Daily Republican., 1878-11-21
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Special oorespondsncs Of the kHrunLicAs
/ Nxw rAsrLx, Nov. 10th.
Court opened this merniag 1t Il
O'clock. Judges Comsgvs, Houston and
Wootten on the bench. 5t
The names OF the Grand Jury wer.
called and the members returned u
their chamber. anst |
The case Of State W. Gsorgs Draper
was postponed until Tuesday, Sd prox. :,
and this witness discharged until tia,
date. .js+t '' y ''a,.
Draper II will be rsm~mhsrsd 10 th.
party WHO killed the coloF@d man vii.
ssn At Middletown.l
Stats VI. :ohn Doordan, indicted for
selling liquor without licrnss. Plead
"suilty." Sentenced to pay 6ns Of
$50 and costs In. ono case and q sslis pro-
entered In the other. #otfF
William II. Carroll being osllsd
plead guilty" to Avs indictments ibr
selling liquor without i license, In each
case . 6ns Of $50 and cssts v a. imposed
John ". Darrell, COL, was arraigned
for The larceny Of lumber from the
houses Of Mr.. Albert Aldmand 10 vii.
mington. Hs plsad mot guilty, a..
G. Turner appears ~ his counsel.
ln the case Of James Doolsy who was
yesterday convicted Of eonosaling stolen
property, and sentenced 10 imprison.
lsent and Tho whipping post. Mr.. Turn.
or. his counsel, petitionsd TO ths court
TO remodel that portion Of the sentence
wherein the prisoner WAS condemned 10
receive twenty lashes, as that portion
Of 1t Is not warrartsd by the statute
bearing upon the subject. The request
was granted. 4' '7 7f7't4
State Va. Frank Johnson for the lar
ceny Of a pair Of shoats from WIN. R.
Rothwell @5g H.
Mr.. Rothwell testified that he lived
in Appoquinimink Hundred, IN he
fall OTTO when the pigs we're stolen;
that from certain information be In
company With Constable Townsend wsss
put upon the track Of Johnson. They
went 70 tho house Of Jackson who lived
in the nsighborhood, and a. they q,
preached they saw Johnson jump from
the second story window and run. WI
The witness went after his pigs which
hs found in "brsnoh" y psn formed
Of pended branchss] some distance In
the forest. ~ ff t#s,E ar
Mr.. Rothwsll being the only witness
the prisoner addressed ths jury In his
own b,half. ~
The substance Of his story was this:
The pigs had been given u him by
farm hand working for Mr.. Roth we'll in
payment for . debt. He did net know
the pigs were stolen and took themin
good faith.
Samuel Caulk, for the larceny Of &l.-
SO rom colored lnan named William
Davis. next followed. --..
Davis, 10 his stestimony, ssaid that
Caul took the money from his pocket
while he was away from home ; and
that OH searching for Samuel be came
up with him at house kept by Perry
Price, over Eleventh street bridge, In
Wilmington, when he admitted having
stolen the money, and asserted tha,
"he would steal as much more when be
got the opportunity!"z9e~ vv r@tg.
Samuel had several Witnesses In his
defense, who testified that he had made
use Of no such word. After their testi-
mony had been taken the jury retired.
George Little alias "Wils0n" for the
larceny ofbrass and other material from
the works of Harlan J. Hollingsw orth,
Co.. WAS brought out for trial. At his
own request the trial was postponed.
and the prisoner given until this after
noon to secure counsel. so.
After about twenty minutes dslibsra
tion the Caulk jury oa,ns in with yer
dict Of guilty. The Court sentenced
him to pay 43 and costs, to receive ten
lashes, TO be imprisoned six months
and to wear con sict's Jacket three
thereafter.
The capital cases cannot bs called un-
I'll the second Of December. This 10
owing to mistake on the part Of the
crier who opened the court on Monday
~ a court Of general sessions merely
|or getting to add "Oyer and Termin.
sr." The Court Of General Sessions
will In consequencs thereof remain IN
operation until the opening Of the Su.
prrme Court on Monday next.
The Jury In the johnson case at this
writing is still out.