The Morning herald., 1878-12-04
OYER AND TERNINER.


GETTING READY FeR woRK-THR PRIseN>
ERs ON CAPITAL cHARGRs ARRAIGNRD-
BUT NONE OF THE oAsHs TAKEN UP-
THE DoBsoN CASE BOOKED FOE NEXT
MONDAY.
Especial Correspondence of the HzRAL1.]
NEW CASTLE, Dec. 8, 1878.
The opening Of the Court Of eyer and
Terminsr to-day was signal for general
hocking to New Castle, and the Court
Room sometime before the hour of opening
presented more packed appearance than
ever before, during this term of court.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the crier declared
the Court of Oyer and Terminer open with
Chief Justice Cemegys, and Judges Wooten,
Houston and Wales on the Bench.
After sending the Grand Jury to
their room, and brief season of idleness,
Attorney General Pennington requested that
the Dobson mystery people, Philip Vincent,
VIM. Newcomb and Amelia Dobson be
brought in for arraignnent, which was done
about 1926 O'Clock. Mrs. Dsbson and Vim
cent looked simply sober, while Nswcomb
was the only one whose face denoted much
concern. NeWconb and Vincent were at
once arraigned on the charge Of assault
with intent to kill the negro, James Jones,
and Mrs. Dobson was arrai gned on the
charge of being an abettor and accomplice
Of the act. All the parties plead "not
guilty"
on application OF tho Attorney-General
and of Messrs. Gray and Lore, the counsel
for the defence, the case was postponed
until Monday at 10 o'clock.
George Draper, the negro who killed
John Wilson, colored, with an axe early on
Sunday morning, Sept. 90, at Hamtown,
near Middletown, was next arraignsd on
the charge of murder. Draper pleaded
"not guilty." and as he was not represented
BY counsel the Court assigned H. G. Conrad,
ESQ, to defend him.
VIM. Harris, also colored, was arraigned
on the charge OF shooting Isaac Hopkins,
in Appoquinimink Hundred, with q shot
gun, on the 10Th day of Dec, 1877. (Hop>
kins, it will be remembered, lived for q
night and day after the shooting Harris
pleaded "not guilty." and as hs was also
without lawyer to defend him, Benz. G.
Neilds, Esq, was assigned him as counsel:
Harley G.. Brown, who on the seth day of
June, 1878, placed on the track Of the F.,
W. q B. Railroad Co., near Claynont
station, cross tie from which the Wash
inston express was wrecked, and thereby
causing the death of George Babe, George
Babe, Jr., VIM. Hough and Christian
Krauch, was next srraigned.
Brown came into tho Court Room with
firm step and Just 40 he entered the dock
Mr.. Lore, his countel, came up to his side
for moment and held q brief consultation
with him. The prisoner looked pale and
thin, and the HERALD reporter, who sat
in front OF him on the day of June, and
took down his confession, could not help
noticing great change In him. Confne-
ment and worry has told on the man with
painful distinctness, yet % he stood In the
dock and raised his right hand In response
to the summons, there was look Of deter
minatioa on his face. During the reading
of the long and tedious Indictment of five
,counts he stood almost immovable. He 10
oniy indicted for killing George Babe, ST.,
the engineer of tho illfated locomotive No.
CT.
When the reading Of the Indictment was
completed, the usual question was put,
charley g. Brown, are you guilty or not
guiltyp
"Not guilty." answered the prisoner,
clearly.
"How will you be tried" ~
"By Ged and my country" was. the
answer.
Upon motion of Chorles B. Lore, Esq,
the case was postponed until Thursday,
and the witnesses were discharged until
that time. ...
All the witnesses In the cases OF George
Draper and William Harris were discharged
until this morning at 10 O'Clock.
Bowers, Dure b Co. vs.. Nathaniel Toms
linson, was then taken up. It was an In
QUESTION by jury to get the claim of $492 .0o,
amount due for rent and interest on that
sum. The whole aggregating $50e.S0 was
then legalized by jury and Judgment given
for that amount.
At 1890 O'Clock the jury empanneled in
tho Dougherty will case came In after being
out since LOS yesterday, and reported that