The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-05
Court OF General Sessions.
Before Judge Beebe and Aldermen Wesley sni


Court or General Sessions.
Before Judge Beebe and Aldermen Wesley In and
Bard
MAY 4-7ne Grand yuv.--A sufficient number Of
Grand Jurors having answered this morning 90 form
quorum the following gentlemen yi1.-phile-
mon u Frost Esq, Foreman; John A. Bunting. nenry
H. 6iilespy Michael McKeon. John D. Phillip. Samuel
haynor, John White, William II Adams, William W.
Bufnnam, ~ j. Brown, J. Beekman Fish, John dainer
iheodae MARITIME, Ananson II. scudder, and Aaron
Scwarz.
Judges Charge-His Honor Judge Beebe prefaced his
remarks to the Grand Jury by stating that h. would
very brief a. he did not consider necessary very
elaborate In his charge In the city Of New YorK where
meeting as they did every month they were MANY of
them ut least, ~ familiar with their duties a. was the
Court The calendar which they would be called upon
TO act for the present term was much smaller than
not more than forty remaining the prison for
them to upon and he wished impress them
tho Importance Of doing so promptly for the
three terms little had been donee kept In that class OF
cases, and, consequently large number Of bail
manned undsposed Of and he had no dodht the gentle
in the discharge q their duties by proceeding with ds
patch. After abiding to those matters which the
statute law compelled him to charge them-namely, the
usury lotteries and election lnwshc continued there
many fruitful of evil amongst and the
Court and community needed their assistance in getting
at Of them with view to remedy them. Ono
what might at first venia offence, but
of serious evlhe alluded to the constant habit
Of ceiling liquor without license There could be no
doubt that gambling also evil which existed to
an alarming extent, and he regretted that, for some
reason. the stringent law Of last session Is almost In
operative. We strike ut the root OF TINS,
not To be contented with stripping pruning since
there necessity for permitting gambling bells to
exist there nothing in constitution nature
to render them necessary evils The pubic INSTITUTIONS
also ndcd their attention particularly at this
son. when the hot weather approaching required that
due regard should be paid all culated to pro-
mote aud preserve the health OF the city. IN concu
sion lie particularly cautioned them for the dignity of
the grand Jury and the saysof society to prese we the
s.cretvenees their deliberations lest distorted
aggregated reports should abroad and in the OF
accused persons at large ustice be defeated and az
there would at the concuson Of the present term be
nearly two weeks vacation. il desirable that all
bills should be- acted upon without delay a. otherwise,
many might be- compelled unnecessarily, to lie in pr-
for that period, longer The District Attorney
would afford them any legal advice or assistance they
might require and with these brief remarks be would
dismiss them to their labors.
Burglary IN BroaarGy Jacob Levy, Pole,
placed trial charged with the above offence. The
store Of Mcssrs Crittendcn Bliss \ Co. in broadway
was broken into the night Of the 18th March and
muslins Sc stolen, which found soon after in
the prisoncrs possession One of the partners proved
the robbery Ind been committed aud that he identified
the goods The firm consisted Of nine partners, whose
not all set out Ia the indictment and the
Assistant District Attorney consequently abandoned the
charge of burglary In defence OF the larceny, DIR Jo
r. Phillips called two country OF the prisoner,
WHO through the OF an Interpreter, testified they
with him when he was emf yed to carry the parcel
wharf Their stories Appeared quite consistent with
each other and with that OF The prisoner himself when
arrested The jury after elaboration, acquitted
the prisoner and he discharged with caution to
irs future p9ctlu nal operations.
.9cqustied -Gotli.s Clements ihe keeper Of German
porter houe In Cedar street Gr.snMch street WIS
arrhien,d charge Of receiving number ~ pI.ots,
knowing them g. be- stolen and John D. Craft ohars
% with stealing thcf, Mr. Acot Of Maiden lane proved
that containing forty five Of Colts revolvers worth
S15O had been stolen from his store, two of which had
been found by officer Duoi and the latter stated they
given up by the defendants wife. The defendant
had some witnesses in attendance to show the circum
stances under which he purchased them. but Mr.. Hall
did not think either could be made out. and he
would abandon the prosecution The jury, therefore
under the direction OF tho Court returned verdict Of
NOT guilty. aud the prisoner discharged. The
VI.
dence was produced at all.
.qno,ao-.acob ren indicted for passing one of the
cambridge counterfeit notes of which many have
lately been circulated in the city also acquitted it
appeared by the evidence that he might have obtained
and passed II without any guilty knowledge.
Grand Larcenv-Ch Charles hcldcnburg, young German,
convicted Of stealing from the store Of Mr. Ellery in
Broadway the 10th Of ebruury six cartons Of ribbon,
valued at 500. Officer Kahlor. Of the Seventh ward,
arrested him another charge. when he found in his
possession sample card afterwards identified part OF
the stolen propcrty ana he had admitted he stayed
down stairs while his companion went In and stole II.
Sentence. two years imprisonment.
.qrItt If shop Life.-Diccr Walng of the
Chiefs aids arrested, Monday afternoon, a of
rather respectable appearance. calling himself James
Smith but more generally known by the police officers
Old Spectacle smith charge of stealing from
the store OF Mr. sharp No 163 Broadway twelve black
lace wells valued at s27. II that smith called at
the store and Represented himself to be Western
chant and solicited bill u goods. amounting to about
$50, which he desired To be laid aside and he would
left however they Missed the wells in question Many
other stores the rogue had visited In the like
stealing Roodsfrom each pace. Tho prisoner when ar
rested had about his person the wells together with
number Of pawn tickets. for bracelets gold finger
rings lady niantlla &c. all. doubt, stoon-for
which owners wanted Apply to the officer Office Of
Chief Of Police The rogue committed for trial
I'm .7sseuh sunni Giri.-A venerable looking
with gray hairs named Henry Thompson, arrested
Monday night by officer Davis Of the ward
police charged with indecent assault girl only ten
years of age named Leetia Lsckcy residing with her
parents, at No. 157 Elizabeth street. IL by the
evidence before the magistrate that he met the child in
Spring street where the nssaut pcrpetated Justice
Mounort held the accused in custody under advisemen
Correction The store. No IL Bowery whereat the false
token attempted to be passed IL occupied and kept
by r. Allen, and not by Thomas s. fnchey before
stated.