Daily Republican., 1879-05-19
FIRST EDITION.
OUR COUNTY COURT.
rday's Eessi0n-A Bsd Day
CelOred Offenders and a
nd Day fer YOunx Lawyers
les Disposed Of-Ssntences lm :


Ded.
lily reported for the Republican.
New CASTLE, May 10, 10.
be subsequent proceedings to those
shed in Saturdays late editions
follows:]
the beginning of the session it
Thought that criminal business
b be all through with at the close
first week; but contrary to ex-
3tiOns the criminal calendar will
|rried we'll towards the close of the
ID which will necessarily lengthen
ession to three weeks at the farth-
To-day there is an unusual attend
lowing probably to the fact of their
a contemporary attraction in the
ard Of the prison. The business
transacted is that pertaining to
cases merely, the offenders be-
II negroes, and consequently ad-
bly, situated as to afforded excel
ubjects over whose troubles law
might wax eloquent and grow in
bic ability.
ese negroes, true to an innate epi-
b idea of what is toothsome to a
ordered stomach, had. unhappily
lem, been caught depredating upon
boring henroosts. There were
1t Simmons and John Young. They
around Middletown, and conduct
emselves as we'll as Middletown
YES are in the habit of doing. On the
beuth of April last, they in a
light ramble got outside of the
limits. Right in their line OF
was Cyrus Polk's hennery. True
needle to the magnets virtue so
we're Robert Simmons and John
{ directed. Instinct, probably;
never; Robert and John encom.
d that henroost and before that
iul chanticleer could notify his
b, nine of the latest and finest OF
mates were so unceremoniousl y
ferred from their comfortable
Is to the depths of large bag that
existed hardly winking inter
This passed John and Robert re-.
III.
" plncked those chickens and
lr evidence of their work. The y
/ stop to search for pin feathers !;
operation would have been super.
from the fact that in their hast {
hove marks of Identification, they
aiken off part of the skin with the
prs. When the Folks got uI
EXT morning and found that they
out just nine of their fines,
they very naturally concluded
heir property had been appropri
confscated as it were, and they
eteps accordingly. Next day they
5 he'd Middletown. After some tim,
at this, their efforts were at las
ped with success. At the store 0
Bradley, they found number o
chickens hung up for sale, already
ed. The Folks identified on,
{ N by its having a double comb
$50 from the fact of il having beer
y crimmage with another rooster
: lad rs comb partly taken off.
Y by also got others at the store of
named Less. Investigation reveal
l. e fact that the chickens had beeI
10 these parties by Robert Sim
aliu that John Young was sup
to have been somewhere nea
4 the negotiations were going on
accused parties were arrested b,
l. able Rothwell, and when brough
\! Pr arraignment they promptly an
ID not guilty. Harry Turner, Esq
|cted the case on the part of tn
ce. Harry Sharpley, Esq., for tn
The argument was brief ant
se went to the jury which in
while returned verdict ofguilt,
Ft Young, and not guilty agains
= pms.
ring an interval in the proceed
Mr.. Turner, counsel for JameI
.! asked that the court give to hi
the benefit of the ''povert,
J" in the section relating to pris
inability to pay his fine. Mr.. Ear
entence is given below He sta
lat he could bring positive proc
dr. Early was wholly impecuniou
that he had nothing whateve
Which he could secure the amount
~ Ettorney General objected to th'
Pation being made at the same teri
rlsoner had been convicted stain
BasOn that an affirmative answe
request would render nergator.
hole sense of the law. Mr.. Tul
dn't look at it In that light an
that the statute referred to ren
1t obligatory upon the court tt
the request where it has bee
by sufficient evidence that it
r. Gely necessary. The court inform
Turner that he was laboring III
wrong impression; that the coul
ome discretion in the matter; an
pat the court would hold mis- re
under advisement and give a
r before the close of the term.
lard johnson was also a Middle
negro. He occupied the doc
charge of stealing a turkey-coc
turkey hen from Thomas Cocl
Richard had taken them aliv
pa them to the young man Les
keeper at Middletown, mention
the previous case. Richard tol
nat he had won them at a shoe
match. Less believed him an
the poultry. He afterward
lem TO a gentleman named Pei
wing in Maryland where the
afterwards found by Mr.. Cochran
Sharpley conducted the case o
lrt of the State, and Samuel Mul
defended the prisoner. The ev
was direct Notwithstanding tn
OF the defence to impeach th
illty of one of the witnesses ft
rosecution. Richard was foun
OTHER CASES.
pm Caulk, Alexander Pritche
ames Trusty. thran other peprOt