The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-04-16
Court OF General Sessions.

Before tho Recorder and Aldermen Oriffn and Dodge
Arm l5.-Senlencs J- .fsssSh and Botie'p.-Johu
Gr.fn. who some time since pleaded guilty to .n-
dicment charging him With assault aud battery on
William Dennman was this morning called up for SON
tenco The dccreod that he she aid DO prisoned
In the city prison for ten dAys aud pay nne Of tven
S,sslsag ySo~ a Bensfsetor--A half crary German,
named Joakin Krei APPEARED at the bar this morning,
TO take bis trial 70. grand larceny, In stealing money
fourth street between Fourth and Madison oveuues,
on the 1th OF December last IL appeared from the
plainant, Mr. Kane, by some means learning that he
was in want proiyored him shelter and food which was
accepted by krei lie WAS hardly doIaieiled In
pisinAnts house, however, before he ransacksd the
pr.mhcs, and stole nearly $50 In money, besidos
sloihips part OF which property was subsequently,
found upon his person. Krei could not undorstsnd
word 81 EDglisb to-day, although Mr. Kano testified
that he could talk the language well enough" when
he hrs raw him The court appointed interpreter,
through ~hom the prisoner stated that he crasy,
and did not know shat no doing The jury. how
ever, found him guilty aud the court him to the
state prison for two years. telling him that he
out Of health that the hospital Of the prison would be
en- eroeiiept sylum for him.
Steai,rs Gotten ffo- q Stove Charles Stsrkie and
Michael Daley put trial for burglary In the
third degree in eioniousy entering the store of Caleb
A. Ewgoss al Front street, the evening Of the 18th
of March and stealing therefrom bag of cotton. IL
was shown. ~ the evidence adduced BY tho prosecu-
ton, that Mr. Burgess keeps commission store ut the
above mentioned number In Front street; that the
evening Of the 2sth ultimo, the prisoners who had
been employed to work about the store, there At
eight o'clock In the evening unlocked the cellar door,
aud were about making OF With bag Of cotton whom
Daley was arrested ~ the police lie refused to tell
who his arcomplce vns but Starkie had been BY
soms ono Who knew him, aud arrested tho neIt
day Asthey were caught in the act, defence could
avail them and they sentenced TO the State Pr
Daley for two years aud sk months, and stsrkis
for two years.
Cons.sfion ysr MsyA.- Edward MoDsrmot. va. pus
his defence charged with mayhem In biting on the
nose a. wallace Green. on the 2rh of March ls42 Mr.
Green being called 70 testify that he was In b5
In q house of assignaiion, In Broome street, near
Wooster street the night q the day above mention
cd when his room door was broken open. and the
prteoner, Edward McDermott, accompanied by man
named Ryan, came Into the room aud asked who he
tGresn) They then approached the bed and turn
They then vsnt out, snd entered m adjoining room,
where hr. Pcct ves sleeping In this room vas
siri Who on bearing them coming took refage under
the bed bot they punched her out With pair Of
tcngs," NJ the witness crprcsscd ~ They thon went
bach 10 the where dreene waa aud he being ssll
IN he'd. Of their struck him violent blow aoross
the breast with tho iron tongs which they carried with
thm On receiving this trestm cnt Green jun ped out
81 bod 70 defend himself when RYAN caught him by
the srms. from behind aud McDermott seisei him By
the hair of his head and deliberately BIT OF large por
tion of his no-e. whnc-s'. face Is s;l consdersbly
wss The cause of witness had known McDsrmott
W eight, but never had any dGeulty with him pre-
vitus 10 this time. He had not seen him thai night
until he esms into the Witness s~ore that he
had been offered 1900 " settle this suit.
sterling Pest, s-crn,.I am . police odaecr o. th.
Third ward, on the 3Oth March lss9 Ifwss private
citiEsn was In the house In Brooms street -hers
THE trsns.eion occurred about three O'Clock IN the
morning vss awakened by two men standing over
my bsd they had burst open tho door 20 e., IN they
usid there sfv minutes and then ven, into the nert
rosm. who're 7 presently heard q scuffe; vent In
thtre aud Just a. entered the room. glass lamp
paced my had and struck the vall behind me. when
got into the room. tho man Ryan had Mr. Green by
tie and the other bad him BY the hair, McDer
mott bad a pair Of iron t0ngs In his hands; l caught
held of III. hand In which he heli ths tongs,
81 thought he going 20 strikeeor Green the
had s,eufne ensued and Mr. Grc-n sung out that his
noe had been bitten %, ss~ him aud piece of his
quite bitten "a.
On tho part of the defence Tn. aitcm ~ mad. TO
prove eocd ohsractes for tho dsfcndsnt. Two VIE
neerse introduced Who had known him for several
ytars. during which time he hal been engaged a. q
Ter tender. No susmyt wss made N disgrovs the
nens of the aud IN. Jury rrturnsd
wfdict q gully aud the Court sentenced the prsozer
10 the stsic prlson for ycars