The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-07

Vuckerman, Jacob Hendrickson, John Martin, John
Ackerman James Harrison, - Peterson, D Van Claim,
= Heg ans, Thomas Bouicn, Nicholas Dean, VIM. r.
Buckley, - De Lacrox, VIM. H. Mott.
Court OF General sessions.
cANCExI, THE ITALIAN MURDERER IN ooURr-Hrs
TkIAL FIXED FOB THE l7rH INSTANT, ETC., ETC.
Before Recorder Smith.
AUG 6-Aihough the Court was opened room after the
usual hour the busners delayed half An hour, the
Reco der and the District Attorney were engaged In con
versaen The court room was crowded to it, utmost Ca
indicted Cancep, the Italian for the murder OF officer An
derson.
cANCKsu, THE MURDERER, IN COURT.
District Attorney Hall rose and addressed the Court -
follows: please your Honor, have ascerained
that the Italian Cancem, who 10 charged with homicide OF
the grade of murder has COUNSEL and am DESTROYS
OF bringing this matter to issue as speedily a. possible,
deem my duty 10 mention the fact to the Court In order
that II meets the appreciation If your Hsnor, before the
this morning counsel may be assigned TO take
cha GO Of he indictment upon his arragnment aud that
may make the neceesary arrangements rs to the time
Of The trial. for apprehend II will become necessary to
add ior panel OF jurors, this csse being one
OF those which, from certain intrinsic as well as exInsc
circumstances have attracted considerable public atten
top. After your Honor assigns counsel will asruct the
Grand Jury to attend in coar so taas the prisoner may be
The Recorder ss,s nei Mr. Franz ,ni and John W Ash
mead Esq, formerly United States District Attorney for
very able advocate, and doubt will bring all his Aents
and legal Wedge bear in the defence OF Can'em
whose interests have been con1ded TO him by the Curt
Mr., Bankman will assist Mr. Ashn,sad In The conduct OF
the defence.
Mr. Vanderyoor the Clerk, instructed the Interpreter
10 inform him thes be WAS charged with numbering
Eugene Anderson On he 2ist Of July, by shooting
be .sid he does no, know anything" ''rell him.
said the Clerk, so say he demands trial on this
cimepl" The reply the same, 'He does not know
sr vsndevocrt &c replied through be interpreter, mo
sir" 10 Tho last query, care you ready for riar' he
Mr. Hall said be would state to his learned friend and the
Cout,ba he desirousso try this speedily as
an ADDITIONAL panel Of jurors Hc thought Improbable
that Jurors could DO summoned during the hot weather be-
be put down fo day The Recorder expressed wish
thai the should be tried nday next he thought
aju could be obtained on that day rs readily ~ week
FRI that time he anxious to leave the city for two
weeb In August and could not be tried then he sug
geed the yropr.ey Of put ting 1t over TIL septsmber.
The District AZ orney remarked that rome Of the wit
pesses ere very migratory their hAbin and he ntulg
ed hope that bis Honor would render every facility TO
,as es ss o
aborsd under was the facility win which trials OF 'hs
kind were postponed
would be utterly impossible for him to undertake the
triL OF cause OF that magnitude on Monday next The
s.o in PREPARING the from the fact that the pr
fore sner and wholly unacquaintcd with our
language, and strong prejudice existed against him In
The minds OF the community IL would be therefore,
vice. as vel a. unjust, 10 try him next Monday IF Il
would agreeable to the District Attorney, he would like
to tale II up on the commencement OF the September
Tue Recorder pu, the case down for Moniay week,
August ~ and ordered panel CT geo Jurors to b, sum
moaed II expected that the will ,upy only two
days, Cancem wa well dressed aud was closely scruti-
nizd by the spectators The universal Impression made
ordinary OF intellectual shreWdness AMI deter MI
naion OF purPse.
HIGHWAY RoBExRy.
