The New York herald., 1862-10-12
Trial for Murder in the First Degree.
COURT or GENERAL SESSIONS.

Trial for Murder in the First Degree.
COURT or GENERAL SESSIONS.
Before Recorder Hoffman.
OCT. l0.--7Ae People u.s. Jones Winthrop and HoNord
Morrisey, Indicted for Mue-Assistant Distrc. Attor-
ney o. l. Stewart for the prosecution ox-Judge Stuart
and William F. Howe for the defence.
The prisoners accused OF administering q iargs
quantity Of gin and alcohol a woman named Caharins
Carran on or about the 18th OF June last The
Curran it is alleged, at that time living with Win-
throp as his mistress.
Ann Davis As tho first witness called She had lived
in the house with the prisoner and deceased br
two weeks preceding the death Of the woman She tes.
led that during the three days previous to the
Curran being removed IRON tho house friends abe
had been very sick and the woman Honora Morrssey
many occasions gave the deceased much three
four glasses of the OF an hour: she
did not the Winthrop give her any ,iauor al
though he brought it in and mixed it. liquor was kept
carefully locked and the only parties having 70 L
were tue prisoners the Morrissey several
occasions TO ask Winthrop for tie key she wshedo
give Catharine Cirran somc OF the liquor
Cross exsmined-Janes Winthrop's O lodging anA
liquor store; did not notice whether Honora served
toners from the same bottle out OF which she gave tho
several t'ues end often asked Honora TO give her
liquor.
Mary Ann Daley sister Of the deceased, was then
called to tho stAnd hud been acquainted with the pris-
about three months before her sisters DEATH she
lived in Water street, almost opposite Wnhrop's house;
Winthrop constantly to try and persuade her
sister to 80 and live with him andiaiy mistress;
when her sister went to live with him Honora left and
stayed away about month and then returned to 1.-Two
with him; she had seen the prisoner Winthrop pull her
sister into bis house by the hair of her head the
day previous to her DEATH she had called in when
her sister WAS taken i'll and went to her found
her lying sreechcss the bed her lips being very much
parched she called doctor in 70 her sister, and
then removed her IRON Wnthrops 70 her house.
rossexamned--She kept liquor and d,pce house in
Water street her sister lived with her
would drunk witl ths sailors just IKE oiher grls IN the
house, one occasion her sister had been arrested for
being drunk and walking the street; the OF
Winthrop dragging her sister into his house g have
been TO prevent policeman taking her away she
at tho time very much Intoxicated.
Catharne OConnor. being Called said she lived with
last witness and had know her deceased sister sor two
years and lived with tho prisoner Winthrop week,
mad Winthrop abuse tho deceased bat heard
Honora she would res enged as she was andlady
before Catarino Curran went to live with Winthrop the
deceased and Winthrop occupied the bedroom
ing tho time witness lived there.
Csoss-cyaminedAt the time witness went there tho
deceased andlady and Honora then lived thcre
as ono Of the gra although she had been the landady
before thai time: during the time witness lived there
Honora had nothing to do with the bar.
DR.. Hunter, who made the post mortem examination,
testified tnat he had taken out the contents Of the de-
ceaseds stomach and gwen them 10 chemist for ana
yss from the appearance OF the stomach he judged that
the deceased was woman OF very Incorporate habits
Ellen Col'iGs testified that the deCsaseds habits
rather Incorporate had Winthrop drag the docoased
into his basement by tie hair Of her head about i've
O'Clock the Sunday afternoon previous 70 her DEATH
Augustus Wolfot was next put on the stand-Was
chemist by proicssion had received stomach from DE-
Hunter for analysis which lie had donsion the 18th of
June last the result o the analysis th9 finding 0f
one drachn aud six grains OF alcohol or degrees
specific gravity and drachns of ss degrees spect
hc gravity, which, his cpnson showed that the per-
son from stomach this had een taken must have
taken very ige quantity OF alcohol aud but short
timc before death.
Cross examined--The whole contents OF the stomach
fron which this extract was taken about
ounces in weight.
Coroner Rarncy-I held tho inquost in this case; tho
body appeared like that o; idtempcrate person.
ooihng apppeared "f an unusual character
In answer TO question from the Recorder he said that
tho acoio found the stomach OF Tho deceased must
in his OPINION been tkea tho stomach either
on Tuesday night Wednesday morning.
The case here adjourned until Monday morning. al
eleven O'Clock.