The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-26
Court or General sessions.

Before the Recorder ard Aldermen COOK aod Bard.
Junk ,hep AZ iss R."sssst s,r'., pissa.d sail,y to
receiving $500 worth of broadcoth, knowing the same
TO have been stolen. The clcth Was sent to Cosans
TO be tried for burglary. The Court tsotenctd the
prisoner 10 the State prison for two years and Elk
John Sullivan pleaded guilty to . petit larceny, In
stealing keg of white lead from George Clark at the
lead valued s37 but the Court received the plea
oferod by th. prifoper and sent him to the pentca
tiary fer three mouths
Chargsct Sending Threatening Leners.-A man named
John A. Alden this morning put upon his defence,
charged with sending threatening letters TO Charles
Alden relative Of his, residing IN this city with the
view 60 extori money The accused is q resident of
Cincinnati Ohio, aud the letters complained Of
dated ct that place and directed to Charles Alden
rbiisd.lphia.n letter was produced aud proven by
MIR. Charles Alden, but be could not state positively
whether he received the letter at Phadsiphs himself
or had IL forwarded To this city by the Postmaster at
the former place The letter had not yet been read
when this fatal defect discovered In the prosesu
tions evidence, and the District attorney was obliged
TO abandon the The Recorder charged the jury
In reference to the dicuity instYuetng them of ths
necessity ef seqaitiins the secued under the eirenn-
stabcss lie raid the should be prosecuted either
In fhilsdelphs TO which plsce the letter sent or
In Cipcinpsti where they were written; this court
could certainly exercire no Jurisdiction over crimes
eonsummated In thoss places The jury returned q
verdict Il net guilty.
SfeaIirf Ukssf from a Tsssi.-Jsmes w. Spencer,
Dow Fuller and Timothy Nee srty we're placed st the
bar charged With stealing forty bs,bes Of wheat worth
-, 20 the property o. the msssr' hso..r m,s =,
spr.sred that on the 7th Of December, . man
came into MIR. Hscksr's establishment and offered
20 cell quantity Of wheat, of which he displayed
. sappie. MIR. Heoker ipmediAteiy recognised the
grain - part Of lot which be was about re-
cei,ipg from Philadelphia. lie did not mention his
suspicious TO the persons who offered the wheat but
made bargain with theu agreeing TO taAs vhat they
bad to ss so, ss ,h. ,sTs time sent 70, poliosTsc
there men had bought the wheat Of q man named
Met arthy. formerly policeman, bu, nov boetmsn
The arrest d Mccarthy was soon followed By that q
FULLER, ~bo vss captain Of the lighter Equity, aud
Spencer one of the hands on beard. The lighter has
barge 70 the foot Of riSe street When IL vas unsden
II vas found that some forty bushels we're missipg,
yhch hs owner Of tn. sheI vas called on 70 pay ,o'
Spencer TO convict him, and be was therefore &C.
quilted.
Ter of the that against spessss and
he could not, tbsrsfofs, hope 20 convict him not
yros vas, therefore, entered In his case. .
Msc srthy .ss the only accused party len in the
trsnssetion, and Spencer vas put upon ,ns snssss
stand to testify against him lie would mot hose,er
fore he would proper legal intsrregatories
vss, however, at length proven that Mccarthy vs.
turn up 20 he advantage when he hailed by some
person and tsld that he could have quantity OF vhes
which .N stsndns on deck in bsss wh.n au.,,on,v ,,
sQuivccasd also did he vhsn asked u there
not sone previous understanding with Met srthy y
xss put up begs from the lighters cargo, and that
vas carrisa od BY the aoeused. The jury could no
agree upon hcCartby's guilt, and we're discharged
sFnA Conrtefien ssser fhe Iau Of 1sfp f0rbddtng ~
| Jss II Sisre Slof-A yourg man named John John
son. was tried q charge of carp log sung shot
James y Hopkins, ore ~ the police oriccrs attach
ID 10 the first distinct police court testified that on N
goth of october mas came In and requested ths a.
,istspee "a cfncsr 20 recover come msney, vhi
he ssid stolen from him at house la Leonard
resr Centre street witness end onicer stephens ven
to the house and foepd sevsrsl we'll knesn chafaef
s,sub bl,d IN room OF the bar room among them vsr
the f,Ilowing distipgpi,bed individuas-Sos bsrst
oIo, aspprr y Dan Van Horn Allen MoAfse and Scotc
AIek wife all 81 which notsbss are veil hasvn
al. Police As ss the omcers vent into the root
I'm. ,f the jr ra,es got up and locked the door Th
nicer ste ri.rs rocked upon a. an indication 81 hosti
~ ard he ttsr.fore pulled out yistol and ordered
dsor 20 b. ogsnsd This order vss complied With o.
The polite, rfcctsdsd 20 ,safch the persons ~ tho
vbu usfs in the room. The morey VAS not fond b
en- the rsIscn q the nccused we're q heavy doub
lesdsd tily, skeleton NY. anf lock pick. 4
stiStiee vas ecrciusivs sgsint HIN ard he vas
v'tudu carrying tlupg shot or ssiriiar vs.?or
The covrt eep,ercsd the prisoner t. s-rvs two yc