New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-11
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS July To- - Befor
Judge RUSSELL.

James Shaw was araiened upon an indictment Tor
he PROPERTY y M Harrison while transporting as com
in his vessel to specific point OF dens
uon. , f. A.,
Upon the indictment being read Mr. PereI counsel for the
dOss Sna @ bJ f ,nS spcepy The indictment
should have been, if for anything, for enbezzement
Mr. sedgwck conendng earnestly and decisvey that the in
.b the c.nc Committed Judge Russell apparently from
the the question raised inclined to hold the ndc
himself to thai effect but finally determined reserve his de-
the subject till tomorrow morning and ordered the
Peter Matthewson, indicted for burglary in the third
degree then placed trial The burglary was charged
Logan the defendant about the ID of june
Ninth & ss pSSS % the
Seventeenth Ward municipal police and who arrested TINS de-
,laT This disposed Of the case the District Attorney admit
Ting with the prompt 81 ths 0 b cs .e
Instructed the Jury Wheeupon the Jury al once rendered
Bertha Bushkill, German, sixteen years old, was
then placed her trial for felonouy decoyins away the
o% Ds.,Se fe.iSenes Of the child. father in Avenue
George Rohd sworn said be was the father Of the child in
Osne charged the child eight months and thee
T n. Gd wa. sn on The ss Of Juns
and O'CLOCK in the evening dsafnteI OF the witness
and sssi tile girl came back crying and without
h on ns OF 5 June Ss ss poSe snd
aid the child belonged 70 her. witness had the
Ooer Albert White OF the Seventeenth Police being
told him wanted
10 married and told him she had child by
him be said II she would bring him the child he would marry
her and she got this child and produced her
No witnesses offered by the defendant and while her
counsel addressing few words to the Jury the cir
sr,ed violently No remarks offered by Mr. Sedgwick
and the Judge brief charge spoke In tone indicative OF
pshy with the unhappy position OF the deien liant
The with which she charged for which
pay Prison for 10 But tortu
nAsly the law allows in this particular unusual dis
the and the Judge in his discretion
nominal punishment suspend Judgment alto
Fehe With this knowledge Of the law applicable u the
the JSy retired and in e moments returned and announced
verdict OF guilty with recommendation 10 the mercy
81 the Court Bertha immediately brought up Tor the hna
disposition oi the case aud the Judge after few words I'D
dressed 10 h telling her a. be caught here again decided
suspend Judgment The liberated s lef the )urt
evidently with lighter heart than when she entered
John Smith, about 20 years of age pleaded guilty
attempt al robbery In the first degree Smith sorroay
sld something about having been bad bow when nige Rus
replied he would give him chance reform and there
uron sentenced him 20 the Prison for i've ys.rs
Winfried Sullivan was placed at the bar upon a
ehsrse Of grand larceny, in stealing 18th Of lane
sr!c>s principally Of female wearing apparel the vXue az
q US tom Mrs.. Sarah Dunsmore, No. James street
Mrs Sarah DupsmOTe being sworn testified quite po.tlvex
10 The oesmsso Of the theft she found the articles alleged ~
have stolen the person of the defendant her evil
denae aso disclosed the fact that she woman
snd he indictment syened the property 10 have stolen
bs il should have syeIed 20 haze been stolen from
husband &.
Hre was tsh2iesl dsis;. IN tie iDdisiel a!srs from