The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-12
THE HOBOKEN HOMICIDE.


DE cueva ss"te~osa To Pay Fine az Aa,OoS
| ana the Goats or Court-Pa yment oT tho
| Fine and 1.-The, alton of the Prisoner Mani
sestations ~ Appreciation In Co~rt-Ops-
Mons or the r.cple--De~c riptsor or tia
| Court House ard jail vhers Cuevs has
been Tried and Confined.
HUDSON COUNTY N. - cOCRT or OYER AND rm-
Before Judge Ogden and Associa,. Justices Morris srtah
and Carpenter.
Tho certainty thai Frederick do Cueva convicted cr
mans laughter in having caused the death Of oscar do
Granval at Hoboken, the sth Of July last, would be
sentenced yesterday morning drew large crowd TO tho
Court House Tho ladies present in largo numbers,
| and the a,slos and gallery quite nlled
Mr.. J. d Lten, tho District Attorney, at the opening
of the court that tho prisoner be placed tho
| for sentence.
De Cueva, in a short time brought in accompanied
by hs father and little brother and became Immediately
tho observed Of every eye. Be maintained his usual
calmness of manner. .-..-~ se
| pRonouxcrsC rn H1vrN0
Judge Eias B. D. Ogden then prooseded 10 pronounos
the sentence OF the Court Hs great le~gth
the objects OF punishment and stated bs Oonems,ea
that in this case the cuprR woud not be properly pun
ished by the inction Of ne The very youth and
dependence OF the prisoner why 1nc
not adequate punishment the father and tho pr-
would he the sufferer He did believe IN tho
efficacy of vicarous punshmerts. had boeu
known In the State where the crime Of voluntary
slaughter bad been punished Ivy dne and was
firmly convinced that this should q precedent
OF that kind He himself a father of SONG who
had not passed the dangerous and tempting porod OF
youth and did he consul, bs sympa.hiss alone wonid
gladly consen the prisoner the Of hs father But
his duty sworn officer TO administer the law
without respect person aud had no alone pronounce
sentence, would feel obhged inc Jude Imprisonment
for somo years. But be had been overrued by hB
socaes, and would proceed TO pronounce the
which the majority Of the Court had decided lilo then
sentenced the prisoner pay fine OF 900 and tho
| OF Court, and stand committed TIL the fine was paid
The tenor of Judge Ogdens address led every
10 suppose that the would certainly bo for
| term Of Imprisonment, and It with the a.
tonishmen that the Of the fine alone heard
The vast asembage burst forth in tumuituous demon
sations OF applause, which only checked by tho
| inerpositon Of the Court
The prisoner during the delivery Of the first OF Tho
address, sat hrm and exhibited little signs of emotion
though the father was evidently much anectei Upon Tho
final &C the threw himself
| and embraces, while both tho father and gave
vent 10 their feelings in oopous tears. The
friends, among whom were many ades, pressed
| forward eagerly, and warmly congratulated Tho
nov joyful amly, and many an eye motstensd at
the truly affecting scene. The prsonSr was shortly
quoted out of court back 70 Jail receiving the warmet
conratuafonsfr from those IN the crowded ases who
daily shook his hand he passed Tho father
with the design Of proceeding % New York 70 aoqaant tho
mother of tho Joyful intelligence, and no or
yard waved his these embed while
he overcome with emotion. Little hnols gathered
here and there in front Of the Court House discussing the
sentence Ono party Of rather roughly dressed pro-
tested that the sentence was too hgn says one I bet
that tho that put tie the railroad track will get
tive year, and he did not Kill any onen "And thess
counterfeters will get good long term too,n said
another. "Oh ns tho money did H." sad
thrd and they continued recctug ury
and had besu hS1
would bave suffered a heavier punishment Tbe ladies',
however and perhaps tho greater portion Of The crowd
seemed 10 think that the Just, and
good would BE- accomplished by sending the boy 70 tho
STATE prison 70 be the companion Of thieves Burglars and
