New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-22

COURT or GENERAL sEsSIoNs.-sEPr. la-Beforc
Judge RUSSELL.
Leonard Flasher pleaded guilty TO manslsughter in
the The committed the 4th
of july In causing be cath Thomas Smith By stabbbg him
With knife at No. 50 Worth street The prisoner was shoe
al BY trade and sentenced to the State Prison for two
Patrick Duffy, indicted with Henry Drake for the
n,d,r Of negro In tn oas street sometime early part
Of last svns BY shooting him down with deliberate atroous
asked through bis counsel this morning Tor bail Juogs
properly arise with writ Of babeas corpus
should The prisoner ,SG ps III %
crime 10 slso imprisoned The former brothern1aw OF
Michael Wogan, convicted on Friday last for arson
IN the fourth degree, will be sentenced next Saturday
Judge Russell will render his decision on the validity
Of the indictments for selling liquor on Sunday about tue MD
Adjourned to IL o'clock Monday morning.
MONDAY, Sept q.
Henry Wilson. Michael Smith and Thomas Riley,
all boys indicted for burglary in the third degree pleaded
syto petit larceny and were all sent to the House Of
Louis Gemill, German jew old offender before
th. Court pleaded guilty to gsnd larceny ana was sent to the
John Fitzpatrick, a boy ls years old, pleaded guilty
70 attempt at burglary 10 the third degree and was sent to
Rachel Silvey, quite elderly woman indicted for
1. the @ degree pleaded guilty bsDs 1 s 0 ia bs
trial upon indictment but in Of her the
oss ssry than that alleged ashs her She was
sentenced @ the State Prison for two years:
- Smith, indicted for forgery in the second de-
gree pleaded guilty forgery mOneyln the
fourth degree Sentenced 10 the Prison for two years
Prescott +. Harris was then brought to the bar for
supposed repetition Of circulating what the law calls In
decent publication to which he had pleaded guilty in 1872 and
ton to which Harris originally plead guilty called The
broadway Belle aid the charge that he subsequently issued
prisoner denied utterly having had anything to do directly
Indirectly with any indecent RO6GsG5R since t the s
in the matter TILL saturday for fuller and more satisfactory
cded the prisoner must give for his on Saturday be
remandsd TO prison Harris was only arrested yesterday
tall Isher sentee looking and in the few remarks he ad
dressed In his behalf to the Court manifested degree OF
pressed himself wholly disgusted with the kind Of teTa
a sS the
was the result of per secution altogether
James Williams was then put on his trial for an
assault with attempt at robbery in the second degree re
Nossnt boy sometimes farmer and sailor Gu Inc
ss t1 al and se%pns to take from him the sum Of SIS
Michael Nugen the complainant testified that he wa. born
from Wtstcheser County where he had been At work GU
frm he came in on the cars 10 the course OF ns %
the East RvsI and brought P s below D fs ss@@ 3 al
there he lad down 70 sleep out ao Of s bm and
caught him by the shoat the prisoner was the one VINO
threw him down stones witness struggled TO get up;
and prisoner held him down the associate OF prisoner tried
to get bis hand in Witness pocket but Nusent having his own
ey wedged theren prevented an entrance witness:
bad IS in his sold the rest in bills the time Of
took hold Of the witness by the tbIoa. with both hands
front OF his tbTOef
the back Of HE neck the money was not taken the
party succeeding in getting his hand 10 Witness pocket
this stage Of the case the District Attorney aban doned the
fonious part the indictment saying inssnuch as entry
effected by the hnd Of the prisoners associate in the wit
pe pocket robbery in law had been committed and the
accused only be held for assault and battery In which
view Of the testimony the Court CONQUERED
Both the prisoner and his counsel Mr. Clinton admitted
assault battery, hut denied tina, than
technical as Williams claimed his only object TO be to wake
the witness up" II" curious waking mp, that said the
Court boy with both hands by the throat"
The Jury took the case and az returned verdict OF
guilty Of assault and battery Williams was immediately called
9p for sentence to the Peutentsry for
fined and at the expiration OF his sentence to stand
committed till the fine Is paid.
Adjourned 10 III O'Clock 10 morrow morning.