The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-04
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS.
Before Judge Gildersleeve

OPENING OF THE APRIL TERM.
Another month has passed away and still no room
has boon provided for the the second
branch Of the most important criminal court Of sho
county Of New York. Judge Gidcrsleeve yesterday
formally opened Part OF the Court Of General Sessions
for the April Term and immediately adjourned Till tho
nth nsI tho time dischsrg,ng the jurors who
had been notified 10 attend Part was then opened
aud Grand Jury Impanclled with William H. Phillips
treasurer or the Produce Exchange, a. foreman. In
addition TO calling the attention OF the Grand Jurors 70
the directed TO be specially charged His Honor
were called upon to perform. There will come before
YOU" said he, "two classes Of criminals. There Ia
The hardened criminal who seldom reforms,
matter what punishment may he inflicted upon him.
who serves hs term Of imprisonment only to como
forth and commit new offences II Ia very important
that OF this class should be convicted and placed
beyond the reach of doing further mischief We
disposed 10 follow up charge against such person
with more severity than others Nevertheless where
young man is Tor tho arst time accused OF some
slight offence IL is important that he should he, II
guilty, convicted OF the onence, however slight IL
may be the means Of reforming him, dlverting him
from the evil course upon which he has started
Therefore, listen carefully, gentlemen, to all cases.
for they may be OF the Ercssest Importance only
10 you, but TO the whole community.
sHoPLIrTEn SENTENCED.
A comedy young woman OF twenty five, named Ellen
Dickc alias Mary Sheppard. alas Ellen Matthew's alias
Ellen Dsrrigan who gave her residence No 363 East
Twenty-eighsh street, arraigncd plead 10 three
separate indictments. One charged her with stcailng
on December IL last, from the store of b. Altman 4
Co.. No j3l sixth avenue ten pairs Of kid gloves worth
So Tho second accused her OF purloining So worth
or fringe Stern Brothers STORE No 35s sixth ave-
nue.. the same day. She pleaded guilty 10 the last
Indictment charging her with stealing from Lord Tav
lor March ~, camel's hair shawl worth 5000 Tho
Court sentenced her TO three years confinement In
State Prison.
GOOD DEAL OF A COME DOWN.
indictment obtained by his VITO, Rose, charging him
with having the I'd ut. attempted to chop her head
OF with When Rose called TO the stand
she evidently had become biased IN vor Of her lord
and MASTER Tor she declared that only had he not
cut her, but that she drunk at the time or tho
the ARRAY which she characterized .hc only muss
We had IN March, and that she about 10 chop him
with the axe when he attempted 70 wrest II from her
hands and so accidentally wounded her Assistant
District Attorney Lyon was dissatisfied with version
OF the story different from that which the complain
had told originally but as there witnesses
Of the ARRAY lie had abad case. The prisoner was do
Tended by Edgar NJ Chapman, who claimed that there
was no evidence against his client submit to Jury
ami the Court acqucscing in this view the prisoner
discharged.
rIcKPocKETs PUT OUT or THE WAY
James Currsn and John Higgins were each sent to
Stale Prison for Nv, years for picking tho pockets Of
W. J. wcmcycr, conductor the Eighth Avenue
Railroad OF the sum oil seventy cents on the 10th uit
Mary Ann Dowd pleaded guilty to picking the pocket
OF Rachel g. Potter OF thirty cents the 10Th or
March, Mary's lace was unknown TO the police
pickpockct she said that she had been widow for
three years and supported herself by working In
laundry; that getting out Of ploymcnt she became
dcspondcnt, took "a drop too much and committed
the CRIME whlc she arraigncd The Court sent
her TO state Prison Tor two years
MISCELLANY OF GRIMES
Frank Richards, alias J. Frank Ricketts, an GRAND
boy, was entrusted. on the 10th Of March, by Mrs
Henrietta BOhlmeyer. Of No. Is East Ninth street.