, 1877-11-25

was also tired before the same Judge, aud nc
! crooked WHISKY distilfcr, failed to appear foI
trial when wanted, and his rceognizancc was
forfeited
Justice Snmmertield yesterday held the fol
lowing: D. Kennedy and James Murphy
Tholan, $500 to the 9th; George Bikcr, larceny,
$500 to the 9th Fred Smith, larceny of trtnkets
from Rogers d Smith, $50 fine; Alegandes
Brooks, George Phillips, and John Stack, cut.
ting the s5ea leadp'pe out q bnildng On yit1ora
] aud James Mulcahcy, $3.50 TO 26th
| for the larceny of q si;ver-plated dish
! from Wells restaurant, corner OF State and
Lake streets; Willie Burke, SlD0 fine or twelve
! Wright, thirty days; Max Hammersmith, 100
days IN the House Of Correction. Jusrice;Mor-
rison sent Dick Leary to the Workhousc in de-
fault OF 500 fine for disorderly conduct and for
resisting an officer; Alfred AlcClou1, John
welsh, and William Tobin. sixty DAYS each
each.
CRIMINAL COURT.
james Donovan was found guilty Of conspir-
acy, and given one year in the peniteutiary.
quilted.
John Thomas was found guilty Of larceny, and
given two years in the penitentiarr.
Alondo Phalmer pleaded guilty to larceny,
and was given FIVE days in the County-Jan.
t. Edward Martin was arraigned for embczzle-
ment, and sentence was suspended On his PROV
ing good character.
james Sullivan was tried for larceny, and the
jury are to return a scaled rest1ict.
THE RICE G1EL.
EAe thievins seryant-gir', Nelly RICE alias
Price, and her alleged accornp1ice, T. V. Sheri-
dan alias s' Sherry" had hearing before JUS
tice Kaufman yesterday, and it rfsultc1in put
ting net OF evidence around them from which
they cannot easily escape. The first witnesses
we're Mr. E. Bur!ing, his wife and daughter,
who identified the gift as the one who left their
house five weeks ago with many articles be-
longing to them, among others diamond ring
and watch. Mr. Warren Springer, residing at
the Gault House, testified that he bought
taS paid ha2as hm ss for t. % sea9z ewce aea
identified Sherry as the oncwho brought the
watch to him to be repaired. Mr.. c. n. hotct-
kiss was sure Nellie was the girl whoA robbed
nun OF $3.50 worth Of property, and he testified
cd to bis family. Mr.: F. Fl. BeckHith made
similar declarations. Mrs. Connolly recognized
tile female prisoner as her cx-servant, who had
left suddenly with articles valued at $1,000.
Nellie herself was then sworn, and admitted
to give her right name. She had been
married. but was single now, anil had
been acting rs housekecper for Sheridan. She
had lived with him two weeks before ner arrest.
The first place she met him was Gu Dearborn
street, near Madison, where she gave him Miss
Burling's watch and ring. 'Shcrryn was also
put on the stand, and told the same story Us the
girl as to her having lived with him and tho
He acknowledged that he sold tho
ring to Springer. He drst met the girl III The
TRIBUNE office, where she aud another woman
anu man named Howard were putting in adj
He did not believe the articles
were hers, feeling that they had been stolcr
Howard said he had lotsof goods, and ''Sherry1'
made an appointment to meet him at the Pal |
ner House in order to tell him how to get rid |
>f them. he thought Howard and the woman |
Iealt in stolen goods Justice Kaufma,in WAS of |
opinion that s'Shcrry'' vas all acconlp1ice, aud |
accordingly held the accused in S10000 bail each
o answer at the Criminal Court. In default |
hey were sent to jail.