| other depraved cbaracers There being fIosse cf
Refuge in New Jersey and the prisoner, f sentsnced,
having go 10 the State prison has doubtless many
| table Wow of his
Im SCENE or px cuUa's TRIAL InRsoWrUr-ps-
rcRlI7Ios or Bur-es COUNTY fs - AND
Il-rHE PRISONERS o1t~-mE woKupvu-sccsrs
ssEI>G,
About mile and half from other the Jersey 0ty or
ioeoken ferries on the south side Of tho turnpike road
Newark short distance west OF Bsrgca Five Corners,
two prominent buildings IN iot about hundred and
nny feet square will attract the rsssr
by The larger cdhoe has arather imposing appearance,
from The masonic pillars IN from, and the neatnew OF ~
architecture This the Hudson County Court acuee,
where the trial of dc Cucva charged with bc murder al
Oscar dc Grapval, has recently been conducted tho
isaty Of Court House and Ja and in Is4s ts ruli
ings dedicasd the OF tho county by ChacS
Justice Hornblower IN an eloquent address
Adjoining tho Court House out standing alone, N q
smaller building, wh~h on tho front view from tho
street, looks somewhat like large private house Tho
'front.' imitation brown stone the door Of massive va
nengs aud the curtains at the lower windo~s ve tho
place an air Of comfort and respoctabty not ani.crlsd
in prison; yet this tuiding B the Hudson County jail.
The building was originally commenced IN july lS4t And
had then only eleven cels Whether The people grew
more wicked or 'rous became ne.e--aTy "
enlarge again in January 1860 when tho number ~ oss
Wa increased =, forty four md again N Deoemo~ 1919,
Il when The number Of cells further increased ba-
sides sir large witness cells any NJ tho
others. Tho convicted PRISONERS oais only cacuat~
two each. The capacity Of tho prison therefore, Tor
one hundred persons. This tho last Improvement,
contemplated, and several important improvements pro
teoted Under the old Aw tho ais were under charge
of the legislature passed by which cusscdy Of mo
prtcners and control of tho tas transferred ths
Boards Of CDossn Freeholders IN tho Counties Hrsx
and Hudson, who were empowered 70 make angenAns
for The employment u the prisoners. Under tbs nv sbs
jan came under the supervision q sidney Layton, nq,
The present jaer who has contract with The county
that capacity for tve years For every w,tne oonhoed
in the Jail and every party awaiting rai te a,er
Those who arc cent u the worssoase - vsxrass or
confined for petty offences for terms cf thirty srsy
s % S bs s sSsr sSsry es s ss ~sss Sss S
sick unable work boarded al NE snpsne0
sncfce osedsncs 'fp' x cs s refusal ssrs TSs
workhousc contiguous 70 the yl, and VIII be desmbed
in another part Of this article Under the od system ths
county rot nothing for the labor ~ the proos and
expense for their board Under Mr. 1Aytons super
vision the saving 70 the county has somsncss
high 500 per mouth and the average about ESQ
per month
ruv sppsvgUtEy1 rpEoH
Entering by The street door The vser hnde hNsf appa
renty gTvsta residence except al Tho end cf the tp
suspicousy strong iron door sscn rhs iasisvs sp6N
occupy about 6ffy feet square, two vor,cs high
and separated from the PRISON by strong doors
and partition wais They are provided with every
nience and IN their comfortable appearance
derully with the cells a the other end Of the buudns
The entire edihce measures 10 feet by s2 and thfcs
stories high Entering from the dwelling past The nrstir
door, there small passage way with stAircaee reading
up 70 the witness rooms which N The third story
the ialer residence, and tho female deparnent which
covers the third hoor in the This paSsase way bot
lew feet wide; here another iron door vhch =
the entrance 70 the mems prscn, q room about ~ fees
long by 80 wide and 20 high. The cells ARRANGED ~
two tiers or corridors In the q the leaving
a passage entirely round tho onxide precsaIy AZ ba
pententary en- Backvell's Island y ARRANGED lnme-
eately IN front " the entrance hhrsry o. over t~o
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