Middletown transcript., 1874-11-21
Court Proceedings.

4 Court Proceedings.
NEW CASTLE. Nov. I6.
The Courts of Oyer and Termine
aid General Sessions of the Peace an,
t Jail Delivery opened this morning. a
1890 A. NJ !, Judges Wootten, Hous
ton. and Wales on the bench, the form
+ er presiding. the Chief Justice beiu,
absent on account of sickness.
The commission of John B. Pen
nington, as Attorney General, wal
read The Grand Jury list was callec
and they retired to their room =
The commission of WIN n. Lambsor
, as Sh riff was read Thesroll Of jus
'iccs Of ,ls Peace was called and ,h'
usual baliffs were appSinfsds* TIL.
Genttal Jury fi>f was then called. and
some unimpo taut cases continued from
iast C"urf =. twss retired bysle Attoru
'eferaf sas me y nal
A great portin Of The morniS gSw 4,
occupied si,h The taxing IT fhe affilav II
4 g sa3Ylicanls. for liquor license.
I. Arl235 .hs Grand Jury returned
'rde bifls against George Gilbert, me-
gro. for the larceny of a mare frou.
Wm. Ro,houss. August LIST, 1874. aud
James Walters. indicted for an assault,
| and battery. GilbcrnEwss sfraigued
and pleadedss-not fguiity,s awhen5 his
ease vas continued until he could have
witnesses summoneda Walters pleaded
mot guilty y Irne bills were also
found in the case Of Daniel Goodea;
Sr.. larceny Of turkeys from Jerenliab
Springer, and Clayton, Earle, Sr,, and
Clayton Earle sJrs. for the, larceny OF
earn, from Samuel Carlisle, of CHRISTI
ana Hd. 90 Mga ea SO nni5t
n At l2:4O prm. the sConrt took rec
cess until s.. p m., at which houry.hs
Grand JUICY was called and retired.
The Court took up the case of the State
VS.. James Walters, assault and bat
terry. The Jury was empanelled and
testimony was ELECTED showing that in
September last Walters committed On
.unprovoked. ASSAULT, and. battery on Geo.
Erwin. "a bis "owtl cas.ls," by. knock-
ing hin down and Kicking lin: Erwin
Is q barre on Church street. Jury,
after being absent a few moments re-
turned q verdict Of guilty" Sentence
pay fine of $40 90. costs of prose-
cution and one months Imprisonment.
State vs George Gilbert was next
called. The witnesses sent for in the
morning could not be found, and the
State witnesses having ubsented them
selves, attachments were issued for
them. t...s n
At 4-5O, the Grand Jury returned
true bills against John Blake. for bur
glary, Benton L. sHauser, for stealing
a horse aud wagon, Henry H. Wilson.
negro. for stealing Samuel Townsend
cochin china r"oster. and his Brahma
hen All pleaded "soosgpilysY
State Is H.nryr H. Wilson. The
Jury was snpsnnsl1sd;- After hearing
testimony from Mtssrs. Samuel ami
John Tuwns,ua., to The effect thai th.
defendant was caught with one Of MIR
Towhsvud,s chickens in his possessiun,1
The jury retired and sftsr few minyt
ab.elise fstntia,d = ytfdict If sssdiiG,"
Sen ence-pay s. 81 restitution money,
costs Of prosecutioD.lon saturday next
y receive 15 lasbes. six months impris-
,nment anu six months 10 wear aeon
lets jacket .s : IT, " as'srfasls
Court adjourned at 5.45 P Mass8ls1 |
TUESDAY State Us George Gilbert,
neg } Indicted for horse stealing -
accused lived with Vim Rothouse In
August last be had political quarrel )
With Mr.. R. aud was discharged 10
'e even "wid de white man the "col-
red citizen" stole mare from his em. :
'loyer and traded her off to Morris Z
Neldie for another which he sold to
mother man. The jury found him !
,uilty and the Court sentenced him to
'ay $3.50 restitution money and costs.
tand 10 pillory one hour. receive 20
ashes and repent in Jail 2 years. Thus ,
political freedom was great blessing
o that darkey.
The next case was State Us. Daniel .
3ooden (neg } indicted for the larceny ,
# 6 turkeys from Jeremiah Springer Of i
Hid. The evidence proved
hat both parties raised turkeys Ii
October, Springer missed six of his .
turkeys, and claimed that they we're
'moug GoOden's. He thereupon took /
tx from the latter's flock. but the col
red had no notion Of having his prop !
rty thus appropriated and opened MIR
IS coop and let the turkeys retu.n to ,
lis fold. He was then arrested, By or
Ter of his neighbor, for stealing the :
turkeys The jury, however, did not ).
hiuk there wa any theft aud rendered :
verdict Of mot guilty" and let Dam .
el 60 home.
True bills were found by the Grand :
Jury against Aaron K. Woodward aud !,
Tosenh n Tavlor for ,purdor IN ,ba