New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-18
CITY NTELLIG nee.

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81 a. 49, 81 81 90 g. Co., 100 o. g. 80, o. ~ T., -. 75 7
CorRr or OYER AND TERNINEK-CAsE %
WILLIAM l. SroSF.-Thc Jury ia the case no, bqng able
wa.fce the Count assembled about 10 O'Clock yesterday
nosn-, ami directed thst they be- brought The For
nan tat they bad agreed nor dl II. suppus-
poD" that they would do Judge hent cNpres-e re-
frc At c necessity which lad eN.sd OF kecpng ,hcm q.
gehcr long, hut one c those cases where tie
Csuu considered Itself bouui, however painful 10 Their
feelings. 10 he some~hatrem They were teu ,chargeI
hayss been In session Il hours. The relative position
we understand, was the 6,t VI 10 Tor A..
qahla and the revere, hut OF the latter ,ad
suggested % the Other dnrrr tire sm that they b,'ii
soui yield, but whoGt elec, they ,to,4 lac:
but one tor verdict OF guilty, and eleven ior acqu,aL
Several oiAees Of ue Navy, aud also Ogden Hoffman,
Es., who bad formerly been u.d y,uan werc examined
for ue defence They all considered Captain Eliot 20
blame IN moi bringing tie Niagara sto tale .afief t'"
De- did wtncss on the pant OF Mr.. Cooper (Commoi'is
Mkay, formerly OF the Bueno, AyTean Navy thought Capt
h. bound to obey hi, order, 10y keeping IN bns hltrf'
marks from Nj Campbell tie Board snhd ADJOURNED
SUPERIOR CouRT.-Thc action for libel brought
By J. Fcns.oe Cooper against William l. stone ms "''n
submitted by or .eg OF the Court 10 'ee f'ei''' VIII
ON Monday afternoon n tke T. = Corn room W hFeusae
tho sc,s IA relation % subject HE board Oh referees
..... M Ne..r. Samuel A FOotc, Daniel Lord Jr and
s.r,el Seven, Of Albany. Tie abel j. sad 10 he con-
,o.i ia review by COL sian" OF COoptTs Naval II story,
n which Nj G. is charged wh hay ns mirepr sented the
fact, in tl, battle oflake Ere with vhl' wash
inc tl. character OF Commodore Eliot Col stone put
plea of not guilty, syeug Justification, and that the re-
,e,, va, OF the work question M.,,rs.
BhNel and Campbell appeared on Sc part oi Co stone,
All Nj Cooper, Nts,i'.cd by hs nephew, Nh Richard
Cooperl conducted tbs .n person. H. denies. If
ooue any particular bias OF leaning towards Commodore
Eliot Thc Board adou red oyc,tcrday afternoon when
farther tnye,Igaii,n look place.
CorKr or Sl.sIoNs.-Bcfore Judges LYScH
and NoAH.-rLLS 90 GuLrY.-I,aac Bradshaw, infected
nar q fnffs IN dItT
$ijoo s hanh bills rom tie pocket Of irs e. Johnson oi
Woodstock, ONO when n liz window OF the Po,t-oiice Doe
lbs saturday morning last, Withdrew rs plea Of
nol guilty and pleaded guilty 10 tie ina ciment
1Ki.L Foa foHGERY.-Gsorse johnson, Jr, Was put |
up1u h, ifa forgery the 81 d-slce org ng the
oi JoHn johnson tO tic ira o Mes,rs Bo imam /
Johuson.) Endorsement on note tor : con- dated
November last Al 30 days theh note was discounted ior
tue accused the Butchers DrDVerJ Bank. aud the pro-
coed, place. Tee credit OF the hrm Of krh Johnson
The forgery va distinctly provcdby MI io~neni Cash
Ter Bank, who at,d tlat h,-sr,. kifk Johnson
opered an account d. hc bdnh, each subscribing their /
there. Ac.hd the buscs, with the Back Wa pTnc paly /
cenduccdh by Nh kirk whom wiues, understood had gone
Ncopc wuCn on hy bun 10 u' BANK TOR discount IL was
Admitted 10y the accs,c tat De- ,1ued TIE namr 3" Kirk
ment - being hi,
Nj John John.on depo,cd that the enlargement the
not IN hi, hand wuuc-thai BE- never r~colecud
10 have endorsed note o. the Butchers Drosrr> Bark
r the accused though "hen the accused AMI hN Pa'trr
kirk commenced husn' i" witucs, offered 10 ad them
with en-, tiHc luc for 5000 winch he
did and tint on on" occasion le endorsed not" Tor s'oo
Bank Of America That i" ace used "d'' a. ne ava had
thought au houe,t young man. bat du,.- smlr en'lY yea,
and ssry lie talent tor business Nh bons W." uo''
talented and the active bushes, man INA, WIZ ",h''
discovered had been forged lac "tn 10 u" count
my OF hrk Johnson. and hndhg MIN theic, mr.