James Campbell, q very respectable yong nau, was
charged with knocking Mr. John Weed down the night
Of the 9th OF May in Hudson street. and taking about
th,t cn bis return the night 10 question, be
Instantly feed at the OF Hudson aud Hsmersey
streets, and lay insensiee for conc time Aoou, three
days Aterwaf the accused shown - him 10 the sta
ton house, whom he charged ~ being The person who
robbed him. On bis cro examination by Nr. Phillips,
comntrr the offence Nr Weed also confsised 70 nav.
iDg ptrtaktn freely Of liquor
fhe Ds,rict Attorney Immediately Abandoned the case,
and lie Court instructed Che Jury 70 acli the prisoner
They did 60, and xr Campbell lsf the court in company
with hi, friends
ruouous ASSAULT
John Divine, hard looking youth, was tried and con.
vcied Of nmulrsg John ser, German, with knife,
y rs S''U 2 s 9% . S. that be
walking al,ng Avenue B about IL O'Clock Saturday,
night the 18th Of June, rhen be pcrcs Tet the prisoner
guarding with another man; Divine then acoosted Mr..
Sus and asked him what buines he bad the side walk
At the time showing him with Sufficient force throw
biz down The prisoner anc, NH ie, Absence return
skull, which fractured H. He vas confined 70 bed for
fourteen days In oequence Of the injuries be received
The physician who attended him sad thai II naAmma.
ten had set In nr Sass would have died.
rue defendant had no witnesses
Amer como remarks from b, counsel and the Dsirc,
The evidence clearly showed that tue assault was uu-
provoked aud malicious, and II dealh had ensued the
ACQUIRED would have been on his trial FOR murder. The
- -~1dercd a verde, OF guilty without leaving their
ses, and -,as brough, TO the bar for sen sence
Tsp h. csas 's'a e, p q Ss rsa. q
tie ,sn'sn s. IN ofde, to furnish I'D ,SS morn.
ccdents.
crcumssnces would only tend 10 the severity OF
the sentence His Honor observed thai Divine va, one OF
The most notorious characters in The community, tried
Tor lsrcepies repeatedly, AMI was well known 10 the
onoefs OF the Court Ho sent him 10 the State prson for
ponHrpr IN TIVE rRsu psopFs
Francis Smith aud Charles Howard, two young men ap
Iareny respectable, indicted for way robbery plead
ed guilty TO assault and battery and were each sent TO the
Jsls Kennedy was indicted for grand larceny 10 steal
ing SO worth Of j,relry and $50 In money from lady
months.
Louis. sch midi pleaded guilty TO an st,enpcs grand lar.
ceny. Peniientisry one year.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
VIM Young lad about 10 years old was placed at the
bar cbargod with an attempt at ro1bng Mr.. Bernard RI
dopb reading al 2el Tenth street. on the night Of the
~ OF July, while he passing through TompxIns
square Mr. Rudolph said he sccosted By three boys
one of whom Che prsoner) sez I'd him and demanded
oney, When, on being denied, he drew anfe and stab
bed hi a In the back.
Subsequently, opcer arrested Yong In the park
The evidence was insufficient 10 cohvico Of robbery, s'd
he Jury under the direction OF the Court found him guilty
n assault and battery. PeDitkniiary six monhs.
VIM. Reynolds and W m. Watson, youths joutly inflicted
or Grand larceny, we're tried an convicted They pur-
oned two barrels OF copper, worth sls7, from vessel
n charge Of Captain Smith, 10 June las.
Sentence suspended I'LL Saturday, at the request OF
ber counsel the Recorder observing that they old
snsnoers and bis mind was made up a. 70 how he should
dispose o. them.
toune ior stephen Prinket and Samuel watkins both
Dogteol charged with murderiDg william shesbsn, q
on we sb Of June, In Cherry street, signiaed his
u'eno. o moving Tor their discharge II seems Mat the
-ecess so hsd 40 alteration with the men, aud In the
cue Prnket stabbed him. the other pri soner s held a.
ga socessory 70 me crime Mr. Green anrmef that the
oncer bad JAILED TO nd them He conferred