The daily gazette., 1879-11-19

9thtc Nos w Dlit'Itli, Ctl., IlltIlIlOIltu
in the first edition of the GAZETTE as
being commenced, was made short work
of. The assault took place on Liberty
street In Wilmington, Oh the evening Of
September, 50th. The accused was un-
der the influence of liquor,a ID cut Jam .
Irons, also colored, with knife, intiict-
ing slight wound. The jury render d
q verdict Of "guilty" without leaving the
box, and the court sentenced the pris O.
ner u pay costs and fine of $50, and TO
be imprsoned for six months.
AT I.lO O'Clock court took the usual
recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court reassembled At 3 O'Clock.
The Attorney General stated that the
Grand Jury had found true bill agai st
Hugh Dugan for the murder OF Richard
Ii. Rowe; counsel OF the accused WAS
in court, and he would request that he
be arIaigned. A true bill had also been
found against William b own, col, for
murder, and he asked for his arraign-
ment, also.
Dugan and Brown were then brought
into the court room. The former has
born his excitement well, and really
looks heshier than at the time he was
committed to Jail. He Was Leaty dress
ed in black suit, and wore collar aud
cravat his face was cleanly shaved and
his hair smoothly combed. Brown,a lad,
not thiite years of age, presented a
strange app alance, In the uoek upon
| such grave charge.
During the reading OF the indlct ment
Dugan stood listening attentively a.d
evidently wa, quite nervous. The lndict-
ment is one of two counts; the iii ST
ar.ing him with the murder of Rich
ard Ii. Rowe, and the second with an
attempt TO kill and murder Edward Nc
Gaughy by which means Richard Ii.
| Rowe was kilied.
The prisoner pleaded "not guilty" in
a hesitatlng voice, aud when he made
the reply, TO the interrogatory as to how
he would be tried, "by God and my
country" his voice fallcred and almost
broke down.
The Attorney General now made a
statement u the courl, saying that he
| had been retained by Dugan as counsel
soon after the murder at that time he
had not forseen his appointment as At
torney General, and after being counsel
| for the man three months, he did not
feel JUS flied In prosecuting the case. He
therefore asked that the court appoint
some member OF the bar to act in his
stead as Attorney General, to whom he
would delegate his authority. The court
asked Mr.. Gray to st some one for
the courts approval, aud Geo. Ii. Bates,
| ESD, was named. The court sanctioned
| -: i. H. ntYl rnt,Usal for N
gan. stated that he would be prepare !
with his defense by Thursday, and the
witnesses In the case were discharged
until that day at 10 O'Clock.
William Brown was then arraigned,
and pleaded "not guilty to the indict-
ment that had been found against him.
Levi G. Bird, Esq, counsel for the pris-
oner, stated that he would be ready with
the defense any time after tomorrow
aud the witnesses were discharged until
Thursday at 10 O'Clock, when the case is
expected TO come up
The two homicide prisoners were
about to he taken back when the court
suddenly noticed diminutive specimen
of a negro lad in the dock with them,
aud asked what he was there for. He
was Informed that the little negro had
been indicted by the Grand Jury ol
larceny, and his name was VIM. Smith
The boy was not two feet aud hall
high and could not have been more
than eight years of age. The little fel'
low has been before Mayor Almond
often for larceny, and his size won mag
,sterial clemency for him several times
aud at last fOrbearance ceased TO be
virtue and he was committed. The
court discharged him and he lodged Out
among the spectators amid smiles.
AT 3.45 the Grand Jury were di.charg
ed until Tomorrow morning al ~ o.
clock.
State vs. Owen Hannum. Gsorgt
Gray, ESQ.,, for State. The case was
for illegal voting at the late city election
in Wilmington, held on Sept. I'd, 1873
Ha"num had no counsel, and as he
walked in among the lawyers and ad,
united the fac 10 the court, he looked
d disconsolate enough. The indictment
was found under a clause Of section "a
plge Alb of the Revised Code, whict
reads: "If any man shall vote in 6
ward in which he has not resided thirty
days previous to the time of said elec
lion," he shall be deemed guilty.
Mr.. Gray, in opening the case, ad
dressed the court in regard to the law
governing the elections, and said that
the clause violated was the one reqnir
ing a thirty days residence in the
ward. The penalty on this was a fine
of $50. Mr.. Gray explained that since
the law had been published in the Revis-
ed Code, the city had been re-dlstricted,
and the voting places we're known as
districts and not wards. The law had
been amended in this respect IN vol. 10,
Laws of Delaware.
Turning to the jury, Mr.. Gray PIE.
faced his remarks to them by reading
the indictment, which charged the
prisoner, Owen Hannum, with voting
illegally, on account of non-residencei
In the second election district at the
White Horse Tdpern. In this case three
things must be proved, said Mr.. Gray, to
establish the guilt of the prisoner: first,
that the election was legal one, aud
that 1t was really held; second, that
Owen Hannum voted at the Second
ward polls of the second election dis'
trict at the White Horse Hotel that he
had not resided in the ward for thirty
days previous to the election. II these
things eau be proved the prisoner mus
be guilty. One more fact must b'
, considered-if the prisoner voted know