The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-09
General Sessions.
Before the Recorder, Judge Lynch and Aldermen
Carman and Bonnell

Carman and Bonnel
JAMES r. WHTlse, Esq, DISTRICT nc Attorney.
fixed for the trial of Otis Allen, the counterfeiter,
and his counse appeared and stated that of the
witnesses who had been subpGnaed were in atten-
dance. He then read an affidavit of the service of
the subppnaes, and asked for an attachment to be
issued to compel the attendance of the witnesses be-
fore named This affidavit is sigLed by Joel w.
Moore, who we understand from officer A. M c.
Smith, has served a term in the New. Jersey State
prison. There being no record of this fact in court
however, his affidavit could not be rejected
The DISTRICT ATTORNEY stated, that counsel
tor prisoner had asked for attachment for the wit
nesses subppnaed by prisoner, and affidavit had
been presented OF the proper servce OF the subPCe
macs, he could not object to reasonable adjourn
ment of the trial, in the case of Patchin, in the
city of Brooklyn, the proceedings were all set aside
by the Supreme Court because the cause brought
forward without allowing one of the parties an ad
journment after an attachment had been ordered for
the witnesses.
JUDGE LYNCH stated that he objected to further
postponemen, from the fact that the cause had been
called up four times, and each time an adjournment
had been granted on account of the absence of wit
nesses but under the circumstances the request must
be granted.
The RECORDER concurred with him, and the
cause was set down for Tuesday of next week. In
the meantime, no doubt, attempt will be made to
obtain bail for Allen under writ of habeas corpus
1t will be remembered, however thalno single Judge
grant bail to person indicted while the court is
in session. The application must be made TO either
the courts of Oyer and Terminer or General SEES
sions.
Attempt TO Steal bow aged about is wears
who was found IN the store of Frederick Madison,
PA Greenwich street, on the first of last month";
der circumstances that induced belief that he had
of his counsel IL Porter, Esq, and the Court sent
him to the House of Refuge.
Trial Of Thomas Henry. = This man stands
implicated with John Williams alias English Jack,
who has been tried and convicted for having in his
possession and attempting to pass SO counterfeit
note of the Atlas Bank, on Mr.. Morehead, of 33l
Grand street, on the 18th of April last. Henry was
in company with Williams, at the time the latter
passed the note, but it was not proved tina: he had
the bill in his possession. The only suspicious cir
cumstance against him was, that when Williams
was arrested, Henry made his escape, but i'm
mediately caught. ] he Jury returned a verdict of
not guilty, and he was remanded to prison to be
tried on charge, Of pick pocketlng, for which he
has been indicted.
Trial of William Williams for Forgery in the
burn state prison. was tired for passing $40 note at
the box office of the Chatham Theatre, or the
evening Of July 2sth. Joseph A. Jackson was in
the box office at the time, and as soon as he dis
covered the note to be counterfeit, he went into
the secondttier of the Theatre and found Williams,
who he charged with passing the note. He denied
all knowledge Of it, and said he had given six shi
ngs Tor his ticket Jackson then told him that the
price OF tickets only four shlllngs, and that If
he had passed the note he had in his pockets, the
change which consisted of six 81 notes of the Ham,
ton Bank, two of the Manufactures Bank, and one
of the Balston Spa Bank, with fifty cents in silver
cts and found five OF the notes, and on searching
him the exact change given by Jackson re-
covered. He was defended by j. $. Bates. Esq,
but the case was too desperate TO effect escape.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the
Court sentenced him to five years.
The court was not aware that the rogue had been
in State prison, or he would in all probability have
been sent up for ten years instead of FIVE:
assault the celebrated JOB HdskeH.-Charles
Rumey and William Prentice, of Chatham street,
were tried for assautng and beating Job Haskell
on the 18th OF April II appears that Job was pass
ing up or down Chatham street, when he was ac-
cosed by Prentice with request to buy old clothes.
Job refusing, Prentice struck him, and JOB went
into him fists, boots and heels, when Rumley inter
with some foreign substance" as Job called it,
that looked like brush Several witnesses con
frmed the evidence of Job.
The defence, conductedby William Shaler, Esq,
offered to prove good character on the part OF his
client Prentice, but the court thought that that
question not pertinent to the issue;
JOB HASKELL, Esq then addressed the jury. He
said that his object in this prosecution was TO make
an example of these men, in order that strangers
can walk through Chatham street without being as
saulted by old clothes men. That IN defending
himself from the assault OF Rumley,. he had only
Knocked him twice while he was down, and that
Prentice who struck him with the brush, lived some
doors from the place where he met Rumey-.(Mr.
Shaler, Esq., here interrupted Job, and asked the
court whether the complainant nad legal lrlgnt
thus to address the jury). Job replied that il the
gentlemen of the jury were guided by the advice of
the legal gentleman who had just interrupted him, they
might be led wrong, as the gentleman and the pub
lie well knew by the decision Of the Supreme Court,
and the Court OF Errors, that his "hod over doc
trne not the exact thing If they are not guilty,
gentlemen OF the jury do not convict them if other.
wise, trust you will. have only to say that |
would not take such blow again, as Prentice gave
me with the brush, for million Of money And
now address myself to the Court i have no vim
tictive feelings to urge me on, and from the fact
hat Prentices wife, who is only about 70 years of
age applied to me, before the trial to let him of,
hope the Court will show mercy to him if convicted,
and have no doubt the jury will bring him in guilty
10 consider him less criminal than Rumey. Hope, |
therefore,, for the sake Of his wife, the Court will let
him off easy.
Inc Jury returned verdict Of guilty against BON