The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-10
Broolyn City IntelIigence.

BrOOlyn City Intelligence.
CoUer or APPEALS, Wednesday. May All the
Judges present-This court occupied, during the
entire day in the argument in the of Clarke ct al
VS. Sawyer ct al, reported for this paper yesterday
morning When the court adjourned Vim silliman,
Esq, counsel for the respondents. speaking
BaooxLrs err HALL.-This splendid building is
worthy of notice among the public improvements
which have recently been made. In the absence of
statistical Information, we do not at present intend
giving the dimensions Of the building but this
Tor future article. The hall is built of Vermont
marble which is very white although not of that dura
BILE quality which some kinds possess. and consists of
the main building, with wing on either side. which
are OF exact proportions, and form beautiful
whole In the basement Of the building are thir-
teen rooms, occupied in the following manner =
Tour rooms in the east wing for the use of the city
watch and the police court Formerly Justice Pierces)
now occupied by Truman Smith. Police Justice In
she west wing the of the Superintendent of
the Poor, two in number, the court of John B. King
Justice Of the Peace and the Dispensary. There are
besides these, in the main building, the basement
room, two sleeping apartments, one for males and
abe other for females places for storage six cells
Inspectors as also one other room not yet occupied
We now ascend to the first floor of the edidce There
we find IN t1e east wing the Mayors private Office. and
his reception room, both Of which apartments of
very good dimensions and opposite to this suite of
rooms is one which was formerly occupied court for
one of the Justices Of the Municipal Court and behind
that on the southern side is the which has lately
the City Court. The west wing has the allotted
Tor the County Clerk and City Treasurer. There
besides on this floor, the office of the City Clerk,
Comptroller, Street Commissioner, and Physician
OF the Board Of Health, and another room which
has not been appropriated for any particular pur-
pose, but will probably be used by the Board of
Education. In tn e east wing of the second floor,
on the south side of the edifce is situated the
room for the Supreme Court which is lofty apart
men being about 60 feet from the floor To- the highest
part Of the dome. We will venture to say that when
this room is completed will eclipse almost any
room In the United States for beauty
elegant proportions The south side of the wing
is entirely taken up by the Common Council room,
which is Of the same dimensions that of the Supreme
Court 80 feet by AS and needs only to be viewed to be
admired The Governors, reception is between
The two mentioned and Is 81 feet long by 40 wide
~ Is now occupied as court room for the Court Of APP
peas the highest tribunal in the State On the other
side is long suite of rooms Those the east side
have been apportoned for the of the Sheriff of the
county tho Office of the District Attorney formerly at
the county jail and Judge Morse's chambers Two of
the western will be occupied by the keeper of the
building. Upon continuing upward progress to the
next story find another long suite of rooms
in number be used jury and for other pur-
poses not yet specified The jury affords one of
the finest prospects Of the city and envrons that
be had anywhere except from the cupola of the build
ing We ascend to the cupola, and arrive at
the place where the great fire bell is hung. which
weighs 1870 pounds. One fight Of stairs to ascend
and at the highest point to which ambition
can lead us. We find ourselves in a very neat air.
tight room in the very top of the cupoa from which
east west north, and south, taking within the wide
range of vision the city Of New York and the blue
s the OF the ir
Hook the blue ocean, and the broad Atlantic. In
another direction lies the village Of East New York,
Jamaica Bay, and the various meadows and salt water
creeks which in such great abundance in that vi
cinity Turning your eye to the east you behold the
home of the departed and the monuments which mark
the resting places Of many loved friends and relatives
Court OF General Sessions.
Before the Recorder, and Aldermen Webb and Brtton
MAY 9.-G:rand Jm.y-The first business of the court
this morning to complete the list OF Grand Jurors
only twelve gentlemen having appeared on Monday to
answer. The following the names of the Grand
Inquest John Campbell foreman Robert Barclay,
Merritt, Nathan Roberts, James w. Smith VIM. r.
