The New York herald., 1875-07-16
BROOKLYN COURTS
COURT OF SESSIONS.


Before Judge Moore ana Associate Justices
There was pretty large assemoage oil specta-
tors In the Kings County Court OF Sessions yeser-
day forenoon In an tlcpation OF the return OF the
Grand Jury and the pIesentment Of indictments
against Jail cases. 1t being the nten OF Judge
Moore to clear that place OF Imprisonment oil its
unfortunate boarders before the commencement
OF his summer vacation. Another source OF at
traction to this Court yesterday. was also .ound
to exist in the fact that II as promised that ln-
dictments would be found against the two men
who are alleged to have perIured themselves in
traduelng, under the solemnty OF an oatn
the character OF Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er. The Chief objects Of attention who were
early marched into the room set apart for the de-
tention oil prisoners, OF the court room, were
Joseph Loader and John J. Price, the alleged per-
jurers. The other unfortuDates were common
burglars and rogues Of minor degree Of public
note. At twenty minutes to noon the Grand Jury
entered ana took their places In the STALL
AS soon as the jurors had taken their places
Clerk York called the ROLL and the foreman,
George Lane, handed the CLERK twenty-one IN
dictmen.s, alter which they returned and resumed
their work.
A, sistant District Attorney Moore ana Chief
Clerk Lew Faron then proceeded TO examine the
indictments, among when was tound one against
Loader ana another against Price Tor perjury.
rney were not read in open court The following
prisoners were called and pleaded as set forth =
/
! for stealing $50 worth OF hats on July l from a
| store, pleaded not guilty, and their trial was set
! william Haray ior burglary in the third dearee,
! PLEADED not guIty, and his trial was fixed Tor the
! 20th inst.
! Patrick Cromley, indicted for grand larceny,
pleaded not guilty. de Will lie tried ON Monday.
joan Harman, Tor burglary in the third degroe,
cr.me, entered similar plea Both men are to be
George watson, ior felOnfously assaulting his
! wife and threatening 10 shcot her with pistol,
PLEADED that he was not guilty. His trial was set
John McCue a mere boy indicted for grand lar
ceny, pleaded guilty of petit larceny, and was re-
Thomas CHRISTIE and Stephen walers, two men
about twenty three years old, were arr.igned Tor
burglary IN the third degree. Judge Moore asned
Walters whether he mad not been before HIM be-
fore. The prisoner replied that he mad about
three years ago for stealing s2S. II thought
knew your face remarked the shrewd Judge.
~ remand you botn tor trial on Monday" The
two dlsconsolate men were marched back 10 toe
henry mcCarde, for burglary In the taird de.
gree. pleaded guilty. Tae Court warned nim that
IN so pleading he was Liable 90 sentence Ior
term OIL rom one to five years in the Penltenuary.
| The prisoner said he had never bean arrested in
/ his life before; tBat lie resided In East TwelfLn
/ street, New YORK; worked as helper in a Ioun-
ary; knew Captain Kulea and the ward detec-
thomas Shapley and John Mulugan, for burg
larry IN the second degree. Tor entering the house
of Henry L. DlKeman, pleaded not guilty. They
are TO be tAed on the 10Th mss.
Jacob Flesc oman, an ungainly appearing son OF
FatheriRHu, u SuD1eCb Vi biSudrCk, drrhlRneu iOF
cruelty beating ms wife, pleaded, through an IN
terpreter, that Mrs. Flelschman had nothing to
com paln OF as ne was not guilty. He VIII be
tried on the 20th inst.
Henry Nolan, indlcted for stealing a horse,
pleaded not guilty. Trial on the 2otn lnst
I James J. howden an unc0uth looking man, in
dlcted Tor the larceny OF watch valued at $40,
pleaded guilty 10 petit larceny. Tais plea would
/ not be taken bV the District Attorney, however,
ana he pleaded guilty 10 the cnarge. He said lt
was MS first 20 offence that he Is "a Aamachlnls and
Ann Grogan, domestic, who robbed her en-
poyer, Anthony Barrett, OF $50 was indicted for
! grand larceny She s0obed bitterly as she replied
to the usual question, 81 am guilty, SIR" Sne was
( remanded to jail for sentence.
Thomas P. Wood and Upper indicted for grand
larceny pleaded guilty. "1upper,p said HIS
/ Honor, 'you have been here DeIOre. what was It
for that time 2" "For larceny" replied the prIs-
oner "and got two years and aaii." You
! nave only been out OF the Penttentiary SIX
months then Were you ever arrested before you
| served your time ?" al was arrested only once
before that,r replied the prisoner. Both men
were returned TO "the pen." They Will be sem
I fenced next week.