The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-06
Court Of Geneya nj Sessions.
Before the Recorder and Aldermen franklin and


Nxxea o-Bfssk fnxvshtade- Rotbing a Female
Fuad-Wilsm hili, amuiatto, wss put upon his trial
charged with srand larceny In stealing the 23d of
January, goid watch pencil case and other articles
valued In all ~ SIS So tue property Of Anne ward
coored womsn whs being called 70 the testified
as foows;-I live in Portsmouth, Virginia; / cannot
ssy 'xacuy when the things were stolen; they we're
taken out Of Mrs Proctors drawer; Mrs. Proctor Is
hnls mother, and lived at phadephia he took up de
watch aud put a. on, and dsa takes ds money an
ssid he'd gs It changed, and it would be oonve
piept.
Court--Did you object to his taking the watch,
Mitness-No. sab.
District AttOrnsy-why didn't yout objsct Was
there any intimacy existing between youf
Witnsss-Wp he boarded Q week wid me In Ports.
mouth, and KEN on with him and stopped ct his
Cross examinsd- did not live with Hin as his wife;
called biz mother by the named Of mother, oekass sse
was an old woman; be paid me $40 tor ~e.ks bssrd
and washing; let HIM have silver watch at Ports
mouth; never nsde him any preseats; might haze
given him somsthing before the ship left Portsmouth
never took the watch OF my neck and gave it nim
my business In Portsc,outh washing aud ironing;
k-pt one female and three male bosrd-rs; never hsd
any aifbculty With him about another woman
The defence introduced but one ~itness-rnis wss
eeiei.d nan named Lis.on, by whom tins accused at
tempted to prove that The complainant and hs ldl)
had hved togsther 40 man aud wife. III. ~taess
howsysr could not swear To thing except h,m
ef aud the sccussd boarded the OF plain
the nitsd States chip saIs.Ogs The jury after que
dsiberstioD, rendered verdict Of goty against the
prisonsr, and the Count sentenced him 70 tbs state
burglary "a q L,sab,r Office WIN n. Hall negro
vss tried for burglary IN the thrd degree, charged
with brsskng into robbisg Ofics OF N.tnsni.,
H. CATpentst. lumber d.sIer, at the corper u Wet
sud at streets the a tha 2Jth January last
fbe principal wifl.ss ~as officer jobs Resd of ths
Filth ward police who, as lac guag has rounds on
The light above mentioned, saw th. prsossr aud soo-
thsr black fellow in the ONCE Of rOstsr snotner
At the iue ths oceE nIst the glars they n.d
alstt but nnding they GiscO,er.d th-y put sat
them and sub squeutIy arrested the other. In the
mofnns, Nr srpsrtsr sins that bis oice had been
entsr.o snd that tao cost had solso aud learn
ing slso that some burglars bad been arrested be re-
pared TO the itation houfe where he found the 4
Toner In posset sion Of oo.t whch be idsutined
Of those which had been taken from his once the nixn
befdre 1he evidence being thus Conclusive against
the Irsoner the Jpry found him guilty, aud the Court
teni.reed him TO the State prison for three years aud
Cenuei,sr efs Bof,i Thief A man named william
H. NcLurdy VAS placed on trial charged .tb burglary
In tie scobd desfee In feionously entering the ayst
msnis of Mr.. Leon DE Bonsst, Sus Brosdsay, on the
ltth Of Jsnu.ry and stealing thsrsron soid vstcn,
Iinns keJ two ctss rshtsioons vss", and other ar.
Mr. DE BOnest testis.d that, the morning of the
osy on .heh the burslsry vas com nIt,ed be sf, his
half past seven In the evening he Uncovered In
sssping room quantity a old clothing thrown about
aroused his pc,ors that his bsd en..red
On looking around be found that the place mad teen
ovefbaui.d. and the articles above esunera,ed had
been stolep lie heard nothing of his properly fol
about three weeks, ~ the expiration Of which time hs
vas addressed BY psrson named Hsmphi Who told
him be thouehS he knew where of his property
vac This individual called Mr. ID. tvice after yards
snd vss at length arrested suspicion He ssid hs
thought he knew the thief snd intastsd that t go
heturdy.
tfccr Norris, Of the Chiefs Office testified that M
vent TO Phadeiphia and arfested Met urdy. ~hom hs
fopbd Al pubic house known ~ Head Qusrters the
secussd bao been In fhsdsIphss about t~o weeks
raid he had nct yet visited his father Who resides IN
that city; prisoner had At the time of his arrest
ccat, wet and csp, which we're identified By MIR Ds
BoDeft ~ part q the property tsken from bis room;
the wstch was recovered Ton = named hAyhsw, Z
hare boar q q North Hfver n. had
purctssd % from NcCurdy for si5 ana one of hi.
sttoe.tss some of the clothing found st
hand thop 10 orange street and al that t.e0vsfs
~sr frseed TO the possession ~ tbe sccused
he tndictmtst charged burglary aud grand lArosny
but as the outer ocor of the building had peeu
tTcso opsn the District Attorney only cad I'd soa
Ntcttos Tor sfsnd larceny. 1he joy, therefore re-
turned verdict OF net guilty Of harsry. bat gu ty
of grand larceny The tourt sent ptisoner 10 ths
state Prison foI two lears and IN " ontIs