Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-11-22
aoouky PROCEEDINGS.

NUW CAe3tS, Novemosr Ilss' 1913. 4
The Asss eass eallAd for trial vas thatof St!ts :,
-. william DsnAis (col..) who was indicts9 for
committing raps ON the person of Ars Mary
Tho1pspn, and On his aEraiSunlsne last Monday
plsadsd s'noe guilty" .
Aisr twsaty.sisht jurors vsre drawn. ten Of
whom vsrs sialieeesd persmptos,ly, ana q. Sn.ls
Dav;d H Calisn. b. Brsissrd Ferris, Edward L.
Clark, Gihn Talley, John Jordan. JosAua Robin
son. John G. Oogbit, William A. HushAnds. James
ncHuneo. John 8. Stsel, Ainshail ainsson and
The spsoial jurors who were not serving On the
above Jury were then discharged.
| The 1rse witness called was Mary Thompson,
Who tsst6ed In substancs that on the night OF ths
26th a NAsoh last altar abe had gone 10 bed
hsvlug II too sAildren. ono Year, old, the other
about l6 months Of age. with her in bed) she Was
aroused from doss By hearing noise outside at
the window. She got up. went to the window
cpened the shutter Of the window below and who
called "John, John" [the name Of her husband)
three timss She said to him "what do you want,
70 way from here" She then ran down stairs, he
Wa Gsttins in st the window and she ran out at
~ haek door and across the road to . house oc-
eupied by oolored people who had moved there the
DAY beiore. Dennis ran after her and struck her
s1ths hsaA with cioths prop. She screamed
- ~ tnatss Of ths houss cans 70 the window
- sasd TO the man you had bsttsr etop. you will
kin that woman. aud saw the man Uisy did not
sscognise ths partiss) strike the woman with his
Ast. Dennis BIT her on the arm in several places
|tsasing out Pisoss Of the flesh and spattng them
out scaa&ched her breast ssd diagssd her around
4 tAs conner Of the house whsn he throw her down
and yaSisAed her. He then dragged her BY the
hair. thsoagh the mud to ~ own house, and put
her q the bed, when she became unconscious.-
Arr ysgaiaing consciousnssA she saw Dennis on
q - hand and he said 70 kse .you will not have
~ hung bos tAis. will kill yot and your whols
iaaiIy" she knocked the knife frum his hand
Ijenpsd up and raA out Of the hoass to that o.
~. Joseph Le kevre near BY, Who lss her in, and
seasted in puEsuit OF Dennis
Her clothing (cousistlng Of skirt and some un
|, dse eothins) bad been torn Of her ead che CANT
: b HI. L. Fsvre's in . nude condition, save I
dirt thsuun aEoand har head.
nrs Jane Abbstt, who washed and dressed be-
: ths next noEning, said she was terribly bruise<
and bitten, was clot Of blood on her head, AMI
that in washing her head two locks Of hair cam,
out about ~ thiok asher little finger. She was to-
: stid and sore to move, and when taken ON tn
carried out OF Mr. LsFevre's house. When he
; hair ~ ooabed in the Aims HOUSE, few dsy
after her arrival their large handkerchief full
: the hair came out, which was exhibited IN Coor'
The main facts were corroborated BY the re
u Haining evidence produced by the prosecution
and b. confessions made on two occasions BY tn
!. prisonsr.
. arguments pro and con were delivered:
!, The defence endsavorsd to prove that by th
b eostzadicting statements of the prosecuting vii
meas, the pssetyavit had not been sufficiently pr
ven, and that the prisoner by his intoxicaton wa
: physically inabled from committing the Grim
n charged against him.
d After short charge from the Court. the cal
; was submitted te the jury about ~ O'Clock, VII
in fifteen minutes after leaving the box, returne
with . verdict Of "guilty." Attorney Gen. Lol
il land Dep. Attorney. Gen. Bates represented Il
n State; John H. Rodney, Esq, defended the pri
d oner.
d State Va Joseph Smith. COL, indicted for Il
l. larceny Of some carriage harness from VIM.
B. Ford. at Kirkwood the 10th of June last; tn:
and found "guity." w. Cummins, Esq, for Il
l. State.
y State vs. same, indicted for larceny on same d.
\. and at same place, of cloth coat from Alex Nc
ris COL; trisd and found "guiity." w. Cumm'n
q Esq. for the State.
At The grand and general juriss were discharge
till 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. till which tir
,e the Court adjourned