The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1880-09-23
FIRST EDITION.
The Quarter Sessions.

IHE FhOCEEDINGS YESTERDAY AT
TERNooN-THE COURT ADJoURNs
UNTIL NEXT TERM.
Specially reported for the GAZETTE.
NEW CASTLE, Sept. %, 1880.
A jury was impanelled in the case
of William McGinnis indicted for
stealing seven silver dollars from a
schooner lying at King street wharf
on the Both day of August last-the
property of James Buckalew. Sev-
eral witnesses were called who testi-
fled that the cabin of the schooner
was broken open and the seven
trade dollars-some the property of
James Buckalew and others the
property of another hand-were
taken.
Charles Albert, young lad pres
ent at the time, testified that he saw
the prisoner and another boy break
into the cabin and come out, the
prisoner having some money in his
hand.
VIM. J. Maxwell, Chief of Police,
testified that McGinnis acknowledg.
ed to him that he was in the cabin
but denied having taken the money.
This closed the case on the part of
the State and the jury retired.
The case of the State VS.. George
Wilson indicted for the larceny Of
an ACCORDION, of the value of 8 dol
lars, property of Henry Dent.
Thomas Davis, ESQ, for the State,
Henry Dent (col. testified that on
the night of 10th of June last he
was at the house when Wilson ask.
ed the loan of the instrument, which
Dent lent. He returned it but soon
after he missed it.
c. II. f. Gross testified that the
prisoner offered to sell the instru-
ment for dollars.
Isaac Pardee, police officer, testi.
fled that he saw the prisoner at the
place of Gross with the instrument
The jury rendered a verdict Of
"guilty" without leaving the box.
The jury in the case of VIM. Nc.
Ginnis came in and rendered YER
dict of guilty" Adjourned until
p. m.
The Court reassembled at
o'clock. In the case of the State
VS. Uriah b. Cooling, alias Charles
Adams, alias Charles Howard, in
dicted for the larceny of certain per.
sonal property belonging to "The
Delaware Beet Sugar Company
the Attorney-General entered q
noLe pros, it appearing that the act
OF incorporation of the said com
pany had not been recorded by then
in the Recorders Office as required
by the Revised Statutes of this
State.
There being no other case for trial
by jury, the Petit Jury were dis
charged from any further attendance
at this term.
George Wilson who was con-
victed of the larceny of an ACCORDION
belonging to Henry Dent was brought
in and sentenced to pay costs of prose
cution-to pay $500 restitution money
to Henry Dent the owner-be whipped
with 90 lashes-be imprisoned for the
term of months-and wear con-
vict's jacket for months. A large
number of prisoners whose terms had
expired were ordered to be discharged.
The case of VIM. T. George indicted
for assault and battery upon John w.
Wilson was continued until the next
term.
William McGinnis who was convict
ed this morning of larceny was not
sentenced but remanded to Jail to
await another trial at the next term.
In drawing the jury, talesman was
was drawn whereas it appeared there
were other names of the regular jury
in the box.
Reports of Commissioner for the
laying out of road in st. Georges
Hd., four in Blackbird Hd., two in
Mill Creek Hd., and one in Appoquini-
mink Hd., were presented to the Court
and confirmed.
Court then adjourned sine die.