The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-08
Court OF General Sessions.
fore Recorder Tallm adge and Aldermen Wood and


NAV 6,-The CaisESn.-forty nine cases OF persons
nov lying in jail including those out on bait re-
sonrt which opened this day or these Eases there
xere Two murders eleven burgarics one for marrying
Al girl under II twenty for grand larceny &c
Tn. Grand Jury came into court. their names we're
esld over and the oath was taken by their foreman
MIR John A. Kennedy, and sfterwards by the others
Tn. following are the names:-John A. Kennedy fore-
man. n q Beiknap baker. 46 Pike street; q Beroard
rrock.ry dealer % AvenueC II Conktn chair inaker
s. Bewsry; CLARK esrPen,sr 90 Columns ,srer,
hooker I3 Thompson street and 81 Chatham street. o.
Caste butcher, As stanton street. T. Cauldwell mer-
chant ~ Pearl street j Craig merchant 10 CHAT.
bsm street Tn Charters, Jr silyersmith - beaior,
str,et W " Dederck. clerk. $50 Charles stree, v
Dclsmatcr founder. 500 Washington stree, Aouh
F.kt,I ,tstouer $40 Grand street VI. Flynn. grocer
ISL Wet street W. frost. cabnetmakcr, Iz1 brosi
way. I a. Frost. merchant 40 Fourth street q GOD
l~cv nroyision dealer 122 Orchard street 3 NJ Gsns
o,,hsr iI3 Roosevelt street W. Howisnd. engravcr.
p.thun, street n. Qusckenbush druggist 7Os Green
~eh street O. sne-i m. rena s,, 70 ncDo"s'i w.
TIE Recorder then charged the Grand Jury, whom
he d.srnaed the accusing tribuhaLof the country
vthout whose action and bill no man can he srrsgn
~. md tried Ills Honor particularly called the at
tenton Of the Grsud Jury 10 the following atusory
offences Recommending great care sna caution "a y,
terc.t for the use Of money I'd The law sgNns
erecting wooden buildings belo~ Fourteenth stree
I'd Agsnst selling lottery tickets an Against m
eubrr OF III Grand Jury bctrayng the secrets OF tn
iury; and 5th Tn, statute fr preserving the purity %
elections Ills Honor also reeomm anu ,, 800
and ali the city Institutions aud report accordingly
irasmuch their remarks going before the puohc
were calculated 20 produce a good effect. .
A number 81 jurors summoned ana mol attending
rsre fined S2s each according 20 custom.
A A Phillips. Eeq. made motion. on b-hslf OF
General A. Bennett for his discharge a he had beer
now confined four months. without having beef
brought 90 trial The District Attorney replied tina
Mr. fsnuet had bten called upon for trial AZ forme
term aud ut his own request had had his trial post
rcped ~ conscqusnc nee ~ the iliness Of dr Whiting
Thc Recorder refused to grant the motion. undo
tho circumstances stated he hid to be premature.
Alfred Kershaw was srrsigned and plead not guilt y
a. an indictment for obtaining money FALSE pre-
,sn,.s tThs II the % the famous sham INSURANCE
omnany In Wall street taking money for assurances
"a practising the rrossest svipdiiug) On . motio
-, AMMUNITION Of the amount Of bail. by kershsw
an Artusry Of the New York Life. Fire. Marine an
Inland state stock Insurance Company eompsn
Az Wall street. rec mmended by Mayor wcoihull an
~ 'hs great merchants Of New YORK according to Tn
Iii cards II this bold swindling company u was OF
"a that the defep dsnt produce and show by smfa
-, % vnnt grounds he demands a dimtnutton OF bail
"a A. ont on hail for ~ ao0)
r5ra,d Tredcnu indicted for an assault ana batter
-, ~. body Of Garret Des-su vas found guilty, an
fned $40 by the court.
~, = FIsrf1e~ Poapo-,menf ~ he Trial ~ JOSEPH c
- Amer some preliminary business had been d.
.Is n in Ire Court Of sessions. this morning ~
LG.s,t.t Attorney called On Joseph Ashley On nj
LANG into eoart. the prosecuting sttorn"y axe
~. h he was ready for trial
" syss sir" tsid Ashlcy, am rssdy-i unaers'sn'
yoor .,an, district Attorney, ito the court)I DO no
lshlsy- Nr Philips, nay counsel Aas snss N.Y.