The daily gazette., 1875-11-16
.flk>l EDl1lON
PROCEEDINGS or COURT,
|.ewcASTLt COUNTY COURTS.
rho Chadwick Trial.

anpIs's cHARGE-oPfNiNd OF THE
GIN rrcx rRrAL-rHE EVIDENCE FOR
-rr STATE ALL IN.
New CASTLE, Nov. IL, 1875.
r,o Court of Oyer and Terminer and
,.,noral ,nr Sessions for New Castle
GENERA stn opened at 1890 o'clock this
-OaniH lni1g Judges Gilpin, Houston and
Wales lGi on the bench.
Thc rl, commission Of John Z. Spring
~ ~ clerk of the Peace was read, after
,;oh ~ the Grand Jury composed of
Wv Nn'| same gentlemen who constituted
Us ~, hody last term, were called and
"a. a1a.;yed the following briet charge:
ITsvTLEMEN OF THE GRAND jury
~ u ,ook occasion at the Spring term
,'liyer to you charge in regard to
.oses In violation to the laws of
!, % state, which you all of course will
" mided by the present term. And
v we have to say further is, that
" .hot w wc said last term about the in
snas .aaso of crime, has been verified by
.to ,e'c cases TO be laid before. This pres
y, ~, form is without parallel in this
.onntry. Some seven cases of a capi-
..I CI natnre are to be disposed Of.
The he Grand Jury then returned to
D1 rho ease of William II. Chadwick.
,,arred with the murder of his wife,
Matilda Chadwick, was called and
s0tsndant arraigned at 1916. The in
;ictment was in two counts, to which
,be defendant pleaded mot guilty"
~ 4 iury of the following gentlemen
VAS then impanelled:
francis VanDyke, Foreman, Phillip
f. pupkett, William Banks, William
/ thomas Dyott, Richard G. Alexander,
Tbos Deacon, Jr., Levi Moore, Sam
,el Sbarpless, John Viele, John w.
Reed, Isaac Webster.
Ml215 p, M, the Jury being filled,
me Clerk read the indictment, and
Attorney General opened the case.
Mr. Pennington opened by saying
that The duty which they were called
mon to discharge, was one seldom
falling to the lot of man. Here was q
case Of murder between husband and
wife, where the relatious ought to be
/ Of the most sacred character. He then
lefned murder from the books, show.
Dc the distinction between malice
express and implied, saying that from
3 be evidence the State expected tC
Nove the verdict would be one of mur.
Ter in the first or second degree. That
sct as ! am reminded are briefly
hese; About April Goth, of this year
le prisoner, William II. Chadwick
Tho was then engaged in business il
Wilmington, had occasion to go away
Om home. He was absent all day
md returned about eleven or twelve
clock that night in state Of intoXi
alton.
During that day the wife was en-
aged in house cleaning Upon hi
arrival at home the wife chided HIM
sying something to the effect that hi
vas away spending money, whilst sh,
VS. working hard at home to save.-
lis but just to say that the wife haC
passion for strong drink and that day
lst sent her son out to purchase liquo'
iNd in retaliation the prisoner charged
Nr also with being under the influence
oi strong drink. A quarrel ensued, -
The prisoner struck and choked hi
wife, beating her until che got out o
he house on porch at the rear of tn,
house, where there are steps, and nea
these the psisoner struck her saying
Take that damn you" A cry wa
heard to emanate from her upon tn
ground. The result of this alteration
was cut upon the head. A physi
elan, DI. Fields, was called in, win
rendered assistance and prescribed fo
ntr. She fingered until the fifth da,
Of May, when she died from the resul
OF the wound produced by the prison
eF, This is the statement OF fact
which the State expects to produce
and We will ask upon these a verdic
guilty" if such be warranted.
iheState then commenced the eX
aMlnaliOnOf witnesses.
Daniel Farra, was first called t
'eS,liy astO plot OF the pre- misses.
nannah A. Chadwick, sworn-I an
'le daughter of the prisoner; wa
wing at home on April Goth; fathe
vas IN Philadelphia and came hom
-sout II OF 12 o'clock that nigh
'lsh he came home my mother wa
~. ~ NV sitting room; my sister was i
Iea on the End story. He had bee
ullaSlng as | could tell by his looks
nOtner was disengaged when he cam
~ ne said it was shame Mr.. Gree
lung INTO that house on the corne
Nc sat down and looked at my motht
auu . sad to her "you have been drinl
~ she replied, ''If you say tn,
yam will raise the neighborhood
Mia It again and she got up an
,6o sus into the entry; when she got
tIe uoor she fell; she then went to re,
auOl and putting both hands on it 81
u famed murder" my father calle
s.a nel 70 come back she left there an
.a s,a1 70 the door on Fourth stree
uel followed her, and went out I'M
% sTeet, when he met Mr.. GreG
!. Nv sald something to him; he sa
away and tend to your ov
bsIs s Green then struck father ar
No, wen s. put Green upon the groul
bs'smItiiklng him; observed mother
n"..i sa bleeding that night and also ne
and dung, hn She told me to get Pap
ESione Nc came and put court plaster o
bs sa tan stopped the bleeding; she di,
nish. h,.,lioowlng Tuesday week. Frid,
ins Pa a.aiu si.er the assault she got to drin