The New York herald., 1844-11-20
General Sssslons.
Before the Recorder and Aldermen winship and HISS
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cOnycssa q sb6rsiary. brought nts and
ss,: you anything to say Why
tongue Gan oscL In the dlst place think the hard
on that when man Is deprived Of his liberty his honor
and prinsipes leave him forever but 10 with
done i aore But hope and trust in God tia, my name
shall be restored to me. whatever suffer and II did
grave might BE- my home hope whstsvsr have said
will not exasperae against me- and that you will
the crs with Which IN c CHARGED i0' don't ia%ow %
have got any thing moro to say.
upon the daring and desperate nature Of the crime Of
which sullivan had been guilty. and said that the court
bis natural s and he thought that they would be jus
6ed in doing He had observed however that in such
would naict such punshment a. would prevent
the Executive from extending any cemency the priso
the State Prison for fifteen years and six months.
The adams Case lin the case Of s,mue Adams indict
Of this city, the counsel for the put sort Of
plea in setting forth that the accused had been
Mr. PArEssor-If the court please don't see anything
in that plea at ALL don't know what to call It unless
MT PHILirs.-I should caltit 10 Ting daughter by
legal gentlemen) ),
lous The decision was postponed till trmorrow (wed.
The Perjury Case cOnfnuc2-The trial Of John Cien.
ents resumed at half past 10 O'Clock.
ALEx WArs0N, Counsellor at Law, sworn-Know Gle.
msns he wa: sent to me By the British Consul and sta
make out family tree and stated his claims which be.
lisved to be good 1ts sent to Ireland BY Mr. Alex
claims were just and lawful Mr. Watson then read the
AIHr csAwrosD, sworn-was in irslsnd in is4a;
the residence Of Mrs Clements for the purpose
then questioned what her maiden said to
Ireland and what she confessed to be; but the
court ruled out the evidence as inadmissable)
MICHAEL FITzoERALD, sworn--Am the brothern.law
Of John Clements: know his mother can't swear to
her rs name butt have always heard her maiden
was Alice O'Brlen knew her in Robertson, Limerick
county Ireland in this city heard from Clements that
rsgs; he toM me so; understood from him that il wss ne
for him to aege that IN order 70 get the Legacy Of
Capt Peter uIphy have told him at different times that
thing that friend aid brother inaw could do to dis
usds him from king n. step be urged me rspestedy
whole legacy failing in dissuading him from it, en-
deavored to poison his witnesses against him.
Cross-eranained-I know q woman named Craigh;
said that would poison him before be should set
sgo; knew Of any criminal prosecution ogsins
iced complained Of for perjury there not particle
Of truth in the assertion; am shoemaker and keep my
me often, and one time asked me If knew what Mrs.
Clements maiden name was. and told him had heard
want to criinnste John IN the eyes Of Mr. Emmett.
FRANcs FIrzaERALp Am the brother Of the last
common report was that her Alice O'Bren
before she was married; saw John and his mother to-
sSacy John waited Luke Ferguson my brothers IA
hsrnlaw, to swear thst his mothers name wos Msrga'
snd soa to give him T. sna 1s his bis
| ducs Ferguson 10 swear. but wouldn't do it
Cross to n city aoSst ssr ten om wsea
brot er cid not know that was 10 become witness in
this case, for if had would not have come
Captain LovELL sworn-l was acquainted with Capt.
Peter Murphy and with him few hours before his
death took charge Of his papers after he died, and
q list Of papers and letters some Of which had been
alluded to in the testimony then ready gave the
/ papers to the Public Administrator.
| Captain JANIS MILLS sworn--I knew Capt. Murphy
he died at No. 30 Chambers street; saw him when he
was sick and told he wished to see Capt James
Love after his death assisted Capt Lowell in taking
SAUL KELLY sworn Knew James Murphy, and did
know Captain Peter Murphy intimately; he recognised
James as his nephew and paid money for him; he said
James was the aOn Of Margaret Murphy hi. Capt MD
scrapes; he ultimately went to Alabama; heard he wss
hanged there, but as saw him about ear since. don't
think he recognised him alter he had been abs mt
for many years in my office, in few minutes AFTER he
came in, and before he had spoken.
/ De.J. w. FaArcIs testified to the same point.
isaac Fra sworn! am clerk in the surrogate's Of
fse and was in lsa know Clements he came to the
for several days he said that he wanted to find whose
estate Charles McCary administrator TO- and after
n tell HIM he would pay me handsomely didn't take the
brbe, but handed him the book where the til was
out o. the door like .hO he pretty soon after
and presented his claim, and swore to an affidavit
before me- setting up his pretended claim although
The prosecution then rested their case.
f. EARLE Esq opened the defendants by stating
that he should prove by testimony by comnisson
and by witnesses in Court that far from having
truth and that really was the son Margaret Muir hy
| sister Of Capt Murphy.
ireland by commission, then read. Some Of them
that her rspued to be Margaret Murphy,
and others Alice O'Briea, and her own testimony W AZ
| Thomas CLEMEsrs. sworn The prisoner is my bro
ther resided in Robertson in ireland; my mothers
name 10 Margaret Clements it was Margaret Murphy
beore she was married have heard her say that she
hao brothers named Michael, Peter and James, have
heard her say that Peter was teasarng man and the
others aboring men say ms naclss James and Mi
chae about II years ago sa. ny uncle Peter in 1922
Of my unce's Michael and James | never heaid my
mother called BY other than Margaret Murphy
family Of Murphys residing not great way from u.s. but
have been Georgia. South Carolina, and Florida and
North America, Canada y left the U. 8 Army four
discharge with me arrived in this country in june
suppose didn't know when came out here that had
s
uncle Peter didn't know where he lived;
didn't have a bit Of curiosity TO find out whore
he lived, and didntz pay much attention to
a all; the last word my mother said to John when
left the old country was go and try Rnd your uncle;
she didn't say anything to about III have we'd in
Troy for the last two can read and write ltte
down here week ego last Thursday my brother
didn't ask to become his witness; spoke to
body except those persons have subpoened (Tbe
witness then testified TO many points, but evidently with
great reluctance and repeatedly controdcted bmself
Q.-When your brother John 10 You and told you
that your uncle Pr ID died. leaving large property,
did you not thirl nat you were interested
Al didn't think nothing about 1t; didn't care d-n
about 1t.
The Court repr manaed the witness with great severity
for his unseemy language but he did not appear TO be at
oil abashed.
At half past O'Clock the Court adjourned till this
morning nj IL o,clnck