The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-21
THE MASKED BURGLARS.
Sweeping Conviction and Sentence OF
tho Outlaws-" Larry" Griffin and
ssPatsy" Conway Each Sentenced to

Sweeping Conviction and Sentence OF
tho Outlaws-" Larry" Griffin and
ssPatsy' Conway Each Sentenced to
Twenty Years In the state Prison.
The trial OF 'Larryn Grimm, another member OF
the masked band which in the dead OF night broke
into and ransacked the residence of Miss Lydia II.
Emmett, at New Rochelle, was commenced yester-
day morning in the Court OF Sessions at White
Plains, Westchester county. There was no diminu-
ton In the numerous attendance which formed
feature OF the preceding days. each seat within
and without the bar enclosure having been eagerly
occupied long before the proceedings commenced.
When the Court and counsel had been seated
District Attorney Briggs arose and moved that the
case OF the people against Lawrence Griffin be
taken up, ana suggested that the Court assign
Colonel ]. b. Fellows, who was present and was
familiar with the case. to the defence OF the pris.
Oner. The counsel named then addressed the
Court explaining the misunderstanding which
seemed to exist in regard to mis- professional rea
tions towards Dan Kelly, exoneratng himself from
any apparent remissness IN not being present
to defend that Individual on Thursday, and
concluded by saying that If the Court 80 wished he
would do the best nc could for the prisoner at the
bar. The Court then, with the consent OF Grimm,
assigned Colonel Fellows to defend INN.
lew minutes only were consumed In the en-
panelllng OF O jury, the first twelve names drawn
having proved mutually satisfactory to the op-
was THEN rapidly presented. the prisoners counsel
dwelling very briefly on the cross-examina-
ton OF each witness. who rehearsed the
trials OF Conway and Kelly. The identity OF the
accused having been seen IN the Vicinity OF Miss
Emmett's house on the evening preceding the bur.
glary OF his having with six or seven Others been
ierred across Long Island Sound on the following
morning. and his subsequent passage to New York
on the steamer Seawanaka, was testified to most
positivey by several witnesses. This closed the
case both SIDES. as the defence did not produce
o solitary witness.
Knowing that he was engaged in hopeless case
Colonel Fellows disclaimed all intention of making
O speech to the jury, and stated that ne had few
requests to solicit OF the Court In behalf OF the prs
oner. lie then asked the Court to charge the jury
that II they mad any reasonable doubt on the whole
case that the Identification OF Griffin was not
proved, that doubt was legally his and the jury
must acqult; also. that If the jury were in doubt
as to whether the prisoner committed either the
burglary or the larceny with which he was charged
in the indictm they must give Griffin the ben
eft OF such doubt and only convict him OF the lesser
When District Attorney Briggs had briefly sum-
married. the leading facts brought out In evidence
against the accused the Court charged the jury,
came into Court and rendered q verdict Of "guilty
as charged in the Indictment"
ques'ons propounded by the clerk Of the Court said
that was thirty one years old, born In Ireland,
stonecutter by trade, and refused to say whether
ne mad or had not ever been IN q State prison
whether he had anything to say why sentence
should not be passed upon him, Griffin elected
nonchalansly replied in the negative, whereupon
he was sentenced to be confined at hard labor In
the state Prison for twenty years.
PATSY" CONWAY. alias Conroy, was brought from
to twenty years imprisonment at hard labor. The
Court then adjourned until next Thursday on
which day the trial OF the remaining 'Inasked bur
glar," John Burns, alias "Bilyn Woods, Will take
place.