; he also said, in the same conversation, tina
Amory and that fellow Bennett should not live II
the same world with him enoe while with him OF
| - he eoiA no hld
kill Amory if he dad not do something he wantes
h,m to do
JONATHAN NArnAS was called and swoin-l
was present at convsrsatioa held In presence Of