New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-18
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TRIAL OF CHARLES r. HUNrrynro,
CHARGE OF FORGERY VI

'A'"A '' CHARGE nS OF r. F HoHaSnuISeros o.,
OPENING or THE CAsE-ExNYS.~
wITNRssEs.
The Court Room Of the Court Of sesicas~
crowded yesterday morning there beia, !,
interest felt in tire progress Of the trisl sf 80
who stands indicted for forgery. L.,,. -
Of citizens and osber were unable to es;p 49,
At ii O'Clock, Judge Cspron ok Ii. see, .o ~.
and the District.Attorney proceeded 10 ss,s
The CASH TOR TIN rRemcrrn.
He said:
people, which yesterday and to-day No.
this ball of justice, ard shs, little bat.aks =
pa.er upon your right, speaking BY their ..r.lN
slyphics to the millioss Of the great revypsss
which lie without this little audience, a.tes, = :.
/ have to-day, In the ordinary routine Of m, -
and official business been interrupted By wAs -.
case of public interest; the presence Of n, -.
ftiepds in such force 10 aid by their tAls,s ~ a.
learning the cause Of ih,r client attest thu. N.
cner himself shares in the belief that tbs \ -. -
public interest and Of great private impotass, 49,
SELF The presence Of the learned senion n -.
fes.ion. Who are associated with me 10 tAh u,..:s
show that the pabic have interes's q, sais . A.
case greater than the ordinary routine saA MA -
and have been go far familiar during this tern. \.
very elaboration and carefulness Of the srus,, "a
which your motives were looked into, b. u m.
examination Of nv ine enious friends show TAI H.
emarks are timely and that the duty You ar, Ma.
erter upon il one which. in the estimsssn of A.
Judge upon the bench, the defense and the us-.
ton call for your most earnest attention and soos,
tious elaboration. 1t Is not, ss ia in evil sO.n,
mere question between man and man Of puvsi, y.
and private wrong, but where you ars q IN =.
hand to prees down the scales which justice M.
make on example to the world, or TO teasl q.
title balance Of mercy and charity sanvuI
mo iustce which moves 10 acquittal ~
/. criminal action between the people q a
State Of New.Yor and this prisoner ct the b. N
people ~ho are now at that door in this CosrtrSs
and in this great metropolis, they are my elsaA-
are the plaintiffs. An sggIesston-a esuse6oa
| mary men Of many minds for wrong % wea h
right, and yet very difficult to appreciate % wAok
eli nt-as q plaintiff, and scarcely Recognizable Z,
plaintiff: while you have before you unit 10 tAh ~
| of the mlions who surround US, asking, q b IN,
right to do. your justice, and challenging, Il ma,
| your sympathy. l deem II my duty at the eshs
ibi. case 70 invite yoor attention to The dstioos
| that YOU may appreciate the oath which you Ian
takep True dtliversnce to make between the psus
" Of ibe State of New. York and this prssues 4 q
"bsr' 10 order that you may not forset The great p
tiff which is without, in your remembrance " he NJ
defendant no il before you. Yourself and nysef :
ci,jzeps your peixhbors and Your Eiends are the Al,
tiff. in tbs cr,min 81 action There lie no private u
to be gratfed here to-day, no private malice Tia.
be answered, no matter OF damaseto be sshnsid J,
dollars and cents; therefore you will at once appcsc,
wbtna criminal action beglus from the peepk VI Ia
State Of New York AGAINST this defend mt there a .
teIest double tn yourselves Il Ut as citizens, aad sssn
a. jurors-it may ~ some extent legal anonsh 10 h
| hsuds Of the Court when certain cases sad eireea
stances may arise. And this criminal action bhssse
before you exactly in this Light not ~ matter q ka
but a. a matter of record. TIL, little bit Of pspc
which tells the wrongs which this people, to pSenf
have suffered Is the record Of the indict0oat ed
ipdorsemept 10 "Thc People %. Charles b. hasiS
toD." Thee pspep which l hold are the plssfnc
That on the part Of the people 10 in sentences sss
/ constructed to Indicate completely the charge. n
defendants answer 10 contained in two simple wxtI
"Not guilty." The counsel here read the indistns'
| which was published Ia yesterdays rmscIB) n
crime is forgery in the third deSIee-st " svsst
thing, and something which emipently ehsllsage Z
attention Of the legal scboIar to knos whsa ssd b.,
| and why, the encyclopedia Of criminal lev stopped
end rubbed the dictionary Of honest labor Of W "a
forgery" You will lot DO able TO hnd vhJ Y
cret end quiet alone from bic fellows In ssifimpx
t1ile from social community, aone with his vissu
bis crime did that which according 10 the nomssl
ture Of the language the arm Of Aosest "
-" forgery" Yet for many years it has ~
down to % to mean that worst that msaost b
met despicable of all the criminal lies which =!
can tell or which man can mske-a black 10 cd
white lie at the same time. One would think ~.
man sits ct the desk to make that little forged
that the whiteness Of the paper might teach hin sa
hing Of pausing and stopping before the pea coz
upon the paper and etared il, and which Aas foa n
very intent staired bis soal, stained his mind, ID
language Of the Law, before be has done forgery. u
one Of the worst lies, and lie 20 hare to guard Hdl
"A lie which tskes away not only The good Upssh'
of the commercial community IN the particular asaa
where il falls, where il b forged, where II stika-b
| teeAs 10 take away the good commercial ssae y
reputation Ct NEE who for years and years have -
1t up In yosr midst, and he at the same tins ieA
the Injury Of mans best friend in the void, f@ 70
lying forIer spEes no enc when 1t serves bic lcpo;;
| Thousands Of yean ego the crime existed u.dss
| own peculiar name. Despotism laid IL strong b
upon IT, and stamped the crime With iniAny, md =
despotkm, which may b an evil, has thu 70 y az
IT, favor that judges crime e9uitsbly, ed 80
oon1eubtd 70 bsnishmest and exile Bed y
nesce fell, and In tho early history !
| q mmoo law forgery was . misdemssnor pun,c.
| by degrsdsto but being set in uS plul
BY having the ears cut, th.t the finger Of scssn n
be pointed q tho counscid li@. Bat commerce
tel ded itself througn the world sna The mschissH
Of the iorger increased vi his opportunities Of PEI
frstine tbs crime; then oame TIE statute Law, BY n
ct one u ne forgery wss punished with death, ua<l
later day, when the Laws vent beck more tam 4
saDd yeaTs 10 the day Of Justinian and xaAspotsf
continues to b the parliament of forgery In Eacs
ulti the present day. Whatever may be the chan
ter and sppearance Of the men who forge, tAas
nothing In the character Of the crime that calb
sympsthy. ! have sometimes felt physical sdsi
ton Of The burglar, fos has desperate daring IL
same reason thar we would sdmire gladiator. Lbs
tons Of de mansIaSer; but for your fajss prstssi
who steals Jour money BY exhibiting the u, ths n
tcken-for your forger-i never could have ~ ~
psthy. What says our salute The rsvissu No :
oeitook TO mold this whole Law Of forgery into 80
sentence ssid that they intended (as your honor VI
possible to exist in The criminal world; an1 vsat
prosecution think they have, and hsvs never kssvs'
Q cAAa Of fQfgerY 70 oommStAd that did "A =