The New York herald., 1850-06-07
Police intelligence.
Before Justice Osborn

THE " ToRPFDo CHANGE AGAINST oxg.Eyyp
TpoMisoN-1rE CASH SUBMITTED FOR The DE-
cIsIoN OF THE MAGISTRATE.
tten O'Clock yesterday morning, according to ap-
pointment, the council Mr. Jas M Smith for the pri-
soner, Slammed up the case.
Mr. Smith ssid-rhls casc please the Court, places
the defendant in very peculiar position, and 10 one
based upon vague aud idlc rumor, and which
has 10 redress. Probably you will be told by my
learned friend the other side. that the prisoner
ought 10 be- h.ld Tor trial. aud admit the evil
dsnee nee mol be as strong in justiDing your uonor
i'll committing party charged for the II
afetit jury. in order to procure convection You
must look ut this IL stands beor. ou.
AT The evidence adduced and nothing Have there
not been haIp,s ut "ok IN paying money to produce
Witnesses! VI no paid SIS u and so to
another! Why Diury. And who. when the witnesses
that appeared sgainst Thompson, at his trial. in
Brooky Why, j. Arlington Brnnet aud family, the
Ashl.Ss and the Drrrys All these parties have sn
int,i,st q "a motive 0 crafty against tho priso arr
I " hat motive could Thompson Lave in To. d,.truc.
tion OF Mr.. Warner. or attempting HIS life /! Way,
til, re canLot be a motse IL IL absurd; Dir Warner
WAS Ihcmrfon's banciaetor he cane forward aud
took 1hoD pson by the hand aud gave hin can upioy-
mrnt theniore you must erase all wan OF motive
cuty exi.d in The family Of war,sr, the phase
hear IL the version OF the attempt to tax. tho lie
I OF Dir. VaiDers wiie MIR. Smith went to
abaiyse The testimony gistn on the part of the
ptostcu;ion. and some OF those he Commented upon
very s,Ntrdy. ana ,"id The proseostio" Dave lad
ample time 10 produce witnesses. lhave an
pounced in one OF the public nswspapers. tue
names ot several witnesses who could throw much
light this case, and L must confess want
more than We have al present, before year Honor
think OF OBTAINING this d,fendan To None VI
these witnesses have been produced by tho prosec
ton. he fact is i'm portance has given to this
which the merits ought to have
possess and pubic justice dsmands the discharge of
Thompson in this
Mr. Philips, the Assistant District Attorney, then
acdrrr, ed The court tho part OF the lie
said, have heard much ssid about combiu uztion
against tie prisoner but not TO my knowledge,
any thin shown ielf ON the investigation warrant
proc.-- OF the Druiy trial In which Thompson was
showu to NJ impiicat,d IN the making of torpedo
hls cuty TO issue a warrant for Thompson, the
eh1ge Now, the duty Of your Honor is very cl.sr =
You M asc. ain, HaA there been crime commit
tea ?" Andf SO, is there probable believe
prisoner guilty! 1t Is conceded, both sides that
IN this the corpus deiefi clearly made Then
The next question arises who the parties and
matter II the party making any instrument for the
puIpose Of ahI he, whether The psrson Intended
be k buoc. Mt party suffer the crime is the
ssne. For Instance II person ixss cup Of poison
f,r A. places the cup where A Is In the habit of
coming TO drink, and d should go and drink the
poison by mistake, the crime Of murder Is the
A for whom IL WIS intended had taken it, And
In this care. IL this torpedo box made for the
Other perton had been d.stroye ed the would
the same Another view hold. that thsa one
person has bstn concerned in the of this
torpedo" ana who, fron the evid nee sdduced, was
more pet. mt TO make ruch Instrument than ths
Prhoner. All that thr magistrate requires is TO be
shown probable that thc prisoner Ia guilty Of
the charge. and think ample has already bron ad-
duesd-the testimony Of six or eight unin peachsbs
wi,n' ssss-cnough, should say, to justify tue msgs
tIsts in sending The whole matter TO be pa ssd upon
by the Grand Jury, which Is now in session. Much
has been said by my learned friend abopt testi.
n,oby given by Messrr. Wilton aud Failing; to be
sure these did II necessary to oome
on the stand again and testfy aud make alteration in
their previeps evidence. For my part, caanot zoe
where any Of the tssjmony differs Each corrobo-
rates tbv o,h.r and even nr. Grsis who had his
ory fe,bed by walking and talking with tn. prsoaer
ysrth King Of his hospitaties at the jail yet,
Gil that cpnnot di,cov-r any material discr~ ances
In the t. sinicny they all In the main, corrotorate
ca other. MIR Bird no: contradictvd because an.
