The New York herald., 1845-09-20

Court Intelligence.

GENERAL SESSIONS. Sept Before the Recorder and
Attorney.
At the opening of the court this morning the Recorder
delivered his charge TO the Jury in case OF Jane
Brown and Mary Wilson, indicted for stealing sllO0
from person named John Lyon OF New Orleans at a
house in Anthony street. stated the report yester
day The Jury, after brief absence, rendered verdict
of guilty The accused accordingly discharged
Counsel for The defence, Thos: Warner, Esq.
Case NJ Madame Cosfefi0-ln reference to this case
the stated that they had examined the papers &c
handel last evening by counsel for dsfence who had
newed his application TO have the amount Of bail reduced
from $4,000, the fixed by the Mayor, but that,
taking into consideration the nature Of the offence and
the circumstances attending it, they had decided against
a reduction Of the bail.
The Recorder then took occasion to refer to the re.
marks which had appeared in othe daily papers rea.
tive to Madame Costello being privately admitted to bail
at late hour after having refused to grant her dis
charge on bail In auding to the statements. the Re-
corder stated that he had been apparently
in this matterhat he had refused to admit her
bail-but that he had refused reduce the amount of
ball. and that John Florence r becoming her surety
she at admitted bail in open courthis as
sociaes being the bench at the time and that every
instance the proceedings of the court were open to the
press He concluded his remarks by stating his regret
that he should have been so msrepresented by any
WRITER the article referred to had penned under ms
apprehension he did not feel disposed to take any further
notice Of it.
John Wise, then put his trial for having bur-
glariously entered the dwelling of Mr. LeFort in 2sh
last and stealing $500 in bank bills breast pin worth
$40. some keys and pawn tickets for watch, ring &c
prosecution, Mr.
premises entered by forcbly raising his bedroom
window and the property was from his panta
loon pockets which had been left near the window:
hundred dollar bill recovered Witness was asleep
in his room at the time ofthe robbery
JeS NJ sEcon, broker at the corner of Broadway and
Canal street. deposed that the accused and Wise called
at his Office the 10th July and got 500 bill changed
it was subsequently paid into the Butchers 4 Dro-
vers' Bank Mr. Letort claimed it as his property. OFF,
GERS A. G. Smith and Josephs arrested OBrien at the
of Leonard and Church streets and found upon
him key also pocket handkerchief on the premises Of
fha had olenf Mr. ri
time Of the robbery.
There not being any satisfactory evidence adduced to
show that the window was fastened the jury found the
Plea Of GuItyJacob N. Dilts entered plea Of fguilty
to an Indictment for assault and battery Nelson
Weeks. The plea recorded, and the accused fined
$40.
with Thomas OBren then called to trial on in
dctment for burglary in feoniously entering the dwell
ling OF r Leior in 29th street and stealing $iso in mo-
OF the same character in the trial OF OBren
charged accompice OF his in the offence. Wise,
as in the case OF OBrcn was found guilty Of grand lar
Trial for Forgery.-Horatio Dean was next placed
upon trial for forgery in the 4th degree in passing
Nathan B. Clark of No 3l2 Water street. counterfeit
Mexican dollar knowing the same to be spurious The
The coin being spurious at the time he attempted TO pass
it, the jury rendered verdict OF not guilty,
Senteneed-oBren and Wise, convicted of robbing
Mr.. lie Hort, then brought up for sentence The
sentenced to be imprisoned in the State Pr
sonior years, and the latter for years
lfiut Jor UTdnd 1-drcenY.-Shaiies Lou"!B vas tuen
placed upon trial Tor stealing quantity of clothing from
Auguste Wentz alleged to be worth $685. the l2h Of
August last The stolen property found in the pos
session of the prisoner The jury after inspecting the
clothing rendered verdict Of guilty of petit larceny
only
ISlal for Petit Larceny Lodwig then placed upon
trial for petit larceny, stealing S24 Is from George
swartz, and was found guilty. The Court sentenced
him to be imprisoned in the Penenary for the tenn Of
year being six months for each offence.
Trial for Grand Layceny.--Wiilism johnson then
placed upon his trial for stealing quantity Of wearing
apparel from schooner. The value Of the property
found upon him being under S25, the jury found him
guilty of petit larceny only, and he sentenced to
be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for month"; having
already been in prison for seme time.
The Court then adjourned until tomorrow morning