The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-22
TWO CENTS.
General Sessions.
Before the Recorder. and Aldermen Adams ana
Downing

Downing.
MARCH 21.- hpay Robbery Samuel Cornsu q
young Of rather genteel appearance, indict-
ed for having the night Of the 5th Of September
nro s vitn.ss !. G.rmsn Soot'mal.r t mo
trade and resides at No Is John street 1t appeared
that he was passing through Pearl street when the
cured Game mp to him. and asked him what the time
was The witness took out his watch and told him It
Was half pest nine The accused then walked along
long he hsa been in tho osuntry; and Will. sh. ys
ness was engaged, he made an attempt to ssise Tho
watch, which the witness resisted; but the aooussd
having threatened to stab to kill him with dirk
which he had In his hand II he did lot him co. he
succeeded In getting OF with It, The next time tho
The accused had been In the company Of the prose-
cutor about ten minutes before the robbery. Some
TIE time after the accused Was arrested in Boston,
quiston to the Governor Of Massachusetts, for his APP
prehension. He was accordingly conveyed to this
named McCabs, who resides at AT water street, and
the assistant captain Of the lth district Of police we're
~ q shs sns ~osn BY e,S 70
about the time of the alleged robbery in to con-
"ss
aid state h. he Jaw the accused the evening bsioss
and straw hat; and that he had hair under his chin
called . gostee;'' but when he sew him tho mex.
scouting witness swors that tho accused had Ugh.
ooat and . straw hat on when he committed the rob
berry.
City Marshals onacs, Boston, stated that he had
rented the accused ON the It'll Of December last,
once, the accused said hs did not care d-n sbou:
that scraps he did not have to back to New York
He repeated that he did If he could only get
through before they cculd send reputation rom
New York for him. Witness asked him what they
wanted him for In New York. The accused replied sy
told him that he had heard something, but he
knew nothing particular In references to 1t. Tho
accused then said that he had knocked down that
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New York, as they would make thing Of him.
Witnss. asked him how he had got away! He replied
that he had given $3.50 to bail him; that he had
given the watch and the money to somebody and that
he never had cent of It, He further said that the
who had gone bail for him had lefs the city the
next day and that he (shs aoou'ed would rather do
anything than go back to New York. as they would
shave him up sure for seven year,
This witness underwent long AMI searching GROSS
exsmn alton, but his testimony not shaken In any
material degree.
The acoused's counsel having addressed the jury In
guilty Tussdsy of assault with intent to
mit murder, was called up for judgment, and whom
to no. os
ncoherent remarks to the effect that he had not
mitted tho affair at ell.
The RECORDER then addressed him, and said that he
had been convicted Of a most heinous offence, upon
the evidence Of most respectable persons. He (the
prisoner those Of his csss know that there
WAS law In this country and that is violation would
DO punished and that severely In every civilized
country, the law regarded the offence in question
one Of the highest known to it, and in the country
from which the prisoner had come the law subjscsd
the offender to and In States OF this
Union, the punishment was equally exemplary. Tho
person upon whom the outrage had been committed,
was an ignorant, poor little German girl who could
not speak .her language, and who had come here for
man 1t was fortunate for him that he had not
plishsd his dabolical pu pose The sentence Of the
court that he be Imprisoned for tive years in tho
State prison. 'l
1t being now three O'Clock the court adjourned until
eleven O'Clock TO- morrow thlC morning.