The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-12
Court Of General Sessions

couMrNcrNEyr or THE BUSINESS or THE TERM.
ORGANIZATION OF THE GRAND JURY-CHARGE BY
ALDERMAN WARD.
JUNE 9-Ninety.six grand jurors in all. having
been summoned a sufficient number answered to
their names this morning (being the third day OF
the present term) TO form Quorum and the follow
ing were sworu:-James :. libby, (toieman,) Ed
win 5nnnel Amos f. Hatfield Abraham Maze. Pat
rick Mcrrick John Moadinger Richard Tyler,
Francis Boss. John Boyd. Oliver l.. Hosmcr, John
r. Hadley. James r. Rogers, stephen w Jones,
Go u Peshnc Martin Waters. Peter Anderson,
samuel - Constant John G. Calhoun. Samuel
Frost John w. Howe, ]. b HIllyr, william +.
Haycmeycr and William Fl. Van keeck, Esqrs.
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lad nor occurred IN which some ;naiyidn, had
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,nonr5 /, ins,ire i reasonable f,eng of alarm
ma III ;ns,re every oood citizen with earnest any
nv. nd fe INVOKED Their attention to The subject
Nary misd.mearoys. though deemed crimes Of in
| e.,ior ,hnnct.r uers weu known rs the origin and
t,re,r,nrr - lhose III hirherdeerce Of wcsedness
ar1 ,raGe. co,,Sos n MANY of tLe latter wer. the
! ,iees IL dsunkenness po,obinr. ana debauchery
i The snle Of Gouo,s xluf Eecnse-.he violations of
law by those with lcenses-and the violation o: the
| laws a ainst gambling especially demanded their
| attention
I The drca FIJI list os crime placed here conveyed
hut sinuil ~ ton Of the picture Of misery and
| low surrour dtrrit The friends relatives conngc-
tOus-the sufferers their trials, woes, and conditions,
| were Lot here. They pould probably discover that
| ilttmIc,ancc, and one the other of the vices
erumciatcd were the causes Of these deeds and by
| these melancholy causes, though not resulting in
these crimes il numerous eases relativesan friends
were plun gcd into affection. Their operation was
therefore earnestly invoked to mitigate, or remove,
| as far ns practicable, these awfu. evils. The laws
required the Court specially to charge them to in
Quc into any violation OF the election laws and of
| those against lotteries and usury. The mante-
Of the right OF suffrage aud tho purity of cleo
tons vital to the existence OF our institutions.
Niihout thcm civil liberty, and the safety and hap
| lness of the people. would be 10 longer rcaties,
and that, now regarded as the basis of our bless
ngs, would only be mn instrument OF destruction.
As TO lotteries, the people at large, in framing
two ssiyc constit Itons well as by the Lcgs-
ature, by various successive laws, had manifested
their serious determination to prohibit them, and
their serious sense Of the wide spread EVIL which
they produced Inc provisions against tncm IN the
laws, were expressed in language so plain and com
prehensvc. as to leave no doubt OF the intention 10
reach them. in Whatever form they might DC pre-
sented
The usury laws were meant TO prevent me Keen
and ayaricous from ovcr-feaching the weak MINDED
and necesstons; TO prevent the strong rom erushhg
the weak, and to restrain within Just ana moderate
limits OF compensation the subtle cupdity OF inc
sharper. IL was true, many denied the justice ana
wisdom Of these laws, but with that they nad noth,
ing to do. They were the laws, and must bc Upheld
until lawfully repealed. :.
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