The daily gazette., 1876-05-15
FIRST EDITION
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT,
NEW CASTLE, May 18th, 1875.

$3.50, costs, and on Saturday next, |
TO receive twenty lashes, six months |
in Jail, and six months after wear a |
convicrs jacket.
State VS.. Charles Harrison, larceny
of meat from Charles S. Holly in Will |
mington. The prisoner said he stole |
the meat; but said he was out of work;
had wife and two children and was
hungry. Guilty" Sentenced to pay |
Holley S1.12, costs, and on Saturday |
next to receive ten lashes, four months
in Jail, and six months after wear q |
cOnvict's jacket.
State VS.. Samuel Bash and Thomas
Davis, rebbing the house of Enoch
Spruance, at Spruance's Beach in Jan,
last. In this case the Attorney Gen
eral entered a noIte pros as to Bush,
and asked that he be brought cut on q
writ of hdJeas corpus. This was done
and Bush was placed on the stand to
convict Davis. The stsry he told was
substantially as follows:
He stated that early in the month of
January, Davis and himself stole q
sloop and went down the Bay with
the design Of robbing Spruances gro
Gerry store. Arriving there, and break
ing in, they did not find such plundcr
as suited them. Sailing up the beach,
they saw, close by the water, a large
house which Davis proposed to him,
to rob. (This was Enoch Spruance's
house.) They landed and went up to
the house, Davis raised window and
entered and Bush followed. Davis
struck light in the dining rosm.-
There they found nothing but some
books, which Davis wanted to destroy.
but Bush being of literary turn of
mind, kept them for himself They
then proceeded up stairs, and Bush
gave Davis chisel and Davis proceed
ed to pry open the drawers and lock
for money; they found none. Bush
then told Davis they might as well
take what would be of use to them
They then took the sheets from the
bed and placing them on the floor,
piled in all the valuables they could
lind, such as silk dresses, chinaware,
clsthing and ether material. This
plunder amounting to four large bags
full; they put them in the sloop and
set sail up the Bay. The next day
they landed nowhere, but the day
after they came up Spruance's sluice
aud put their cargo ashore about half
a mile from a house, occupied by Jno.
Groves and his wife, Elizabeth, who
is Davis aunt. They met Groves and
his wife muskrat hunting, near where
they landed. They acquainted the
Groves family with the transaction
and Bush agreed to let them have one
half, for the privilege of storing them
| in their house. This was agreed to,
and Fart of the goods were taken there
by the whole gang.
Mrs. Groves had cast longing eye
on the silk dresses and wanted them in
her share but Bush wanted them him
self for his wife and would not give
them 10 her. AS soon as they got to the
house Bush and Mrs. Groves set about
dividing and she tried to cheat him out
OF his fair share by sneaking articles
out Of the pile when Bush was not
looking, but Sam caught her and made
her do the square thing. After these
goods had been divided Bush PIT his
share up and Davis and he carried
them to Bush's house in Wilmington,
Jack Groves agreeing in the meantime
to watch the goods that had been left
on the beach. The next morning
Bush and Davis returned to Groves,
but that delcctablc family had got tho
best of them. The goods on the beacl
were missing and Groves said that Tho
goods had been carried of in tb,
night by people who were cunning
about there. Bush could not swallow
that yarn and he thinks the people
who gunned for those goods were NJ
less than John and Elizabeth Groves
Bush also implicated Davis in til,
robbery of the skiif at Holly Oak TO
which they had trial yesterday resul
ting in Bush's conviction and Davis
ace initial.
Bush's testimony made quite sen
sation. John Groves and his wifi
were present during Bush's testimony
and when he pointed them out as tn,
receivers of the goods their face
showed all the colers of the rainbow
, Their arrangement on the charge o
receiving is not improbable.
Davis had no defense and the jur,
after considerable absence returned
verdict of guilty.
Without Busll's testimony DaYi
never could have been convicted, ant
Bush said he would never have turnet
states evidence had Elizabeth Grove
t done the square thing by him yester
day in the skiff trial, and not give
him away to save her nephew Davis.
State vs.. John King and William
Roam, negroes-Larceny of lanl
from Jason Davis at New Castle. Th
= jury found verdict mot guilty"
State VS.. Peter, Thomas and Georg
Goldsborough, negroes-Obstructin
the Delaware r. r., at Beaston's cro'
sing. They were arraigned pleade
met guilty." the trial was put over I
Moaday. l.. q. Bird Esq. appears fs
the defense.
9 Court adjourned till 8 p, m.
AFTERooN SESSION.
4s Court met at 3 Z. NJ.
Il No important business occupied til
court further than the settling of tw
or three liquor cases and the forfeitin
of bail bonds in the State Revenu
cases. Court adjourned shortly aftt
p. IN. until Monday morning next
IL. c.. 7.