Daily Republican., 1879-05-15
FIRST EDITION.
oUs soUsTY ooURT.


Icially Reported for the REpUBLlcAN.l
New CASTLE, May 18th, '79.
fbe proceedings subsequent to
=. published in Yesterdays issue
hs follows.
the cas, of State VS.. Augusta Bick-
BID George Abele for maintaining
lie nuisance in the fat rendering
on Tatnall street above
Ind. a,
Imusl Darlington sworn: Lived in
neighborhood Of the place sbout
II years; have been through the
ce twice; it is very offensive.
Moss examined: board at 2O5 Tat
i street; Mr.. David Ireland is head
he house; have boarded there five
"A. have gone through the place,
ling through from the butchering
kps; didn't take notice of anything;
EBickta and Mr.. Aeble are said to be
Spropristors; the smells are very Of
! We to me; it is uncomfortable and
5dedly unhealthy to my sense OF
|ll; the smells are frequent; on the
Of the city election it was very bad;
las not only once but various times,
kcially when the weather is bad the
is correspondingly SO; | think
|e is a fat rendering establishment
by man named Martin.
kleb Miller sworn: Live on the cor
of Second and Tatnall streets, keep
Wbite Horse Hotel; have kept it
We years; the place of Mr.. Bickta 8
|nown to me; believe he salts hides
renders fats; didn't know Abele
in the business until recently;
h experienced very bad smells com
from that place; keep Farmers no.
have had guests to ask me while at
e: "Mlller what is that smellY' it
Ills as if rendering tallow; the smells
E highly offensive to myself and
sts; have been in the place; the
less of salting hides is for making
kn fit for shipment; by rendering fat
meant by boiling it; know Bickta
" render fat twice week; have suf
n sickness in the family, and also
+ral complaint.
ross examined Never had any o
m to have headaches as | know OF
ysician never attributed sickness t.
\ cause; have six in the family
place was formerly run by thu
kchers' Association have kept a no
while this place has been here dur
the whole time if the wind was il
East, We would always smell 1T; i
always been disagreeable to my
hily. but as to myself | never pai'
ch attention my opinion is tha
bh smells proceeded from Blckta'
ce there is another establishment
on the same principle above Mr.
kta's place.
David Woolman, sworn Live at ~
list street in Wilmington, one squar
&st of Tatnall and about 100 feet frol
ekta's place have been IN the place
How they render fat; have seen
ken in there; have noticed smell
from the building; the
u offensive to me and very otfensiv
l nv residence have smelt 1t two
Nee times Il week have noticed it
ghts.
SQ. Has it seriously affected the va
v of vour property.
4lr. Higgins-l object on the point
irrelevancy.
fhe Court to the State-The eviden
build be direct ana must prove tn
smell is nuisance to the neighbo
BID, which evidence must not be me
-r-nce.
DO you know whether there ha
en people moved out Of the nsighbo
bi by reason of this stencil.
lr. Higgins-I object.
he Court-The State can pro
it.
Vitness-I know in my house tha
q, where the people had even thu
pets down; who moved out after t
berence of the smell.
The State-That's very good e.
pce.
he Court-That's relevant.
llr. Higgins-When was that
Nitness-That was since the tween
b of December.
The Court--That wont do; we wa
Thing which has not occurred wit
the six months previous to II
vember term Of Court.
Witness-As to that can't say.
Gross examined-I have smelled
lie standing in my shop door.
Court.-De you live East or West
place.
Witness, hesitatingly.-l live Ea
The clerk sstto roce, and endeav
to catch the witness eye beg
prompt with "West, "West."
llr. Higgins, who, instantly perez
a flaw in the testimony, jumped
feet rather irritably with "Y'
NOR, if | am to conduct this crt
aminatiou | don't want the clerk
Peace interfering.
COurt.-The clerk Of the Peace
thing to do with it.
The clerk subsided.
Lawrence Glatts, sworn:-l was
mber of the Court. | live at
est Front street, Wilmington, Ii
led there about 40 years, have S
EN- render fat there, they boil up 81
hams that could not be sold in
brket, knew the smell is unheal
NJ cause have daughter who hs
mining store at No. 22l Sec
feet, who has been compelled to
business on that account; they
me sick and one of them is lying
point OF death; they were uni
eat their dinner when taken
EN-.
Gross examined--Their place
i out one hundred feet from Bick
pee my daughter went to the S
d staid there all day, and her dill
Is sent to her, but the smell wa
\ nes so offensive that she couldn't
there's no sewer near my daught
nee +bara ic an anuaduct leads