The daily gazette., 1880-02-03
FIFTH EDITION.
Court Of "0uarter Sessions"


BUSINESS UNDER wAY-FoUR PLEAS
OF GUILTY IN LIQUOR CASES
PAYNE's AssAILANTs GET CLEAR
ELECTION CASES DISPOSED OF, &C.
Specially reported for the GAZETTE.
NEW CASTLE, Feb. 8. 5
Chief Justice Comegys and Judge
Houston were on the bench when Court
opened this morning. The Grand Jury
we're called, sworn aud sent to their
chamber. The general jury were called
and answered to their names, and th 0
usual proceedings, incident Upon setting
the judicial machinery In motion, gone
through with.
State VS.. Martin Dordon; selling
liquor without license; five cases The
Attorney-General accepted plea of
"gullty" in two cases, and the prisoner
was sentenced to pay fine OF $50 In
each case and the costs of prosecutions.
State vs.. Michael Riley; sellin" liquor
without license; three cases. The At
torney General took plea of "suilty''
In one case, and the costs in all, and in
the remaining two entered noiie prose
gut. he was sentenced to pay a fine OF
$50 and the costs of of prosecution.
State vs.. Michael Newall; selling
liquor without license; one case.
"Guilty;;" fined $50 and required to pay
costs.
state vs.. Michael Connell selling
liquor without license one case.
"Guilty;" fined $50 and required to pay
costs.
State VS.. Thomas Ford, Michael Con-
nell and Charles Watson. This case Is
one for assault and battery on ex x-police-
man John Payne. The Attorney Gem
sral stated that Payne, the prosecuting
witness, bad been returned by the Sher-
III as non est. aud also read letter
from Payne, stating that after mature
reflection he thought the case should
not be p osecuted, and prayed for its
discontinuance. Accordingly the case
was dropped from the docket.
State VS.. Jacob Hockster, COL, for iIi
legal voting; Gray for State, Conrad fof
defense.
Several witnesses we're examined af-
ter which the State abandoned the
case.
j. Alfred Collins, recalled-windsor
street is In the Eig nth election district
and no part of IL IN the Seventh, where
Hockster voted.
The State rested the case, aud Mr..
Conrad opened for the deiense, saying
that he would be able to show thai
Hockster first applied to vote In the
Eighth election district, and 1t was es-
tablisbed that he lived In the precinct,
but his vote was refused. IL could be-
shown that be then went to the other
district aud cast his vote, thinking he
was doing perfectly right.
| i Hnfaca Ru1nlhh-I mos tho ot~t
lenger at the window of the voting place
In the Eighth election dlstric Hockster
applied to vote aud though IL was sho WI
th9t he was resident of the Ward, his
vote was refused.
"What was the reason of the refusal?'
asked Mr.. Conrad.
~ don't know, Mr.. VIM. II. Lee
told him he couldn't vote and Mr. Lee
was running the mach ne that day"
Benjamin l.. Kent. recalled THE
character OF the prisoner IL excellent.
The defense here rested. Mr.. Gray.
addressing tho Court, said that, consld.
eriuR the facts of the case, he felt that i,
was his duty to abandon it, The Court
approved of this; plea Of mot guilty
was rendered, and Hookster was dis.
charged.
A noile proseqd was enterrd In the
cases of David Findly, Thomas Pyle and
Dennis Mcguire. for Illegal voting
James Darragh and Sample w. Jones
were each sentenced To pay fine OF So
and costs for voting III .gally. In the
latter case noHe prOsequi was eutered IN
| one indictment.
The case OF Owen Hmm wa,
| passed, The case of w Illiam Zeipler.
Tor the same Otfense was still on trial al
one o'clock.
COURT MOTHS.
The trip to New Castle this morning
was an unpleasant sample of the incon-
veniance to which the cItizeLs ARE sl b.
jected In attending Cou,t here. The
train was delay ed, aud there was a long
tramp through high snow drifts.
A great deal Of talk is gong round
owing to an effort on the Republican
party leaders " have the Democrats com
promise the election cases. Once there
was noted hunter who started after a
bear in snow storm, and returned in
| the course Of the day. "Did you get the
bear?" was asked. "No," ne repIied.
why, how was that?" "well the trail
was getting too d hot" was the ex-
pressive answer. This applies to the di-
lemma the Republicans are now in.