The New York herald., 1871-03-16
HE COUR T S.
Sentences Upon Counterfeiters- Stealers,
Perjurers and Illegal Voters : Fraudulent
Bankruptcy-Dia smuggling-Rid-
ing on Car Front Platforms Cap
tain Peabody Again in Court
UNITED STATS CIRCUIT COURT.

Sentences Upon Prisoners.
Judge Woodruff sat yesterday morning AZ the
usual hour.
Counsel for the government moved that the pr.
soners who had been convicted should be brought
forward for sentence
PERJURY.
James ONeill had pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with perjury. IL appeared that he
committed the offence for the purpose Of procuring
the discharge OF a prisoner accused of crime. Judge
Woodruff remarked that perjury, he was sorry to
say, was OF frequent occurrence and had become
crying evil in tne community. The efforts OF the
officers OF justice to detect and punish IL had been
often frustrated. He would do all he could to sup
press this class OF crime The prisoner. ne under
stood, had a large famiy-nine children-and this
consideration weighed with the Court in passing a
lighter sentence than might otherwise have been
The case Sentence two years IN Albany any Penlten-
tlary AZ hard labor and 10 pay fine OF $lO0.
FRAUDULENT VOTING,
William Qulrke, found guilty OF fraudulent voting
for member OF Congress In Westchester county at
the last election. was next sentenced. 1t was
stated that the prisoner had been drugged, ana
sons to vote, utterly unconscious OF what he was
dong. He mad served In the war on the Union side
without any complaint being MADE against MN.
Judge Woodruff said that the offence committed by
the prisoner struck at the freedom and 1OundatOn OF
our national institutions and deserved to be punished
severely; but, in consideration OF the facts stated,
the sentence upon the prisoner would be only SIX
months Imprisonment, with the costs OF the prose-
cutiOn.
EMBEzzIING LETTERS IN THE POST OFFICE.
Wrocn Radosavlywitz. pleaded guilty OF embez-
zlng letters IRON the Post Once. IL appeared That
on the breaking out or the clvll war the prisoner
was first lieutenant in the Austrian service. With
the aid OF Mr. Motley who was then Minister to the
his discharge ana came TO this country, bringing
with him 426 recruits. With these he joined the
army OF the Union and was soon promoted to a
captancy. In consideration OF these facts the court
pronounced the mltigated sentence OF three years.
| imprisonment.
! John I. Lawrence, embezzling letters in the Post
| Office; sentence, two years imprisonment.
Joseph hartnett, embeZzllng letters IN the Post
| ONCE; sentence, ten years imprisonment.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY
| Lewis Meyer, Tor having had IN his possession
counterfeit money with intent to pass the same was
sentenced TO three years. imprisonment at hard la
Dor in Albany Penitentlary, and pay fine OF 500.
Lewis Selner, found guilty OF dealing in counter
felt money, was next sentenced. The Judge SAID he
had received letter from the sister OF the prisoner
asking for mercy upon her brother. He was sorry
that considerations Tor his sister had not operated
upon the prisoners mind before he committed the
The sentence of the Court was that the prisoner
should be imprisoned eight years at hard labor ana
pay fine OF $500.
Peter Johnson, John Peterson and charles ThOmp-
son, found guilty Of melting revolt oil board the
ship Shatamuc, were each sentenced TO two years.
Imprisonment at hard labor In the Albany Penlten.
tiary.
CONTEMPLATING.
The Court resumed the trial Of Alexis NicOai, q
Russian, who was indicted for engraving, caus-
Ing to be engraved, photographic stone, print
ing thereirom fraudulent iy cent currency stamps.
| The prisoner was convicted ana remandeu for SEN
| tence which Will be pronounced to-day.
The Court then adjourned.
THE INDICTMENT AGAINST GENERAL JORDAN.
Mr. B. X. Phelps counsel for General Jordan, wn 0
Is indicted for flung out All expedition in this city
for aid of the Cubans, contrary to the neutrality
cou Pe ed 10 he ure said % wo ao
sit longer in the present term; out jury would be
in attendance on Monday next and If udge could
be got from some other district the trial might come