The Morning herald., 1878-11-19
OUR COUNTY COURT,

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FIRST DAY--TH1 GRAND JURY--wHAT WILL,
BA DOME AT tn = PREsHNr TlRM--LIo.
UoR oAsEs-A oRsE STEALING CASE.
.'t>- " NEW CASTLE, Nov. IS.
The attendance to-day at the opening of
the preeent term Of court 10 smaller than
on usual occasions, the inclement weather.
20 doubt deferred many from being pres
ent, excepting those whom IT was necessary
tobe IN attendance Is between three and
four hundred persons. The, present tsrm
viii be Of unusual interest, there being i've
capital cases besides large. number OF
criminal and civil cases to be, tried which
will proloDg the session about one month
The capital cases are: Collins case 10
Wilmington; the Townsend shooting case:
the Middletown case; the train ewrecker,
Brown, and the Brickls shooting case where
ofacsr Brickls of Wilmington shot colored
man, named Williams whom he was at.
tempting to arrest. Sheriff elect Pyle on.
tered upon his duties this morning. ~
At II O'Clock the court Of the general
session and Jail Delivery opened. Chief
Justice Comegys, and Judges Houston and
Wales on the bench. A-.t..- .,.s.
| The Grand Jury was then called and the
members sworn: They are: John f. vii.
lismson, foremsn; Samuel Murphy, John
+. Lyman Jr., David Graves, William g.
Stroud, William 81. Bjggs, George W. Tur>
ner, John T. Cheers, William 8. Vandyke,
| Benjamin Gibbs, Andrew, Webster, Henry
NJ. Barlow, David Chandler, James L Car
penter, David Eastburn, John w., Kane,
Samuel n. Cooper, William Davidson, Gid
con, E. Barlow, William e. Biggs, John
HnsbADds, Martin e. Walthef. ~ W.
| The court informed the members Of the
Grand Jury that If any information was
wanted, on any matter II would oheerfully
be given. They then returned to their
ehambsr. u g. 4tsH 25a &, GD QEta@ia ,Y57'
The Petit Jury; tho officers Of the court;
aud county were called, and with fcw Oh.
csptions all were present. a,gg,. .a6t ~g.
The commission of John Pyle Sheriff of
New Castle county was then read.
The first case was taken up ct ten min
ates to 10 o'clock: State vs. Hugh Duggan
charged with selling liquor without Ii
cense. The defendant pleaded guilty In
two cases, and In each Was fned $50 and
the cost OF prosecution, adj fe 5A9
State 70. George Barenbach charged with
q like offence indicted on nine chsrgse.a The
defendant pleaded guilty on four Of them,
and In each WAS fined $50 and the cost of
prosecution. ,.- ....,r. ,............ ,.feGg...
State vs.. Matthew Il. Ryan, charged
with selling liquor without license was
Indicted In two charges at the last term OF
court. He pleaded guilty and in each was
fined $50 and cost. 4 rt'tn 2 80 g7t5@l9
| State vs.. Robert Baynard. 4sr., and Rob.
art Baynard, Jr., colored charged with lar.
csny on the 9Th OF December last of q geld
ing valued st $3.50, the property of Curtis
B. Gleason Of Pencader Hundred q; R.
Pennington Esq, for State: H. q. Turner
Esq, for defendants. ~ " -
Curtis B. Eleason owner of the gelding
testified that on the evening of the eth Of
December last he sent his colored man to
Kirkwood station for the mail He return
ed and informed him that the gelding had
been stolen. he afterwards found the ami
NAL In Elkton, where tho Baynards had
been arrested and lodged IN jail. The geld
ling showed signs Of III usage. It was vail
ued ct $50 hS had refused $500 for It ok
months before. .,'' 7i'. LAP o''' :
John b. Dean testified that whils' In Elk
ton Robt. Baynard sr., wishsd 10 trade the
animal with him, but afterW ards said he
would rather sell it. aBsynard said he rot
it from q Mr.. Davis, living near Smyrna, I
believed 1t was Mr.. Eleasen's horse. a:;gf 4.
Louis g.. Eleaeon testified that he lived
near Glasgow, was at Elkton and recogniz-
ed the animal as that of Mr.. Eleasoa's.
Geotge Smith, the last witness for the
State eolored testified, I am in Mr.. Elsa>
sons service, was sent to Kirkwood station
after the mail. While waiting in tho sta
tion, the horse was taken wbile standing
in front of the hotel near by. SIT Tsoa
! Mr.. Turner, counsel for the defendants,
asked, as there was no evidence produced
to show that the young Bsynard had any
thing to do with the stealing to return
verdict of not guilty a. to Robt. Baynard
Jr when the court instructed tbs jury to do
so. The court then took recess at l. 80
o'clock and reassembled at 8 o'clock. ~ 7i,'
| Robert Baynard Jr., was the only witness
for the defense. He testified, live in
Churchtown, Cecil county, Md. Never saw
Mr.. Eleasontuntil saw him in Wilmington.
I delivered myself up at Elkton. obtain
ed the horse In trade from William Dsvis,
To colored man, for blind horse OF mine
and el6 to boots. Mr.. r. J. Warren, made
out and witnessed receipt for the money.
Davis lvedin Queen AIMS County, and af>
ter the trade went to Middletown I knew
him before.
Davis said he had bought the horse
from a 6rnvo Tho hind korsp T ohta iund