New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-13
Law INIELLIGENCE

COURT OF OYER AND TgRMINER-Noy. la-Befws
Judge ROosEygLr.
CASE OF JUDGE STUART, ON INDICTMENT FOR ALLEGsD
RECEIVING A BRIBE.
Mr. Cutting entered accompanied by the district.
att, rney and took bis seat prosecuting officer, the
counsel for ceieI Sc Nee 70. Whiting, Brady and
Stoughtop, having already come in ana taken their
seats The courtroom wa crowded by Jurors and
spectators
CASE or BAKER FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF POOLE.
The district attorney saia that by arrangement
with council Of Baker Gen Nye and Mr.. Horace y.
Clorbl The trial Of Baker will be set Gown for next
Monday and will lot, COZ sequently interfere with
the other case that Of Jsdge stuart which bad been
set down for TO dsy, aud one or two Others.
CASE or JUDGE STUART.
In snswer to a question OF the Judge Mr.. Cutting
said he should move be uis Of Sldoey Ii. Stuart.
THE INDICTMENT.
The indictment 10 the preset case charges that on
the 18th A phi, 1888, indictment wa, found In tho
court Of SersioIs sgniIst William Cosgove for burg
larry, who wa, held 10 bail and the case called Tor
trisl bat lie lot appearing the recogDizances were
forfeited aid tench warrant issued for hs arrest
that OIL the nth Of February 1855, Judge B. " con-
irving ano intending TO peryert tho due course OK
"Ss,ice," cid willfaly msiciously, DC. accep' sn
OF five hundred dollars in money from aargaree
Connolly as TO said William, with the understand
irg that the juGcial action Of the said Sidney d.
STUART should De 20 given that the ssit indictment
against aid Cosgroye should be ended by Of
hOAe prongpi which he had the power 10 grant sfzr
molten to that effect from the dt let attorney, which
motion the said SicEey H. Stuart Was 10 procufe-tht
SAID nouon subsequently was fase ana frsudulently
pr cured ~ be made, and nOle pr0sequi entered as1
the ssid c. sgTOve discharged.
THE JURY.
The names Of juIors were then called. The hrs
questioned was Robert Beatty j., recently the cAndi
date Of the KnoF NottiDg patty for county cen'
be had been summon ed a. Robert Beatty, ana mere
was doubt shelter be wa the one intendeI OF nn
father they both residing in the city, ana botb beng
bookbincers The fstker however IL IL said, nexty
seventy years of age the sge for jury duty being linz
iteo 70 sixty and the summons WA let at the resi-
dence Of Robert Beatty jr. lie wss Considered com
pepnt ard sworn.
John Is. We roe wss ne1t called and accepted.
Several others were called Questions were ssked
by defense in relation TO whether they had formed an
opinion, &c. Mr.. Brady stating that the object We
10 ascertain whether the juror entertained biss N
regard 10 the matter. Several said they had rssd
notice Of he indictment being found and one or Two
were obsllen ged when
The judge remarked that bis assocste judges and
himself corsider the proper rule to b. tbs, although
reading statement TIE Juror might have received
some impr ssoo, yet II the juror states on his osta
that he cen in his opinion iml asy decide the nal
ter from The eyiience be Is ccDpeteot othsrwise 4
viii DO inpc bic to get juy except Of noompstent
vtne sees pesbaps there sfe but few men bat 20
tho papers and receive sooe bisl The i~Psn'@oG
thep p,ooeeded under u Q usual challenging, &s.
Five teemptory chssenee. having bsse "sa . y q
.suse, and sixth patty challenged. N. Ca'pas %