toned hun The lorgery--tial hfk ten tlr '.y ,' am
day-ihc prisoner fcnsnmt ''c ',a , , ~ !. ~, c
L, been paid, onc each ~d oi ut noe diolifI
roe OF = 80 discounted or S5too al ue Butchers
Droyers Bank dated ith November l6il' lhlid dai'
To November 9il - 500, discounted Tor >Fp donfih
dated ~ september, lol Tor 800 discounted Tor >i"V
firth dated Ath ptenlber idl for sl-Vo discounted W
Al OOo all drawn by The accused and the tndoi>m'nS
which forged, were gwen ~ evidence. me tnuoi''
neuts Oh nl OF hcr Ar John johnson thought were moi
IN tue band wrng Oi he prisoner but looked more ME NE
hand writing OF Kirk, whom he thought the better pen
Mr. prnqle dep sed that be- was CLERK for ,he firm OF
Ktk& JOHNSON from November 1875, 10 November 1889
and again from octnbcr, 1870 L. the time Z" the prisoner
arics-ihsi prour Kept ledger and soe Other OF
books and that the endorsements OF the aame OF MIN
Johnston or OF the exhibited, and also the ming
up ntfe ~ nt IaHI S.u" :" re Sa kirk va ,
ac,e ouf- ,i.our and the 5h ci-ch>
sawiug uoucys the Bushers' Dr. ver>' Bank, were
mssy ,,Sued y the fi,y bv him and some
by Kk Witness also stated that the riSoner in his opn-
ior was unacquaimed with general business Trans
a. and acted utrelv uuler The direction, of Xix h,
partner, invariably fOloNn. his directions IN relation to
e 49,, ",' hv KrL rb wins L, cye1 Fl :. m rxan,na
lion of Ir sSnaures OF John J-hnsou endorsed four of
III notes char cd to be forged, not IN Tire hard
writing OF the prisoner. but in that OF Kirk The notes
wh,aken from nank To be cancelled weTepu by kk III
pigeon hole and by him taken out and eXamned-nrNer
saw Johnston The accu take them out and exam e them
Knk ais kept concealed from the accused much OF ms
bushes, and moneysd negotiations The firm OF hTk h
Johnston had branch house IN Ne~-Oreans which was
attended in part 10y Johnston.
Cornelius ia, e, President OF the Bank OF Ncwiork, de-
posed that krA Johnston had two noi-s 81, coGhied IN
that and the Othe' - 0OOhe latter
dated nh october lS4l On these the endorsed name OF
John johnson as also forged This Mr. fnngle depo'ed
MAS, As he thought In Kinks hand writing.
James Gslla,in Presdon,oi tie National Bank depo'ed
that three notes for 5000 5000 and $1,000 2urportng TO
be y kiTk Johnston and endorsed IN the name OF
John johnson were discounted at that Bank. The en-
doremenls onihc,e also forged kirk the 7h De
ceuber the day before al Wa said he ab>c0ndcd Nenl To-
Mr. Gsllstn get note OF $500 renewed, that would
fall due the STU These three notes in the National Bank
Mr.. Prnglc recaledsaid he lad several occasions
heard Mr. kk tell the accused to draw mp noic, which h.
(krk1 would take, be- must over 10 b.cth"Nh
street, where MI John Johnson kept his ONCE anu
ng would take slips OF paper, Pu'rounY 70 Ne "ei nan
them the accused and le hm 10 send them 10y a.tk or
boy 10 the Bank be (kIk) DID not return m srasoH u
also admitted that other NOES to the AMOUNT on So
the Bank of New York, and $1,000 on the Fulton BANK
had been by the forged endorsements
the name John johnson The proecu,.ontie rested
The defence which conducted 10y Messrs II MAY
WELL W VI Price and J. q. Sergeant, was then opened by
hr sergeant and Witnesses then called for NE defence
For The defence proved 10y David J. Kennedy,
Dunbar : Dyson Richard Dyson, r = NanhoNck and 9th
er', that the accused was Of weak and sne mul nu o.
Understandings crrdulou, and easily deceived ans prrsuad
ed and unfit from ncapscuy To conduct any mcIcsmhe
onrsto. thai M, character for honesty and integrity,
ae tor economy good aud that they heheNed ur do
cuscd M gh easily have been made an instrument oi auu
mad evil 10y kmk, who was shrewd, aci'e man "n9u.
the accused >u,pecrg he dong thing wrong That
he was mas who could b. moulded by designing man.
particularly partner, To any purpose without having I'd
ed capable OF discerning right from wrong when they
were placrd before hi, CreduOus n To believe
ever, man honest. Of The particularly W.
Rober, Cochran, who knew him nom infancy IN scotland
thought, however that there something wrong n ule
Ohtaumsu ot $4,000 Of discount, ON Show OF circuits tN
endorsements Evidence was adduced concerning ne
book, ng been kept principally 10y the accused The
testimony then closed, and the Court TOOK recess uhtl
O'Clock.
At She reasscmblng of the Court the was ably ana
eoqnently summed Mp by Me>srS Maxwell and Prlce Tor
dcieuce, and MerS >haer and Lowud> lor the People
Judge Lynch gave erudle and impartial cha - 10 the
I. h mas -fi~f .laff.
o hall an hour returned Count th verdict OF guilty
on the "a count e the indictment, utcrng forged
note knowing II 10 DE forged Adjourned
SPECIAL SESSIONS before Judge Noah and