The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-23
Court OF Oyer ana Termincr.

Before Judge Edwards and Aldermen lngersoll and
Jackson.
Ger 22-The trial Of Charles n Carpenter was again
resumed this morning being the twelfth day " has oc
eupsd the court The for the prosecution having
Mr. CrrLsr on behalf Of the accused said that being
svtrse 10 aset speech he proposed merely to have
generation with the jury this where the IL
b,rty q Mir Carpenter at stake. They all
that they possessed in Mr. Mckeon an able faithful,
knew 10 fail In bis duty TO the prosecution yetn this
Gaze the Attorney General the highest officer In the
State, tcomes forward for the express purpose OF
procuring Mr.. Carpenter; this indltsment was
procured through the fundamentally Of the
Attorney General, and the party with whom be acted
before this trial commenced. why IL IL that the
Attorney General takes 80 deep On interest In this
case! At the u the trial he called the
attention Of the jury 70 the pernciOus influence the
papers would DO likely TO have upon their minds,
and required that they should not read them,
rsriaa on me soI s ushs
(Mr Cuter) could not zee Why counsel should be 40
anxious TO preclude them from the perusal q the evil
dence He would say, IL trial BE- reported fairly and
faithfully. as this case has been from day TO day
ported with lifeline accuracy and honest faithfuness
IL could not have curious effect upon the Court
On the minds 81 the jury, and be- Therefore protested
tgainst the warnings thai had been presented 20 them
a newfpsp"rns mirror OF public thought and he re-.
Jested that this trial bad been faithfully aud honestly
reported from day To day with remarkable fidelity TO
facis snd II the reporter failed al all In accuracy II
could only be raid that he did not portraywhat the
be C.! the painter alone could do" the gallery Of
ietns' that appeared before the Court aud jury az
witnesses for th. prosecution men whose very oounte
nsrces bore the impress Of long course 81 crime
n Hraid Is the only daily paper that has published
thofe proceedings in detail The whole paraphernss
Of this trial. continued council has oost the friends Of
Andros vast deal Of money: II must have cost some
body vast deal 81 money for though the Attorney
tbt,s hsd tod them ma, iIsd va va .ns
act II the Legislature pro,dnfunds tor the purpose
The A1IonrtN GsS,rlL rose 20 say he made no such
statement as that the Legislature had provided funds
for this specific suit he said that the Legislature pro.
,ided means Tor the expenses Of witnesses In criminal
Nr CrrITR then continued. and dwelt upon the inn
probability that r Carpenter who bad been In bust.
ness rsspsstable merchant in this city Vhough u
would be said hr had failed In busbes) would for the
sum q s12 sush rick ~ had been attributed 10
him; that he would openly place himself at TIE head
gang q cour that he would actually become
a. tie Attotn,y General had said master Of the mint
II this fabricated money which was TO be passed IL
va, utterly improbable Una. any man ~ ns inss
uious nan, MIR carpenter II represented 10 be could
act 20 Internationally with such character a. he
here charged to have done Counsel asked them 20
leok 81 the wiresses whom he described as gang OF
coner brought from the scenes Of their operations
fren Maine Boston. Palermo Tennsy lyania and Cana
"a who're thrv carried on business which had Its ra-
mifcatons OIL over the country then they found that
THE gspg al come on to New orr IN Deeemoer $50
that each every Of them swears that the other
r. ro,t r,sr cotable man; his tAr Gutierrez client IL
Wholly innocent and not prepared except by the test
eny Of the witnesses for the prosecution to prove the
ialsiiy C the case. man partly guilty may know
fCmeihing, but man who IL wholly innocent neces-
ssfy knows nothing that is coming against him Il Is
~ utterly fase and can only be exploded BY the
nature Of the evidence that Is sdduced against him
Counsel then cobtepded that Young alone, OF all the
garg Ct countereiters swore TO Carpenter delivering
him the mercy TO hand to Andres; and II that man
testisopy be false then the whole falls TO the
IiOund. Young ttsnds slone-no one corroborates
him 60 thefact there great many witnesses IN
the room at the time but not one Of them
him in that TACT. Is Dung, then worthy OF beisi
man convicted on his own confession, sent 70 the
state prison for felony Of serious nature. Inc sem
teroe worked such a difgrace upon him that his
testimony could not be received IN acourt OF Jus.
tee; u worked such perfect snnihhauon o.
wtrtLipess In the man And that Is the man upon
wfose sole testimony they seek TO convict Carpenter
Was supg made better man by the pardon-was he
IA ade more faihful-more trustworthy In the olden
time, the mere premise OF a pardon was sufficient &c
exclude man from giving evidence In court OF JUS
tce because he had agreed TO swear so and so upon
the ccndition Of his psrdon-sn express condition
they would recolect, made In the pardon here. Swcl
witnesses held to be admissible but the las
admits its weakness, for they must be cor robo
rated by Trustworthy testimony In placing spch rt