Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-15
SECOND EDITION.
a. $. Court.

CONTINUATION OF THE sMUaGLEB rBrAL--wM II.
ELLEaooD CONVICTED.
Yesterday, after Judge Bradford's deciesion
adverse to the points of law raised by the de-
fence, Mr.. Hoifecker opened OH that side, and
Witnesses were called as follows
ID. Stuigis, of Centrevlle, Mass, testified that
he sold Vim. l.. Crosby $50 lb of common brown
sugar, in April last, aud delivered it on board
the Busy Bee
VIM l. Crosby deposed that he lives at Cen
treville, Mass, and owns the Busy Bee, which
he bought to come to Lewes loaded her at Cen
treville with cider, barrel OF sugar, tea coffee,
tobacco and soap had a government license !
gave sturgs &c ID for the sugar went to Nin-
ward Haven, New Bedford. Newport, Stonington,
New London, and New York; thence through
the canal to Philadelphia was in the coast
u trip to Philadelphia in the middle OF May with
some rigging and again the latter part of May
with an anchor to the bark Chdnticiet,' reached
Philadelphia May Both, and left the Monday fol-
lowing about noon reached the Breakwater. be,
tween and next morning was with Ellegood
ut Lingo's store, and offered sugar for sale
through him it was the sugar got in Centre
ville went through to Georgetown to get
suit Of clothes the sample left at Lingo was
from the Massachusetts sugar Ellegood offered
lio other sugar for sale I sold the sugar after
wards to Mr.. Ellegood for my board; came here
10 attend this trial from the Spanish Main 1000
miles distant.
VIM, Eilegaod sWrn Live ut Iewes, on
the beach and keep the Pavillioni VIM. l.. Cros-
b, delivered sugar at my house from the Busy
BE about the 29th of May, aud it remained there
about months Burton, . or 10 days after the
2nd of June, came to my house to search for SUI
gar supposed to he smugged he searched the
house and examined all the barrels and called
his attention to my store house or grocery where
| had some sugar it was the sugar bought
from Crosby when he come back from GEORGE
town failing to sell, he insistsd should take the
sugar for his board and l did 80; bought 1t about
the 4tli of June.
Joshua Burton s,oorn j: Am night inspector
of customs and have been since Nov. 1873 ;
searched Ellegoods house juno 9th for smug-
| gled sugar in consequence OF reports l mad
| heard found but 40 or so lbs in barrel IN the
grocery also searched other places on the
| beach.
| Alton Crosby corroborated his brothers state
ment as to the trip from Centreviile to the
| Breakwater was not i'll Capt. Williams boat, on
the night of June 2nd as Lubker and Lockwood
| ewore did not see llis boat near the llaSo &c
| did not go out to the Masonic that night.
Vim. Eliegood recaAd; Williams's boat IL
| about 20 feet long and feet wide think loO0
| lbs is a heavy load l would not like to go out
| with that boat Joshua Elegood weighs over
20O lbs. Wm Ellegood about 15O lbs, and VIM.
l.. Crosby and Alton about $50 and 1870 lbs.
James s. Chatter testified that 139 hlds. as
marked on the manifest WAS technical error OF
a clerk and but 729 hhdr were loaded, one less
| t'ian should have been (130 hhds
| Here the defence closed.
| Government then called Levin H. Jenkins
| IN reply, who testified that when the Buisy Bee
| stopped at the Breakwater to get some spars
| and sails of Crosbys saw no sugar IN the boat;
was not in the boat but could see there was a
barrel in which saw some packages and pea
| nuts.
| District Attorney Higgins then summed up
for the Government, and was followed by Mr..
Harrington for the defense, i'll a speech of an
| llour He criticised the testimony of the prose-
| cntion and asserted that the defense had ac-
counted for the sugar i'll a legal and proper man
| cen The court took a recess until o clock when
the District Attorney made the closing speech,
and Judge Bradford charged the jury, who re-
tired at 8 so o'clock.
CASE OF wM. L. CROSBY TAKEN ur
The next case called was {. $. Us. Vim. j.
| Crotby, importation of goods contrary to law
| This is a twin case to the preceding. The ln-
dictment il drawn in 5 connts AZ WAS the pre-
cediug, and the offenses lad at the same place
and on the time. Messrs. harrington and Ho1
feeker are counsel for the defence.
The following jury was empannelled: Henry
l.. Hopkins. Robert g. Barker, Wm j. Lank
] jim Comfy, Wm. Bowc, Enoch NJ Stotsenburg,
Henry j. Pierce, James Huntingdon. Edwd. q
Jpifers, James NJ Bryan, Daniel Gregg, Thos
j. Davis.
Mr.. Harrington moved that the defendant bt
allowed to plead "not guilty." to the first fou
counts and that the fifth count be quashed, i
alleging all Offer to sell only, which was no
| iiidictable.
The government expressed their Satisfaction
| aud the motion was granted
The remainder Of the afternoon was consum
ed in examining Capt. Lubker, John Lockwood
Levin A. Jenkins and Capt. Williams and thei
testimony was substantially the same as tina
given OH the preceding trial and going to estab
sh the same state of facts against Crosby tina
existed against Ellegood.
Court adjourned about O'Clock until to NOR
ryw morning. ii. U. L.
coNyIC on OF ELLEdooD.
Az 10 o'clock this morning the Jury came int
Court and asked If the Defendant was bound t
account for sugar offered for sale at George
town, and the Court replying in the affirmative
n verdict of guilty of receiving and concealin
stolen goods on the 18th count, but not guilty o.
the others, was returned.
Sentence was reserved.