The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-09
Court OF Oyer and Terminer.
Before Judge Edmonds and Aldermen jackson Q,
Iohuson

Before Judge Edmonds and Aldermen jackson and
Johnson
Der. Trial Of Charles Thomas, black. for the muir
der Of Henry Ford, another colored the 18th Of
september last At the Five Points. BY .tabbing him with
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Mr. OConnor the District Attorney q assistant opened
the case and briefly stated the facts TO the jury.
ELLEN SWAN, coored examined by the district Attor-
ney-Knows the prisoner was in Orange street the
ss s ns
Thomas pu, his hand out and called him old grey
headed son Of a -. Ford replied, If am an old one
you young one. Ford came out of his own room
and sat chair outside the street door, Thomas then
one or not upon which he ran down and seized the old
mani the old man caught up the chair to defend HIMSELF
bs head with BOARD about TWO feet long snd bactSd
him up against the fence and then showed his hand twice
against Fords breast and said damn you there's enough
for YOU and then up stairs and Ford fell Witness
followed and said Ford killed; witness then
up TO him and found blood his clothes and shirt he
spoke; only convulsve motion Of the body;
Crosssramined-The frscss occurred between and
Of board with which he first struck the decssssd bsEs
he gave him the passes In the side
JoHr WILLIAMS. colored, examined by the District
AornevWitness resides in Gross street; his dwelling
looks into the alley where the fracss heard noise
repcatedly started and went to the head Of the sars
the prisoner coming out of his apartment decsased
was sitting chair the door; heard nothing said
the prisoner seize the old man; the prisoner had
stick and something else in his hand; he seized him by
the throat with his left hand and struck him with the
stick which was in his right hand and ran nm sgsnst
and s HH alarm
to his boarders and then went for the officers who came
Brs.aMs RUSSELL, tcolored)-Livsd in the same
house with the prisoner and deceased on the 18th SEPT
the san.s effect as that Of the nrst witness. ~"
DR. RAwson, City Coroner examined BY The Dsrnicr
ArrossKr-wss present 81 tns post mort:n sxanins-
seemed TO be made with sharp instrument passed
between the sixth and seventh csrtilsgnous mem6snss
also passing into the midrG about quarter Of nch
there was also wound in the abdomen which pssssd to
On. vssr examined BY the DnrsIrr Arrosrry.-
Assised At the post norton examination held On Ford
found wound three and hall ipchs: bslow the len
tween the sixth and seventh ribs IN ncsod wound
1t the pericardium to the right vsnirics Of
there was no mrks Of violence any other part Of the
decesseds body wounds Of that nature produce inssn
aneous DEATH there was large quantity Of blood In th'
IsAac Towrsrrp, (colored)-Knows the prisoner
knew the deceased rene ipbers tns nen. w ~ S
arrested he sent witness AFTER some CLONES cr nm
Charley before he arrestedi put ns cmeSr Sn
his track Charley Che PSSni n'sf Il tss rspS
| that DriscoIi kept when he threw hsway;,hv.s
Capt MORArH Of sixth district sxsninsa ~ ths Dis
r,,rr Observation-Disclosures the prisoners shirt IL sp
psared on examining H. hs there were spot, ofSlccd on
The breast Of il knife was also produced which was
Aken nv Rsrrsrr policeman rrcs.ed the prisoner
Sons car he Tombs witness thought he showed dis
position 70 was recalled to prove that the knife
proSuced was not the one with which the prisoner com
The case for the prosecution here rested Mr. Holmes
shortly opened the defence and ecalsd Ellen swan The
first witness for the prosecution, with view to contra
art isaac Townsend which she did In some nmatsrisi
Mr. Tows,rrp. the associate Of Mr Holmes, then
summed up for the defence The object Of his sddress
was 10 the evidence Of the witnses for the
prosecution
The DrsrsIcr ATTORNEY followed, and made very
able address alter which tho Judge charged the jury
who, alter consultation of about thrssquarsrs Of an
hour, returned 18th verdict Of guilty The prisoner
then remanded, and ordered TO be brought W On
quite uncopcerned when the verdict was announcsd .
Henry Rouse who was indicted Ior an ssssun
and battery henry Buckley, police omcer, wnn "a
tent To kill bat convicted Of assault and pefsry only
was sentenced yesterday morning by the court to i'm
prsonment in the psnitentsry on Bisckwss Island or
six months