The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-16
SECOND EDITION
OUR. COUNTY COURTS.
CONTlNUATION ONOFYEsTERDAY'S
l84lua .sts iPROOEEDINGS. ''-7,--.

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MINOR JARCENY cAsKs--lNDIcrMENrs
! FOR AssAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL.
Specially reported for the Gazette. '''e
NEW CAsrLH, Sept. 15.-Nothing was
done duri4g the forenoon session Of
court To-day after the report, In the late
edition OF the GAzETTH came to close
O'Clock when the Grand Jury came
down about ten minutes past one
Court reassen,b;ed, pursuant to the
hour OF Adjournment. -
The folio wing prisoners were arraign-
ed upon indictments found BY the Grand
James Henslsy, COL, for 2assaulting
Wm. II. Jackson, COL, In Wilmingt0n,l
"not guilty" and n. r. Pennington
Esq, was appointed to defend him. 80
John Blackiston. COL, for stealing two
bushels of corn from George W. Otwell
in APpoquinimink Hd., Sept. 2nd. He
plead "n3t guilty. 'r .tt L"s
James Trusty. col, for stealing a shirt
from Reuben Walkers, No. III Market
street, wilmington, on Aug. l, plead
VIM. Frisby and Peter Goose berry,
dale's house in Middietown, Aug. i, and
stealing several articles Of clothing.
Gooseberry admitted the charge, but
Erisby plead "not guilty" and Harry
him. = - f' - ~ ~ ~ ''7H7 -
The case Of James Trusty, COL, who
had lust been arraigned was then taken
up; A.. r. Robinson, Esq, for state;
the prisoner WAS not represented. Mr..
Walters, the one from who the shirt had
haan kan faafi n AaA hot h<o o a -,<I.x -
her in the commission ofthe act; he came
into his store and took the shirt az the.
witness was waiting on customers. He
accogsed him and he ran away and drop
PED 1t half SO uare away. He had con-
cealed the stolen article under his GOAT,
and only dropped 1t when, the errand
boy aro n i the store pursued him. .itu
Officer Charles Thomas, testified that
he noticed the prisoner running down
z. W. & B. r. r, track and arrested him.
The next day the witness took the pris-,
oner to New Castle and he told him vol
UNFAIRLY that he would not have COM
mltted the theft had he not been drunk.
OMcer Cannon was also examined, bEt
nothing Important was ELECTED by his
testimony. y. aii
The prisoner said he did not commit
the theft; that it was strange man
whom he showed to the store. i }
Aho July EctuTucu u VoEulCC Ok ',RulI~y'
after brief absence, and the prisoner
was then sentenced by the court to pay
costs of prosecution and one dollar res
titution money, to receive twenty lashes,
to be imprisoned three months and wear
a conviets Jacket six months. f.t'
The grand and general juries were dis
charged at O'Clock until tomorrow
morning at 20 O'Clock. u.i.. .tL q.
Lr9E ,s.+ COURT NOTES. ,.
The Grand Jury is expected TO get
throagh to day. 7@' H. - a.i p,
The barristers are not so numerous as
last term 1t is accounted for by the scar
city OF important business. .., OIL
BY tomorrow afternoon court will be
falrly under way and Business will be
made away with in lively manner
A good Emany persons wtrs around
the Court House yesterday who were
not exactly in court business. They were
after political favors, and such seekers
were not few or far between q, ,either.
The Attorneyship. is being talked of o
good bit between court hours, and the
odds given are equally divided between
Messrs Paynter and Gray. 81 !.