New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-21


out OF Al coz sidtrauon, VS. DOT this iodic m-bt n
proper for the ent'y OF 9 uolie p,ossqu'i Mr..
INT from the finding Of the iBdct OF liil the
mer OF lisa pros Gu ing attorney, and 5000 ~
v.uld Sery that he was q merit ,fiou, offic q NJ.
Smith then &c the privil ge Of being se TO-
lag. nunb Der OF pc eoLs ike Connolly. In April lsj3
Mr. Hal sxears that there was an argumaa q, on tbs
ucs'por tmept of the triAl OF Co'grlve in which Mr.
smith particip ,tsd trough Mr.. Saith las recoeo-
ton OF ii That indictment slept for year sod tea
months because this nan could not he ireJ, on a.
count Of u. re bein Witnesses here ms counsel
uext proceeded to exs nir into the motive OF Jutze
Stuart in bis action l. wa. s,stei thai judge stuart
bad ipssteo t that the bail shold be i've thousand
dCllaTs but subsequently he reduced 10 three taou
sand collars II appear, horese-, by the Psce : IN ~
the bail fixed a. three thousand dollars 0rsnaiy
Although she al. him she did Lot a. that time seek
10 Influence is sciiou or 10 offer him bride. why
Because he we ew her chsracie:, and was dan
gerous mater 10 sP,rosch magistrate to
do 90. He'd il appeared that she never
until ,he had toto judge stuart that she had quit the
life she lesdingwas living in the country a. her
brolher's-that or husbands hes III ras bad-ths he
vas desircus of going into busiaess-that Judge S,u
art ssio be would speak 10 NJ BlnDt ABOUT IL. Sae
bs6 ,old Cud,e Stuart il c ouuoy ,uli be essed
nan il the market stood ready 10 havancs tho means
10 enable him 20 go IN bu-ness. But Hhsn essed
the uene OF that she refused 10 give IL because
she well B. ew hst If she did 1t ~oald enable ms de'
teb6snt to prove that she had s:aei fslsehood.
What wss q proper csse for = role prosequI II this
was no, ore The Indictment had sltp. for long
time; he only Witnesses whore e. ide &C cOuli con.
vict we're absent and tie mans wife had represented
tbs she had reformed and that her husband wanted to-
To say that JudS Stuart attempted % deceive Mr. Tia
was RIDICULOUS Who should know all abou, the
case hut Mr. Hall, who bad been assistant district
attorney end wss then ds'ri t.stiorneyl To argue
that Mr. Hal could be deceived was 10 argue that he
wss en- officer who left his Office 20 tax Gaze Of itself,
which every body knew VAS not The case. The coan-
sci adverted n fact Of Juoge uart astl0g thai
uolie plOstqui he entered ia the Gaze of Connolly
ID al cad Of al
that Mr. Hsl said the nex, ornDg that the case OF
Coeerov. wss not the he meant though he i'm ne
dately sigued the rolle prosequi IN the Gaze OF Cos
srove-tMr Cutting had said because Mr. Hall did not
want TO disturb tie hsImony II the entries MI uAl
uould not thank al cody for The suggestion. About
the tine OF the MOLE prosqu Recor ier NTH 'mes
icto uo,ice. H. is iud snant that noe pioequi
sboud be ente ed in the case OF a man whom ne
Lao be.n counsel for go to)n after his election,
M f-r a man who was hief, aGd the worst Kind OF
a thief-one who would cheat his couneL Aud YET a
short time after f IN the recorders once poto
lious thief the wife AID psr.mour OF thieves, the
recors er aud The oisric attorney; AID the recorder
and district attorney ceb s.lng which OF Two per-
eous should ne scqUited-Ht ether the worst klHd OF
a thief" or a Judge in high sian ing. SO anx'ou.
