The New York herald., 1867-04-30
THE coRIEL MURDER.


but his place Of nativity did not appear.
THE CORIEL MURDER.
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The Trial of Bridget Duryea's. tho Alleged Mur.
deress. Postponed Unsil May 2O-Appear-
ance Of the Prisoner, Sc.
The Of Bridget Dursan ON the charge Of having
murdered Ellen Coriel, wife Of Dr.. A c. Corie at New
Market the 2sth OF February last was brought up
yesterday At the MddIessx county Oyer and Terminer
Now Brunswick, before Peter vredenburg Presiding
Judge. and Asocisae Justices d. D. Decker, r. h
Brown and Eihu Cook. The State was represented BY
Attorney General George H. Robeson. Charles Morgan
Herbert District Attorney and accused by G. b Adram;
Charles I. Cowenhoven, clerk Of the court
Early on the morning Of February 20 Bridget Dur
gam who was . servant In the house or Dr. A.
c. Coriel, at New Market, N. J.. Is alleged TO have
awakened some Of tho neighbon, and in an agitated
manner 70 have told them that there trouble
In DR.. Corel's house, and that two had entered
the house in the night Tho woman had child in her
arms On hearing this, several neghbos proceeded to
he house and found 1t fuii Of smoke. Mr. Little-a
Methodist minister-went into the sitting room and
crawled into the bedroom, where he accidentally
stumbled the body OF deceased who was then lying
warm with the blood from several ssvcre gashes ow-
ing pools on the floor She was carried out to Mr.
life was extinct This was about one O'Clock in the
morning. circumstances gradually unwilling them
selves and settling into natural adjustment suspicion
fell upon Bridget Durgan the servant who gave the
alarm, as having murdered the lady, and upon this
charge sho Is about TO be tried.
The court opened at eleven O'Clock and the general
panel was called. The room was deDsey crowded and
great eagerness was manifested by the spectators TO OBJ
tain view Of the prisoner. She Is short in STATURE
neatly dressed. and has verv decided tendency to
enoapoin& Her hair is dark closely smoothod down
her forehead which low and the face without
a a
cepti0n Of the eyes, which are small and inane in ap
pearance rolling vaguely and suleny about under eye
lids that drO0p heavily over and half cover them Her
manner Is composed
j. B. Adrain, counsel for the accused moved for
postponemsnt or tho trial. the ground that all the
responsb lily OF the having rested himself alone
he had had no time TO properly acquaint himself
with the ~ facts t. He &c offered rod an m. Affidavit of his
given for trial % commence, and that number
Of witnesses important 70 % the defence could
rey. who lived in Now York. had been seen but could
not attend that day They very poor and without
Nicholson and Domny Gsrresy could not be found and
John Healy and James Hcaiy wore ~ sea- and would
not be back for q month These were important VIE
nesses From conversations with the prisoner he had
learned that these witnesses OF vital consequence
70 her the defence. He hoped SECURE tn attend
Sides he was alone and the law required that q sast
two counsel should appear. A. v. Scheuok was 20
DO associased with him. but failed to attend Tho
prisoner was poor, and, under ehe crcumstanccs the
statute provided for the means Of obtaining another
lawyer This indictment was found only week ago
and therefore he thought that this woman ought %
have postponeent Of the trial. a. was gwen Ia she
case OF Wilhamss II might be sad that the murder
horrible IN ts character and bad produced great excite
not be permitted 70 have fair trial. 10 the eye Of
law she presumed 70 b Innocent he did not ask
requested such further time would give counsel an
opportunity TO prepare for the defence. w a.a@
Judgc-What time do you desirss
Adrain-I ask your Honor II he can defer It some
time, and sit again this termf n ae qew-~.s
Judse-I cannot sit again this term.
Adrain-Then ask postponcmsnt rnt The next
The District Attorney said hs felt u 70 be to the in
the Judge that be felt Il 70 BE- bis duty 10 urge he i'm
mediate trial Besides. the person 70 whom FIRST
told the story w.s eighty years o. age and IN delicate
certain that sho could be produced; bcsdcs by that
time much Of the crcums.ant,a evidence would Be
gotten Counsel ought to discose how important these
witnesses were to tho cause before they could legii
nately ask posiponement
was directed 70 the dscretion Of the court be
decided on the character Of Information which absent
snssss' can % produce wns,s % thai the plea THIS
OF mardor, and especially OF
rble TRIAL IN such case should follow quickly upon
Ehe heels Of the crime Facts should be discos cd
The Court would enable TO judge whether
motion was we'll founded or no. He had never sssa
counsel unless the susjoc, matter Of wnss was intended
TO Be proven by the absent witnesses specified II
= was postponed until the nsat term four mcs.hs would
before the Court All material witnesses who could
speak armatively 70 material facts. were necessarily
was committed small and all Tho witnesses who
could testify TO an important fact were known 70 coun
seculion we're nov confined in Jail
@. b Adran further said that the case could not be
tired fairly without the necessary Witnesses for the de-
fence The prosecution had had ample tae In which 70
prepare their and he asked the SAND measure Of
time for himself This woman confined in jail, and
n she bc innocent the hardship greater with her than
jail for II what he had heard true, was tho best
place for them Tho trial OF the ncgo Williams for
murder postponed from the last tern to this and
aldavit was offered at all IL uly stated that
General Banks, IN important witness, wa absent Four
ams and yet not one day was willingly allowed 10 this
poor Irish oman. White and black 10th had their
rights now. He had not heard the evisncs fthe pro-
sccution. He did not know what 10 wa< There was q
line Of defence which made IL necessary for him 10
trace up the history and character Of Ills prisoner and
some Of these witnesses would be confidently called for
Juage-How would It suit you 10 hs,s the csss post
poned until Monday two weeks
Adrafn-The postponement is not Dsed 10 cause de-
lay but n the court believe We Can 90 ready In two
weeks, am satisfied
Adraln-I only ask sufficient time gci ready. bat
do not think two weeks viii be enougA
trial pssp.0ea % a s, assc ws'as l,cs
The court originally employed A. V. henck counsel
but told he could not serve Tis trial coms
on this week, and although the court pressed hin
some, they did not insist absolutely. The cour
then endeavored TO get othel gentleman Of the
bar but failed Tho fact OF defendant having but ont
counsel In not legal for theposponemenk One
counsel answers the requsoa OF he law II the tra
forced now the procedure might be subject q
the remark OF insufficient counsel ance has been thu
custom Of che Court 70 allow counsel other defend
ants charged with like crimes Tp Court dos not con-
slider the afdavt sufficient postpone the trial.
because n does not disclose ary t which would be
defence 70 her The postponed account Of this
fact Of additional counsel 50 thai every one may go
that the only desire is that Justice nay be done
The witnesses then bound ,ver and the case.was
postponed until Nay 20.