New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-21

vii continue respectable business. add taay axe
-e.-e IN 1! Ell promises to reform. VII suspend This
NJ. Hnr-If the Coart p'ease the pubic prosecutor
la, .,n a. Ietiou this matter Of bail, eud think
II would be- Injustice 70 these parties 10 commit them
nov l. a. Di,trio,-Atopey, sometimes represent
the Prisoner IS wei as the people; and 10 not 'hiak
these Gentlemen are a. guilty a. ilearne a9d h.
sssccates aud il would be q matter oi injustice to
treat tlc~e gentlemen worse than they have been
treated who Lave been allowed t. 20 out bail afcr
a Plea of guilty. | viii now, with rcspec, TO your
Honor take the responsibility Of sta'itg that the ban
slrN be suifil .cnt in the eye Of the law.
The Court. in sideuton of the representations OF
the Disrict-Attorney consented to allow the parties
to 90 THEN own reeognizances, to appear to-day al
Il o'clock.
Dir. Observation-Disclosures is here, your Honor and on
biz behalf answer the usual question. What has be
10 say why sentence should not be paSse1 against
him" This is NV last official act IN the case OF M
Matthew and inasmuch the counsel u the mouth
piece of his Client shall briefly answer the question
vour Homer should ask tue defendant, and produce
6fldavi;s in relation to the Mr.. Bdsteed here
read the affdavits of Joseph ID. Stuart, NO. l,o'S
Broadway; George Clemans corner Sixth avenue aud
1hirty-uirth street, and Caleb Weeks Of Jamaica,
Long Island. Their afdavts stated substantially, that
IN Ami, 1855, Matthews removed with bis wife AMI
six Children Hampstead, Long Island, where he has
been engaged in working farm only visiting New
York as his business required HIM 10 do.
Your Honor will remember that told yOu interposed
the plea of guilty strong legal necessity, and your
Honor said had better not" would be recreant
to my duty if did not now explain my assertion. We
sppied for a postpOnement of the trial, and your
Honor DECIDED against ia decision whlch neither
Quarrel with nor will review Aly client then made an
afidaVit that he never kept gambling house ~ the
City Of NewNok, and ere the curtain Tails on the last
act Of that DRAMA | would reerate the truth Of that
affidavit. Ny client has payed some games OF hazard
but that ia all. | now state fact which, had lis
tened to the prohibition of my client would not state
viii say that Capt. Speight Of the Twentyhrst Ward,
sent for me and told that Mr.. Matthews went TO
his Station aud placed his private funds at bis Captain
Specht's tisrOa for the support of three poor ami-
les and moi finding them did support one poor family
entirely during the whole of last Winter. think 1t
right TO state this, Notwithstanding may gain Mr..
Ms dis pleasure. agree with the learned District
Attorney that gambling is not
monster OF such frightfl mieu,
As to lie hated needs but 10 be seen
and that gambling is not bad in itself but bad because
II !. uroLibit,d There are citizens, your Honor, who
wonld visit You with the direst maedictons for going
into theatcr, or taking drop of vinOus OF ardent
spirits and there citizens who idly clamor IN the
newspapers to make you sentence these people, who
would look with horror on yorr Honor entering place
of pubhc amusement, ana would not scruple TO take
two Ier cent month in Wall street for the usance OF
tleir money While, on the one hand, we scOrn fanat-
icism and hypOcrtcal pretensions on the other we
come into court and offer yOur Honor our assurance,
md saw ii Mt Mr. Matthews shall never again be found
inside n gambling house. With these remarks Mr..
MatL. We is ready but he does not wish to be impaled
mud pargded here to crafty IDLE CURIOSITY.
Tie District AttOrncy-lt would be doing injus'
ticc to myself your Honor, if would let my friends
plrnpirase Of my remarks pass unnoced. He has
quoted that celt brated cOuplet from Pope
"Vre g a monster of such frghtfu mien
As 10 be hated, needs but TO be seem
| would ratler continue the paraphrase-
Put eel oft. familiar with her face.
We fret endure. then pity, then embrace"
"A laugh
Tie Couit-WIth respect to Mr.. Matthews, have
no object but to Yindicate the law. As stranger,
,yps difficult for me to mctc out judgment fairly, with
ont knowing the antecedents OF these men, what
woud be Il fair punishment for one would be unjust
to another. | therefore took time TO inquire
INTO the antecedenis of the accused and | am
dad have dene so a. now know more of them than
did previously. If II suspension of judgment in my
case would have the object Of retaining an individual
| md making him good citizen il would be not ohly
the duty but the pleasure of any Court 10 DO With
repard TO Mr. Matthews, know more of him than any
other and under the circumstances of the case believ-
! irg as do that Mr.. Matthews is reformed man and
a eCod citizen it would be crue to punish him for a
zine that he had heretofore committed. therefore
,uspend iudcm, nj IN this case.
At the request of the District-Atomey the Court
iudciav stated that should the D>trictAttorney see
sufficient caure he could move for judgment at any
time even tomorrow, and thar the Court could then
sentence him to two years in the state Prison. and
fine of 81 600.
Mr.. Bustecd-We are willing to 90 good be-
havior, Sir, NJ regards that.
The Court believe you, Sir.