New-York tribune., 1883-06-14
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
.rvr,Nn IN THE COURT ROOM.
EAlNIlNU IN AhE SNSN'~
~rn,yo AND ROWLING by WOMEN WHEN JAMES
r MARTIN WAS SENTENCED.

PAINTING IN THE COURT ROOM.
SLEEPING AND HowLING BY WOMEN WHEN JAMES
,. MARTIN WAS SENTENCED.
IT. nrononncne of sentence on James j. Martin
in the Court of General Sessions yeseTday Was 70 ;o,
lowed by an extraordinary, scens: Martin ,oa lss
voune man not much past his majority. an9 mas
not previously been criminal. lie was % mgch Oh 11
tsdd tSe Se eyenug ths By going With
Francis to the liquor store OF DAYS q Gun, az az
Th1rd-aye. and Seventy-ffth-st. While at paI tnaT
~ to- the merits of Patrick Nugent aclogdancer
Retel was invited by the Martin brothers TO go OUT
side and settle the quarrel but ne reiussa Pste Ie
sno. sho sto'' in the % street. The Martin brothers
Tsro ta,n Gunner found a hat belonging TO
James Martin not far from the scene OF tne snoo.
ing, and revolver belonging to hun was aiIerwaIa
discovered with three chaihpeIs e"P'y' AA
lanes j. Martin was arraigued yesterday before
Recorder Smyth and pleaded guilty TO mansiaugnoea
IN tho first degree. the penalty for wch pdrJer Is
five 10 twenty years imprisonment. Inc hec~1ruol ~
in passing sentence said that the plea had oeeh
accepted because the prisoner aSoofins was was done
that it might have been .n lmpGsssoito piSssot
for him to have formed guilty di1;ysnee etHn that
had been shown. and dwelt on the gravity oil the
crime committed He said that in view OF dia Mal, oH
youth and previous innocence ne woua for 60
part of the extreme penalty, but the sentence " 90
grave an offence must be q severe one, a.. h,
Tic remarks of the Recorder were listened 70 py
twenty or more women VINO 9.S wero nsar en the bar
and among them were the mothers anu sisse,o Mor
of the prisoner When the Recorder said 10 Maj
Tin 1.-THE sentence of court is that you pe lnpris
oned for eighteen years and six months I'D the otate
Pr1sonv simultaneous cry rose from ine npS psi VI
the women They started irom & tneM piSvpS bo was vas
advanced toward the prisoner Martin, Mno Was was
pale and appeared much Affected turned away ironi
fhe Judge and started toward the prisoners pen;
Before he had advanced two steps he ialntea anu anu
eli ~ full length upon the floor. The court of1cers
picked him up and carried him. still unconscious;
into the prisoners room. The women became sun
more excited when they saw the prisoner 1aii anu
nf :. OH .Tmmyp' Poor boyw etc. Several
minutes passed before the-court officers could sue
ceed IN restoring quiet and getting the Womoh oue
Marin recovered consciousness in short time,
and was taken IN charge oy Captadn nearlS i in
number of the friends OF Martm hau couecteu W
witness his departure for the IombS. Inc onlcer'
however went out by rear door and TOOK MS prls-
oner on board street car The crowd of Martins
friends found out that he had been taken away ana
rushed up Centre-st, but the prisoner was saleiy
lodged in the Toinbs.
TWO IMPOSING FUNERALS IN BROOKLYN.
The funerals of two men well known in Kings
County politics, ex-Regster Charles Scnurlg ana
Coroner John I. Parker, took place yesterday In
Hnoklyn The former, as Lieutenant-COlonel OF
the 14th Regiment, WAS buried with Iul
military honors while the Iemplar service w was per-
iepi iSpapt Schurig took place in the Hanson
Place Methodist Episcopal Church. aud was
funeral fpTuS in IN Brooklyn since that of Gen
eraI Dakiu in 1873. The l4th kegi-
ment, In full uniform, under Colonel McLeer,
colors draped in black The War Veterans of the
regiment, under General :. b; Fowler, seven;
teen Grand Army Posts the Grand Army Memorial
Society, the Schiitzen Corps. the Brooklyn San.
eerbund and Franklin Lodge of the knights of
Honor also attended the funeral Inc Snurc nd was
was thronged in every part. After private SER
vice at the house by the Rev. 9. X. Van de Water
the body, clad in military uniform. was borne to
man was laid. The address was, made by
the Rev. DR.. j. o. Peck chaplain ., Of
wrapped in flag, was borne out OF
the church by siI sereeants and strapped to gun
carnage as in the army service, cry por horses aGeT rev
Gers of the Sd Battery. The pall-bearers were
Captain Ramon Cardona, Captain benjamin. s.
Rasnnip Lieutenant- Colonel Theodore B. Gates,
Iieutenant-C Colonel John b. rockingham, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Edward NJ. Wmnder and Lleutepant-
tenant Colonel Schurg was led after his remains to
iii cemetery. The proce on was led by the mounted
police and after the cass0n with the body marched
tie tro Jps and soCie.ies at ending the tuneI8 The
line of march i'll Flatbush and sixth ay os..
Nlnth-st. and Fifth-ave. to Greenwood. There the
body was placed in the receiving vault and the
Grand Army memorial service YVES read by the Rev.
Dr. j. H. Cunning, and the Sangerbund sang, The
service closed with the firing OF three volevs by the
18th Regiment and the band playing Aud Lang
Syne."
The funeral of the late Coroner Parker took place
in ST. Paurs Protestant Episcopal Church at Penn
ST. and Marcy-avc. large number OF city officials
and other prominent persons attended the services
The following ORGANIZATIONS were present: Pro-
rressiye Lodge No. 354, L. and A. NJ; Progressive
Ghapter No. l9S. X. A. NJ; De Witt Clinton Com
mandery No. q, X. r.; Crusaders Lodge. No 81,
J. o. o. F.; Mount Pisgah Encampment, No.
90 l. o. o. f.; Dewitt Clinton Lodge
No. 2.O22. X. of H.; the Empire Eek Si
ford, Union and OceaDus clubs. The
service was read by the ReyD Newland Maynard
who made a brief address. The Templar service
was then read by the Rev. c. l.. Twing, chaplain OF
Clinton Commandery, Knights Tempar and the
:ghts stood with d avn swords crossed over the
coffin. The burial was in Greenwood.