The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-03-17
Court OF General Sessions.
Before Recorder Tallmadge and Aldermen Dodge am



Court OF General sesslons.
Before Recorder Tallmadge and Aldermen Dodge and
JoHS McKToS, ESQ, District Attorney.
MARCH l6.-7he Case Of Madame Costello and Charles
AT the opening OF the Court this morning. the
and Charles Mason 70 place the convicted parties the
position a. they were previous to the Judgment
this Instance having been summarily pronounced, and
that the usual lapse Of four days had not been allowed
the intmaton given to the Court then stated
that inasmuch judgment had been passed when the
ried into effect they considered that they had pro-
vince in the matter and therefore denied the motion OF
counsel
stated that an application was made last week to admit
to bail Mr. Barbiere charged with having attempted to
toll; and in which the committing Magistrate had
peremPtoriiy refused to admit the accused TO bail and
.ns' amer perIsai Of sns anaav: &c, presented 20
the Court LOT they had come 70 the
conclusion to admit Mr. to bail or his appearance IN
the sum Of $4,000 also in the additional sum OF 50 600
Irtaltoy Grand Lasceny.IA young man named Henry
Smith, indicted for grand larceny, in having stolen
mis- oara Of No is Ann street the a4th q February
last: On the part o. %. ~ was n Of snse
Ssp with tho stolen articles % ]
on being questioned as to the manner nwhch they came
into his he stated ha, they had been handed S
could not give any idea who the person was who gave
them to him. and that when arrested he was Identified as
person who had been in the house from which the
clothing stolen Stevenson, Esq, counsel for the
accused, commended that the clothing alleged to nave
ant had represented to be- The being then SUBJ
mtted to the jury they found the accused guilty Of
petit only and the Court a him to DO
The Case Of Bee6ee Coulter and others-ln the case Of
these individuals who indicted for conspiracy to de-
fraud sundry merchants by obtaining goods by false
tences the court stated that after careful perusal Of
demurrer which had been put in to the indictment as
framed they had concluded that the demurrer not
tenabe and that the indictment should be sustained and
Tug T;a for Fieuser and Frederick
Strobe were next Daced on their trial for having on
Charles stewart Of No iaS Eirhth avenue. and stolen
therefrom set Of harness worth Sle II appeared from
the evidence elected that the accused was found in pos
session of the stolen which he was
to dspose of to sadier but there WAS no evidence adj
duced to show concu,vey that there had been forci
found the accused gully Of petit larceny only and he
Court sentence them to be Imprisoned In the penten.
Pa af Ssu u HENRY Hughes lad indicted for
burglary in the list degree having broken into dwell
iins il the BowsY and stolen ,ss.eirom upward. Of
Trial for Perjury-Danis TaicOt was then placed on
case Of the abduction Of Esther ouldng OF No Stone
street, on being served with writ of habeas corpus.
~ ~ the the
defendant Mr. Talcott abducted the girl in question
the residence Of her parents and provided private
board and apartments for her. the Of Grand
and Sullivan streets, where the defendant lived for
short time with her as his wife, under the assumed
names Of Mr. and Mrs Wood that writ Of habeas
pus sued out by Mr. Gouldng the father Of the GIRL
the Goth Of November last, rcturnsble Monday,
the December demanding Talcott produce the
girl and in to this writ il alleged that Tai
committed the forgery in falsely swearing that the
girl in wise under his care OF control while, as
It commended Talcott had seduced her from her
parental roof lived with r in state of eoncubinage
and restrained her from returning home.
Previous TO any witnesses being called to testify the
Court inquired Of the private counsel employed by the
complanants whether he purposed showing that physi
cOnvi he'd been sssortsd TO BY Mr. Talcott
| to FceP the girl away from her parents Mr. Smith
stated repy that such was not ms put .na'