The New York herald., 1845-03-19
been .sen BY Mis-. Mems before she announced ths she

bsen by Miss Mans before she announced thst she
Capt. Towle then Isf to bring his book.
Wan DAvr, called and sworn.-Am one Of toe city
watchmen; in the watch house when the u Ter,
Reed and other there's they talked togener and
asked them what they wanted; Reed said 'no,hing'
and afterwards that they called TO IL they knew
girl that there; told the Captain there
there that thought knew something about the girl
tod me TO close The door and went IN IA an The ms
Reed went TO go out and told him he could not GO
This witness testified also to Miss Ma. Identifying the
prisoner and saying before she his hand that he had
finger bound up in a rag
Capt TowLE recalled This is the book kept by me;
on the minutes kepon the night of the 20h Of January
Is the endorsement Of the of William Johnson the
boy supposed to be runaway who camein ocock
cannot tell whether he came in before Miss Mans
JOSEPH SIArsor.-I am acquainted with persons re
sdng ~ Chester and Goshen and have made enquiries
the general character OF Miss Mans previous to this
trensacton,
QUksTIos ny DrrrKcE-wore you noi of the Grand
Jury who found bill OF indictment against Edwards
sA-Yes sir; and did not know her before that time.
Mr simpson then testified (under ohecten) that the
witness, Miss Mans, OF highly respectable family
and had borne excellent character among all those
that knew her; heard hat she TO New York in the
summer but returned home and then came back again
here in January.
CrosSeramined--I heard there that she had an aunt
here that went by the name OF Brown and Brewer, and
prostitution here, and had induced her to this
city, ana that when she returned from visit to Boston IN
the summer, she said that she had suspicion that her
auDts house wns not respectable
Mr. BLurT then addressed the jury in an exceedingly
eloquent and forcble appel to the jury at the close OF
which, disposition TO give him round Of applause was
manifssedl the sympathes of large portion Of the au
dience being enlisted behalf of the prisoner
but this was happily checked.
JONAS B. PHLL,rs Esq then addressed the jury for
an hour and made the best the reporter ever
heard from his lips and that did him infinite credit
it was clear and argumentative and the evidence was
presented in perfectly impartial manner
The Recorder charged the jury in hisiusually Impair
tia manner md at aquarter OF o'clock they retired
and after absence OF half hour returned with yer,
dict OF not guilty which to the astonish
ment OF every presentthe prisoner not excepted.
He, however took the verdict matter of course.
crowd of his friends forward to congratulate him
upon his safe deliverance, but his appearance not
very prepossessing.
Reed was discharged we'll as Edwards the Court Of
course knowing that jury could not convict Edwards
they could not Reed.
PLEA OF GyILry-Edward Bailey plead guilty to grand
larceny in stealing $35 from John Cook. Sentence two
years in the State prison.
Margaret Burns plead guilty to two petit arcenies and
sentenced to twenty five days Imprisonment in the ie
male department of the city prison.
AT halcpast o'clock the Court adjourned till this morn.
ing at III O'Clock.