Waller, John Egan, James M. Edgar John A: Ken
nedy Elias Hatfield Joel Kelley, John NJ. Ketchum,
Peter Heny, John Mclean Chas. II. Leonard, jurors.
Recorders Charge-The Grand Inquest having
It hardly Necessary said he for me- in addressing the
Grand Jury Of our county, to charge them to the
duties of their Office Many Of you have often served
grand juries and know in what those duties
consist Suffice it to say, gentlemen, that your ju-
risdiction extends all sorts of criminal offences,
number Of laws which it is made my duty to
cali your attention to: The Recorder here emu
the presiding judge Of this court to call the attention
of the Grand Jury to- every term Among them were
fire limits selling lottery tickets usury &c There
things he said, which presented themselves
to the mind, in view of the great number of crimes
which are continually committed in this city, and 1t
becomes the duty of the of the peace to
look well to the enforcement of the laws in respect to
them. He would mention the collection of debts by
aid Of the criminal law. IL had become the habit of
persons having claims to collect, to present these
obtained under false pretences thus coercng debtors
into payment by some means or other These cases
had given great trouble, and taken up too much of
the time of grand uries and courts in where
conviction had followed The law not vindicated
but private ends alone served He recommended
the Grand Inquest to look with at all of this
complexion which presented to them, and by the
course which they pursued endeavor to discourage
this mode Of procedure in the class OF referred to-
The Recorder on some very appropriate remarks call
ed attention to that nuisance known the Five Points
place from which much crime emauates. He said
that its bad reputation wide that it not
he,
appeal to you to know If the place to be allowed to
continue as it is He attributed much of the evil OBJ
servablo in this relation to the too indiscrimnate
granting Of licenses tor the sale Of ardent liquors
There he said $50 licenses granted in the Sixth
ward and 27 houses sold liquor without the shadow Of
license. In the Fifth ward but about half the number
of licenses issued and in the Seventh about the
proportion ] ask you, said he, to speak boldly
upon the subject and this court he asserted will by all
proper means, aid your action to suppress the evil
complained Of Let the public know that the Grand In
quest of the city and county OF New \ ork will take
notice Of such abuses If the Common Council will not
Landlords he continued by law made respons ibe
for renting out their houses for vile purposes and in
support OF this proposition he quoted record
proof Go through the district and view it for your
selves and present the subject fcarlessly. and this
court will second the efforts which you make to reform
this great evil. The Recorder next alluded to the
prisons and the tanner in which they conduc ted
lie did not wish to cast censure upon tho keepers,
many Of whom he knew to be worthy men but the in
discriminate manner in which young deinqncnts and
old criminals packed together and thus brought
in most unfortunate contact was great evil and an
evil which certainly ought to be remeded with some
other remarks, OF general charactcr 'hc PteSu'"e
Judge closed his charge and the Grand Inquest retired
their chamber and commenced the business OF the
term.
The Peope rs William .Jackson.-Thisl was case
brought up motion by the counsel for the defence to
quash o. indictment found by the Grand Jury at the
March term Of this court The prisoner was indicted
for procuring property by false pretences. He had
previously been indicted for grand larceny but, the
evidence going to show that it more properly case
of false prctences the jury returned verdict of not
guilty. The District Attorney then sent the papers
again to the Grand Jury, and they found an indlct-
Coo nI.f sip ingu
counsel in his argument stated that, there
charge of this nature in the primary examination
which was the basis of the Grand Jurys action, the
defence was not prepared for the necessary cross
examination and hence the papers referred to could
not present fair evidence upon which to ndict.
The District Attorney took the ground that inasmuch
rs the court jurisdiction Of the subject matter OF
The complaint the evidence presented before the Grand
Jury competent, and hence he had moved on tne
cause The court decided in favor Of the defendant
and ordered the indictment to be quashed .
Trial for Grand Larceny. Michael Williams, aha,