The daily gazette., 1878-05-07
The County Court.
MORE LIQUOR CAsEs-cRiMINAL BusI-
NESS BRIsK-sEvERAL INTEREsTING
CASES ID IsPosED oF-A NEW
BATCH ARRAIGNED.
NEW CASTLE, May 6, 1873

ne proceedings succeeding those pub
lshed i'll the late editon of yesterday IS
GAzETTE are rs followsD
State VS.. Martin Wendler for selling
liquor without license was taken up The
only witness was Thomas i. Riley who
testified as to having drank liquor on
the premises of Martin about last Sep
tember. Martin who then kept saloon
on Fourth street, was the individual
who sold the liquor TO Riley, and it was
upon this testimony that Martin was
found guilty.
John Fehrenbach for selling hquor
on Sunday plead guilty in one case, and
| a nOHe prOSegui entered in the other He
was fined $50 and costs
Court adjourned until o'clock in the
afternoon.
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court re-assembled mt 3 o'clock.
In the case of State VS.. Martin Leon
ard, for selling liquor without license it
was, upon the instance of Defendants
counsel, Mr.. Bird, appointed for trial on
"Wednesday next.
State vs.. Martin Wendler, for selling
hquor without license. AS in the for
mer case Thos. Riley was the only wit
ness. Martin was found guilty.
Robert Allen, col, indicted this term
of Court for breaking into the house of
| David Graves on the night of July 18th,
and stealing theretrom a watch, knife,
/ itwopoclSet books and 80 dollars in money /,
| plead "not guilty"
Joseph Gardner for stealing, on March
9TH, watch and chain, the property of
Mary Hogan, plead mot guilty"
Joseph Ward, of Blackbird Hundred,
for the theft of "A number of tools from
Jesse r. Fennimore, on March Stb, plead
mot guilty"
Robert Baynard, Sr., and Robert Bayn-
ard, Jr., for stealing horse from Curtis
Is. Elliason, of Pencader, and also a
saddle and bride from the same party.
In each case plead "not guilty" Mr..
Turner was appointed by the Court to
| conduct the trial.
1t will be remembered that this is the
case that was tried before Esq. Publ
some time since over which considerable
,trouble was experienced. The alleged
offenders, it will be remembered, lived
in Cecil Co., Md, and in order to bring
them within the power of Delaware
laws, requisition from Gov. Carroll
was obtained. One of our constables
was sent TO bring up the parties. The
constable on reaching Elkton, where the
negroes were confined, was told that he
must pay board for the time the Offend
ers had been confined The officer not
! having money enough, had to return to
| Wilmington again before he could Sc
cure his prisoners.
Robert Schmidt, for selling liquor
| without license, was fined $50 and costs,
upon his own plea of guilty.
The jury in the case of State VS.. Robt.
| Allen was empanneled. The testimony
| iii this case was the most interesting of
the whole days proceeding.
| David Graves being sworn testified that
he lived in the neighborhood of the
| Brandywine Springs, that his house had
been broken into last July by being en-
| tered through the door of the lower por-
ton Of the building. The parties had
and even into the vault In the morning
as Mr.. Graves said, when he got up he
| couldn't find his pants. After searching
| around he discovered them lying in the
entry. In looking around further he
found that his desk was taken from Its
position, placed on the bed and rifled
The papers from the box were strewn
ment bonds stolen. a silver watch was
| also taken.
He never received any of these things
| but the watch, and that he received in
rather singular way on Saturday night
| last.
| Wesley Carey, policeman, testified,
that he was about buying watch from
man named John Graves who keeps
Jewellers store on the s. w. corner of
Fourth and Market streets. Officer
Brickle hearing of this told Officer Carey
that he (Brckle) could get him one much
| cheaper.
Brickle accordingly got the watch and
VIM. Carey bought it,
The timepiece getting out of repair
| Mr.. Carey took the watch to Mr.. Graves,
to get it fixed. This was on Saturday
last. Mr.. Graves, at once recognized the
| watch us one he had previously cleaned,
and on referring to his books discovered
| that that watch was the one that he had
cleaned for his uncle, the defendant, in
| 1879 and the very one that bad been
stolen short time previous from the re-
sidence OF his uncle near Brandywine
| Springs.
| Chas. Brickle, policeman, testified that
Aliens "women" had wanted him to buy
the watch. This Brickle refused TO do,
but consented TO dispose of the watch 10
another individual. Mr.. Brickle then
bought the watch from Mrs. Allen for
Mr.. Carey about the middle of January.
| Mr.. Allen told him that the watch had
been bought IN South street Phlladel-
phia, and that he had paid eight dollars
for it,
Mr.. Carey hearing of the story of the
watch Immediately took the article to
Mr.. Graves house, and on the proceed
ing day action was instituted against
Allen as the one who had stolen the
| ndbtn, diSO tHc pothti bOohS anu iiiohcg' =
Allen argued his own case and the
matter went TO the jury, who returned
with a verdict of not guilty.
Jos. Gardner, col, for stealing watch
from Mary Hogan, col, Mary lives at
Ninth and Butonwood streets,and upon
one instance sometime since Mary had
occasion to leave the house; but left IL
in charge of Joseph. AS Mary claims
when she departed she left a watch
hanging upon the wall and when she
returned She found the watch missing
and Joseph non est. She instituted suit
against Joseph for the recovery of the
timepiece, and the matter was referred
by Mayor Whiteley to the county court
for adjudication. The jury returned
verdict of "not guilty"
State VS.. Joseph Ward for the larceny
of a number of tools from jesse Fenni-
more. The tools were found by the
police in the house of John Fedchmen
where Joseph stayed in Blackbird Hun
dred. The possession of the tools was ac-
counted for by Joseph in this manner.
He was travelling in the vicinity of
Walkers school house near Smyrna,
where he met man with black yalise
who insisted that he should buy some
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