The daily gazette., 1879-11-20
FIRST EDITION.
OUR COUNTY COURTS.
A DULL AFTERNOON IN THE
HALL OF JUSTICE.
A BATCH OF BUSINESS, TRIVIAL IN
CLARA CTER--LABC BCENY AMn u


LARCENY AND AS
sAULr cAsEs-CAsEs CONTINUED.
Especially reported for the GAzErrE)
NEW CASTLE, Nov. 19.-Yesterday
forenOon's proceedings continued with
the case Of s ate us. Henry Lee, col.
Turner for State; Sharpley Tor defense.
The charge was larceny from Catharine
McGrenna, a. the Delaware House, in
Wilmington, Of $50 Lee, q boy about
IA years old, worxed at. the Delaware
House In October and took the money
out Of trunk. He was soon arrested by
Chief Of Police Maxwell. Catharine
McGrenna testified that the MONEY was
stolen and the boy mystei iously disap-
peared. Chief of Police Max well testi-
He'd that the boy made confession to
taking the money he got back $1,000.
The jury rendered veruict of equity"
He was sentenced TO pay costs Of prose-
cution and $SS restitution money TO re-
ceive 20 lashes, and 10 be imprisoned
for six mouths.
Court then took q recess until o'clock
p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
State ps. James Darragh, larceny !;
SharpIey for State; II. X. Pennington for
defence.
The case specially stated is as follows :
On O,t. II Benjamin +. Marsh, a young
man living in New Castle, went TO VIII
mington on business. II he d not "fall
among thieves" he certainly fell into bad
company, and finally, In company with
Darragh, got SO drunk that he went To
| sleep on q lot near the oyster WHAT,
| af,er having some trouble with Darragh
| When he came to his senses he found his
shoes gone AMI Darragh had them in his
pos,ession. Seeing Officer Gntchmei
near, he went to him and asked him .tC
| .et them for him ffum the man. Oar
ragh had one OF the shoes on at The time
| he threw the other at Marsh and RAJ
away, and was afterward captured. Al
the police court Marsh wore one shoe
and Darrash the 9th. r. The above were
the main facts as recited by Marsh, The
prosecuting witness, officers Gutchme
aud Thomas, Larry McNifi, and a lac
named VIM. De Wof
The cross-examination by the defens'
showed that Darragh was drunk, ''s'
drunk" said Larry NcNiff, "that he dit
not know me, though he is acquainted
with me-"
Pennington claimed verdict of "no
guilty" on the ground that the value
the property had not been proved &C
cording to the counts In the Indictment
Tho indictment contained two counts
one for stealing two shoes, and the othe
for stealing one shoe. Mr.. Pennii gto
claimed that the value OF neither th
"two shoes'' nor the zone shoe" had bee
| haf a IN
he of the "two shoes" had been prove
at $2.75, and that was all sufficient I'll
case went to the jury at APO, O'CLOCK. AN
at o o'clock returned a verdict OF equity
under the count charging the larceny
one shoe. Sentence was deferred at II
quest of counsel for the defense.
II. G. Turner asked for continuanc
! of the case of State VS.. A. ID. Vandeve
until the February term, but IN the al
sence of the defendant the applicable
. was not granted. 1t was, however, I'll
derstood that in case OF the defendant
appearance tomorrow the motion woul
be granted, aud, in view OF this, the WI
ness-s in the case were discha geu uht
the case is to be continued.
STATE VS.. Elijah Ferchuss, COL. assault
Turner tor State. The case was vel
trivial one, and consisted OF dlspu'
', between WIN. X. N lcholson, proprlet'
/, of the hotel In Christiana village, an
the prisoner, on Oct. 8, 1879. The Jul
A returned verdict Of "guilty." de WI
4 fined $5 ana cost and sentenced 10 w
months imprisonment.
: State VS.. James Raisen, COL, larcen
Turner for defense. The prisoner W
! charged with stealing fiuger ring fro
, Mrs. Ann Barney, l,vi, 8 at Fourth a.
:. King, on August IL. He took the rin
n and gave it TO James Macy, cobbie
e as security for payment for mendil
Il shoes, and officer Richards got IL iro
. him. The prisoner was found guilty
. He was simply en'encrd to pay u
4 costs of prosecution and $3.50 restltuti'
4 money, to receive 20 lashes and be II
y prisoned 8 months. In this case spee
Il ial Jury had to be empanelled, ana
, their service they each received full di
ly pay thus making the cost to the cou
Q Ly not less than thirty dollars Tor Ju
r fees alone.
!. Court adjourned at 6 o'clock.