The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-27

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dlc and acting thai jury did, under the scemniy Of
their oahs they could not in the conscientious discharge
OF duty have rendered other The particular offence
SCI out In the indictment only applies to comparatively
small amount Of money. Your admissions, however a.
swilsr lsads Tho dsfscsson caused Sy you
in tho funds Of tho institution whore you
were employed amounted 70 nearly tho
the OF sixty thousand dollars. The District Attorney
has his duty to have more than the usual num-
Der OF indictments found for the various offences commit
ed BY you doubt because from the peculiar nature o.
the transactions, 1t might be ia many OF them difficult
properly 70 place the facts before the jury He stated,
however, upon the trial OF the present case, that he
and would not bring the other indictments after that
result for trial. These considerations have somewhat in
auenced me in the Judgment now 70 be rendered re-
ran from speaking Of the consequences which must fol-
low from the crimes you have Committed. The cup OF
the ransgreesor in almost every Instance will at some
time overflow with SORROW ! have no desire, by any
thing that could say add to the bitterness Of the
gres and grief which you must feel when you remember
what you have brought in the loss OF chsrac
ter OF home and OF friends, well those who
dear 10 YOU In the bitter action which they called
upon to bear In the solitude TO which you will be
signed these reflections will often present themselves to
your mind trust they will be improved by you In such
manner that when you restored To that society from
which you arc now to be separated you will come back
10 them wiser and q better man.
The sentence Of the Court that you be confined In the
State Prison, Ut hard labor for three years and three
months.
MORTIMER SHAY SENTENCED TO EXECUTION.
The Judge then proceeded pass sentence upon Mort
mer Shay convicted OF the murder Of John eary aud
spoke as follows
Mortimer Shay you have been convicted OF the murder
OF John Ieary October last at the liquor store knox
as Crowns grocery at tho Five Points or your agency
10 taking the life or the deceased there can be no doubt
Although quarrel existed between him and smith, you
bad right 10 interfere except for preserving the
Instead Of doing you became principal IN the ARRAY
and when the deceased from you you pursued him
with open knife and struck blow with such force
drive the blade OF the knife firmly in the temple that
you unable to pull out and you then fed leaving
The knife in the wound The consequences that follow
from these acts only chageable 10 yourself You fire.
qucnted the place where this happened for the purposes
Of drink assocang with the vilest portion Of the com
muniy in den which should be suppressed by the
public authorities they have the power and there your
passions became aroused and YOU perperaed the act
which you now TO suffer. The frequency with which
ouch Arrays originated and the disposition Of SO many
10 engage them without regard to the consequences
call for punishment II young men like yourself, and In
your class OF e would devote themselves TO honest in
bty and independence; but IT, instead Of so DOING they
resort to houses Of drinking and prostitution, spending
their days in vice. degradation, misery and ruin must be
their portion During the present term OF this Court three
persons have been before Tor murders committed
these premises In ali the OF murder tried al this
Court the prisoners have been young men whose crimes
fourteen CAGES Of homicide which have been before
the crimes nay all be traced 10 the use
Of liquor and the freqrenting OF places for It's SALE
DO not place too much reliance upon the efforts tina. may
be made In your behalf but rather eudeavor TO prepare
yourself for that death to which the law condemns you,
gveness beyond h grave The sentence Of the Court s
have been convicted be taken hence TO the prison from
which you came, and there the Goth day OF April
next between the hours O'Clock in the morning and
two in the afternoon you be hanged by the neck until
There Yves no apparent emotion in the prisoners man.
ner
the Sheriff. the prisoner was removed 70 the Tombs and
The Court adjourned sine die.