The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-09
Court Of General Sessions.


Court OF General Sessions.
Before the Recorder and I'D Brtton and Dslamster.
Nov 6-Pos'ponem,nf Of Canet-At the opening Of
the court this morning quite number of causes,
which had previously been set down for day were
postponed till to morrow (rhurtdsy). Among these
cases we're those Of Frsnci. Stewart, indicted Ter
subornatien of perjury; Talbot WAITE. for nuissnos.
and Geo Boylen alias Billy Barlow for grand ny
ConrietSn Of Dishonest sorant "A woman named
koRapLa Brarty pat trial oh argsd with steal
ing $40, in bank bills. from james Gegan Of No 10
Whitehall street on the 22d Of September last 1t ap-
peared from evidence produesd by the prosecution,
that the accused was servant In the house Of Mr..
Regsn ~ the time the money was lost. On searching
her person, concealed in her clothing There
defence aud the jury without leaving their seats
turned verdict Of guilty but recommen led tbs
prisoner to mercy. The Court sentenced her to the
State Prison for two years The prisoner not .
hardened thief and her sentence seemed overcoms
her; she robbed as II her heart would break, and
finally LETT the court crying like q child
Tired on Charss Of BYstarv-A young man named
in the third gree In breaking Into the store Of Chas
wilbur OF No ~ Fulton street about the 22d OF
July lsst and stealing thersfrom watch number Of
butter hniFes pocket books pocket knives fancy
loap and other articles IL proven by Lewis Per-
ter, cl'rk in the employ of Mr. wilbur, that he
18th duly aud tecuIed IL with the proper ssepings
On u morning OF the 2lst he found that the scutts
bad been broken open aud that several articles had
been stolen the Officer Horton Of the Ss.
cOnd ward police testified that he found several art
tles In ssnSsl Dentons trunk which we're ideatiaed
rs part ofthe property stolen from Mr.. wnburs pre-
mises.
On the part OF the def. nee, IL was shown that
ther boy named Nekinley had already been convicted
Of sts sing the property and Denton alleged that Il
was from ths boy Mckinley that he procu the art
cles found in his trunk The jury returned a verdict
not guilty. There are some ether In lictmeuts
against me prisoner.
Nov. - Trsi fsr Forging an orier.-A respectable
20 trial on an indictment charging him Nth forg-ryi 10
the third degree alleged TO have been committed By
him on the 3st OF August ut Which time hs presented
an order Mt the store OF Messrs UbsdeiI n Pierson
merchants 10 Canal street The order 10 the fol.
'Nssrr, Ub,dsn Pierson, Gents You viii please
send by the besrer the three pieces OF silk II left at
your place pet ss the purchasers are in great want Of
them 70 knight and o5llge. lour,
CHIrrENDES, BLISS co.
"a Brosdrsy, Aug sist, 1850
The prosecution produced evidence 20 show that the
prisoner vest 90 the store Of Chittsndsn Bhsa Co,
the 3s Of August last aud selected zee pieces OF
silk which he ordered TO be sent TO the store of Uos
DEL lfcrsoD The goods we're seat BY an express
wagon 20 The store OF dessrs Y SP.
M. Iterson. Cf the firm CT Ubsde Pearson, testi-
fed that The accused to the store aud demanded
the goods which % represented had sent there
b. misake Ne. p refused 20 deliver the slss with.
out an order from Nessrs Chittenden Bliss & Co The
putnef sent awsy, order, OF which tbs above 10
cons ere aroassd account OF tbs bal
oiths word q" hnight.' in the order the goods wsrs
oeliysfea to the boy however aud boy wa, sent to
watch him and zee where be weot. Instead Of gJng
e the sore OF Chittenden Bliss Co he went the
Mansion House In Chambers street where Harris had
rooms ~ the time, sud where the goods were iouud
Mr. Langdon Of the firm OF Ckittenden, Bliss n Co,
proved that the paper was forgery, and that there
was no person named Walker In the employ OF the
arm Nc witnesses called The Part Of the de.
fence Ibe counsel raised some technical onjsctiopg
which we're, however. overrulsd by the oeart rh-
csss ws then presented 20 the jury by the Recorder
snd atsr short absence the jury returned with
eiet OF guilty, Sentence deferred for the present
Ilici JoF SuhoIuaiian ~ Pe jury Francis stewsrtws
next placed hts defence 20 an .wer TO al indictens
changing him With subornston Of perjury, in Undue
o. peruFy In July. lS4p. q man named sanuel
Thompson but better known a. the "Couhdsnce Nan"
vas ARRESTED and Imprisoned on charge Of s,and Tar
ceny, and offered AZ ball man nsmei Edssfd smith,
who svore that he smth) worth t2Jooo n wasub
tequenty proven that smith not worth the amount
IN which he Justified In fact that be wasnot worth
anything smith indicted for perjury, tried
vcted and sentenced 20 the State prison whers he
his time The District Attorney preducsd
several witnesses; but on hearing all the testmsay,
the court ntimated that defence could be necessary
asd the Recorder charged the jury lie called their
tention 20 the Law governing the case before them;
se TO Tie tact that Of the principal witnesses for
instead Of endeavoring TO isduce smith 70 false
~ had told him that II he not ~orth 5000 he hsd
not swear he vss not worth the money This ala
not look like subornstion PERJURY but the contrary
The Jsry without leaving their seats returned yer.
No .Jiuv Trial, on FtiSov-Thc Recorder iuform.f
the juron that In quence o. the large amount Of
business 20 be the Court Of speci Sessions on
Friday no jury trials would take place In the Court o
General Sessions Last Tuesday being election day,
no court could be held that day and hence the ac-
cnmuation OF large amount Of business which must
be DISPOSED or The petit jurors, many Of them. ex-
pressed their entire appreciation Of this ara ngem emit
and left the court room for the week
MOTION yor Dfscharge If Prisonsrs-Rolaud Parker
ana Tnom@s McQusde two men charged With rob
oery at Lovejoys Hotel, were brought before the
court on motion made by Mr. A. A. Phillips, their
counsel Who applied tor their discharge, spon the
ground that there not suHcent evidence adduc.d
agsnst them TO Justify their detention. Mr.. Phillips
Meus IN support Of his motion. Mr. McKeon replied
~ the effect that McQuade was q notorious hotel
tnie ans that there sufcieut 10 hold Parker bs
pany
Mr. Pbillips-1 the fact that q party "a seen In bad
company be SUFFICIENT 10 hold him for larceny then
4 may implicste Mr. McKsen; tor have than
once seen him In company with very notorious chs-
Mr. MeKeon-wfth whom
Mr.. Phillips-wsll, Nv. seen y.u With the Mayor.
UaughterD
The Court decided 10 hold Msousa. bat discharged
Parker nom custody. n
1s,,y 80