Middletown transcript., 1872-11-23
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The November term Of the Court II Oyer and |
TeSminer for this couaty met at New Castle on
Monday the 5th inst. Chief Justice GiIpin ana
Bssci,. James q. Aiken was appointed foreman
The negro Dsnah charged With sommasiinE
an estrrRs On ~ uary Thehpea, VS. -
rsisnsa and pisa1 sspa guilty = Bslss withsss
couasel, ~ coses adoIgnsd SShn u. Rsdnsy,
Fac 10 defend hia.
4. LewisArmssrns, shestG eIrs,, sn,srsd upsa
the driirr Of his ofkcs.
lis fieuor Judge Gilpin made qnitc an inno-
walton On the old custom rf allowing the Sheriu
to select his own haiIiHs. lie refused TO remove
the yvrssps nppoissees, ews psvfrvved " isssss-
rats tho Civil Service Re:erm BY retaining
ssssssl of The old cacrrs, This raased edrisadlrs@
able disapyOiuimen, to nany aspirants.
Onc 5Fths Mss acts ~ NE new SbesH vas 70
announce his iptepsics 10 enforce tile prison
4 discipliue established by sIr ecsawirsiwrers.
| lie, therefore, locked nIl The priscse.s within
their cells, on the ground ihai they had abused
the privilege heretofore accorded 'iss,n ~ ,ne
| freedom Of the yard. and communication with
each other, having INDUCED 10 some free ngn"
| kc.
! The time Of the court was taken up on Mv3day
and Tuesday with indictments for selling liquor
without license on Sunday &c. and with several
cases OF petty larceny that ought TO be settled
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| John Caldwell not having the icar OF the laws
and the cat before his eyes borrowed horse
| from I'm. Thompson Of Wilmington, withou,
| the consent Of the owner. His Honor gave him
permission TO pay Mr. Thompson S2?5, the State
$500, and the costs Of the prosecution. Sit
| quietly in the collar for an hour, and prove
| the truth of the Wise man assei ton that the
whip IA for the the back Of the FOOL liis
Honor also kindly volunteered TO give him his
board for the next three years, AT the expense Of
the county. J. N. Williamson for State, White
| ley for defence.
State VS.. James Adams (negro) indicted for
| assault and battery with intent To Kill. This
dark" amused himself on the 10Th OF Oct. by
cutting Joe. Curtis (negrol wiiha razor, the IA
voritc weapon OF thsir class. Verdict, guilty OF
an assault. Chief Justice Glpn said tha, ne
| groes we're too much given to carving razors,
aud thu, the habit must he broken up. He
therefore gave Adams months in jail and sem
fenced him 10 pay 500 hue and costs. William
sou for State.
State W. ileury S,aifcli, tncgro) indicted for
stealing horse from w. 7. Biggs, near Summit
Bridge. Verdict guilty. Sentence the same ms
that given To Caldwell. " illiamson for Stale.
! In the afternoon the court became tired of pet
| IS trials Tor assault and battery. larccny &c.
and adjourned until Wednesday morning.
! TN Wednesday the court had to waste some
more ot its valuable time aud the county be nj
more expense, in trying some petty eases, such
selling liquor On SUNDAY, and negroes stealing
Sc which any j. T. might have hai them whip.
pcd tor il the law read tia, way. Three negroes
namea Prr,iyfop, Coey, John Robinson and
Charles Williams were arfaiened on three several
indictments. The fret tor br,7,kiug into the
house OF Wm. Appl.hy. the second tor breaking
into t'c house OF Mrs. VI. ". Reynolds, and
| the third tor highway robbery On the person VI
Solomon Tatc, on the l7ih OF September.
| They were all convic,ed on every charge, aud
each Of the scoundrcls was sentenced to l.,y
S,s5 ,o stand IN iAc pillory one hour, be whip
| ped with ca l. shes and Ice imprisoned years;
being the total of punshmens Of each in all the
cases.
Odessa Items.
The Epizpoiy prevails generally in onr town
| and surrounding country thcrc only very
irs horses that have escaped II causes gicAt
Inconvenience and noyanre TO those of our cit
ixens whose presence Is required nj New Castle
hu,in: ihc sitting OF the tourts The horses bt-
ing all - hors lie Iahrnr, iisilc squads .i travel
! lers may lie scvr day after iay vending ihrr
way {" the Nidilciown drpai in the good old
var ~ primrral inns. ~ late 3" Fuot aud
Walkers line Is extensively p,ironizcl.
Iii borse. being sick our -nrrE-iic Nail ear
ricr Mr. Jatnrs Parker, Determined that his en-
gage. ,e.is with Incic samuel shah he isiiillc
walks . tni from Nlail-,n~n ,virr eash day
maxim, the fcgula. trips with ilr mails.
H. C. eaimorV, Esl. started tro,n home 10 80
10 Middle own Wednesday, Int whcn hr
reached Ud. ssa his horse manifested sn'h strong
symptoms Of he prevailing nala,iy illii he would
drive him no triher. and performed the fruain-
der OF the our ey On foot Ills horse Is nas in
a stable in uIess 100 sick 10 lie taken home.
Dur milk man, ir. Simper-, has los, his horse
BY cpizoott. aud hs hitherto 40 welcome trips
ARE discontinued, INT. h To the regret ef many Of
good people aud, doubtless, Of yours also.
Bill Croit, vino for c. 1Guri eSirrmrly object
ia. liz
make himself scarce in thee regions, has taken
the aell-mean, advice and d.ca appei. II Is well
for hIni.
The hoys got up quite nov. c,irrj rise las,
night, running the stage from here 10 Middle
town and back. They claisi 10 have made
profitable trip,
4 number OF our Young men Contemplate
starting 6ice Club, To he called the = ,'rirn-
tai. We have very excrllcG, singers here
and they will no doubt do great credit to thrm-
selves.
Mr. John T. Stephens, the very able and ELI
cieni teacher of the High School OF this town,
will take charge Of the Public School on the Isl,
OF December.
Terrible railroad Accident.
The passenger train which lett philadrlphia,
Thursday night nj $780, was stopped by the
giving away of some part of the machine work
Of the engine. The train follownga at \. N.
ran into the rear of the former train, cles-
coping them and instantly killing three and
severely wounding - persons. Among the KILL
cd was Pullii, the negro preacher, well known
in this community. His remains wsrc taken
home this morning The wounded were lcf, a,
different places ON the Del. Railroad, particu-
larly nj New Castle and 81. Georges The aeci-
dent Is said to lie entirely owing TO the careless
ness Of the conductor Ia not hanging out the
red lights as signals Ia the other train. We have
moi learned the names Of the wounded.
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