The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-20

UNSSsa OeaSso DsssxseS Csu1s.
bsDUDe The Ho0. Judge BstaA
on TN HUrnxERs OF THE sUS U1nY, OF
BosroN-A WARNING TO sEAMKN.
jan. IL -NicAsiss Smih Michael Cszssns, John Pat
rick, Freneis ksvvis Louis Desmond George SAsppard,
Frsmeis CsSsa and P,ter Pessse eight Of the sesmsn
So:,s 70 sss,
tence Of the Court
The Judge said he did not knew how far all Of them
evidence Of the boy. one Of them sheppsrd Il IN
Englishmsn, and the rsst who are italian, he said
All sf them had fair trial, and had been convicted Of
. course Of mutinous conduct ON the high sess me
Court has looked into the evidence to see wh. could
have induced eight able young to commit such an
nasiny. Thsr: vas difference, it .pps.r., between
no evidence show that the mate the sggressor
Nicholas showed disposition to night and to be quar-
Inc 90 su On
head he made complaint to the Captain that he
had been wrongly struck but he and his associates
ocnserated and positively refused to do duty
unless the given up to them, and they armed
themselves watch. Threats were made against the
life Of the steward, though there Is no evidence
quarrel between Nicholas and the mate. kioho-
las, II appears made two thrusts of . sword 1t
consequence of all this' was there one Of them so
ignorant or 20 foolish, rs to imagine that any ocer
they required? In the long course Of his judicial
career he had never known q case OF mutiny such rs
tho ss not s snS IN
only FOX the late act which nodded the Law re-
speoipg crimes upon the high sees the Court would
be PEELED to pass upon each OF them the SEN
tence Of death; but the law Furnishes the offence
with imprisonment and hard labor for periods ranging
as high a. ton years; this hardly which
rendered it to award that degree Of punish
ment. The jury had recommended three Of them to
mercy. All Of them except Nicholas had returned to
the working Of the vessel but they forfeited all claim
to the consideration OF the Court for the Of
conduct they had exercised towards the Captains
submit their demands; they got the navigation Of
tbs ship their control and took her out of her
course. There Is, however difference in the conduct
Of OF the prisoners they returned to duty but
II was when their object was attained In this case
therefore the Court determined to make an exam
pie OF all OF them He was determined that this should
b. lesson to tn. and to all who know their
condition and their crime, and with hope that
every man going to shall learn that he must be
obedient to The di,cpine of the ships they all
poor men; it would be. therefore, mere word
to place fine Of $4,000 on them; and II he
order them to be kept in cu,tody till 1t was paid 1t
would be equal to sentencing them to impriscn ment
fox life. But he Law compels the Court to impose
dition 20 their various terms Of i'm prsonmsnt The
sentence Of the Court Is that Nicholas smith be i'm
prsonec Tor six with hard labor in the State
prieou Michael % and John Patrick i've years
and do Francis Morris Louis Desmond and George
Sheppard four years and Francis CApala and Peter
Pearsge. three years and do.
All the pri,oners, except Sheppard, who is an
Epgshman, are Italians they wspt IKE oni.
dI.n on sentence being passed On leaving ar the
to toe Marshals office, Cozzens seized log of
wood, and attempted to dash out his brains with 1t;
when 1t was taken from him he knocked his head
against the vail, and behaved violently that the
officers were obliged to fasten his wrists with hand
cuffs behind his back In the evening the prisoners
were removed 10 the State Prison.
.9ssa,llt nth Dangerous Weapon.-A young man,
named John Atherton, carpenter on board the chip
-, pleaded guilty TO an Indictment charging him
with an assault on the cook with dangerous weapon,
namely heavy log Of wood The learned judgs, after
pointing the snormty Of these offences the high
aaaS md IN
case OF the prisoner and he unfortunate men who
had Just been entenoed ordered Aherton TO tine
OF ST. and to be Imprisoned tor one year with hard
labor.
The prisoner asked leave to say few words He then
sid he had been obliged to plead guilty because his
two Witnesses went to sincs he was placed In con-
fnement they had drawn up statements, one acknow-
lodging that he had thrown the leg of wood at the
cook and the other saying that he witnessed 1t.
The IT, District Attorney said IL would have availed
the prisoner nothing II those here, for they
ackpo eosed IN ME ofce that they were mistaken A.
to what they ssid and that they were now cond'
dent The cool right and that the prisoner was the
man who threw the log OF wood.
The prisoner then stated that the captain could
prove that the cook was net good man, and that he
entertained bad feeling towards him (prisonsr) be-
hs had informed the captain that he Was selling
the passengers for which the captain hAd him
tied up and going to fog him but sid not after
wards, he AFRAID the cook, In revenge, might
poison all the passengers.
After further the District Attorney In
tinAsd that had objection that the court should
be furnished with the dspositiops OF the spoken
Of by prisoner aud there thing to alter the
facts stated In the indictment his honor could revoke
the sentence.
The court then ordered the sentence to be suspended
for n few DAYS,