Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-11-16
FIFTH EDITION
QUIZ COUNTY OOURT,

Specially reported for the Republican
New CASTLE, Nov. l6--Court mat Il,
morning at 10 o'clock, Chief inn, NY
Comegys and Associate Justices Bou'.s''
and Wootten on the bench. wv
| A jury was drawn to try Rrr..
Cooper. COL, charged with resistapss. ~. y
q police officer. Attorney Gsns,'1
Gray conducted the prosecution; n.
prisoner was not represented by Conn., m
sci.
Cooper's offense was his re,ist,r,. !,
officer Chambers OF tho Wilnins,,A
police force on this night Of Nov, I'M SS
when the policeman went to arrest ~, n,
upon q warrant, for assault and BATE
sworn out before Magistrate O'N.1i|
by colored man named Reed. MI
indictment not only charge, COoD.J
with the mlsdemeanor at common Ill
Of resisting . public officer, but ,'I
with committing an aggravated assam
and battery upon the policeman. mi
case Is OF such recent occurrence A n
be recalled by the public.
Magistrate George 0'Neill Of WiluiD,
ION testined 10 issuing The warran, IA
Cooper's arrest upon complaint Of Hsp,
T. Reed, for assault and battery.
omcer Chamoers was then GALA
ard told his story OF how armed viII
the warrant for Coopers arrest be went
after a long search, to a house In ID
rear OF Tayior's morocco factory, wha
me prisoner was staying. He ioun|
Cooper upstairs under the bed anld
hiin 10 come out Us he had a waraa
lor him. Cooper refused to go and ID
omcer read the warrant, when the ma
mace q iunge a. MIN, ana then I'd
down stairs "itbeSs following Lin,
Ihen the struggle between ID
ora"ny negro ara the plucky Ofs
recently related IN the hsPUBLIcH,
sued, the result OF which was the ov,1
towering OF the fsllo" by Chanbs
anef the ohcer mad been beaten 40
Kickea very severely and had sustain
Cd injuries whioh had inoSpSciat
MN from duty from that time unt
now
keed was the last witness. Cond
crabs nsiriment was created over
statement OF now ne had gone into
mousse before ofhcer Chambers and b
been Locked in by the man IidI
there. de saw Cooper sitting iniid
and evidently knowing his Proca
asked to get out, but he didn't la1
out Tor long time, l thought" d
the witness. The witness also a
now he 'misunderstood" the Osa
command TO help him and ran foil
sis'ance, coming back at good linz,
the court remarked, when ChaIk
mad the fellow down,
The jury rendered Q verdict Of 'g1l
W without leaving the box, and
court In sentencing Cooper spoke
him as a desperately bad man." 4
sentence vas, that he pay tbs Cd
aud $o0o hne and be imprisoned
year.
John craven, who had been bed
Court Tor stealing and q crimlSA
sault upon Mary S"itzer in WIIni
ton, was brought into tho court MH
aud given some good advice BY
Court, who SAID that owing to BIZ
tfeme youth his trial had not Esi
lowed, but II he ever came in@a
again he would surely he giTH
full extent otthe law. He VII
given into his mother's CUSTODY
STATE Va. FRANK Mcd.rVey; Ba
state, DAVIS Tor defense. Tbs tN
against The prisoner Is the larc'al
Two lanterns from the PhiIad'.ps
Wilmington d Baltimore RiLiO
Company IN Wilmington on the Il
OF Oct 9th.
The stats showed ~ the testn9aI
W. h. Lewis, an employee OIL
company tha' the lamps hSl
taken, and then called officer BtSI
the Wilmington police fCrcs EhO
arrested McGarvey at Front and A
son streets with the stolen lanIs!S'
his possession. Detective Leg
also examined. The defense O'oa