The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-26
COURT Of OYER AND IEaMINER
Hawley tho Btgamist sent Five Years
10 State Prison.
BEFORE Indna

Hawiey tho Bigamist sent Five Years
TO state Prison.
Before Judge Brady
William Hawey, alias William Henry Hamilton,
convicted OF bgamy on Tuesday, was on the OPEN
ing Of the Court yesterday morning brought up
Tor sentence. His counsel urged that the Court
should deal leniently with the prisoner on account
OF his great anectiOn for his mother. In passing
sentence, Judge Brady said that he did
not believe any man who pursued career OF
crime could have any great affection for his
mother. The prisoner should have thought of his
mother and desisted from his course OF CRIME. II
ne had really had the affection his mother
claimed he would not now be before this Court to
pay the penalty OF life OF infamy. You have been
known addressing the prtsoner) as ''Shanghae
The Prsoner-Never. sir.
Judge Brady-Did you never give the name Of
David Martin?
The Prsoner-No. Sir.
Judge Brady-I am sorry to say that you tell that
adjournment OF the Court to Investigate your
character. There is no doubt but that you are
say this OF you, but sucn IS the TACT. Your
marriages were consummated in order to
enable you to practise the panel game. There is
not single mitigating circumstance in your case.
You have only escaped punishment thus far be-
cause YOUR victims were men OF apparent respect
suomit to an exposure. After further comments on
the niquitles Of the panel game and the character
cable sort, the Judge imposed upon him i've years
at hard labor IN the State Prison.
A Young Mans Narrow Escape.
Patrick Clark, youth Of nineteen, was to have
been tried on an Indictment for manslaughter in
the first degree for the alleged killing Of Mrs. Mary
Smith, IN November last, at the tenement house
No. 22S RivngtOn street. Through the efforts of
his counsel, Mr. John .. Mott, plea OF guilty Of
mansiaughter IN the fourth degree was accepted.
In moving for sentence Mr.. Lyons, Assistant
District Attorney, insisted that the full penalty of
the law-twO years In State Prlson-shOuld be
melted out to the prisoner.
In reply Mr.. Mott made a most fervent appeal Tor
lenlency. He said that Clark struck the deceased
but one blow, or slap rather on the face; that on
the night in question he had gone to bed in the
room where Mrs. Smith and others were drinking
and playing cares; that she insisted ON his
getting up when he struck her that alter her
death her body was found covered with other
bruises and tnat the pOst-mOrtem examination
showed most OF her organs In q very diseased con-
dttion. He alluded to the prisoners youth and
urged that he DO spared the tgnOmlny Of going to
State Prison.
Judge Brady was evidently Influenced by the
entreaties Of counsel and, alter dwelling upon the
lesson he hoped this would be to the young man,
he sentenced MIN to the Penitentiary for nine
months.
Tho Tom pkins Square Riot.
Application was made through writ of habeas
corpus to secure the release of Christian Meyer,
committed for alleged assault and battery ON the
police while suppressing the riot on the 18th OF
January In TOmpkins square. On the statement
OF Mr.. Lyon that the case was under investigation
In the Court OF General Sessions Judge Brady de-
cided that the application must be made before the
latter Court, and dismissed the writ.