The daily gazette., 1880-05-27
own cases In regular order.

own cases In regular order.
The Chief Justice-Well, put up
your 5000, and we'll draw the jury in
this case.
The following gentlemen were then
drawn as the jury to try the case of
CrOasdale Us. Tantum: stt I.3
James Dennison,s Joseph IS. Fore
man, Samuel W. Morrison, Colin Fer
guson, John p. Collins, James Gar
man, James M. @. Prince, Thomas
Bird, Albert q. Osborne, Benjamin
Dickey, George Medill, Levi Garrett.
Abner Hollingsworth was drawn,
but was excused on account of i'll
health. VIM. Herbert was also dra wn
but was challenged by the defense on
the ground of being one of the plain
tiff's witnesses, though Mr.. Bird offer
ed to strike him off from the list of
witnesses. When Thomas Birds
name was drawn, Levi Q. Bird, Esq,
announced that this juror was his
brother, but Col. Whiteley said the de-
fense were satisfied with him.
The question of laying over the In
surance Company's cases until next
term again came up, Mr.. Bird asking
foi the discharge of the juries and Mr..
Lore pleading for permission to try at
least one of the cases. For this reason
he asked that one of the juries be held
until tomorrow night, when it could
better be determined whether there
was any chance of trying it this term.
He said his clients had been delayed
by the special jurors asked for by the
other side at the last moment, and
which might just as well have been
asked for at the last term of Court.
He said his clients were suffering in
business by reason of this delay in the
trial of their suits.
The Chiei JasLice finally said the Court
would try the case on hand, and no
others. He then discharged all the jurors
not empanelled in tn cause from further
attendance at the presnt term Of Court.
The trial jury was then discharged until
10 O'Clock Tomorrow morning.
VERDICT OF "GUILTY."
At 5. 25 o'clock the jury In the case of
Wm. Neal charged with ouiraglng the
person of Mrs. Margaret Gosser, came
into court and through their foreman re-
'urned verdict of "guilty." AS Clerk
Springer pronounced the usual formula,
"your foreman says you find Vim. Neal
the prisoner at the bar, guilty in manner
and form as he stands indicted, and 50
say you alp" each member of the jury
nodded his head and audibly responded
'yes, sir" At the request of Anthony
Higgins, E q, the jury was polled AM
each member promptly answered IN the
affirmative TO the question, "Is that youl
verd CT" ...
During these proceedings Neal sat
looking around, his big black eyes oper
wide with sstonishment and mystifrd
expression on his couDtenance. As the
jury was polled he turned to the jailer on
MS left and anxiously inquired, "What
are they saying?" o.,
"Guilty," sen .entiously responded the
lailer, aud Neal looked helplessly
around apparently more mystified than
.ver. He then spoke to one OF the re
prr sentatives of the press and requested
that "good word" be spoken for him.
During his whole trial Neal sea- eely took
his eyes off OF the reporters, and IL seemed
as though he though that they
and not the jury held his fate In theiI
hands.
Neal will probably be sentenced TO-DAY
or tomorrow thou sh it is expected that
Vie day of execution will be deferred
oug enough to give his counsel ample
ime 20 carry the case to the Supreme
Court ii he so intends. Mr. higgins hae
not Yet determined what action he will
lake.
The case of Thomas Whites (col.
rwo children, who had been placed III
the hands of the Sheriff on writ OF
habeas corpus, issued at the request OF
Anthony Higgins, Esq counsel for
White. Richard Brocksom, of Black
bird Hd., said two girls, children OF
White, had come to his house, and he
kept them, as they bore evidence OF
having suffered from Van Dyke
White sued him before a Justice OF
the Peace. and the latter, at the re-
quest of Mr.. Vandyke, ON of the Trus-
tees of the Poor, allowed Mr.. Brock
som 10 keep the children until the
Trustees could consider and act upon
the case.
Thomas White made an amusing
speech in his own behalf, in which he
said his wife had been dead about
three months, and he had two house
keepers. He said he owned proper
ty valued at $3.50 and was amply able
to take care of his children. His wife,
he said, previous to her death, had
committed one of the children to Mrs
Brocksom's charge, but on the condi-
ton that Thomas found himself un-
able to take proper care of his fam
lily. ,
be gwen into the custody of the father,
but Austin Harrington, Esq, counsel
for the Soc ETY. for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children, gave Thos. White
to understand that the Society would
keep an eye on him, and see that lit
treated the children in proper man
ner.
At 9 o'clock Court adjourned unit
| 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
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