The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-06

term of the law courts will be commenced In the City
Hall to day. Judges, lawysss and htgants, crowd
ing New York from Europe California and the
neghborng places Of fashionable resort nvgorstsd for
the winter campaign, which, should say, from the
state Of the various calendars, bids fair to be heavy
one.
The general term Of the Supreme Court in which three
Judges preside viii SIT this mouth dispose the srgu-
ment calendar, ON which there l75 causes There
are 40 the motion calendar of the same
Court The Circuit Court will be held by Judge, for
the trial Of causes and there still remains large NUM-
Der the calendar The special term Of the Supreme
Court viii sit on Saturdays.
Two branches for jury trials will be opened in the So
perior Court in Of which Judge Campbell WIZ pre-
side md In the other Judge sandford returned from
California The Of n p Willis vs. Edwin Forrest
"a on the which tsins Si9 causes and
will be reached in days; but whether 1t will come
on at all or come and fall through, on the last oc
cssiou we caanot say Forrest Forrest divorce
stand l5i on TIE same calendar.
In the Transferred Superior Court Judges Oakley Ma
son and ne will preside at the general term, where
the somewhat celebrated Of Smith Coddngton and
wife VS. Jas Watson Webb. stands No. % Judge Duer
will preside tbs special term for he Issues Of law
In the Court Of Common Pleas there will be also two
trial ehes-in cae Of which Judge Ingrahsm will
preside the other Judge Daily, who has returned
fro Europe quite restored to health The calendar In
this Court which the beginning of the year. numbered
eighteen hundred now contains about eleven hun
dred upv ards of hundred having been dis
posed since The lsr Of January This amount
done considering that only branch has
been held for several months past Judge Woodruff will
preside in chambers and hold special term for ssues Of
law.
In the United States Circuit Court the argument
United District Court will be opened to morrow,
Tuesday by Judge Belts and the trial Of the Cuban
peditionsts-ca Lewis and L. O'sullivan-s SET
Down for that day Mr. sessenger the third party in
tina indictment been sent to spain by the Captain
General Of Cuba to undergo period Of ten years i'm
prisone for his participation in the recent and
more disa INVASION and therefore be tried
in this Court
Thus the law courts viii be the oci of considerable bu
siness and great attraction to others during the
present tenn With fourteen including Judges
Chambers all in full work, rich harvest will be reaped
by the lawyers; but it must be admitted at the
time that the people Of New York most ntigous
people
The October term Of the General Sessions commences
this niorSing The calendar lie by means small one;
includes sixty eight at present. among which
three six charges Of assault and bat
and twenty Elk Of grand larceny The remainder of the
calendar made up Of the usual list of crimes ncud
ing number Of false pretence cases. which will not pro-
badly amount thing but the discharge Of the
cused parties The Recorder has several occasions
charged the Grand Jury to be exceedingly careful in
their investigation Of alleged false pretence 1t
hiss to be practice with many merchants Of
city when they find they like to lore debt to hold
up the criminal law in over the heads of their
debtors This times has the effect Of driving the
victim CT misfortune TO the Of extraordinary means,
by which the merchants claim is satisfied, generally
however at the expense Of other creditor but If
thu threatened prosecution is made and the case sent
before the Court it very rarely that vcton
follows long, tedious trial may, indeed take place,
costing the county much more than the merchants
claim nut it generally turns out that the CREDITOR if
deceived at ALL has been deceived because he did
use what the Law terms due diligence" to ascertain
Whether the representations made true false.
The murder will be sent to the Court Of Oyer and
Terminer after the srrsgnment Of the prisoners and
the Court Of Sessions Will address itself to the dispose
ton Of the remainder Of the calendar The Court viii
hold double sessions whenever business requires to
Go so, Recorder ranadge presiding at one and city
Judge Beebe, ut the other. This will involve the
necessity Of holding evening sessions, there Is
Gully one court room an Inconvenience which
viii Dc euecTudLiy rtmtuleu as SOON Is the new
Court House in the Park completed It expected
that the cryder and Mckay would have been tried
at the octoer term but it quite doubtful whether
they will The principal witness for the people
Is in the city and has been intimated within the
pact few days that IL would be convenient for him
be in the city this II this l. probably the
eelebrat.d Aii-auke Bonds" cases will 20 indie
fnit.ly.
1t is to be hoped that the judges Of the Court o.
Sessions w make inquiry into the practices Of some Of
the s.loTs whose appear the roll Of the
Court IL il said that gross extort!on s practised ~
Of lawyers ~ko visit the prisons for the purpose
Of picking up business Il Is said that poor prisone.
lately INFUSED to pay eli the money he bed about
bis person give order for the wages due al from the
chip which ho bad lately left before being paid Of and
in sdditcn 10 III this compelled 20 send his clthi
to TIE awyeI ofee 20 be redeemed subse enty b.
the unfortunate victim cf dupci,y; AID AL this
auled b, the poor because he accused OF crime
and imprisoned n charge q petit; larceny. Ga his
trial be acquitted ana would have been II biz
rel had oreued bis mouth. We have heard OF
Their instance II imposition pssessed By iawyer OF
Quest1 lie reyusaiGn where cheat paid him i25 TO
attend q IN which the character q the ellen.
involved TIE S2o pocksted and he ctsn; subse-
aueEts driven 81 he ofos; the neglected
re i1;sf.', q he party Who paid the money
tir.y dlIsgsTJ.d. The Court ray not be sbe take
,ncsi scJion UIon the subject but grea. good gnt
Yh bed II members 81 The Court would show
thsr ciioii rotation of sucn tJ ~ isownng
81 70 is due 20 She keeper u the
Iiy Prison. Mr. E4nouds alsn e. hi subor as.es
10 fsy thai he sxtOttpn prKcisd sit1!n the ws Of
~ pfis 81. without ther O. sLizaacs ft il % ID.
iuf~d that ome rsfo mstTy steps viii be taken In this
uAttsr fr the fsks Of tie respectable members q
profession vho practice 10 ia. eriGnal cyustA lay
csspife tie ircks ~ rDfnhs tkrref NOT heartily De
osEf. }. f'cs IN degree The rotation OF the pE.fcs
sicn @ yr'cn Thy vei0ng "e shall iuak- note q
sfe traEsastcB IN futUTe. aD1 ~hzt virtue there
Is N publicity II this las the efs ct "a lessen tho
torion. great COCA will be accomplished; ard II 10
does Mt, We ~ any rate shall bave done our duty
Police Intelligence.
.ftsHccHn'rf y ifuf ts sfp3ige1 f1'isr -
Onw soTeffny night iset an nfs stout months
old. left and abandoned the so q Nr Brnnetts
hcuse situ TED 20 the % Troy aud Hudson rcst
Whch iriant va !icEsd up by Mr. Bnun~tts family nd
Lsrts O. u poi DO "a tie the