The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-11-13
SPECIAL TERM.
Before Hon JuJ0s Duer
Court OF General Sessions.

Before Judge Beebe and Aldermen Dodge and Smith
Nov. n.--Canrtcon Of Joseph Wagner tr Shooting ,cih
Intent 10 RH-The counsel this morning summed up the
evidence In the Of Joseph Wagner indicted
Clouse on the night Of the soth Of March last AZ bis
house the Of Third avenue and Sixty fret
Sreet The testimony In this case was given last week
The substance Of II was that Clouse having shot a
dog belonging TO the accused (Wagner) a companion
named Ha.pel went to his (Clouses) house and FIRST
taking effect in the left side and nearly causing his
death After the summing up which was at considerable.
length the presiding Judge charged the jury in relation
to the Law and the facts Of the The jury retired
and sfter an absence Of few minutes returned into
Court with verdict Of guilty The prisoner remand
ed to prison sentence being deferred for the present
Nae Young Burglars CoEUicfei and Senteaced-Jsmes
CLARK the youth who was yesterday convicted Of burg
larry in the third degree, in breaking into Mr. Bu1s
house In Ninth street In September last this
ing placed TT the bar for trial another indictment
charging similar offence against the accused viz: that
Of breaking into the house Il Mr. Porter In the
vicinity, at about the time To the last indictment
he pleaded guilty Of grand larceny The court accepted
the former conviction three years and six months at
hard labor a the Sing Sing State prison and like term
on the present convictonthe seeonderm to commence
at the conclufion OF the first.
While young Clark receive his sentence his sister a
Respectable looking young woman stood beside hun the
very picture Of grief. Every word Of the sentence
seemed 10 DO deeper wound upon her already lacersed
feelings, and al the conclusion just the Judge pro
nouneed the ast word, she broke out Ia wild cry Of
agony which touched the heart Of nearly every
court. When the prisoner finally removed. she in
s,ted upon going into the prison with him and sharing
John Kane, another Of this gang of young burg.
lars called up for trial lie pleaded guilty to bsrg
larry 10 the "a degree and sent TO the State prison
fer Eve years and Eve months Kane had but one avail
able ard hsndthe left one-bis right was vthered
and almost useless This concludes the batch of young
burglars found at the BARRIERS shop In the Eighth
avenue.
Nov. 12.-StaJJng IN the Sfreef-Nore Rawiysm--Coa.
teir and Mdrifed Punishment Of the Rorrds-Twc young
short thick set and beating the appearance Of row
dies this morning psced at the bar charged With
sebbing and atten ptipg to Kill JOHN w. Smith, the
night Of the 9Th OF October last The Of the
cured were Thomas Smith and Michael Kearney, aud
they implicated with John Campbell and another
person The circumstances under which the outrage
committed appears TO have been ne follows On this
night sbove mentioned, Mr.. Smith, the complainant.
walking up West broadway in company with some
friends and when the Of Northmoore street
party persons crossed the and
them, using threatening and sbusive language Their
boiserousness was not noticed at first by Mr.. Smith
and h Is friende but at length assault being made
made upon Of the gentlemen became necessary
them TO resst They did TO the best their ability
but Ia the Of the ARRAY Mr. Smith received several
stsbs In the fsce-one cnt a very The
ruaDs all subsequently arrested and identified by
the complsinants The testimony conclusive and
contrsdiced The jury returned a verdict OF guilty;
end the Court sentenced heproners the State pso.
kearpey for seven and six months and Smith for
six years and six months