Other wtDess and st.ics tba, he did hear
ThomI axe the declarations. Much has been said
about the testimony Of Miss Bennst aud Margaret the
s,rvsnt girl there is nothing to imp-ach thsm aud
fom the fact Of both stories, In r-isr.ncs to ~hat
fht pson raid that occasion not tsying exactly,
g,s TO show copciuiv.y that had thy made their
evid. they would hsv. compared their statements
20 as TO rr.spond ho~evr they sgr-e Ia tho main
features and have not he i-sst doubt OF the truth
OF The evidence gv'n by them. Your Honor has also
the evidence. uncoDtrsdcted of declarations made hy
Thcu pson that be a torpe do, and fixed the
into ,al,e, which he carried about with him In the
fifth or Fifteenth ward for the purpose of blowing
up policemen his arrest Thi. fact warrants . be-
lie, .f his csTaliity OF masipg such box sant
may appear on the Drury trial, IL vas shown concla
siv,ly that the exploded BOX would contain three
pounds OF looss goppovder, and the pound In tn.
canitter. This fact uas told by Thompson to officer
Patterton short tine after the posiou aud
time before prury arrest Take thcsc circumstances,
simI L. a. they to be separately but them
all together, very powcrfu and clear IL shown
to ,xst against the prifoncr This resembles the
bundle tf ftVks. any OF which child might have
broken but when put nil togethcr would take
than giunts arm tn br AK them and 40 II IL in this
case; ell the evidence put together Makes out con-
p,te chain impicsirr the accused mos conciusivsiy
To your Honor the public look Ms . saf-gusrd. and
hope and trust you will on the evidence which deem
TO be suf.cirIt in all its bearings to submit ths
whole TO the Grand Jury With these remarks re-
rp, ctfuily tItmt the Gaze
Tn. mssitrat. sisted that he would give his deei-
son 1T IL o'clock this forenoon
Csas of sssonr al re .1~srierr Hc,,i On the 10th
Of last month, ar John a. smith wss arrested for
~fff
pittoi. Timothy Corriprn. Que Of the walters at the
botsl Mr. Smith vas traosferr-d from the Tombs to
the bloom gdsic Lunatic A. uu. Corrixsn stiil
maips In a dangerous state, from tie ef. Of the
wound. On Wtdne,dAy. ON On order made ny Justice
request Of his countei for the purpose OF beius ss
hnined but the magistrate did not fe.i himself st ~
tsrty TO ps,s upon the insanity or ssnsn~ss Of Mr.
Smith At this period snd Therefore rsmanded Mr..
Smith back to the Asylum to await the action of tho
Grind Jury; and IL was further agreed that the phys
Glars and witnesses both sides should be admitted
before the Grand Jury this day and rst. the fcts
both sides aud salt the action Of that bndy.
srrs.t.d on sdn..eav two youps men by ~. Of
Harvey Young and Daniel wsrn-ley. on . charge Of
s,nnins :, = game q faro, s1zs from John Deyo
Emblem In West broadway. hearing vii be had
In III. matter
L.s,h vN arrested suspicion OF having stolen t~o
gold chsins frum Charles J. Amer. AZ no cvideuos
Vas brought b.fsre Justice Lothrop to sustain the
charge tb. msgistrate dismissed tn. com plant and
hoporably dischsre, Mr.. Leash from custody We
nov upd.rttspd that Mr. Leash intends to prosecute
Afnsr for q libel
Chs,gs eJ s,aiirs scds Water Bonts. -Acompisint
Wa made ON wsdnesdsy against Daniel Tuttis dri-
o; soda water vsKou, BY Mr. alexander Dearborn,
Who cbsrgss 1utfe with stealing a ring the month
of Msy Last 40 Of soda bottl-s u his
property. vsiusd st e12t The bottles " ~. ms we're
In baskets sspdnG st the South Ferry and Tutte vas
-essp BY George W prercott to convey bssket Of
rbotiss which bssket bore the direction Of , A.
Dearborn; from this sct. as the other baskets we're
directed in Iihe mannsr. is presumed that Tuttls
esnisd % al tn. mIs'ias bottles Tut,le IL spp~rs,
The gill be heard before Justice osborne,
one day next week.
.lrr,a on ssspseicr. young man, called Thomas
Clnsts vac srrestsd on Wednesday, by ofbcer Wool.
bridge on surpiciop Of stealing gold chain pencil
Iockst. valued In all st $40 lie detained for
further hearing
n srvf .e6,sv On "wednesday, t.tvesn "a aud
o'clock. young man by the psms OF Daniel Nu<ent,
wsr stabbed in N. n rioc and slso In the sbdomsn.
With knif-. by y. pjamis hsrtn In sfesy 1T the
ctrpsr of Theatre ssy aud Ann street 0fhcsr With
sity Of the Second ward. arrested Martin, Who
detained for . further hearing.
Poissseal 1nssiIsgssee.
Covrrericvr u. Ss,Aros. s.-Tvo moro unsueccss-
ful bsote TOR United States Senator mad. In