Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Herald Of The Times
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
In a court session starting shortly after 11 o'clock, the Recorder suspends a prisoner's trial for fraud to extradite him to Westchester County for Mr. Pierson's alleged murder, overruling counsel's objection. The prisoner, described as resembling a brigand, is taken into custody.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
eyes, and a countenance strongly indicative
of low cunning. His beard, which was origi-
nally brown, is now a good deal silvered with
grey hairs, and is so enormously large that it
gives him a most hideous appearance. Alto-
gether the man looks more like a Spanish or
Italian Brigand, dressed in one of their fanci-
ful costumes, than any thing else.
A little after eleven o'clock, the Recorder
and Aldermen took their seats on the bench,
and in a few minutes after, the Recorder an-
nounced that the Court, after the most serious
deliberation, had determined to suspend the
prisoner's trial for the offence of obtaining
money under false pretences, and deliver him
up to the authorities in Westchester County,
to be tried for the alleged murder of Mr. Pier-
son. The prisoner's counsel made a long and
earnest appeal to the Court to have him tried
here for the lesser offence, prior to his being
sent to Westchester, but the Court overruled
the application, and the prisoner was remov-
ed in custody of an officer.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Domestic News Details
Event Date
A Little After Eleven O'clock
Key Persons
Outcome
court suspends trial for obtaining money under false pretences and orders prisoner delivered to westchester county authorities for trial on alleged murder; counsel's appeal overruled; prisoner removed in custody.
Event Details
The Recorder and Aldermen seat themselves on the bench. The Recorder announces the court's decision to suspend the prisoner's trial for obtaining money under false pretences and to deliver him to Westchester County for trial on the alleged murder of Mr. Pierson. The prisoner's counsel appeals to try the lesser offence first but is overruled.