The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-26
NTRLLIGENCE BIZ the MAu1,


WAsHIroror, May a. Isle.
Com~issouer Of the General Land OMxs-Dr s.S
Sears, and Shuster, and 6naIy-Taur Lsss
Hopes Blasted, 70. &c.
reported to-day that Judge Young will leave shs
ono" on the LIST of June and that he win DO
49,. " MR. butterhed, Of Chicago This post, u
"ou'u seem now belongs to IIlinois-GsuerA ShislAv
having been appointed from that st.ts than Ind,
Young, and now MIR. Butteraeld Mr. Ewing A.
Secretary Of the Department tho Interior nrsfex
this gentleman to the other two applicant. from n a
section-Mr. Lincoln, member Of the last con~,...
and Mr.. Edwards
Shuster had two trials, tho last Of which ho va
convicted His counsel made unsuceessfu, sRerA
to procure third In tho hope that such an sys><
he would be freed; but Judge Crawford fcoud net 10
convinced that few informalites would justify fur
ther legal proceedings in the Criminal Court and sea-
fenced the Patent Office robber to three years. mpri-
sonment In the penitentiary. The only remaining
hope appeal TO the Cirouit Court; aud this
the trial it was proved by Charles fnkls that fifteen
or eighteen months ago, he reoeived letter from
received another, signed in the words. noa
NO Wallace street" Blaney testified that there
who resided at that particular place Hinkls ss.s
Knew Shustor and did not know him At the tri-
according GrocnIoaf the witness had not suaosn3
information to enable him to testify to the identity
OF shuster's handwriting Tho indictments they s.d,
the faent Office jewels but tho letter hnkle received
was from pcr.On Of different name viz: rom
itand, Alias Shustcri' that u.s. rom Hand or lem Shus
ter. Judge Dunlap remarked thai tho nsme' were
only turned tail forward MIR. Carlisle said that ID
wa apparent the Judge had not been listening to hs
and with much ingenuity no endoavored to show tho
court that the writer of the letter inkle tho
thief not and tho but teetotay distinct
individuals Mr.. koy for the United States, quoted
largely from Russell and after the argument
cludod the court affirmed the proc lnps of tho
below No trial therefore, this weak founda-
tion was granted, and Jacob shaster alias rom Hand,
aud II IN Hand alias Tom Shuster will probably pas
next Sabbath in the pcnitontiary, the court may
adjourn and after the rising Of which tho
sentence IL 10 take eff ct.
1t WAS at day for points Mr.. Carlisle In the
absence II &r Mann, presented two for the opinion Of
the Circuit Court viz /, The evidence tho trial Of
Drayton and Scars for Transporting savas from
the District Of Columbia in April 1913. showed that
there were seventy-tve of them The jury found the
prisoners guilty Of many Indictments thoy
all carried away at one tim, 1t WAS bat one actnot
seventy-hve acts. Tho slaves went on board Ia ths
co rso Of two hours and the defendants sailed away
with them all together 2. Tho act Of 1896, under
which they convicted spoke Of slaves being
ported OUT OF the State Of Maryland-nOt out Of the
| District Of Columbia. True when the District
ctd d the laws Of MARY land declared to bo in
decided was whether the court could (under the g,no-
raj adoption Of the laws of that State wnch then
In oxistcnce alter the wording of law to make it
apIAy to the District of Columbia. Mr.. Carlisle did
not opinion the last point; no had pro-
scented it by the request of AIR Mann. This appellate
count Tor reasons stated in the OF Shustor at
frmcd the judgment Of the court below. rho judges
paid Mr. Carlisle n compliment saying that no had
shown great deal Of ngr nuity in his arguments much
more Perhaps than his Yankee colleague would havo
exhibited
hree hours after these eedDgSwo again stepped
into the aud CARLISLE stili talking to
the judges insisting other points; but what they
We did not care to inquire.
The suspense IL over: Sbustcr must new go to tho
renit nary for stealing jewels and Drayton and Sears
in jail pay eighteen thousand dollars, for stel
ing negroes. o.