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


morning promptly at 10 o'clock, the three
Judges being upon the bench.
Eugene i. Cooper was the first prisoner to
he tried, his oneuse being, as has been
areody stated, the Resistance to Officer Cham
bers.
The jury having been cInpaneled, Attorney
General Gray opened for the prosecution He
characterized tho oliouse Hs one at common
law and not altered by our statute. He re-
GREETED that the resistance to the authority of
public officer was merely Il misdemeauur and
not Il crime. There WAS also u count in the
Indictment for an assault and battery upon
Officer Chambers
The Acknowledgement then laid the facts of
the case before the jury, but these have been
fully stated in previous issues, Esquire
ONeill was first sworn in ~ witness He
testified that he was acting As mayor ut the
time the warrant for the arrest Of Cooper was
ssued,and that Officer Chambers was the man
in whose hands tho warrant was placed to be
served.
Robert W. Chambers was then called and
bore witness that on the sth inst, about p.
m, II warrant was placed in his hands for the
arrest Of Eugene Il. Cooper that he went to
u house between Madison and Monroe streets
aud between Third aud Fourth, back of the
morocco factory. As he went IN, saw some
one run up stars he followed and found the
prisoner under the bed. The lamp went out
and in the attempt to capture Cooper both
the officer and the prisoner were severely
used but Cooper iihaliy submitted ana went
quietly to the Hall.
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