Daily Republican., 1879-11-19
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QUE COUNTY COURT.
Cssainasatsn sf the Risgs. " sAs
Assault Csss.
Specially Reported for the Republican.
Nxw CAsrLs, Nov. Is, 10. y
Richard A. Clark, sworn; lived At thu,
time, In . court between Poplar and
Lombard; saw John 3. Webb on Sun.
day evening, 18th, . little before 10
O'Clock; he came TO my house; took q
seat before me; ] was writing letter;
he said he wished he could write a
good a. l could; hs staid
until about one o'clock: he went to
sleep, and went TO sleep did mot like
to order him out; got up 1t ! O'Clock
and let him ont the clock then struck
0ns.
Cross.examined--Am an American,
lived In Wilmington since early in
May. Worked for Spsakmsn 4 Bro,
aud other gentlemen: know that II was
the 18th Of July because II WAS III,
last Sunday slept In that house, and
on that night composed = ballad, and
some Of Ms sung It.
Samuel Lofand, sworn Reside be-
tween here and Wilmington John s.
Webb worked for us from July to som.
time In September sometimes he wen.
away on Saturday evening.
Chief Of Police Maxwell, sworn -
The warrant for Wsbb's arrest was Is.
sued on the morning Of the 18th Of
July, but Webb having skipped town
he was not arrested until about the 2Oth
of October; during this time Wsbb's
wife had warrant issued for her re.
puted husbands arrest.
The examination Of witnesses hers
closed and the attorneys agreed to ar.
gus the case.
Mr.. Turner related the circumstances
Of the case as related by the prosecu.
ting witness. George W. Riggs, arguing
that the man was in Richard A.
Clsrk's house on the night stated.
Mr.. Pennington for the defence show.
ed that the weight Of the evidence Of
Richard A. Clark, which stands uncon.
tradictsd and whose evidence would 70
as far as the evidence Of any minister
Of the gospel, or Of any other profes.
sion, and he said that by no pos
sibility according to the evidence of
Clark could Webb have been In the VI
cinity Of Sixth and Union streets. To
show that Webb is innocent and was
not avoiding arrest, stands the fact that
few days afterwards Webb called q,
Clark's house and told him that he IN.
derstood that 3 warrant was issued for
his arrest for shooting a man
on Sunday night, the 18th Of
July last, and he then asked
Clark II he did not recollect that he
was at his house on that night, when
Clark replied that he did. Mr.. Pen.
nington spoke about 20 minutes, and
ably defended his client by showing
that Webb was some place else on the
night Of the shooting.
Mr.. Turner ably closed on the part Of
the State. Webb, he said knew that
warrant had been issued for his arrest
for on the 10Th he began to cipher around
and called upon Clark to make up evi.
dence to prove an alibi. 1.-The had been
an innocent man, why did he not 60
and give himself up and prove
his alibi at the hearing before
the Mayor. Henry Turner Esq,
called attention to the fact that the /
next morning after the attack, Riggs
went straight to the Mayors Office
and had . warrant issued for the
arrest tf Webb. Some stress had
been laid upon the fact that
Riggs could not tell just exactly
whether there was moonlight or star
light on that night, but, said Mr.. Tur
ner, II his learned friend on the other
side had been in the place Of Riggs On
that night with man firing pistol balls
at him, II the earth had been passing
through the November bolt Of meteors,
he wouldn't have had time to SEQ
shooting star. III had been there
said Henry Turner, Esq, ~ also
would have got away. Mr.. Turner
made very earnest closing which ellie
tied considerable cOmmendation.
Chief Justice Comegys critically re-
viewed the testimony, stating that the
evidence was directly contradictory, but
II might be possible that there may have
been mistake in regard to date.
He charged however that tho case be.
ing one OF an attempt to murder and
kill Geo. W. Riggs, no verdict Of 4 sim.
pie assault could be returned. The
case was given to the jury a. II 25 T.
NJ.
State Va. Thomas Ford, Michael Con.
nell and George Watson, assault and
battery on John Payns at the time
police officer, in Wilmington, recogni
sances renewed and the case continued
until February term.
State va. Martin DOordan, selling H.
quor without license, continued until
February term.
State VS.. VIM. Mitchell, assault and
battery on James Irons. Jury called
and case in progress. II. c. Turner for
State.
At ll.55 the Grand Jury returntd
with number of bills and were dis
charged until 3o'clock p. M.