Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-14
New Castle County Court
Licenses Granted Yesterday.
THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS-THE Ii
QUOR SlNESS-DISPOSAL OF AP-
PLICATlONS FOR LICENSE IN
DICTMENTS FOR SELLING
WITHOUT LICENSE.
The temperance People Making a
Vigorous Fight.
Reported for the Duly Gazette }

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New CASTLE, May II, 1874.
Court opened this morning at 1880 A. NJ,
with Judges Gllpin, Houston and Woolen On the
Bench
The Grand Jury was called and retired to then
room.
The Cont then proceeded v ith the license aI-
plcationa aud until 2;30 =. NJ. the din OF conten-
lion between opposing counsel, each strenuously
urging their clients claims to the consideration
Of the Cont, when the Court adjourned for din
ner and the smoke oi battle had cleared away 1t
was found that John Dunn, George Wilhellni, j.
>. Heal, Fred Maer, Samuel Moore, John Nc
Claitsrty, John r. Hartman, b. e G.. Shoemaker,
| ID McCuihn, Alex SaVilie, John Mcbride, Do
ahoe ~ Robinson, John I. Ford, L. WahlschmidSs,
| James Pierson, Henry Mellon, George Robinson,
Logan House, VIM. Todd, Theodore Schmidt,
| Conrad Keller James Brown, Patrick O'Donnell,
Everhard Freye. Black Horse Hotel, had come
out safe through the ordeal.
| The Grand Jury found a number OF true bills ;
one against Benz. Richardson, Mary +. Richard
SOU and Joseph Gould for the robbery Cf Patrick
lOTool. Mary +, Richardson, col, was arraign-
| ed and plead mot guilty.
For selling liquor without license true bills
were found as follows
| John Joyce, cases; Peter Bradley, case !;
Wm wagner, Cases; John Schmuek, cases /;
John Man. cases; Joseph McLain, cases
Margaret Young, cases Frederic W. He'll, /
case; Pat. Gardner, ! case.
The approval OF tue Count of the application of
Mary McCann was reconsdered and refused
Court adjourned at 23o until L. M.
Afternoon eession-lhe Court met at little
later than the usual hour aud after sending ont
the Grand Jury went on with the liquor licenses
work Went along very smoOthiy for awhile.
/ Owen Medallion, Chriatana Hundred Bertha
, Bracken, Mill Greek; William Keece, Mill Creek
Sarah Sheier New Castle; Daniel Cowcil, Dela
ware City; Bruj. &. Pierce, Illres Corner Jos
= eph ANAL, New Castle; John McCallau, New
Castle; Godfrey llulkenstein, Iron Hill; John
dilncr, schutzen PARK; Michael Mull'gau, toI
3 store, Delaware city. and Casper Baker, New
[ Castle, were approved. James G.. Tow nseud, q
= APPOINTMENTS Hundred, came up next. Here
e lively fight began. The Temperance men hande,
d out a petition from the wives aud children o
some OF Mr.. 1ownSend's CUSTOMERS They alsl
charged that MIR. Slm. townsend IN order to gs
competent si9 ners, had decided ununportant plot
ot land to some ot his relatives Tor no valid con
| ls.deration, aud they also alleged that one OF tn
Islguers was an alien. MIR. Samuel Townsend wa
l. called upon TO explain. He did SO. For tftee
minutes Samuel held the floor aud answered t
"a the satisfaction of the Court all questions an
+ expressed himself highly indignant, that althoug
he had deed in his pocket granting a lot fo
" church purposes, UT the very minister had th
" auiacliN 10 read the reinUustTsuce against tn
hotel Roars OF laughter After hearing on
Is u TWO more Witnesses James Z. Townscnu's al
l. plication to keep all Inn or tavern at IownseA
was approved.
The following completed the list OF those oil
l proved
George Recket, New Castle; John c. Laver
Colrmbus lnn; John f. Lewis, Newark; WI
i Ii. Ford, kirkword; Charles Chandler, Wimin
, ton; VIM. Dallard, Wilmington. This finish
| the list.
There are some Applications peudin., the Jeci
u ion ot the CouIt yet. l he above list is as near
! correct as possible under the circumstances.
oil The following indictments Were found this
3 ternuou ior seilGg liquor without license
81 Eugene Whitlock, 5 cases; Margaret oung
cases Sarah MaItiu, ) cases; john Whitlock
eases.
/ CouIt adluurucd until to-moIrow morning
= 10 O'Clock II {. T.