New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-08
COURT or CENERaL SESSIONS
The Frat sessi0n-The Grand Jury
Recorder Hl.Gnisn's A,idIess--A Vol
in Sheep. Cio,htog-An Italian Dec
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Yesterday being the FIRST session Of this court,
before Recorder Hoffman. STAGE it, adjournment which
occurred abnu; inonth ao as might be expected, a.:
lsrge unmber oi persons we've present. Is u Is eenerl
ely uuoss'oof luat that the most interesting einIna
cases apfear before Ills tribunal
The calendar ycsierdsy iaorn.D, contained IA eases
FOR ta E'eyoa o. these were accused OF larceny one
OF forgery II ieoniOus assault md battery AID
one of obt,iBiGg money snder faso pretenses
Abogt seven of these were tried. OF the othof
seycu of'he witnesses did not appear and others
were postponed.
AZ he opening Of the Court the Clerk proceeded to
call the names OF tie several jurors; 10 NJ these not
answering 20 their The Judge ordered that they
rlno Grad jury then jmpanneed and sworn.
Il Is cou posed OF tie iu'oa ing named g,Dtemon:
THE GRAND JURY.
Wi;iam J. Staples. Forcuani Belj. Boomiusiae. B.uj
Bennett, VIM. u. e,ota. AnGrew Clarke Leopold Eiaz
Powell Henry z. oanoa, Anthony D BE rssnt Lsmbsrt
Van Hem John = Zebis..
THE RE, ORDERS ADDRESS.
Amer they sworn HIS Honor the Judge adj
dressed them Substantially ss follows;
GENTLEMEN know that you think II is an aTduous
duty 10 be summoned here ct dis tine Of tsyelr when
you wOnd Ike, perhaps to be enjoying yourselves IN
The country on jDyns pleasaraoe vacation, instead
OF bolng confined inside the walls OF Courthouse but
desire 10 make tho term short one. and also 70
flush the labor Of IL this week. and this
only be tOao by great activity on yonr
port Tic calonder N large there are between
300 and SEQ persons IN the City Prison awaiting their
trial. and these must have their - acted upon byyOu
before they be acted upon any other court Nucl
attention has been given by the community during toe
past few weeks 10 the vast a0lnt o. crime that mas beef
committed \ statement appeared IN one OF the city
papers CHE IkwuND last week that over 10000 per-
have been arrested during tie past quarter by the
police for crimes FROM robbery 10 murders but there IL
occasion or alarm Il men will only stop 81 think IL
any vi yon viii visit the police court you vii ind that
the criminals are composed o the Migrants the drunk
ards. aud tho people who arrested perhaps to-day
loci cd up the night and then c. ont again THAI
in that way hey get the nauo Of revolvers End they
truly sacnip the PRISON oddy and out 10 morrow
1t IN quite thing for people, when they meet
the Judges In She streets TO say What TO be done 10
this state Of thn,si But there IL difficulty in that
way Most OF these crimes committed in tue al
districts where you would look formoro yirtae anu qui
ntuoss. IL "a long timo since n orme committed
In New.York thai was surrounded With any great de-
gEee OF horror. Men are sarroted and pockets are
picked bus tins il the oomnoncst kind OF crime. The
horrible kinds " crime. snnh tue numbering U. faith
aud nohefs by toi children. and tie numbering OF
Two innocent children IN Wood occur IN the iucter
places o. tue earth, whore 40 one would look for such
deoas We have q .ull calender 10 day. between two
aud lhrce hundred. From such u statement, people |
would reasonably infer that .he.e is good deal Of crime
in evYork; but this IL the time OF vacation. and
tho Courts have adjourned the elimination OF
9 oes, therefore. IL yoTy great these cases
having Jain over for time without triaL
The Judge then proceeded TO charge the Jury, Gaining
their attention the duty which 20 be performed
Grand Jury then retired and the business OF the
lay was proceeded with.
FORGING A CHICK FOR ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Thi, was the case n Waiter Il. Patterson, over 1
whom sentence was suspended when convicted tome
months since charged with forging check on Col
eOtOr Draper
Sincs then hs forged check on German savings Il
Bank was arrested lonnd guilty aud sentenced 10 five
mara ,upr isynInont in the State Prison.
al . A MISSIONARY OF EVIL.
Iolp n Viec aiias James h. Thomas. alias the Rev.
+. O.. Walton, charged with obtaining money under
Th,s curious individual, who appears TO be about 30
,eors of age and wolf In sleeps clothing" was SELL
,nced Tor three years lie has at divers times repre-
cn,ed himself % fierent parties Missionary
iotng money to aid in spreading the Gospel but has
~ return from his Imprisonment than he adopts the
ame devish practice. ..l
A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER.
The case Of Gnsaye Meyera young about 81 years
# age and vi quito respectable appearance, charged
,iih robbery. was suspended District Attorney hal
poke very much IN his favor. It tho first time ho
al been charged with such an ohense. The Judge .
Did accused that no TO reform IL would De
he last time thn he would hear OF this case. lc
TIE TRUTH or PHysIoGSoMY. n
Alexander Ii aham fer0cious looking being whose
ICE dcatcd that he was vicious enough 70 commit
nv crime Oh sentenced 10 five years IN the penen'
airy. ll..I glIIr :. ~. nj, .
Ills O. ime as stealing gold watch from Edward
IRIS wnie standing In n crowd In Chatham-st on the
a. Of Junc lie was Jrsstad. taken to the Station,
uu,e and tao atoh found IN his boot LILO ater"ard
The iadrs sai il was clear case 81 larceny from b
~ mel am am, mat no clepency c0nld be shown the p
r,sourr alt,u,en no has wife and family depending r.
non lin tr snnuort He had done wrong in not plead
~ yr,,,, at onre bns yre done 80 he deprived q