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COURT OF SESSIONS.The following extraordinary circumstances. transpired in the Court of Sessions yesterday (7th.) We quote from the reports of the Times,, and the Cornier and iEnquir-'William D. Gray, a remarkably good looking young man,*, very dark eyes, rather small and slender in make, .but elegant and geuteel in appearance, dressed in a neat blnck suit, and the celebrated companion of Richard P. Robinson, was charged on three indictments, with stealing articles from different persons, coat, trowsers, vest, hat, C.The prisoner smiled when the third indictment was read, apparently at the. ideaof their coming so thick upon him. He was standing by the side of a black man, on one of the benches, who was also charged with stealing clothing. One of the indictments was for grand larceny, and the other two for petit larceny.On being asked if he was ready for trial,he answered, nt, He hud no witnesses andno counsel, nor had he had any opportunity of getting any. : He had been kept atTJelle-vuVin a dungeon, in the dark, separate from the other prisoners ; had no opportunity of conversing with any one or procuring counsel: If the court will allow him a light room, and pen, ink, and paper, he will endeavor to procure counsel, and be ready for trial next week.This Gray is the individual whose cloak it was said Richard P. Robinson had on,on the night of the murder, and which was foundin the yard, in the rear of Thomas street. In regard to his complaint of having been kept in the dungeon, the Recorder stated that the management of the prisoner belonged tothe keeper, and was only the jurisdiction ofthe judges. It was necessary, at times, to keep prisoners secluded, as somo of them had many persons calling to see them, and made an improper use of privileges. But in the present instance there was still another, an important, and the most revolting reason why the rigors of the prison were enforced upon hitn. It appears, that while Robinson was in prison at Bellevue, Gray was also there, and they contrived during that time to keep up a correspondence by letter with each other. After Gray’s arrest a letter,- written by Robinson to him, whilstboth of them were in prison, was found upon him, in which Robinson states that he, himself would be tried on such a day, acquitted on such a day, and that if he, Gray,wanted to get clear of his wife, and to get married again, that he would be able, when he got out, to get adivorce from his wife, as he, Robinson, after his acquittal, would go and seduce her, and be an evidence for him to prove the criminal conversation ; adding .that ft was not the first time he obliged a Iriend in that way. This letter was written only a few days before Robinson was tried for his life. The Court decided the prisoner (Gray) should have till Monday thJXt, till 11 o’clock, and the counsel ho might en-iriiire should have access lo him, and a proper room be allowed them.Monday July 11.William I- Grey was placed at - the bar, charged with grand larceny in stealing on the 25th Juno last, from the room ol Mr. Brown, residing at No. 112 Broadway, a coat valued at $32, and a cloth cap worth ^dollars. . rMt. Brown stated that on the evening of ihat clay, on rearing to bed, the coal and the cap, tvhtch tie had hung up m hts room, and which were there in the morning, had been s,0 Ln. The coat was entirely new, was of a claret color, made in London to order,and Xne cap was purchasedhTlJroadwm-*. Two iiays nfter tho articles wefe stoleaf ho found tho coal al lUh police office, and the cap la the possesstot. of thothis shop in Chatham st. forThe reason he did not advance$12.,arger sum was that a coal, let it be ever sogqod, if suftered to lie over and sold at auction, .will rarely self for more than 12 dollars. • ■ -•••-. f9.;iGrey was defended by counsellor Thotnp-son, who stated afthc close of the lestim-ony dim the pristine! wished to address the jury at large,'.to, which the court yielded , their assent. He then drew from his pocket a written . document which occupied half an hour in reading,, in' which he detailed many circumstances which he alleged to have taken place immediately preceeding the.pjedging of the goods, which if corroborated would have exculpated him from the charge of theft. He was unfortunate however, in the locatitjh of time at which he said he came in possession of the coat, which was 5 hours,after it camo into the hands of the pawnbroker. He stated that he was d native of Pittsburg, . Pennsylvania, was 20 years of age, brought with him about 2 years since, letters of hih character to many