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

,.,ir into casusl conversapon sstcd h 70 enter
nOH, Jrosqa in an old 49, the dctendast 10 ~s'ee
ssrtsd to r, form NJ. Hsn asked Il 1t Wa case q
spy in portsnce and Staar said no, there no.siog
IN H. ard yet The the very case 10 which he had
required five thoussId dollars b>l. Wbeo hr Haisas4
b. woulc 20 into court and nsfe the monos oa.H
ssd il Was unnecessary. Why Bec.uss thn voaie
make IL public matter 10 the presence Of lsSyT soA
and jurors. Mr.. Hall wrote ro'e to the clerk -
accordance with the request sDd gave II to StaSs,
who returned and took his seat on the bench Toe
paper wss handed 10 the clsrk, who sent his
deputy 10 lock for tbs iniic,me,t ssaiast
Connolly. The deputy could no, fnd the indictment,
dic'ed in anober nsuie. Stuart left toe room II b
knew The why dill be 20 out II he asked asy
u non the name why was not thst person prodaoAt
Or cid be go out and con. ut come memorandum which
be bad possession Oft He returned aud announced
that TIE ca was Cosgrove's aud showed great hssts
in ee,t ting the eotfy msde and get'inx the oerideA
copy. TIE certified copy, had beea proycS hal
ken given to Stuart, ard that IL w~ given by MIRA.
Connolly to Mr.. Hall. The counsel oext adyesed 70
tce evlc.nce Of NM Connolly. III were ne that ass
ana woman Of 80 black character, how vas IL thss
Stuart cescepded from bis high judicial position end
dismissed 0dictme NJ az aiDst veii'kno On taief
10 oblse feri Men dill not thus at without
motves. The document in S'uNts hane writing
certifying 10 tire fact Of there being no incici neuk
lemon agsipet Connolly next anverod TO by the
council If rs IL wss coD,eDded, he nolle prossq3
was rullity, why 6d usrt certify to u J 10 aeT
event il showed msesssnce 10 office. The next morn
ing after the entry Of the nole prosequ II va, signed
by The district attorney. Arrangements made 70
have new indictment procured against Ceanoty.
Mr.. Hall akeo Stuart shy IL was he got him into saca
scrape, and stuart va, coDfu ed and said shst sons
person had told rim Connolly was going to reform.
Who was this person Who told hi n sef ga the 10 =
Of Msrch Connolly rendicted and mnotis e'y'
according 10 Elders testimony, Stuart sent al "a 70
,ell Ms. fish p have Connolly brought hers,
as sle bad promised 10 do so Whenever -
wartd him. Ms Fish, on the CONTRARY. syore that
10. meessss which Elder gave was thst Connllly hvd
been Ieindiceo, and tina, Stuart wanted Mira Connely
l.sn hl fs1 n All
sraph 10 Mr.. Connolly The noIe poorequi ~as Gu
tered the 10TH On the Goth Frnck, the s hsvies
learned hat soUe sec'et proceedings had ben tssea
by which Connolly hs been disoh,rged, oaiet on Re-
corder Smith. Nr Smith went ou' of hi, office to -
ard a,cerian The truth Of the rumor, aud on his way
met Stusr. On asking Stus Stuart denied that such
a proCee iug had been would be taken, although u
hso been tsL en-. Why this f.sehood on the part u
Stuart Smith having stated the assertion Of Stuart,
FInk was ssti fed ana left. The day Fink again
returned to Mr. Smith and again assere ed The fac. that
pole rrosequi had been n'erei. when thoy went 10
The Gle ks Office aud learned the fact 10 be true, NOT
wi.hstaDoing the statement aad promise OF Stuart
maze the previous day, TO the contrary. AFTER tho
finding the fecond indictment, Connolly aud hs vito
demanded that Stuart should fuii his part Of the COZ
tract and now he sends Eoer TO see Tnsdse
10 ascertain Whistler any Of the witnesses against
Connolly we're in tie city. He called sto on Ms
Fish before the nole prosequ Was catered aud told ha
that This matter mus, be kept dark. The counsel
rext advted to the sta eaent of the deondants csuo-
sci that this prosecution was cons ptacy got up BE-
assertion fslse, but even If tue, WAS Jude any
the lees guilty because associate on the bench as1
the district attorney also gaity The evidence
Of Mrs. Connolly was next Considered rais
witness had 4. pt public house Of ASH alton from
1876 to 1884, aud during that tune be would ask whe
Their anything had been proven sgaLst her other than
a departure from virtue except tue groladless alleys
ton OF al officer ths she had aided 10 the escape OF
prisoner She had been called by 80 opposing cous-
eel, a tauel thief, ard sboplifer. U)on what evi-
dence this basedi Justce Osborne had lost slsk
OF her for time account OF her good cOndus,
so lar as Violating criminal law was concerned. The
police sergeant in that district did not know any thing
sgans her. He bad seen persons OF oil cis.ss gong
there. Thieves had been seen there-where el'e
would they expect 10 find them except ia houses OF
prostitution But what was Stuart, police nagis-
trste, doing there
Mr. Stoughton su. gested that there evidence
showing tn \ usIt bso ever been at Mrs. Coanolys
house since be had been elected msgistcas 10 1882.
