The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-22
Court Of General Sessions.

hlQrc Juugc hussei
MARCH 2oAt toe c-sning OF the Court this morning,
coupsc, for Mclaughlin. who WAS indicted for mis-
demeanor having melted deg egbt moved to quash the
indictment the ground tina. the bill did not aver the
mentioned by the statute to constitute the
on,rce Of encouraging dog Hght. The law provided
that fight Between dogs and other combatiye animals,
10 be subject 10 ndct be prcms ddasd by the
rarties having tho animals In charge The prosecuting
ofcsr orpcscd the mo,ion, arguing that lie person en-
couIaged in way The peTpefaton OF an offence nc was
acting with pren.edrauoD.
Jusse ussel referred 70 the statutes and after
fol peIua OF oil tho laws having reference to this class Of
nsoemoapore, he decided thst the Indictment was bad
on two grouucs-rrst because did not Set forth preme
eoaon and secondly becae II YVES not shown that the
defeLoant bad The custody o. Tho animals.
The Indictment wss quastec, but that ny no means re
snses the defendant for the Grand Jury viii remedy tie
probability before the term closcs.
Robert Stark was convicted Of grand larceny, having
tie 1sh Of February stolen $50 worth OF clothing from
Angus. Hcsc, residing at No. a Franklin street the
complainant caught Stark IN bis room when he was about
removing The clothes from trunk. HIS honor sentenced
him 10 the State prison for two years and six months
MARCH 21--Tbc first case called this morning was q
charge Of attempt at grand larceny made against John
Brown who was found secreied in the sub cellar Or the
store Of Noble Brown Co corner OF Church and Duane
streets John Nooney clerk in tue storc testified that
The 18Th Of January he caught the prisoner in the act OF
mepa steal lcO worth ofgoods when an officer as
called IN Bro wn was searched and black muslin bag
found bis person the jury convicted him OF the
charge but recommended hua TO mercy. Judge Russe
cpused Bro, 10 be arragned for sentence and stated
that had The jury known TIC previous notorious charac
ter Of Brown, Trey wta!a not bavc made mercal re
commemorative As the prisoner was we'll known to tn,
authorities notorious thief, although young man
the court would disregard tie suggestion OF The Jury tn
sentence iDrofed was Two years and SIX months In ht
state prison. berg the highest the law allowed for an n
tempt at larceny.
Thomas henry was tried end convicted Of burglary In
the third degree, having The 12ih OF February entered
tie premises OF Daniel H. Slater l0i Fast rhre.h street
and stoee eight sosrs Worth Of properly Officer Jump
Of the Nineteenth precinct, succecced in arres,og him
before be left the store Two years and months In
tie State prscn WIS his Sentence.
Charles GcbIn placed on trial charged with rob.
berry in the ft degree Char.es Williams OF III Ludlow
street. swore that on the night Of the 25h OF February,
while be wes standing the corner Of Houston and At.
torrey streets freakpg 10 the prisoner came up
ard struck him in the mouth with heavy instrument,
end when rendered scneeees he robbed bin OF t5 bill
The evidence was very confused and contradictory for
the vcnsn said ste cid not Gehrn teke any money
from wisms. TIE jury rendered verdict Of not gnity
VIM. Nicely, yourg man, also charged with rob
berry Martin Gordon having that on the std OF
March, be passing through Macdousa street, he
was assaulted By three men, Of ttem holding his arm
Ub Neeiy Tapscfed his pockets end extracted rs cent?
heIeirs. The complainant vas intoxicated at the tme
q tire occurrence and when examined by the police
ciss:e stated tia. Nelly held hjs while the others
robbed him The only testimony to sue'an the prcsecu
tor wss the contradictory statetnent Of Gordon and
the good cbaraeter o! the accused vas essbhed the
jory acquitted him without leaving their seats.
The Gard Jury Brought In large batch Of indictments
in The src,rocn for bur gary eno arceny, aud when the
rriscrerr wee sTragyd they pi.sted rat guilty, aud
U.rry Aueyst ge,cr against whom we've two ndict-
mtpts fer grand lore in Eteslog s45 woih Of shirts
pleaded guilty Of The chargcs, and yes sent " the
Since The cen csnentof the rrercnt term tie City
Judge has hecn E,uch engaged trying the ordipsvy
and ss,.a,y ntceps TIA. E. Sss 70. been abc to
reach The capital which he intcnted 10 try this
week. His Hclor wiz, however, eytefd fse term, 50 az
tn dNrose OF the important rex. week. Judge
Russell has tried nearly severity this DroDtS, the
majority Of which were devoid OF general interest