The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-02-06


The Beaver street Homicide-rhe Indics-
mcnt or tho Proprietors Of tho steam
boat Arrow-Sentence or . Ptckpocket
to the State Prison.
COURT OF OYER AND rERMTNER.
Before Judge G. @. Barnard
Tho Court Of Oyer and Termner assembled yesterday
morning at ten O'Clock. Judge Barnard, having taken
his the bench said owing the large amount Of
criminal business DO transacted civil PROCEEDINGS
would bs dealt with in this branch Of the court in the
present term. xf 4A
cHARas or JUDGE BARNARD TO rHs GRAND jury.
Judge Barnard in addressing tho Grand Jury said the
statutes Or the tate required that every judge OF cort
having authority in criminal matters, and in which
grand jury may be sworn, should charge them on their
dutios and the manner Of performing them Ia pur
Of that he should call their attention TO those
statutes and make such observations Of brief chaac
tor, as in his Judgment would be necessary. There
were statutes against usury, taking moro than seven
per cent? against selling lottery tickets and AGAINST the
frauds which were known In connection with emgrant
running. any arising out of breaches OF these
statutes in the hands of the District Attorney he
would present them to the Grand Jury Most OF those
cases. particularly emgrant running in consequence OF
the operation Of the courts and the prosecutions oil the
nc were r 90 a a. lad
Of the human heart law required that there should
not be than nor less than sixteen on me
Grand Jury Twelve OF the number must aree to ind
BILL and like number should agree to the reconsidera.
ton Of bill. The District Attorney would summon all
the necessary witnesses before Them whenever It was
requisite do but except themselves should
be present at the time they were giving casting their
them to say that an Indictment had been found
against any until lie actually In confinement
HIS experience as criminal Judge was that II would DC
transprcd In their 10 do could only crafty
some idle curiosity, and he would therefore, ask them
to state what transpired In their room except In
legitimate capacity The city within the past two years
had become uuruly. That had been caused In great
war and The premium held out to volators the law
to come to shores from Europe. The police reports
and the papers, would show that crime was on the IN
drunkenness that led TO assaults and batteries. But
serious crimes in the county and city Of New York were
tho Increase. Though 1t might seem strange TO
them, IL they guided by what the papers
said about tho administration or tho criminal law
IN tue IN II. Court Oh N o nS n ass 'as
Oyer and Termner would show that guilty men were
oonvrtedthat thoy seldom escaped. They should re-
member that If Grim increased the city also had in
creased The police being active and veant reported
all OF arrest and that being contrased with The
tie latter persons were tried before them who could
be tried aga Il There was one class OF offences
which, he was sorry TO say was on the increase That
was assault and battery In the Streets The time was
when party who committed assault and battery was
prepared to take the conseq ences; but at present 1t
rarity offered sotilo with the complainant he might DO
got out Of the way by influence, sympathy, promise OF
reform some other motive, perhaps lno was i'm
posed Although II an unpleasant thing for judge
c imprson parties who occupy respectable positions in
life 1t appeared him that the day for fines in
of unprovoked assault and battery Some Of those
adverted to the law which had been passed making plain
Ifs and defendants witnesses in the in civil
suits. He said the crime Of perjury had Increased to
fearful ext MT In five years. in almost every civil suit
In This court party or the other ono witness or an
other testified to untruth with respect to sentences i'm
ed for crimes he hopes that the sentences would
bo changed For highway robbery ten years In the tat
Prison was the highest punishment that could be nic
ed Ho could understand youn, man for the first time
committing that offence; but IL was not tho same with
respect to old offender who stealing all his life
and got exactly tho same sentence. The sentences
gIlpnIA N M In on n
Court 10 Sentence person who had passed ono term In
the Stato Prson-for thoy could hardly reform man
who of State Prison-to DO shut up there
for fe He thought II would be better for the community
II such persons were sent to prison for fe The courts
New York being mostly Independent OF each other the
sentences wcro not what they should be- There was too
much separation In the cous The police, large body
OF men, were well managed as any body CT IN could
DO managed, though the prncpleof appointing them
outside OF the city government was wrong
| CHARGE or MuHDR-cAsK OF j. r. 0EAM
Tho case Of J. F. Dram, charged with murder, was
postponed till Monday next the application OF Mr.. A.
| that day.
Tho hearing OF the charge arainst the proprctors Of
the steamer Arrow who indicted for nasau CHI er
in the fourth degree caused, It Is alleged by expo-
sion on board that vessel fixed for Wednesday, the
| 14th inst. - T.
rETTY LsRcNY--AS OLD orrxxpEr.
John Connyss, alias Gordon found guilty Of stcal-
Ing pocketbook, containing fifteen dollars the property
OF VIM. Otonnel Of 500 Madison street, while ridng
the compliments the night Of tho 11h Of Dcccm-
Der last Evidence given Of q previous offence by
the prisoner in 1851 when he committed robbery at
the house Of reporter o tho Tine newspaper In Broomo
street The Court sentenced Connyss to be confined for
| nne years and six months in the State Prison.
Several important cases Will DO tried In the Court Of
Oyer and Tormincr this session br Hall and his assist
ant Mr. Cunning Bedford, Jr viii conduct tho prose-
cutions
Tho court adjourned till to-day.