The New York herald., 1869-09-16
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.

A Youth Convicted Of Highway R0bbcry-An
Ex-COnvict Sent to the State Prison for
Forging Justice DOwling's Signature.
Before Cunning S. Bedford, Jr.. City Judge
The trial of Lawrence Mccoy, who was charged
with robbery In the Hrst degree, and which was
commenced on Friday, terminated yesterday. The
prisoner swore that he was never arrested, but he
went upon the stand again and admitted that he had
been charged with burglary. The other witnesses
which counsel for the prisoner stated he wanted to
examine were not produced, ana, after the summing
up, the jury, without any hesitation, rendered
verdict OF guilty. As the pris oner only youth
Judge Bedford sent him to the State Prison for six
years.
Louis Light, solomon Freeman and Flora Mana.
shutz were placed on trial charged with forging an
order, purpOrtng to have been signed by Judge
bowling. directing tho warden OF the Pententiary
to discharge man named M. Manasnutz, wnOm he
sentenced to that institution for six months. The
trial mad not proceeded far when 1t was clearly
shown that freeman and the female defendant were
innocent victims and the jury honOrably acquitted
them. IL appeared from The testimony that Light
had been sent to the Penitentiary for larceny and
when he served his term out he called upon Flora
Manashutz, the vile OF the inmate OF Blackwell's
Island and informed har that certain man, whom
he represented to be Thomas Jourdan, the clerk OF
Justice Dowling's court got him out after
four days imprisonment, and that he would
Re ss pad p hsr
called with the supposed clerk, and she paid twenty
i've dollars TO him, Light signing the receipt. All
handed an envelope to the warden. which contained
the forged order. He suspected that 1t was for
gerry and showed the paper to Captain Jordan (who
happened to be Wishing the Penitentlary ut the
tme), who pronounced the signature to be fraudu-
lent. The jury rendered verdict OF guilty, with a
recommendation to mercy. Judge Bedford said
that as there were set OF men going round town
living upon the presumed influence OF magistrates
he would make example of Light by sending him
to the state Prison three years and six months.
LARCENIEs
Gertrude Newman tcoored) was charged with
stealing, on the lgth OF July, jewelry ana adies'
wearing apparel valued at seventy nine dollars, the
property OF Ira NJ Clapp, No. l66 East Tweltyeighth
street. plea OF petty larceny was received. the
property having been restored, and the prisoner
was sent to the penitentiary for six months.
Mary Shannan pleaded guilty to an attempt at
grand larceny, the charge being that the oath OF
May she stole wearing apparel valued at $685. the
property OF Clara Gleason. She was remanded for
sentence.
The following Is the calendar OF for trial to-
day:-The People vs. Thomas O'Donne, rape; Same
W.. Frank DAVIS and John Martin. burglary: Same
Vs. George Brown, do: Same vs. James Edwards,
do; Same vs. Edward Quimby, forgery; Same vs..
Thomas W. Russell, grand larceny; Same vs. Gu
brel Brak, do; Same VS.. Margaret A. Marten, do;
same VS.. julius Wenck and Charles Schultz, do;
Same vs.. Charles Fort, DO; Same vs. MACMILLAN
Well. do; Same VS.. James Rooney. grand larceny
from the person. same vs.. JOhn Thomas and VIII
liam Green, burglary; Same vs.. John Clark, do;
Same vs.. James Anderson and William Peters, do;
the People ys Abraham AarOnson, burglary; Same
Va. Charles Wicker robbery; same VS.. Mary McKen-
ma grand larceny