New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-05
CRIMINAL.

Tn the II. s. Commissioners Office before
Commissioner White. the Walk Brothers bankruptcy
against Abraham Walk and James s. Walk FOR alleged
fraud ON their creditors by obtaining aud selling goods
nnrekase them by obtaining the benefit Of the Bank
rup act After the case had been formally opened an
adjournment was had TO the 9th Inst.
In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held by
Mr. Justice Barnard. George Jones was charged with
burglary and With feonous assault and battery In Shoot
Ing at the officer who pursued him. He plead not guilty,
but the evidence was clear and the jury convicted MN
had not Intended to FIRE his pistol The Court fenarkns
the necessity OF checking crime sentenced the prisoner
his sentence tho prisoner tainted. James MeNamee,
charged with highway robbery. plead guilty The prs,
oner very young, while his victim was very old
man. In tho robbery he knocked out some Of the
Old mans teeth. Judge Barnard told him that II he
he should have him for life, but having plead
guilty he would give HIM the ghtest sentence which his
his permitted years at hard labor in the state
Henry a mSn The $ was s se
fenced TO FIVE years imprisonment, and his companion
in mitigation " James Divine James Edwards and An
drew wheeler plead guilty OF burglary in the third de-
In tho Court of General Sessions. before Re-
IN the Court OF General Sessions yesterday Four pleas
OF Guilty received, and hye sentences were pro
nouneed. The Assistant District Attorney, Robert O.
Hutchngs esq acted for the People and succeeded in
getting efficient aud thorough work done in the punish
The trial OF Charles j. MURDOCH indicted with
Ta%os 70. in the West
great deal OF testimony was taken and elaborate arGu.
the Jury that they should carefully consider all OF
testimony, which he reviewed with elaborate comments
should il reasonable doubt existed give the prisoner
the benefit Of that doubt The Jury retired for consua
D1 a - p Verdict MI the IS gonsr @
his innocence The Recorder after stating that he had
the aSIG Pen%y y % Which would
hard labor in the State Prison. Joseph Gross,
and Henri Call mad
accused accuse Il burglary in breaking and entering
the bonded warehouse at NO Is s9nes on the night OF
guilty the indictment The Recorder In pronouncng
be bad cases. aud he intended 10 punish burglary Sc
yerey. He then pronounced sentence OF five years each
lex Baden. indicted for arson was called up end the
sistant insisted upon the trial proceed
lection overrued by the Recorder, and q jury was
panneed The Court then SGj9mr ne nnr nus morn
In the United States Circuit Court, before
Judge Benedict the of the United States agt Bais
dell Belknap, Jenness, Powelson and Richardson, IN
Jury procuring false a1davits 10 be made against
Collector Bailey. has been put over 10 Monday next
Illness being clearly proven by compeent testimony
The District Attorney notice TO counsel for the de-
whether defendant Belknap was present or not as there
was no legal Obstacle n to prevent the case pro-
20 the indictment III person. and having counsel well
s watson and cPaTy casS in which Watson cary and
Pike indicted for ctly removing spirits from their
reufyng house. nj Nos ILL., 49, and IT'S Chrstopherst
called. and Crazy failing appear the plea OF
tho dangerous illness OF his wife the Court held the
cuse insufficient and his bail bond was declared for
feted. and the case for trial on Monday
Thomas OCallaghan and John +. Ulrch indicted
for ilcitly removing and aiding and abettng in the
Illicit removal the LIST OF JAM 1865 OF spirit from the
distillery OF the lastnamed defendant, on Tenth
ave. between Bixtyfourth and si1tynith.sts.
The indictment found Wednesday.
OF this week. and the defendants arrested
bench.warrant issued the same day. The hrstnamed
defendant the present Collector OF Internal Revenue
for the Ninth Districts hut he at exercising
the functions OF that Office having been suspended pend
ing tho Investigation OF certain charges against him
touching bis official conduct such Collector. The de-
PENDANTS were arralgned 20 plead, and pleaded not
guilty. but with from the Cour TO withdraw
modify their pleas II they afterward desire 10 do The
bail for each defendant was fixed at $4,000, which
amount given by O'Callaghan; but it appear
ing that there would be difficulty In OBJ
tanlng that amount OF bail for Ulrlch, tho latters
counsel was informed that II the required could
not be obtained by Tuesday next the Court would hear
application for reduction of the amount The de-
PENDANTS will be tried at this OF the Court IL posi-
BILE In the lelpzinger Berrlnger whisky case, In
which the defendants indicted for Illicit removal Of
spirits from tho Baisdell Eckel dlstlery further
postponement asked for tho ground OF the
tnued illness OF Bennger bur the District Attorney
notice that he would tho against Leipznger
Callahan tho other defendants for trial Saturday IL
Bornger did not appear