New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-14

I Public lrsf-1-r-tre l.rale ard fna rfH i-f- NN
toe oe'c1. and Council t.r md a-l1st and ''rris
Us placed 10 trf bar On the testimony berg taken,
Csot Andrews L. =. a. lsp0sei o. meeting a. niiu 2ni
sunday, a crlRd NJ " or I'D men, ot abb r. o. lfenu
fed one ~ho s1gni-d their iaffn-' % drive every
Gillian from i1e town. r. saw tle party tear down
and rob one tent sr1 ssii they o.. discaised-
The opening speech iCr The prosecution ~as irn maze
- NJ Francis j. Lfppett and the Ara-1e- 4naidels
u Lesvenworth Has sworn A. witness brin- eA
AHMED the Acsde deposed 70 knouiedse 90 ihe x
iserca ri The society called the Hounds Here there
w-s quite excitement 20 Ccurt-the counsel Toy d.
frrse Directing O. t-i. testmnl y.re Ac-lr iNl .-r
Counsel for prosecution insisting on Froceeins--en
ienen oi tf- bar Jumping o. itclr i,ei ln -reti c-
.olalr fte a.ci tf. .trOl-l ol fre stlriI tlr i-h
Ir O. commit Counsel Rho act-l ii DE- lli n.-
preserve order The witness teen Vfri 90 o. -t.ie
thst be- had beard l the Hounds Drfnlrr or ~
vel1er .si and had heard them sly they intended to
drive the Chicr0s Olt Of the country Five other
WITNESSES were examined for The prosecution one oi
them vas ca Ism.
The Des.nss Vas opened by VI Myran Norton. lie
said vss not 90 shield the prisoner Tor ~aom ne ap
pesrcd from deserved punishment thai be hsd espous
"a ris cane; but that in bis innocence 90 tne many
crimes ba charged With be- should not suirr Tor
the acts az The guilty alluded fre prevailing great
excitement in tbs place said THAR mrn hai been ar
rested and l-t nen WOO were nf t1er % u" Town
norm district the day ~ outrage ihl American ct
zens had turned CUE armed 90 the teeth % SIRE . and
coufns any and al. against whom there existed uAi
veriest shallow of suspicion Alluded t0 tne pfoAio.'
zion Of foreign labor n ire mines oi the country ~
1
of popular feeling in California tsnot O. bc wonder
ID f Then that sions should from time o. time arise
between our cauntrymen and foreigners nor col.a IL
be denied tdst sners had 1een guilty oi aHiess
deeds in our midst =" al reminded ~ one or NO lie
stances having receH 81 cccurr.L
The Court h. VS. pi ased 90 say vas ora anzed un,
der respectable circlmsrances' though DE- warned
the Jury against the lLllenre ~ the prevailing excite
nent Spoke of the prfil0ice. against the N-w-fork
Regiment. 70 this attributable much OF the gene
raj feeling ssainst the prisoners Here the gentleman
scanned the charges and specific tons 70 was evident
from the nature Of The chsrge that c7spr-r3 c1nsil
futed the principal This le concluded had 'a'cn %
the sround." and 10 conclusion be- warned gentlemen
Of The iury o. beware In the unnatural state % eX-
element during which these trials had been under
Ten witnesses were called by the defense to verify
these statements and on Friday 90 the same We he
/ case was ably summed up, the Court deliver The
charge, and the Jury retired To the charge t-e isAo"
/ lng passages occur.
DNhoiesome Law does not rec 'rnize toe ght Of any
to be- protected in the violation Of the laws which
are 90 essential 90 the social state The jury VIII re-
member ihe possible prejudice oi the witnesses from
conscious injuries, and these have been mutually re-
| ceived An American has been siain-anotner Nes
wo0ndei-and two Chilans wounded one per
haos MORALLY both classes Of witnesses have their *
cited feelings You have 10 give verdict. gentlemen,
| .n vndicai0n of the welfare Of tie community. me
prisoner must be- made victim % the sense OF the
wrongs done "a individuals but, aentenen u tne eN
a, nee couvicts him. ho becomes the medium through
which the law speak. IN bic punishment, warning 10
future transsressors Ia the cffGuT, not severity Of
punishment society purified oi crime: the inlction
1T punishment Certainly. therefore, on the guilty, ana
th- guilty alone becomes 'olsrgn however asagreel
| Bic duty.
Gentlemen. unhapply n hare nor bgb1i'0r IN Cali
| fg-Hia. c1r g~li1i rrt Anvc74 fflag, or general
| known o. thcu but abstract ideas OF human crime
are among the intuitive ptous OF the moral ma
ture OF msn-aii men hsve these perceptions Orm
ns statutes are only the record Of an agreement OF
men In society % punish these crimes for convent
| ffa tf.rtf-h
| crimes are classified by statute.
On Saturday 2lst the Jury returned into Court with
a sealed verdict sgainst ROBERTS. ss follows. Guilty
Of conspiracy riot robbery assault with intent 20 XII
shooting with intent % Kill and that the Jury mani
ousig and earnestly recommend that the prisoner BE-
placed ~ once on man Ofwar now lying 10 the haDo
of san Francisco aud there closely confined, 90 IRONS
and A. soon a. circumstances will allow 10 De- returned
10 some port ia the United iates, never 20 return
| under penalty Of death
| A new Jury was then empsnneled and tee trial o
the other prisoners proceeded with. The following J.
an abstract of the record Of sentences finally passed
| upon those found guilty
| Samuel Roberts and Theodore z. saunders eaci
sentenced 20 ten years hard labor IN the peutenusr'
where the Governor Of The Territory ot tahornl
may direct. John Curey to pay nne OF SloOj an'
10 one year hard labor ia the pcnilcnuTy, tue time
be counted from the date OF th- payment of the hne
49,. David Gale 20 psy ine Of 500 and SIX months u
the peniteufisrv Augustus =. John u pay me o
$500 and bond for IS 900 % keep the peace tor twey
month. John r. Barker and WIN. Mckle sentenced
10 nav a fine of $50 and. a ike bond OF S2.5OJ.--
Prisoners remanded on board ship until the Governo
can be- heard from.
A mol ur1s was entered IN the cases Of Freteric
Cole Rob.rt starke, aud James Robinson