, 1877-02-25

/ sENTEScH-DAY II THE CRIMINAL CoCRT.
! Yesterday was 3 big day in the Grimm,
| Court: the occasion being the passing OF scr
| tencc on large number or desperate case:
| The courtroom Tas literally packed in adyanc
| of the hour OF opening with curiosity people an
| friends Of the unfortunates to be arraioned, en-
| soon after about fifty from the jail marched IL
/ filling the rest Of the available space, The
were a hard-looking set, aud very f.,
OF them were strangers to the ordea
through which they. we're about t,
pass. Their criueswcrc as varied as were th,
expressions Of their hardened faccs, and iu ape
color. and condition Of life there was yarict,
enough to test the Courts discriminating powe:
and to give tho vast audience view Of the GRIN
inal classes seldom met. Most of the prisoners
were those who had pleaded guilty, III the hops
that they could thus rob Justice in q measure
but between the active States Attorney and the
stern Judge the day was bad one for them. IL,
never III tie history Of the Court were shyster-
Ing attorneys ana hopeful criminals more yigor-
ouslv dealt With AM! disappointed.
-ihe following were the sentences pronounced
'fames Brennan, larceny. thirty days in Bride
wcn; Dyer Hi, burglary; sixty days in Bride
itentiary-nis second term: Joseph $laulingcg,
larceny, lass & two Sease in Pententiary: Ed
bride"eii; Michael Mo1onev- larceny. stx
months Bridewell: William andrews, larceny,
thirty days Jail; Charles Lee. larceny, four
months County-TAil: George johnson, larceny,
one year rcnftentiarv; Samuel Bowles and Isaiah
Brown, burglary, four years each, Peniteutiary;
George GIBSON, assault, six months BriIeweil;
Michael Swick, burglary. one year Peniteutiary:
Charles Warfieltl, robnsry, one year Pcnite1l--
tiary: .1ohn Anderson, larreny. three, wears Re-
form-school: Thomas Anderson, larceny, two
months Briacwe]l: Owen Biddle, larceny, one
years, Peniteutiary: John Riley, larceny, two
months County-Jail: .Ja,nes Harrington rob-
berry i've years pclMtentiary: Henry Clifford
anu John brider, BURGLARY, two years eacl4, Pen
14ttestlary; Adam Roche, burglary, three years
seny, four years Peniteutiary; Hermann ann
Schmidt and Joseph Sebastian, robbery, two
years Penitentiary; Frank :kearney, robbery.
enc year Bridewcll; Frank Lee, larceny. ia
"nieh nc SHOT an otfi:er, ten years Pcnitenttary
scEen years Penitentiary; George Carroll, r.,
Selvng stolen goods, one year Penitent!ary:
lsichard Casey, larceny. one year Bridrweil:
iranS siInoEs, robbery, six years Penitcntiary:
George harr.s a1't ''ohn McLain, assault with
Some OF the parties arraigueI were grauted
he" trjci, and IL the cases Of others sentence
was deferred. The days work, however, was q
.AttS tAc aentt1lcluE quite 1utteT was
created IN the courtroom BY bold attempt on
the part Of Jerry Daley, noted sserook,''
10 escape. HI quietly climbed from his
Feat over the railing that surrounds the
seats 1or prisoners. and made bis way to lie |
.orrldor connecting the east end Of the buildiug /
WITH the jail. Reaching the corridor. he sprung |
Up IT'S sioe IN moment and lart cd through the |
aperture between the side aud the roof and |
cached the steps below, and from thence went /
o tnc street at . breakncck speed, leading
!ang OF balltiEs and boys half block. His cs-
app caused the greatest comnlotion in the court
Enu empt!cd the room In few moments, tha
'nly wonder being that the forty or more pris-
'nefs among whom he had been sitting did not
'reak and Ttlu, as they were for 4 1noucnt mn
'uarded and could have escaped as we'll as mt
the excitement. Daley was captured two
loek8 away aud brought back for sentence.
a. 3K1ne s!x years, as will be seen above.
i'3 purpose was to ask for a new trial
ma with good prospects, but his conduct unset
: an. He is m old and expert criminal. Int
lnse is the religious service commenced III the
a'l le has protesscd conversion aud claimed to
ent'Fely reformed. At the services Sundar
: altTacted considerable attention by an elo-
uent e1hort2tton to his fellows to forzase
atan and bis wavs. He was formerly in the
mnloS Of the Western Union Telegraph Com