The daily gazette., 1878-11-20
FIFTH EDITION.
OUR COUNTY COURT.

The Trial Of Draper, the "Hamto,ca
Butcher" Postponed UntA December.
Liquor and Larceny Cases Disposed
OF.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW CASTLE, Nov. 20.--Court opened
this morning at 2 O'Clock, Judges Come
gys, Houston and Wootten on the bench.
The names of the Grand Jury were
called, and the members retired to their
chamber.
The case of State VS.. George Draper
was postponed until the Sd proximo, and
the witnesses discharged until that date.
Draper, it will be remembered, is the
party who killed the colored man, Will
on, at Middletown.l
State VS.. John Doardan indicted for
selling liquor without Incense. Plead
''guilty." Sentenced to pay a fine of $50
and costs IN one case and noite pros. en-
tered in the other.
William II. Carroll, being called plead
"guilty" to five indictments for selling
liquor without license. In each case a
fine Of $50 and costs was imposed.
John w. Darrell, col, was arraigned
for the larceny of lumber from the house
of VIM. Albert Aldmand, in Whining
ton. He plead 'not guilty." ii. c.
Turner appears as his counsel.
! In the case af James Doolley who was
yesterday convicted of receiving stolen
property, and sentenced to Imprisonment
and TO punishment at the whipping post,
Mr.. Turner, his counsel, petitioned
the court to remodel that portion of the
sentence wherein the prisoner was con-
demn-d to receive twenty lashes, as that
portion of 1t is not warranted by the Sta
inte bearing upon the subjecI. The re-.
| quest was granted.
ceny of shoats from Mr. II. Rothwel.
| Mr.. Rothwell testified that he lived In
| Appoquimink Hundred in the fall of ~
when the pigs were stolen; that from Ger
| tain Information he, In COMPANY with
Constable Townsend, were put upon The
track of Johnson.
| They went TO the house of Jackson
who lived in the neighborhood, and ~
they approached they saw johnson iumI
from the second story window and run
The witness went after his pgs whict
he found in "branch" ia pen formed OF
bended branchesl some distance in the
| forest.
Mr.. Rothwell beirg the only witness
the prisoner addressed the Jury in Iii,
own behalf.
The substance of his story was this
The pigs had been gwen to him by a farm
hand working for Mr.. Rockwell in pay
ment of a debt. He did not know the
| pigs were stolen, and took them in good
faith.
Samuel Caulk for the larceny OF 81. .5
| from a colored man name VIM. DAVIS
| followed next
Davis in his testimony said that Ca III
| took the money from his pocket whil,
he was away from home and that IN
searching for Samuel he came up will
| him at house kept by Perry
Price, over Eleventh street bridge il
Wilmington, when he admitted II
stealing the money and asserted that "ht
would steal as much more when he goI
| the opportunity"
Samuel had several witnesses who. in
defense, testified that he had made use oI
, no such words. After their testimonx
was taken the jury retired.
George Little, alias "Wison, for tn,
larceny of brass and other material from
the works of Harlan & Hollingswortl
| Co., was brought out for trial. AT hi,
own request the trial was postponed anC
the prisoner given until this afternoon /,
secure counsel.
After about twenty minutes delbera
ton the Caulk jury came in with yer
dict of "guilty." The court sentence,
him to pay $3 ard costs, to receive ter
lashes, to be imprisoned six months an,
to wear a convict's jacket three month
thereafter.
The capital cases cannot be called up
til the End of December. This is OWN,
to mistake on the part of the crier VIII,
opened the court on Monday, a court o
general sessions merely, forgettingt ad,
Foyer and terminer" The Court o
General Sessions will, in conseoueno
thereof, remain In operation until tn
opening of the Supreme Court on Mon
dav Iext.
The jury in the johnson case is sti
out at this writing.
Alarm of Frre.