Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-10-25
LOCAL NEWS

CoURT OF COMMON PLEAs-CRININAL TERN
JUDGE SANGER PREsIDINe.-The Grand Jury
came into Court on Saturday morning at IL
o'clock, and the following prisoners were arraign-
ed upon indictments found by the Grand Jury :
Edward Belden of Worcester, two indictments
for shop breaking and larceny in August last !;
pleaded not guilty.
David Wech of Warren, breaking and enter
ing dwelling house; pleaded not guilty.
Wallace Hazard Of oxford, breaking and en-
tering a dwelling house, pleaded guilty. and
sentenced to the House of Correction for three
years.
William Smith alias William Davis oil New
jersey, for having In his possession ten counter
felt bills with intent to pass the same pleaded
guilty, and was sentenced on one indictment to
five years hard labor and one day solitary con-
fnement in the State Prison and on the other
indictment to two years hard labor and one day
solitary confinement in the State Prison. The
prisoner burst into food of tears the
nouncement of his sentence from the Court and
made very pathetic illusions to his widowed
mother. He had previously pleaded strongly for
mitigation of sentence on account of his youth.
As he was led away by the officer the unfortunate
young man. who is only about eighteen years OF
age, was heard to make the frequent exclamation
of my mother nv motheI!' making of the
Court room very affecting scene. The Judge
remarked TO the prisoner, that on account OF his
extreme youth and other Circumstances, the
sentence he had just passed upon him was the
very lowest the law would allow, and if any
further mercy extended, it must be from the
clemency Of The Executive, warranted by good
behavior at the prison.
Benjamin Cook and George Judge alias George
Andrews. both Of Boston, indicted for stealing
horse, carriage, and harness, the property of Cal
win FarnSworth of Worcester; Cook pleaded
guilty, and Judge not guilty.
Richard kenney OF Dudley, assault and battery
at Dudley, pleaded not guilty.
William L. HoIley Of Oxford larceny, pleaded
not guilty.
Thomas Ekins of Worcester, adultery, pleaded
not guilty.
Edward Hines Of Clinton, arraigned upon
an indictment of charging him with committing
the crime of manslaughter in killing his wife,
Julia Hines at Clinton the 18th day of Oct.
He pleaded not guilty, and the District Attorney
said be should insist upon trial at this term OF
the Court. Hines was ordered to recognize with
sureties in $1,000, and in default thereof was
committed
Foskett Danforth of Bolton, setting fire to
and burning the barn of Mr.. Gates of Bolton
pleaded rot guilty.
William A. Parmenter Of Holden, assault with
knife, with intent to kill and murder Mr. Ken
nan at Holden in June last, pleaded not guilty.
His counsel asked for small bail, but the attorney
stated that this was an aggravated case, and
asked that the bail might be large enough to Sc
cure defendant for trial Bail fixed at $500.
Charles H. Wheeler of Boston, for shop-break-
ing at Harvard, pleaded guilty The defendant
appeared quite i'll, and the District Attorney re-
marked that he in the last stages Of con-
sumption, and prayed the court to delay action
for sentence until the arrival of his friends, early
next week. Sentence postponed.
Luther Bradford Scion Bailey, Samuel Wood,
Michael Cochrane, Terence Russell, and Thorn
as Wilson, were severally discharged from arrest,
the Grand Jury finding no bills Of indictment
against them
large number of other indictments have
been found, which are not yet reported the par
ties not having been arraigned.
Sixty-four cases in all, were investigated BY the
Grand Jury, and about forty new indictments
were returned, about fourth part of them for
violation of the liquor law.
The juries will be organized this (Monday)
morning and the trials will Immediately COM
mence.