The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-14
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.
A Female shoplifter Convicted ind Re-
manded for Sentence.

Female shopliner Convicted ind Re-
manded for Sentence.
Before Judge Sutherland.
The main portion OF the session OF this court was
occupied yesterday in the trial OF an indictment
against Elizabeth Ormby, who was jointly indicted
with Charlotte Newman Tor grand larceny. Mr..
A. Oakley Hall defended the accused which gave
additional interest to the trial. The testimony for
the prosecution against the defendant tending to
show completely with the woman Newman (who
Is out on baiD was slightly circumstantial. II was
proved that on the afternoon oil the 2lst OF
December the prisoner, the woman Newman
Mccreery do Broawey ana asked to be
shown to the shawl department, which Mr.. Jack
son, the superintendent, proceeded to do. Being
rather suspicious OF the customers, he quietly
instructed o clerk to watch their movements
While at the shawl counters the clerk saw the
her pocket and leave the store in company with
Charlotte Newman, He communicated the fact to
Mr.. Jackson, who pursued the women into the
street and succeeded in bringing the woman New
man back to the store, and upon confronting her
with the prisoner she tOrmby) admitted that she
knew the women and came into the store with
them. The evidence showed that Ormby was
twenty ieet away from the other women; that she
remained IN the store after the larceny and bought
o cheap wOOllen shaw from the clerk. An invent0
ry was taken by the prOprietors OF the store and it
was discovered that three india shawls, valued at
$780, were missed, but no positive evidence was
given to show that the woman stole more than one
shawl or that 1t was worth $25.
III.
stand, and in his ingenious address to the Jury
commented in severe terms upon the law which
permitted an accused party to testify in his or her
Assistant District Attorney Rollins made an able
and opposite reply to the cx-Mayor's argument.
Judge sutherland charged the Jury upon the law
applicable to the facts and circums tances proven.
After an hours deiiberation the jury returned,
with verdict OF guilty. AS the counsel absent
| His Honor remanded the prisoner for sentence.
| A Man Sent to the state Prison for Stab
| hing His Wife.
James O'Donnell pleaded guilty to an assault,
| with intent to do bodily harm. He was charged
with stabbing Mary O'Donnell, his wife, on the 9th
| inst in the back with JACK knife. His Honor
sentenced the prisoner to the State Prison for two
| years. .,.f
Youthful Burglars.
Michael Farrell and Frank Il. Darrell pleaded
guilty to attempting to break INTO the grocery
store Of John Sims, 800 Seventh avenue, the 1st
of February. The police officer caught them before
they succeeded in breaking the panel and found
two large 'jimmes" in the vicinity OF the store
they were each sent to the State Prison for two
years.
David Flynn pleaded guilty to an attempt at
burglary in the third degree, the Indictment charg
lonious entry into the store room of Gustav Solo
mon, 1874 Water street and stole sixty pounds or
tobacco, worth $4S. Flynn was sent to the Pen-
Tertiary for one year.
Dishonest Domestic.
Dora Aren't, domestic in the employ of Marcus
j. Waldhcim, No. 146 West Forty-third street. who
stole pair OF solitaire diamond earrings worth
$500, pleaded guilty to an attempt at grand lar
ceny. She was remanded for sentence.
An Acquittal.
Jane Kirby, gentecl looking girl, who, few
months since, came from Dublin, and was engaged
by Mrs. Devereaux as a nurse, was charged with
stealing on the Goth of February veil, valued at
twenty-five cents. The girl explained that she
wore 1t upon snowy night when visiting her
mothers house, and left it there by mistake. A
young man was called Tor the defence to prove that
Mr.. Devcreaux stated to him that he did not believe
the girl was guilty OF stealing the veil and other
| articles which his wife missed. The witness also
| said that he was engaged to Miss Kirby, and would
| marry her, Notwithstanding the charge preferred
| against her. The jury rendered . verdict of not
| guilty without leaving their seats.