The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-21
Court Of General Sessions,

Before the Recorder and Aid Tweed and Co mp ton.
CLOSE OF THE TERM-GRAND JURY DISCHARGED
Frp 20 -.s,tempt at Bsyglary james X. Polk ALA
James Hartley boy about Is years Of age indicted 70
an attempt to commit burglary at the store of Messrs
Allen jewellers Ill Division street. the night Of the
29th January last tried and acquitted The prsoue
had been arrested together with Charles vilies
alias Veorhies alias George Dickenson Of full age
who In custody on the same charge but at present
lyTg sick at the Hospital The officer Isaac Mead OF
the Tenth ward had observed vilers on the night in
question looking through the shutters Of the store and
afterwards trying the lock- and having obtained the
assistance of another officer they shortly after wards
rested kboth prisoners and took them TO the station
house In the poresson Of Polk they found picklock
chise and two skeleton keys; that Of vliers pair
Of nippers TWO picks and matches He then
ed and aroused Mr. Allen when it that the key
had been pushed out Of the door and yirg In the
passage Il exhibited marks Of the nppers found Vii
lers. This instrument, which produced, newly
made and admirably fitted for the purpose The ends
1t are circular and followed to fit round the edge
ola key and on the nsdes sharp teeth grooves
SO as to get "a and is su GENTLY long to enable
the manI to remove the key completely from the
lock and drop it in the interior leaving then clear
stage for the operation Of . pcklock
On croes examination, the officer stated that Vers
was alone when he him do what des ribbed aud
he saw nothing done willie the present defendant
there.
Mr. Spencer for the defence urged there was no
overt act proved and the possession of burglars TOOLS
and gang to the spot where 1t intended to have
mited it, would not be sufficient to sustain this indct-
ment for attempt unle.s sonnet thing was done there
The Recorder adopted this view Of the notwith
standing the evident intention to act in concert but
left the facts for the decision Of the jury, who imme.
diately returned a verdict tf not guilty.
Another Brgiory BY Bcys.-W u!iam Hartnell, Alfred
Hartnel and william Newell alias Gould, three young
men, each under eighteen Of age tried and
convicted Of breaking into the store Of John Ben
con, in Old Slip, on the 18th Of January Robert siyey
captain Of police deposed that his attention being at
tIacted to Them he watched and William Hartnell
break in the basement door while the others stood by
and he arrested them in act They were sentenced
to two years and Elk months imprisonment each In the
State prison
Di,chng, d-Elijah C. Jones, committed in December
for false pretences, was, motion, discharged his
Tecognizances. The Assistant District Attorney
would not consent to enter ncLe prosecute The pri
entitled by statute to his discharge after
terms and the prosecutor had not supplied the proofs
sufficient TO place him upon tIal he would offer
strenuous opposition to the molten.
Dischdrgs ~ The Grand ny-Tbe Grand Jury having
presented several bills announced that they had
pleted their sboiss and the Recorder said In parting
thank them for the industry displayed during their
sion. No doubt the Effects OF their labors would very
beneficial to the community; those lsbors very i'm
portant and arduous and trying to the feelings of
The canner, aeeduity. and attention shown by them
were entitled TO the highest commendation And, with
tbese remarks, the Court would discharge them
ssfafements w the Pr,ss-The Foreman said their at
tsnton had been called to statement In papers
that the Grand Jury had accompanied the Cooperation
and his Honor to inspect the institutions yesterday he
need scarcly add that false The Recorder sad
say, would creep In. THESE matters bang exclusively
reported for the HERALD, such errors seldom
creep into 1t. columns -RrY.
The Petit Jury discharged for the term and the
court adjourned till to morrow (thiE day st Il O'clock
when motions &c will be heard.