was the recorder 10 acQuit the thsf tnst he wrote
pat Of the note TO tie thief saying that if he would
come on and testify he shOud not be prosecuted The
counsel sbored to show that II wss more Than foosh
TO suppose that Judge Stuart would have sent Mcs
Com oily TO Hail. whom see supposed hai part OF the
such an interview u light lead TO an exposure. IL was
ridiculous TO suppose that after Judge Stuart bad
stated II would cost two hundred dollars TO get tbs
/ ole etqu that she should not only lmmedi'
se,y offer tive hundred dollars but the last dollar
she had in the world. The document which Jusge
Stuart gave TO Mrs. Connolly on the 10th OF February
was 10 secure her husband against being arres ed IL
was written VIM. Connolly "A he was generally known
ss Connolly This wss given In addition 70 the noie
unose qui entered which ia the name OF Cosgroye
The courtel charged that there had bean bargain to
secure Mrs. Connoly's evidence. The pspers had
been prepared, end week afterward AL Butus,
thief and the messenger of TIE recorder, asked hrs
Connolly 10 call al the recorders office, saying she
could ht the alton AMI need not ssy aiyto
unless che wished. She head the conversation, sad
wa told that sLe would GEAR to the trua, ana the
whole truth her husband should not be prosecuted.
Now what was the "trath" they wanted Ger
tainy to swear to certain facts which the recorder
desired to have proven. This was not par
gain ts let her eff if enc would testify, ous 10 iee
Ter husband off, They had Der there, and they could
have compelled her 10 60 before magistrate and 70 y
ty TO the truth relative TO her connection "i'h Juhgs
usrt, without their making any proinre 70 release
her husband. This act was entirely superh1Ous aud
il was al .ct releasing man whom both Recorder
Smi and SIR. Ha wouh have US believe was man
who should not have been discharged. Tne counsel
said il was to be regretted that political differences
.hould exist, which excite the pre1dces of one jutse
Ne sipst bs brother ssd lead to an amin )sity,
and further, that should lead him to consent 10 be
one Of a star-chsmber investigation, conducted by
hmtelf, An ole THE, the paramour OF haif,fozen
old thieves, and the district attorney, and Il was
part ulary unfortunate that the thief should be an
old eli. mt CT the recorder. The counsel t1en af
verted TO the oegres o. oredici,y which should be
gwen TO wtnf who, che told thu truth IN the owl
dencf showed her elf 10 be equally crmioal With the
~ rson whom che accused. He cOntenied that but
TITLE reliance should be placed upon the testimony and
CT ed GIeenleaf, $40 ia support OF bis positon. lie
cited aleo case reported in the 9th OF Ca,ring,on
Peyre. The aitsm pt to corrobOrste the eiience of
Mn. Connolly by her bsnk-book was examined. Tne
tar book tho that five hundred dollars was drawn
Oh another occasion and If Mrs. Connolly shouli ac-
cute some oher peIso--ssy the reoOrder-ot bribery,
in recei, ing from her fl We huucre dollars, she could
easly bring hat book AID eutry brward TO
couOboTate. Tie prosecution had attempted TO
e.tsblHh the principle IN evidence that De-
eAuse man needed shirt he therefors miy
have stolen The linen TO mske 1. was proven that
all the judgments which existed against judge Stuart
ed been satitfed By money realized from NOR gag,
bis real esae. Further, 1t was proven that OF the
money Judge La.hrop got on Judge stoars order Tor
bis salary be took out $500, which owing hin,
ard borrowed of Stusr. $780, which he returned vol
unsIy two three weeks after without stuart ASK
ing for it s. And urDg his two or three weeks oc
CURED the memorable 18Th Of February the day when
Judge Stuart wac poor that be would stain his hand
with bribe The counsel next spoke OF the tesimony
of Ms Connolly, in which she swore that she did not
know that Tom Jackson was dad, or that she went
into mourning on account OF BIZ death and cited JddSe
Story to show that her evidence should not be be-
ley ed la sec orsl with the MAXIM, "Fisns IN ua0
falsus IN omnlbus." The evidence which they had
oct de.i.ed was the notes Of the disnic,attorney
tslen IN tie grand jury reom and which, after they
bad had sccess to uBi II found they cJuld be OF
service 10 the defendant IN contradict the witness,
had teen taken away on Friday last and kept. Even
if the rOte. written fOm memory amer the wit
had testified the counsel would rather have the
ds,rct attorneys recollection four days after tee evil
der re. was gwen than a month and half.
At The concu,ioD Of Mr. Stoughton's Argument the
court took brief rec
Mr.. Cutting thea preceded TO sum up for the prose-
cutiCn.
ARGUaEsT FOR THE PROSECUTION.
At tie CONNER cemert Of his remarks the counsel