respectable houses in this city, and had been.employed in several .as book-keeper. lie had lately, he acknowledged, fallen into bad habits, and- attributed his fallen condition to the influence of example among his associates. He admitted his connexion with Richard P. Robinson, and stated that it arose from the fact of .their having been .fellow boarders for IS months in Maiden lime. He denied tliathe.hadany agency in the proposition made to. him by Robinson, relating to a stratagem already illuded to in the papers, but said that Robinson visited him in prison on the morning after his acquittal, and promised to render him all the assistance in his power, Hestated that he was intoxicated when he was found in the rooms of (he YYashington lintel, whcro ho had committed some petty larcenies, and threw himself on the mercy of the jury.The recorder charged the jury that it was a well established principle of law, that a person having in liis possession stolen properly, was bound to state on trial the manner, in which he became possessed of it, otherwise justice could never on such occasions be administered. -The Jury, without leaving their seats, rendered a verdict of guilty. The District Attorney then stated that he should not pro^ ceed to the trial of 2 indictments against the prisoner for petit larcenies. The Recorder said it would be better for them to lie. over, butno noil/; prosequi entered. After the expiration of the sentence, which he would hereafter receive, it was necessary that they should be held in Imwem over him, that the city may never again be infested with his presence. , , -The Recorder also added that by his course of conduct he lind broken the heartof his father, who was a highly respectable citizen of Ohio, and that two such charnc-.ters a« the prisoner and Robinspn, ought not to bo permitted to be at large.New-Orleans, June 24 Capl. Foster, of ship Choctaw, which has been aground on the bar for some time past,arrived yesterday from the S, W, Pass in the tow-boat Pacific, having engaged for that purpose—the Choctaw having experiencedsevere weather causecfher to spring several leaks ; the hands were kept at the pumps night day until Wednesday,being worn out by fatigue and the water coming in fast as pumped out. When Capt. F. left, the water was 9 ft. in the hold. The Choctaw had 500 hhds. of tobacco, which will be considerably injured if no*, entirely lost—-the other part of her cargo consisting principally of cottoii will probably be saved. Capt. F. has come for assistance and advice from his consignees here.A tow-boat from the Balize, 22d ult. atnoon, brings information that ship Gloucester, Crocker, hence, for Cowes and 11 market, with a cargo of 432 hhds. tobacco, 50 bales of cotton, and 3,365 staves, and also, Br. barque Jane, Hill, hence for Liverpool, with a cargo of 140 hhds. tobacco, and 499 bundles salted hides, are both on the most dangerous part of the S. W. bar; the former having 2 feet water in her hold, with the pumps in operation, and the latter lost her false keel. The wind blowing fresh into the mouth of the Pass, and the bar being extremely hard, these vessels are in a precarious situation, there being only 12 feet water. Towboals Pacific and Feliciana hitve gone to theif assistance.From the Gennesse (Liv. co.) Democrat, July 5, Hail storm.—This village was visited onSaturday last by the most tremendous hail storm that we ever witnessed. At 11 few. minutes past three o’clock, with but very little “note of prepatalion,” it burst upm, Us, and for.the space of twenty minutes, hail stones (many of them measuring five inches in circumference,) fell thick and fast, accompanied by tremenduous peals of thunder,lightning and rain.- Thu storm camo from the south-east, and moved off to the north west,covering a strip of land from ^ a^mile 10a mile in width. The damage done to crops be very great. We have seen several fields of wheat that are entirely destroyed. Gardens and fruit trees have suffered severely. Every window exposed to the storm was entirely demolished. Over 300 panes of glass were broken in the High School building, and about 250 in the Presbyterianchurch. We have not learned how far the storm proceeded south-east and north-west, and consequently can form no estimate of the amount of damages done. Several hours after the storm, the hail was lying an inch or two deep on the south side of the buildings and fences.Hailstorm in Chenango county.—TheChenango Telegraph of the 6th inst states that a shower of rain and hail passed over tho village of Oxford on Saturday nfternoo
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