New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-15
LAW LVTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF GENERAL sEssIoNs-J~ li-B'iofe Judge

CoURT OF GENERAL sESsIoNS-JAs. lt-Beore Judge
CAYKos. . .,.
Edward Haley pead guilty to ckaTge n T St asvaH
and battery upon Poliee Officer Maynes oi ino inc tJ ,b
Ward the 9Th Of October BY firing a. I'M su WIN
oS; tonT youths named Carlton, Jones, Malone and
Mek1y Plead s.yM iG sine. VIM The Jude Tsfed
that he had received letters from many respcane ehens ~
az the prisoners AZ they young he was disposed
70 exercise eemency toward item and aef due
adnnoriton be discharged them
John Bovine plead guilty TO stealing $50, ana was
sentences 10 two years in the State Prison:
William Smith, man Of respectable appearance,
& We nnsnr win snoher man not on tral the house
No 82 Camel street IN which Mr. George o. Lake OF the nm
af ib.aeii Peron & Lake, boarding with his family
be two men entered the house the seryaut cleaning
the passsge Smith said This j. the house ava Iah up
The ether man conversation with the servant The
eTl boweyer did not think that ell ngf aud went mp
,sis 10 see what Smith doing. She found him in Mr.
In lat drawer Jew elry the value Of 20 OF while
in dresses sd other property worth S Inc
looked the door Of the room N wmoh me prisoner
called Mrs Lake and went FOX ocer INTO whose easooy
he ws given M LoAe va. se m i0I & ana baa h ~. swry had
been removed which would constitute an aenPt 10 cont
larceny Nj Spencer defended ard argued that any oese
had been committed could only be attempt commit petit
lsceuy pretense that any property had Deeh
The Court and did The jury They found
the prisoner guilty attempt commit grand larceny Sen
Charles Myers pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand
larceny. The Court in consideration OF his end
previous good character suspended Judgment and allowed ne
prisoner TO go liberty.
John Heaiey, boy, pleaded guilty Of grand lar;
character
him 10 three wears end months in the State Prison
Charles X. Stuart was charged with an attempt to
commit burglary the premises No liO Delaney street on
Dec Isl The evidence quite insufficient to sustain the
the Court instructed the acqu the poner
which they did, instantly and he was discharged ,
William Thompson, colored youth, was charged
with stealing wearing apparel worth so from cooIed man
named Francis the house No Thomas street on Dec a
Some Of the clothing subsequently found az pawnbTokes
and The prisoner was identified the person VINO pledged it,
The Sury found him guilty petit larceny and the Court sen
fenced him to months imprisonment in the Peneniiay
William Marshall Charles Howard and John Car
ter charged with robbng James Dufey, IN the open
street Of 5 Dec in front Of quoore kept by The
prisoner Marshall in Cherry street James Dufey deposed that
be went to several that hight and drank several glasses
last lie MaTshes and drank again. some words oc
CURED him Marsha who ordered him out OF the
store he went out Marshal and the other prisoners
Flowed him thew knocked him down the sidewalk and cut
L pocket out taking all the money he had about him. the
themselves upon him and knocked him down
witness named MOnaan who had been drinking with Dutey
that night was examined, and in the main coroborated
previous evidence. The prisoners defended by essrs
Louck and Van Hosen They produced witnesses who
tradcted point blank the testimony Of Dufey and Monahsn
Mr. amison the employer Of Duey and Monslan said they
wreohod drkard and that he would not believe them
under The Attorney abandoned the aud
instructed the Jury to find verdict Of Not Guilty