Mr. Cutting demanded to know what Stuart was
| dOirg there es ciizen, he man OF family He
went there because he liked the society Of Mrs Duva.
The council admitted to certain facts brought out in
evidence 20 show the possession on tbs part Of the
witness, Mrs Coor oily, of generous qualities. Why
thar Elder tad not been called to dispute fscts
having mportsn; bearing sgans the pris )Dsr, and
which bad beer stated by Mrs Connolly Why ~sa
not FiDk cslltd for the same purpose, and Mrs.
Edgar, WHO was in the court At one time' Way
was rot the attention OF the grand jury called TO
emergencies be'wt On the evidence given by hoe
IN this and hs given before the grand jury II
wss because IL wo aid not h,ve helped their in
10 carry ber osu 10 the bank account Of the ,s
why ere no' the drivers Of the Wall street lioe SUI.
ptDsed TO shos Inst the rtsges stopped,
Int ways went TO The end Of the rou;el Whea they
attempted 10 prove that the marriage cert'oats bsf
been altered by Mrs. Connolly for her. I'd boon
proven that it had not been, not only by the parish
register received from Pbilsdeiphs, and by the mos
ter who married Mrs. Connolly. Whenever they hsd
stieu pt.d TO coutraGicl her they had failed. The
counsel then adyersed TO the statement msis by The
ceer dants couosel hat Recorder Smi'h possibly hsd
been Influenced by partisan feeling which might
have led lin to conspire to have this prosecutions
comm enCed.
The Judge then delivered the following
CHARGE THE JURY:
This case, gentlemen believe Ia the first Of is kind
in the annals OF judiciary. Ia English history %
have all read La insulated ns snoe) Of the bri5esy
Of Lord Chancellor Bacon. He confess d tbs ofonse,
ard was igbominioosly disiaissed from office, and
brabeed with the epitbets Of greatest, wseet mean
"es of mani ind The ofenss which Bacon
fessed ia pusd TO, but stlenuOdsy denied by hs de-
f.ndsnt now on tal AND 1t will be- for you, gentle
mep, after what sou have heard, aud after tho
few observations TO which the court at this late hour
u ust coLfne itself, 10 say whether the mpu:ahon.
crave and eOlenin We must all admit IL 70 be, o.
il not well founded.
Sometime gentlemen 10 the Spring OF the year 81,
man whose real name ga Connolly, but Who oh ,ss
fer particular occasion TO assume that Of Coszove,
was indcted,by the after charge OF burglary
committed in the New. York hotel About l. 90 ye,s
atterwsrd without trial puDishmen, the p'oseou-
ton Of the indictment dsceL hbued, or purported
10 be- by an entry in the records OF the court OF Ss-
sons, made, not as usual aoo awu, al The instance
of the district attorney by leave If the court but At
the Instance of the court by leave Of the dsTicsttor-
Iey And the slIeg son u ths, the entry made,
be il ved void was the result OF corrupt under,
staLding between The Judge and the wife OF the party
who stood charged before him; In other words that
bride Of FIVE hundred dollars paid aud accepted, aad
not a Of duty, was the motive influencing ths
act. The case therefore presents two leading pains
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