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Domestic News June 26, 1847

Weekly National Intelligencer

Washington, District Of Columbia

What is this article about?

In New York, Catherine Secor, a fashionably dressed woman suspected of leading a gang committing robberies in public vehicles, was arrested, tried in the Court of Sessions, and found guilty of grand larceny, facing 1-5 years in state prison. Police believe she was the principal but she disclosed nothing.

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A New York letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer says: "It will be recollected that for a number of months past a great many daring robberies have been committed in omnibuses and other public vehicles here. It was supposed that there was a regularly organized set of thieves of both sexes engaged in these depredations, and a sharp watch was set on them, the result of which was, that a woman named Catherine Secor, of genteel appearance and fashionably dressed, was arrested. She was tried yesterday in the Court of Sessions, and found guilty of grand larceny, the punishment of which is from one to five years in the State prison. Although the police are confident that this woman was the principal of a regularly organized and extensive gang, yet they have thus far been unable to induce her to disclose any thing."

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime Legal Or Court

What keywords are associated?

New York Robberies Catherine Secor Grand Larceny Thieves Gang Public Vehicles Court Of Sessions

What entities or persons were involved?

Catherine Secor

Where did it happen?

New York

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

New York

Event Date

Yesterday

Key Persons

Catherine Secor

Outcome

found guilty of grand larceny, the punishment of which is from one to five years in the state prison

Event Details

For months, daring robberies occurred in omnibuses and public vehicles in New York, suspected to be by an organized gang of thieves of both sexes. A watch led to the arrest of Catherine Secor, a genteel and fashionably dressed woman. She was tried in the Court of Sessions and found guilty. Police believe she was the principal of an extensive gang but could not get her to disclose anything.

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