The Morning herald., 1876-05-13
ONE CENT.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
A FSso Casss Of Larceny The HhtRptw1
this Morning.

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Court opened at 10 O'Clock, Judges
Wooten and Houston on tho bench.
The Grand Jury list was called and they
were retired.
The Attorney General called up the case
of State vs.. Charles Gabke.-He was in
dicted on three counts for buying, receiving
and concealing ten brass journals, the pre-
perty of the P. w. & B. R. r. Co., know
ing them to be stolen. These are the same
brass journals that Dennis T. Mcguire was
convicted of yesterday.
The defense set up by L. G. Bird, Esq,
the defendants counsel, was that IN ar
raRgemeDt had been entered into between
Gabke and Chief Brady whereby Gabke was
to buy all goods offered by suspicious char
acters Is low a. possible and notify the
police.
The place where Gabke concealed the
brasses was shown to have been used by
him as place of safe keeping for valuable
stuff which be might buy.
The defence further proved that Gabke
rendered assistance often in the detection Of
thieves.
The case was argued briefly by counsel
and given to tho jury about Las P. NJ.
uel Bush and Thomas Davis.
Henry G. Turner, Esq. appeared - ceun-
sci for Davis, and w. R. Hodgson, Esq.
defended Bush. The jury was empanelled
when the Court took 4 recess until P. N.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court reassembled at P. NJ.
State vs.. Samuel Bush and Thomas Davis
was proceeded with.
These defendants were charged with
stealing skiff near Holly Oak, on night
in January last, said skiff being alleged to
be the property of Charles CURT.
The testimony was to the identification Of
Bush a. being one of two parties seen ON
that night in and about the boat houses ct
Holly Oak, ana evidence was also adducod
to prove that Bush, shortly after, entered
the house of one John Groves and requested
him to burn hay rick in Edgemoor farm
in which rick he had boat concealed. The
farm. No evidence was adduced connecting
verdict of not guilty as to Davis, aud
guilty as to Bush. Bush was sentenced to
pay 500 restitution and costs to be whipped
on Saturday, the Goth inst, with twenty
lashes, to lay one year in jail and wear
convict's Jacket six months after.
State VS.. Thomas F. Hyde for breaking
into the store of John D. Carter, In Apo
quiniuink Hundred, and stealing lot of
clothes, etc. The jury found him guilty.
State W. Isaac Hayden. Larceny of
quantity of meat, scrapple, ETC., from John
W. Worralps wagon, in the Wilmington
market, on the night Of December 4, 1875.
The jury easily found him guilty, and the
Court sentenced him to pay Mr.. Wor.an
Sl3.9s restitution and costs, to be whipped
on Saturday, the SOth inst, with twenty
lashes, to lay one year in jail and wear
convict's jacket six months after.
State vs.. VIM. F. Cooper. Larceny of
buffalo robe, the property of Samuel Don
aid, in Wilmington, February 1st, 1870.
Tne jury found him guilty and the Court
sentenced him to pay $40 restitution and
costs, to be whipped with twenty lashes on
the Goth inst, to stay one year IN
jxil and wear convict's jacket six months
after.
The Court granted the discharges of sew
eral young men in jail for misdemeanors,
and adjourned till 10 O'Clock this A. M.
The Grand Jury was discharged until
Monday morning.