, 1863-09-29
CON CLTSE0N OF TEE TERM OF
TIE RECORDERS COURT,


a formidable crowd Of no 1eEs than thirty. live
convicted criminals waited for the Recorder to
pass upon them the sentence OF the law at his
courtroom, yesterday afternoon. The arTayed
1ascality presented come interesting physlogno-
m1cal poInte. There could be detected in it al
most every variety Of criminal, from the most
hardened to the most tender; from him on whom
the temptation sprtnging at an unguarded moment
had almost dragged into crime; to him who
had deliberately made up his mind to yi1ainy aH a
business, and was content to encounter the haz'
ards and lire by the profits Of plunder. Female
depravitY had its delegates In the crowd, Of differ
ent agee, and degrees Of personal beauty and ugl-
ness. while contrabaudism was not without one
repreB a NATIVE, apparently Of almost the lowest
type Of the race.
The crowd of spectators outside the bar was
much smaller than is usual on occasions Of this
kind; circumstance which ne n ould like to at
tribute to growing distaste for that vulgar and
baneful excitement which finds pleasure in exhi-
bitions Of the suffering and degradation Of the uu'
fortunate and the guilty.
The first case called was that OF Louiaa Jose~
phine Bigelow, convicted OF the larceny Of ninety
four dollars In money. She is 8 plain woman ap-
parently about forty years Of age, Of medium size,
and with eounteuance [ike that Of most people,
not decidedly significant Of either guilt or limo.
cence. Though the testimony against her is Of a
very positive, indeed Of an Overwhelming charac-
ter, che persists in maintaining her entire innos
cence Of the charge. The Court remarking that
II as innocent as ehe asserted, and as the Court
hoped ete was, the consciousness that she WAS
suffering unjustly would be a consolation to her
In her Imprisonment, sentenced her, according to
the verdict Of the jury, to year in the peniten
Ioy1 nj n rras n hA an}{fArV N0nf0a,
ment.
George Thompson had pleaded guilty to two
indictments for stealing watches-one gold
watch, the other q silver one Thompson ia a
young man Of good personal appearance, and "a
we are informed, Of respectable pareutage. He
betrayed IN emotion that, together with his youth
excited the syupathies OF the Judge, who pressed
upon him with much feeling the considerations
which should induce him to return to life Of
honesty and virtue. He escaped the penitentiary
by his youth. being under eighteen years Of age,
and the Court sentenced him to six montha In
BrideweIl,
Patrick o'Ma1ley, . pretty ragged looking Irish
III
able the Court remarked II passing sentence, that
man would forfeit his 1iberty and ruin h3mself
days Of industry, Patriek says be was intoxicated
when he committed the crime. He got one year
James ian Mullins lad stolen about four dollars in
postage currency, and got six months in Bride
Mary Brown was indicted for stealing lock Of
legged, the theft was really committed By another
party. She has already been twice in the peniten-
1la;y 1lay The cou1tg gave her three months IN Bride
Eliza Furlone, yonng girl, Eas before the
Court last summer on charge Of theft, and had
uathv snd escaped with 4 short sentence She