New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-22
DoINGs IN OUR COURTS YESTERDAY:
Court of Oyer and Terminer.
Before Judge EDNoSDs AID Aa- sEAHAS anu D. =
Triol Of Audrnr Kleim charged uith the murder

Trial Of Andrnr Klein charged Nitt inc nii3ad "
Catherine HanitH
ss.fc!ent nurnher Of Jurors not answering 10 ''.S
names the Sheriff directed TO summon t'esen'
their coming in the names OF Jurors were called. M
Elias HATFIELD stated he has made ~ his iIs F"l'l
reading The accounts in the newspapers. Ju'sc E1il |
.aid he ihough, the old rule the best one when
Juror To- have based his opinion upon acfua
suo oledre derive. from person individually
ed with the facts That rule is much better oSe 'h+h M
f.nciiu rule LAID down in The ith WencrH wnicn
man Incop pe,ent 10 sit IS Juror lie ms nlaue m
lnd from reading account in he ~spaPer ne SaSns Il
the report be believed the prisoner 10 oe
DO not ;hink said judge Z. that MI Justice arcy e'
70 Law down such rule there expressed and AIN ahS
ous 10 Give the Supreme Court chance 10 chahse II
The District Atsi said he was OF decidedly tEe same
opinion but the decision has become the law OF me -
he is bound so by il Judge Z. said he douo'en II II T.
the aw the land he believed Justice Marcy l'e"e.
the remark 10 apply Illustration The Juror was set
aside After number OF person. had been SCI ASIDE ior
scsr answers peremptory Challenges, &c NY was IL
ergth sworn. -.
o3t december si4 made assault on Catherine Han
rn and set fire 10 the house OF Edward HAh!in "neIep,
the said Catherine Hann was moraIy ouFhi ana
and fingered ill the 25;h December when ne oleo
hsyiuy s: stabbed and wounded said Catherine 2d se
fire To the house with view of destroying her. &c.
The District Attorney then opened the case 10 the jury
Jr,rT,nce Hanlir ,wom-s l3 years OF age snows the
p.in of an oath; swear wrong will go To he'll: i've COW M
h street and % Avenue Th my aiHel ,Ss M De lived
where now do my father. mother. uncle myself aug naoy
there windows IN Ho">e ''.s
opened on the lots there no back wndo%, was one
,,ory house Came home SUNDAY night "a Dec. ana So
hall ps, on Ov "eaHy brenHs i Nv moer and the baby
were he'd. Andrew h elm TOOK down t"o ol tne oi'
some block and ire from furnace and brought them TO the
door he ire - the door, and broke u IN WIN 'od W
,nn. ran in and told mother. and she got out o bed
with the baby IN her nrns. and haooed murder 81 te
then back from the wIndo 10 me aUT .as anc a
r.n in was standing the window and haioons OUT an h
md The
th-n Jnre, Lee pulled me out OF the wlndow hsll 'en
came IN and quenchsd the fire. and broke INTO the
back house and took TX gner bsy yS, T an. y
mother ou; nund the baby under Mr.. Mftas lee. saw
Klein sick IN his sit hand and hg board n NJ
ryhf hand saw him up the NJ the door Win c
tick ne abbed nn door with the boHrd the 'ick ne nau
oosed Ike that which ss s w- s.,n.ieI abeU
half hour aerward My mother was nnn IN me oI h
and neck nnd and also wounded N Inc tngI WIN 'e
knife send OF the stick My mother dead enc ueu Ut
the Hosptal. = f.., r,r, or-s
He mad f-ucs all round The first saw was hs taxing
down two boards his fence and bringing III. thu, wheh
hs nut az door One OF ha boards he let Tall on e
und and the other he used sir the ts and ,b IN WIN
h then Eo' htP S el0eS a meg H.
.ramined-When saw him taking down the fence
,S.nt 10 the window and told my mother when him
,e fire the Shavings and things rsm vsd there o-re VIZ
dd We ysd thsie ,%o yta n NV. vrq him told mv moe
nv mother uld he had ht her the day before WIN
,on. and she would go and get for hun. klrn
brought an anful after he fire he broke ie
ooT down breaking the hinges; open'd he window To get
ont but Krlm came AID smashed Il IN sad struck al III. WIN
th- End the boiri: am saw1 aFse knle AZ the ei
OF the STICK afl, fire he stood keepin Us M nv uhcv
ud rn, father h,d gone work. did not sr- h-m ABOUT
-fr. thar there other sh+ute-s IN IN. 'ct'ty wlen
the began krm into hs own place
md fastened the shuriers there .s 10 hs ienc' m
father would sometimes speak hleil, but he aisays he
his head down and lid the BOYS sometimes rrW
stones al Klein but did did my father thefs wee
90 persons ever went Klein but Black women w-h
III. officers klelm the mai to break h place
or-n and he made resistance, was ijg-y morning.
Bv Juror the knife at the eud o the SICK
aud IN his left hand. =, -
AZ hnth sides aud point and fastened n'o the md OIL large
stick. r
th- other stood the side where mother wa>, and
truck al us with the end of the long board H. held Ia his
hand; h- struck nv mother IN the breast With hrtoard
Pv the COirt-He brught armst n shingles aud straw
and blocks when saw him bring t- irs told M mother
and she bolt the door which did; when hem
;s fir TO the shayugs aud he broke IN the door KNOCK
IN, II into ocm mother tried 10 get out ol both WIN
dows but Klein would let the flames came INTO the
do r and shr the aiters and dared not venture To M
ON, lher. the room full Of smoke: mother 'a'I
nyyu bv the she entered tie bedroom; was drawn
ont of the room by the Hrghhors before she was.
neither witness called but suggestion made that
il would be well for the jury aud personally examine The
p.mlses The Jury expressed their assent TO such he
om directed officers proceed the premises, take good
c of the ury through the night bring .hem again into
court at hllf-past 10 this morning.