Middletown transcript., 1872-12-07
Local and State Affairs.
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Preessdsngs sr cssrs.
In the case Of Williams W. Clssver, the jury
rendered verdict in favor of the plaintiff for
Ii the cas- Of Rinswnls 70. harris, sssumpsit
for goods fhrnished To son Of defendant. Yer
dict for plalsti6 for 1851 .ns. Nsris and Gordon
for plaintiff. r. r. Bayard fof defendant.
Vim. Taylor ". W. II. Sfessstt, assummtt on
ssndsns. % verdict W isr % piaInsis iSs sissss. psr-
Ing the trial Of this csusc the Grand Jury came
into the Court Room. and, after receiving the
| usual thanks and compliments Of Ills lioaor
| made their report as below and were discharged.
REronr OF riIr GRAND Jrar.
| ITO the Honorable the Judges OF the Superior
Court, the Court Of Oyer and Termiuer, and
the Court of General SESSIONS Of the Peace
and Jail Delivery.
| The Grand Inquest Of tho State of Delaware
and body Of New Castle County, November Term
is7?-Report having had before them, aud pass
ed upon five hundred aud ninsty-two bills and
prcscn,men,s, finding ave hundred and ten [5io]
| true bills, and ignoring cighiy-two ls2.
We regret 10 sec so large an increase Of crime
since tho Nav term. and find a very large por-
ton OF said bills TO originate from violation of
| the Liccnse Laws. The sale of Intoxicating liq-
uors in an illegal manner Is in great measure
| the of this fearful increase In crime, and
especially is the violation of hotel license u grow
| lug evil. As has been the custom the Grand
| Inquest visited the Jail and inspected the various
apartments thereof, finding the same in very
crcd'abc condition, and the inmates generally
| well cared for regret to find II necessary to
have so many together In ihc l.acrcnt cells In
| the working dcparimcr. wc see improvement
and If prac,ica.,c would recommend the intro
| duc'ic. Of other branches OF trade which wand
contribute TO the Improvement of the prisoners
in health and morals, and also add small rev.
| cnuc TO the usc Of the county.
The Committee appointed n, the May term To
visi, the almshouse report finding the same in
| a very satisfactory condition in all Its depart
ments, and the wants OF the inmates carefully
provided for both in the sane aud insane de-
par'mcnis
| All of which Is respectfully submitted
/ tSgnedl JAS. e. Aisis, Foreman
The criminal list not having been finished last
week, was resumed on Friday, and Perry Harris
| (negroi was convicted Of having made an assault,
on u boy named owen Palmer, Jr.
! Lewis Stein, Frederick iicck and Geo How.
! ard, Germans nrraigncd on the charge of
having broken into the shop Of John Malone
I with intent 10 commit larceny, but the Jury
could not agree ON verdict aud were disrhnrg-
cd. and they ware rcmanaed for another trial
James Admins of Newark Bank conspiracy
/ fame was then brought in and sentenced 10 pay
/ : 600 fine, and costs and be imprisoned four
ycnrs. The Cour, remarked 'ha, II had large
discretionary power allowed them in cases fall
/ ing under this head of our Law, aud that on nc-
corn' of the advanced age II being ~ they had
RENTED the sentence OF 'i'illory' and ihn, ihey
] somewhat, regretted that some OF the others en-
/ gagged in the conspiracy had no, also been
| convicted for they richly deserved H. The
! prisauer Immediately rrmanicd to custody
| On saturday morning, Bill Dennis the negro
convic,ed lot ,at crime of rape was brought In
and hcing asked the usual questions II he had
nrgb, to say why sen,yu.c Of teath should NO,
be passed upor him and rcpi, Yin. he had nU,,.
Jag TO say. the court thea sentenced him ns fol-
| lows .-Tha: he be kept III the cusiody Of the
| Sheriff till Friday the 2ilh ,tay of JnnnAry next
On which day between the hours of 10 4. :. aad
| I p. NJ he he taken 10 some private plrac within
the precinct. Of the ptisoh walls and there he
| hanged by the neck anti, he be dead. ending
with the solemn adjura,ion May God Almighty
/ have mercy on your soul.
The three Germans about whose guilt the
| jury could not agree on Friday were tried again
on Saturday. and convicted. The Court san
tcncod them TO pay 80 cents each aud costs OF
prosecution, 10 whipped Will 20 lashes each.
stand in the pilpry an hour and lie iniirisouel
Two years. Ills Honor prefacvd this sentence
With the remark that il singular that sirang-
srs should come 10 Delaware IL commit crime
where the punishment sure aud severe
The trial ofJos. pcrias tucerol was continued
until next week. because VI the absence Of wii-
nesse-, The coaf, Of oyer and Tcrmincr was
/ then al juuftea sps dc.
The remainder of the day was occupied with
arguments OF counsel, &c before the Court
On Monday the ease of State Ins perias
| (ncgrol indicted for stealing grey gcliing from
Samuel Cunningham, Of ST. Georges Hundred
| Verdict guilty. Sentence S325, hne and rcsti-
tuition, 20 lashcs and Imprisoned Tor one year
James Siroop vs.. Wm. Lore action for labor
performed for defi on his farm in Virginia by
1 plaintiff. Verdict TOR plaintiff for SiG 90. hile-
| ley tDrn l.pFe far itf,
Several other small; unniercstiug cases ww-
/ tried and settled in none Of which ar ecry in-
| porian, questions OF law wcrr .asolvcl.
| Tuesday was spee. in hearing the evidence
ahd nr.a,nclfi Of counsel in the cases Of y
! G.ren and wife rs. Adam 6rabb, action for
damages sustained by rlaa,ifis by fa,lin. into n
ditch leii uncovered by defendant, aud Of John
| Mines rs. RICHARD johnson, aciiun to recover
| wages for service rendered defendant. In the
| former case the plaintiffs were non-sniird. and
in the latter a verdict was given for plaintiff.
On Wednesday several cases we're disposed of
without trial. The only one of agy inpct.aper
was that Of Smith VS. Stroud. This was Tile
case Ct the Postal clerks, who exchanged aItnn-
lions, aud were discharged by tie government.
/ The plaintih was nen-suied tho ground that
the contract Was agains, public policy There
being no further business the General Jury were
discharged from a,,cndaaea d, tits term Of court.
A sestons Arctdsnt.
We regre, extremely 10 state that Frank r.
Paseaul,, Esq met with very serious accident
| on Saturday morning which ucar icrmi.
Mating his life. Last week he removed from
| town 10 his new mansion just erected at Muher-
| ry llill. TN Saturday morning scryan, called
! TO him thai there a rabbit In the orchard
| Mr.. Pascau, sna,ehed up his gun and started
| altar The rabbit. In getting through tho fence
| the hammer OF tho lock struck fence rail, and
exploded the gun, the load passing through his
,hromi, cutting the flesh or the windpipo, then
| through the under part Of tho cf, jaw bone, and
coming out through the cheek above the teeth,
fraciuring the jaw bone and making most hor-
rible wound. Doctors Anderson and Goldsbor-
ongh were immediately summoned and dressed
the wound. The anxiety OF his many friends in
town was relieved in the afternoon by the as
suranee given by DIR. Anderson, that tho wound
was dangerous but no. mortal. Yesterday he
was doing we'll, and wo arc glad TO annousee
that he Is now expected to rerpscr.-- Esion
| Journal.
| Sunday School Meeting.