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The Daily Dispatch: March 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], Judge Lyons's Court. (search)
Judge Lyons's Court. --Julius C. Waltzman, indicted for stealing two cows from James M. Carter, was tried and a verdict brought in of guilty. His term was fixed at one year in the penitentiary. The case of Joseph John McCarthy, indicted for the murder of his wife, which had been set for hearing on yesterday, was necessarily postponed until this morning, owing to the absence of material witnesses. The Court then took up the case of Frances Kelley, indicated for robbing the store of Pollard & Walker. The accused being set to the bar and arraigned was convicted by the jury and assessed with one year's confinement in the penitentiary. After bringing in their verdict, the jury were instructed by the Judge that they could fix the term of imprisonment at twelve months or less in the city jail, whereupon they reconsidered their verdict and fixed the term of confinement at thirty days in jail. In defence of Frances Kelley, the accused, Mr. George D. Wootton appeared as asso