The daily gazette., 1879-05-19
DFIFTH EDITION.
The County Courts.
THIS MORNINGS PROCEEDINGS

THE COURT ROOM CROWDED OPENING
OF THE SUPERIOR RCOURT--THK TRIAL
LIST CALLED-CHAs. BEAsTEN, JR.,
ADMITTED TO THE BAR-OPENING
PRELIMINARIEs IN THE DBMBY MUIR
DER TRIAL, ETC.
Especially Reported for the Gaxette.]
NEW CASTLE, May 18.-When Court
opened, this morning, the room was
crowded to its capacity, the probability
Of the DENNY murder trial coming up,
attracting general interest. A number
of persons came over from Wilmington,
solely for the purpose of attending this
trial.
The bar was so crowded that the
Court gave orders for all the legal stu
dents to leave it, until the members of
the bar were seated. The students
were then accommodated with seats on
| the benches allotted TO the grand Jury, to
the left Of the Clerks desk, which the
Court ordered to be reserved for the
members Of the general juries and the
| students.
The general and additional juries
were called, and answered.
The trial list was then taken up, and
the cases disposed of by continuance,
discontinuance, judgment, announce
ments for trial, or reference to counsel.
OF the PSI cases on the list, scarcely q
dozen were marked for trial. Some
were passed, and may be brought up
hereafter. Nearly two hundred were
continued, dropped, or settled. In the
cases of VIM. L. Croasdale VS.. VIM.
Bright, and the thirty or more Bellevue
quarry cases, trial was asked for by coun-
sci for the plaintiffs, Levi C. Bird, ESQ.,,
but counsel for the defendants, Chas. B.
Lore, Esq, annonced that he would
make application for continuance when
the cases were called for trial.
The calling Of the list occupied nearly
two hours.
George Gray, Esq, made motion fol
the admission of Chas. Beasten, Jr. late
Of the Baltimore bar, to the bar of thi,
county. Mr.. BeastOn's certificate of I'D.
mission to the bar of the United States
Supreme Court was presented, examined
by the Court, and he was ordered to bt
admitted to this Court upon taking tht
usual obligations and paying the requir
fees.
At 11:45 o'clock the witnesses for tn,
State in the DENNY murder case wer
called, and nearly all of them being pres
ent, the Attorney General announced
that the State was ready for trial. TIL,
witnesses for the defense were also called
and all but two answered. One of thes,
was Eugene X. Lynch, of Wilmington
who was Secretary of the Coroner's jur,
that investigated the DENNY murder, AM
Mr.. Bird, one of the counsel for the de
fense, asked for an attachment to secur
his presence. A telegram was also sen
to Mr.. Lynch requesting him to com
over at once.
The accused parties, Walter Flinr
George Kopp, Griffith Smith and Jane
MOnahan were brought into Court at /
O'Clock, in charge Of two bailiffs, an
placed in the dock. The important dut
of empanelling a jury was then con
? | menced.
As each juryman was called, on h
name being drawn from the box, he W,
asked by the defence, if he had formt
and expressed any opinion relative
the guilt or innocence Of the accusse,
and by theState if he had and any concie
tious scrupies against rendering verdi
of guilty, where the punishment is deaf
if the evidence shall warrant such We
dict.
The first juror sworn was Josep
Pierce, but after Alferd d. Warner,
Wilmington, on being called, state
that he had formed and expressed q
opinion from what he had read in IL
newspapers, Juror Pierce said he ha
, done the same thing.
Attorney General Pennington calle
the attention of the Court to this cas,
:. but the Court said as the juror bad bee
sworn, he could not be set aside.
When Patrick Hughes, Of Wilminf
ton. was called, the defense waived the
right to ask the usual question, but NJ
Hughes Voluntarily stated that he hs
formed and expressed an opinion. tt
y Court said he ought not to be sworn, ar
y ruled that he should not be, althoup
the defense seemed willing to accel
him.
By one O'Clock the following had BE-.
accepted as members Of the Jury:
Joseph %Pnas Pierce fc;.n foreman ThOs Dsyi
simeon Lord, Frank II. Diehi, Georl
F. Deakyne, John F. Reybold, Merri
IL II. Paxson, John Otto, Jr., Maths
Ziegler and Julian Cochran.
There were 10 challenges by the defen
IA and none by the State. or the nam
y called, eleven had formed and express
~ AN opinion. James H. Mackey was e.
cused on account OF sickness, and {,
n men, Jonathan K. Williams and W
W Daniels, were excused on account
m having conscientious scruples agaiz
~ nnding q verdict of guilty, where I
r. punishment is death. At 1:1o p. m, {