, 1863-02-12
RECORDERS COURT.


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1's.1y '.'n ~ aue 4ee.oi"et Eo"t'' an" al
30 caocA p N. Lie PRISONERS VINO aao oeen
1rsea oa1lhg tae ses''on' were cauea mp 10 re.
cc'sc sentence. ihes were q strange ana mot
| ley fquaa' presenting IN some cases, every Ta-
rfety OF feature and iceling' which guilt Gun
PANT upon INC human countenance, and In
o'ns's :. eonlcaa expression OF braFado and
oe'n-may"cafe"asm, which would have graced
luz pAlslognomy, ano done honor to the pluck
"ne aent u "ach onepnefd hlmse1, IN the
pain1es' oays oi hs career, when beaks were
eontlnuauy sentencing him to Newgatc, and
vacA #as community laughing at them for
1ncif presumption md folly.
cfo"ds OF curious spectators thronged the
Coofl. having como up expressly to sec the
sho", which, however, was anything but a
1unny one, and in more than one instance,
VIVA sorroWtnl enough.
As the prisoners were mustered into the
hall, and took their seats opposite the re-
| porter's tables, we were rather surprised to
find that most Of them we're young men, from
| Is to IS years of age. It seemed p1ty that
these fellows, stout and strong as they were,
should he prisoners at the bar On charccs OF
little and big larceny, assaulting policemen,
and the like, when there was so much need Of
limb and muscle in the field, and such good
wages to pay for their use.
| It vas evident they cared nothing about the
| country, although tho country-throueh its
ol1lcers-showed a far better disposition, and
was then and there, ready to take care Of
them. Ono of the prisoners had been. It Is
true, both In the army and navy. but he found
the discipline little too laborlous aud strin-
| gent for his nerves, and SO he took to finrcr.
| Ing the ct aflimsies,' u as lighter and more c1c.
| CANT cmploYmcnt: and no doubt the yn1earitv
cfcarninc their liye1ihoo BY the sweat oftheir
| brows was the real reason which induced the
! rest of the Irht.dpeered rentrv nrcscnt tn
| odort The avocat;on of nnrsc stcal;rr ard
/ The Tufl0ES Other Kinds OF Stf8llnp set 6nSFn
| arainst them in the criminal record of thc
! court,
The first person called to Judgment was
Jatnes Stanton, short-necked fellow, with
not bad face; the charge against him being
an assault upon policeman. The policeman
Ind previously done his best to saye tho man
from the extreme penalty Of the law, and
pleaded his subsequent good conduct as rea-
SOB whY the court should be mercffnl; but
the police arc sacred body Of men, and ho
who does them bodily harm must take his
punishment without let, hindrance or elem
ency* So the Judge told the prisoner he
should fine him $3.50, and that he must stand
committed until tue money was paid.
Stanton told the Judge that he was drunk
when he made the assault, and so did VIM.
Rankin, the next on the roll, who was charged
with stealing coat. The plea here aya,1ed
nothing in either case, neither In this last. for
some reason which did not transpire, or
which VIC could not hear. The Judge said
he might, perhaps, try to get the sentence re-
mitted that he vas about to pronounce. The
sentence was one year ut hard labor in the
State Penitentiary. Rankin looked like IN
intelligent fellow, and seemed grateful for the
kind words Of the Judge.
James Raymond was then called. There
were two indictments against him, but he an
peared to hare n good character up to these
offenscs, (both Of which grew out ofonc trans-
action, and he was sentenced to SIX months
in the county Jail In pronouncIng sentence,
the Judge told him II he conducted himself
well In prison, the other charge would not be
preferred against him. at which the prisoner
smiled all over his face, and. al be left the
bar. rubbed lis bands quite unconscfous1v
with gratitude for his good luck.
Amanda Hollipgsyorth's casc WAR ca1,ed
next. SHOW came Won. Amanda ), asked the
Jndpc. uto steal tI,t ,nonarsr ar ,.,ntaa
II. niease yonr Honor, !, was tbc ro,l,, u.nd
It 1ookcd 20 n;chtv temnt;n, co,,1dn't Iaaa
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sal sca,,cd ,nns+ +,1-a ,t~oou,ar,t
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th,t sbo poa s;xtaar ,.a,rs ~ .na 1aas,
ready hecn in ,a;1 eix uoels ,sWa1, ;, sa;a
the inlre u;f fr , ahort lima f,r ,,,nrfs-
onment: 1si,, vou promise ncxsr - fta.,
ooo1r -, 4.Ycs a,rree, r ,r;1, ,, a,;d An,,a,
on1 shc 1a. sentenced to fo,tv d,rs ~ t,e
Comfy ia;1-
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roll ofcarnct valued nj An He w,s ,ot 3ho