Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-18

rhe New sberiff-A Son. Pros, for
Craven-GettiDg Their Licenses -
Cooper Convicted and sentenced4-
Craven Admonished and Released
"A Lantern Case.
special Reported for the State journal
NEW CASTLE, Nov. 18TH Court met Mt
Ills o'clock, this morning. Chief Justice
Comegys and Judge Houston upon the bench
The usual crowd of Jurors, witnesses and
lookers-on were in attendance. Clerk of the
Pence Cochran called the roll of grand Iury-
men and they were all found present. Henry
Eckel was sworn in as foreman of the grand
Jury, and there followed the swearing in of
the other grand jurors George W. Collins
was excused from attendance az a grand
juror.
The names Of the petit jurors we're then
called.
The Chief Justice next called npon Crier
Smith to command silence while the commits
sion OF Philip II. Clark should be read by the
Clerk of the Pence. Tho commission, signed
by Gov. Hall, was then read.
The Chief Justice called upon the Attorney
General for the business next In order. K
HOl!e proseqW was entered in the case Of State
vs.. John Craven, Craven is Il small boy who
was charged with attempted rape upon Mary
Swit2er, The ease was continued over from
last term On account of tho youth of the
prisoner. Upon the entering of Il nnHe
prOseIti Craven was remanded to the custody
of the Sheriff to answer for Il charge Of
larceny that Is pending against him.
There was about an hours cessation of
business before the Judges, the tune being
taken up by the Attorney in getting
together and examining the Witness for the
state in the caees about to come on The
Clerk of the Pence was also busily engaged in
serving the long line of liquor dealers, prin-
cpally from Wilmington, VINO were applying
for their licences.
The grand jury came down at t225 and
after handing in the bills it had so far found
was discharged by the Court until this after
noon at o'clock
The Court tLen took recess until the same
hour.
Court reassembled at O'Clock.
In the case of State vs.. Daniel Creeden, II.
& Turner representing the defendant blend
guilty" as to three cases, and tho Attorney
General entered NOTE pr0se4W as to the
rest, upon the payment Of costs by the defen-
dant. Creeden was sentenced to pay IL line
of $50 and costs in each of the three cases to
which he pleaded guilty
In the three cases against William Il. Bran
non upon plea OF guilty, he was fined $50
and costs us to one action and the other two
were ''no'te Prosed' upon payment OF costs
State vs. Eugene Cooper, colored, was the
next case. i'll which Cooper was indicted for
resisting public officer Policeman Chambers.
Cooper pleud mot guilty"
Mary j. Heck was the next prisoner put in
the dock-chargcd with the larceny of
shawl, also pencil and chain. Upon plea
of not guilty, the case went to trial md
jury was Immediately empaneled.
Mrs. Duffy, from whom the goods were
stolen, was the first witness called. She
testified very directly as to tho prisoners
guilt
Mary Freeman was the next witness for the
Gl..t ., ti.,#It l...t l..
the goods to her and that she advanced 81 to
the prisoner who LETT the goods with her to
be redeemed on tho following Wednesday.
officer Thomas testified that lie was called
in by Mrs. Duffy who said her house had been
robbed. He immediately went in search OF
NJ. j.. Heck, who was suspected. He found
her about ~ O'Clock very drunk and took her
to the city Hall. She, the prisoner, told the
officer that she Ind sold the goods to Mary
freeman. The officer went down there aud
got shawl pencil and chain which he took
10 the Hall.
Thomas Davis, Esq, representing the State,
made few remarks to the Jury, laying his
side before them.
Harry Sharpley, Esq, followed for the
defense. He objected to the Indictment as
drawn, alleging that the articles were not
described with sufficient particularly. lie
laid 1t before the court whether from the
indictment any one could tel whether the
pencil was lead Il slate, OF Il gold pencil, or
whether the chuin WIS Il cable, All on or
gold chain.
This objection Of Mr.. sharpleys to the
drawing OF the indictment, was combated by
MIR. Davis, who read from lleard's Criminal
Law to substantGte the drawing of the liz
dictment. Tho court sustained the indict-
ment as to the description OF the shawl but
refused to pass upon the question as to
whether the chain and pencil were sufficiently
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