New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-20

vss that she be sent u ve State Prison 'ortwo ye'
wes bss. from her scat, az " teay 70 49,"
ssau aud taken nut supported by the ohoefs !"
Henrietta Cbur Hill "adyn Of Mercer street wa. ndcel
for s,saust from Harriet Stusft another Gnu mn
tnLe,. " t"ir vim MIS- etuar. when the rng was
legged 20 have been stolen, and upon Ms staei. .
.n,8 10 rro.ecr,c Indictment. found upon such
~ and re atoms q the dheent pt.s' am 800 me
i Ne. 90 Cnpshi and told her she ooula go.
Caiharine Miller, German, indicted with tire
-. i.cIuAirq h,r reputed husband and two Other
%om's io er~ad larceny hen placed upon ta Tar
charge hs IN ccm!ay WH s 10 canrer a' Tod
Co Canal street tie 81 Of June %. aud under e,ese ~
desre % pure veIurei 20 "shopp piece Of
Ta evidence in this ndic,men. irrc's,iby conclusive
An Employee in the establishment ssore positively be saw toe
rr,oer take the .k and conceal in her dress !. was
found upon ner and was P,Gn01xbu whom the psoneT
was trading, happened at the time Of the isrcTT1y
be standing Oh from her three on b hour A.
Of In fact there was attempted dispute by the defence
~ esen. ,b must he presumed in law 70 have sc.ed under
bs coercion and, therefore, was not responsible
were married and in the second place if they were msIried
there were ,ing ebutng ccgmstsnces showing no coercion
snce thew returned verdict Of guilty The Court inme
mdy Troeeded pass sentence and sentenced her to the
Daniel ii. Pierce was indicted for manslaughter in
the fourth degree committed upon Joshua Weekes on the @
~ Anil last Of grocery No. 500 Stanton street The facts
more specifically alleged tina; the defendant at me time
.tIuek him violent blow which feled hi to the floor and
uTed him about the head Of which assault ne is alleged in
few days afterwaTd 10 have died .
Mr Jones proprietor the grocery above mentioned es;i
fed the defendant with number Of others we've IN ms gro
Gerry the day in question when Wsste' came in witness
raise hs hand and strike Weeke when the latte
fell the floor between some liquor casks dd not see
then seized the defendant and nng him osck decaeS sGt
dressed both sober it was between 10 aud lococs IN
the morning. - c., H. ,r.. - .ho s.o,o .. .bo
time Of the fay Psrce asked Wecke why he struck Tom
Coleman other day and told him he oug to be ashamed
.tvfLa old
reply he couldn't help ii that Coleman ought 70 be strnet
cav weeke the fOoT, and h face marked with blood
Nathaniel A. Jacobs testified that defendant confessed TO HIN
Reuben S. Chaplin sworn-sad he lived No. 29o Third
street physician and had been acquainted
with deceased for years had been bis family physician for
came to Witness Office; he bad the bone the side
of his face was inches long and Of an .g boo Deep J.
on the have made the wOund he dressed the wound
s snS @ and and e 1p h. h face ali
famed his head badly swollen his swollen shut and had
for and found deceased in conv9onsi he had
three four commissions in successon at length he
ceased had not received that wnesss opinion he
On eossexsmnaton witness said deceased had had
mania pou though his dying mania Pao1f OF that char
within two years reformed and then repsed again in that
tune his constitution injured by drink Of strong
deram had not attacked him he could probably have re-
covered witness ordered that smuant should be given de-
son the blow the head sufficient to develop the
which followed by winch
resulted in the delirium, which caused death.
Mrs. Weeks sworn said her husband had not been in
her knowledge for week previous to his death
Mr. Spencer counsel for the accused then asked to have the
the prosecution had not established their in;
dctment sfrmavely The Court denied the motion, and
said there facts for the Jury to pass upon.
The defense then called Gould Allen, who said he de-
ceased double his fist after Pierce first sccosted him in
striking Coleman and then defendant struck him e hit
him neck they had quarrel about Coleman, and de-
ceased said he could serve defendant just so.
Several other witnesses called By the defense but their
testimony amounted to little except to confirm the main facts
sworn TO by the witnesses for the people =,
The then charged the Jury strongly the law
pcsbe against the defendant reviewed the testimony at some
length said m wound 10 inflicted and other arise out
Of wound inflicted which result in death within
day from the time when the wound inflicted the
ty inhictng the wound held responsible for the death
The Jury took the and after short absence returned
announcing verdict Of guilty Of granddaughter in the fourth
desree. Sentence deferred till Saturday.
James Burke and John Murphy were indicted for
grand larceny stealing small boat the property Of Pat Gal
lsgher The evidence in this insufficient TO sustain
the indictment and the strctAttoney that
made manifest abandoned II.
The Grand Jury, having finished up all the business
before them discharged to-day They made general
prcsentment Adjourned to IL o'clock tomorrow morning