Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26
COURT.
considering the Liquor License APP
pifcatfons Moses America = A
Young CuIprit's Marrow Escane.

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The Iattar conrt ,yos o,au.a
trial of In. negro bov Trhraaa nnho 10 H.
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mi, ,rnce.din,,s of H., S',,' ,''J"' ~, neu.
wer. Then tak,.n M, and ,an, .a'.., O ,,'''.'
ropidlv disnns,J ~ '''f'' "'''
In Mulrina 20 p.rt;,s tha d,s,,ao,.
gav. iI,Jtrnn+ ~, a5-i 20 GU r.,i o.rn'.'n'
jefferson was non,;nm"d ;,a'' vs.,
tL,, usnal tar,,., ,,a', ,';'', iis.'ens on
counsI In Eatom 60 - 80 So ~ u''e n,'a,
Warner & r." 90 W. tr;o,. M.,, onaries
was cor,i,,,ad ''0''o'''''i'ii'
In MILL l. FONT, ,,t, ,,.no,,.,t,........
| TOYS tI,, ~, s,,ii e'i a1N.1 y
nln;nti,r etr s3oa 10 'e'u''' ioi
A Indictment os ,o, s,,,, ,,... .,,..a, 60
the nlaintiT In I & - Gr,',,',,,at, ~, ,o'
Herman Bnll ALTAR t,. ria;ntte wv no,, Lsi
three fines anJ faiIad T., o,'s,,., 40 S''''''
Tbe cas-. If tI,, stat, as Ci'.;s, cl,,,.h
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PENDANTS
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inp and inetic., v,nuid m,isn,r,,i n a..
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,aiin,i "ei" nv, 'o'i'p"'ieu " Pifa'' M
'iH,ii"telS' Mr. Whlteley commended that
althOush TINS action was IN the lame of
the state, it was really not II criminal
action and the proceedings shuuld not Inc
the same as in any other criminal actinn
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,i Wy '"'' '"9' ai''u't n, pe eApeuite"
IMAM any other' Inc whole
quarrel, said the learned counsel,
arose from fuss between the
women of the congregation over the sing
ing whether the creed shnuld in. .un,,
49,, M, ra,,., I,'.;.i'ai a.. -
- "oo''u" ma. 'iio Wv
''"''ant shouii nave uhtil the hrst rune
Jay August lsD to plead and that this
court when 1T adjourned should do 81
until the third Monday in Septplnbpr
The Sherwood Wood rasn was s.ttl.d
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Pa M "'' '''" "''''l'oo' VIZ
'""'So nus eNPecVt' announce
heht ny Mf. Lore caused general sur
PRISE and a thinnimg-out Of the audience.
The sheriff assented that the rule to set
aside snl,. h,. ,uod,. ohsnIut. i'm th,. ,,oe.
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'""S"n ''"',"'SVi"t"'a'
-, At i O'CLOCK tlie court ADJOURNED until
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Superior Court opened Tuesday
morning at 1880 the Judges having
been engaged in their room in considering
the applications for liquor licenses and the
petitions of the competitors for the new
baillfship.
jury was drawn to try the case of August
lierman w. James l.. Johnson.
While the jurymen We're being called every
one seemed 10 be in II state OF eager anticipa-
ton. When the ninth name was taken nom
the box it proved to he that of Moses
America.
A general stir went through the audience,
when the black man rose and walked over to
take the ninth chair III the Jury box.
This man, who is the first negro ever to sit
on a iury IN our State courts, was described
IN the court report of last Monday. lie IN
modest and uiassllming. and wus very 10th to
serve ns IL iurymun ut all very peculiar
coincidence il that Anthony Higgins. Eau..
the negroes lending advocate in the Stlte.
WAS one of the counsel engaged in this case,
the first ever to be submitted to II mixed irry
in Delaware
The Herman Va. johnson case WAC nm
action on II promissory note.
The first witnesses were called to prove the
gcnuincness of the defendants signature.
Henry T. Rumford the paving teller of the
Wilmington 4 BraIdywine bank. wna called
by Mr. Lore Nm mn expert to testify as to
,Johnsou's signature.
After Mr. Higgins cross-examination as to
about the signature. the COUNSEL for the
plaintitr asked him to step down, and the sig
nature was proved by other witnesses.
The note il for -lily OF. said 10 have been
given for II stall in the old market house, and
which amount WAS refused TO he mid when
the old building was torn down. The Jury
Withdrew MT II AZ O'clock.
several inquisitions were taken. and then
the negro boy, Cubbage. was brought in for
sentence
In consideration of the extreme youth of
the priH0uer. the Attorney General agreed To
enter a Iloile prOsf,ui in the indictment for
the burning of the dwelling house. the
penalty for which il death. in consideration
of the BOYS counsel. #. Ii. Pennington ESQ.
pleading guilty to the burning Of the out
house.
The Court sentenced him to paw $500 fine.
costs of the suit, to stand one lOur in the
pilory. 10 be whipped with 10 lashes ON
Saturday next and to be imprisoned for one
yrnr
When spoken to of the narrow ESCAPE from
the rnIlows the Young cnlprit was yisiblv
affected and for the first time his brjg lit black
ewes filed with tears aud he dropped his gaze
to the floor
Other inurlisitions were taken in the cases
of l. y Custer Son A. Co. w. O'Conner AZ
Carter. and Judgment given for the plaintiffs
for want of an appearance.
I,i,,,,,,,,t ,,n, an il, fla ,osn ~ tbn
North America Insurance Company vs.
Thomas II. Plummer.
The iury in the Berman-Johnson case still
b.inU mi the court took "A recess at / 3n
n'cl1cL until a.
Ibn ,,nu,f recnnyened at a O'clock Tuesday
afternonr. the il,ry in the Herman VI. johnson
ease still Icing ont. and unable to agree.
4 illry was drawn to rive a verdict already
ogresd Iunn i'm nemnay VA. Johnson i'm favor
III fine ulaintin for ; l31
Charles r. Lore. Isu.. made n motion for
n new trnl in Moore vs.. Ouiubv. His grounds
were that the verdict was against the weight
nf avid,,nrr and that the DAMAGES were exees-
sivn n O. Turner ESQ. was heard ON the
other side. when the Court decided that Mr.
Lore ind not hid any sufficient ground 10
instifv lie Cont in allowing him n new trial
Tht case AGAINST Trinity Church in this city
,voa c.Ilrd IN Goorpe IN. Bates, Esq. All
ncnriur far tLp plaiItifr BENJAMIN Nields
and II q nrudrorJ Fsus for Inc rector and
tLo nth,r d,Frudn,,ts 'ihn nrpI1ment was nm
a rrie laid mon Dr. Frost 10 show cause why
an infmrmntion m the nature of II writ Of
ma ,r1,r11,t1 should not issue against INN TO
,n,nuol Inn In nunrnt' aud soy fy What ripht
hr hnlds tne rucInrship of the said church,
NJ uradrnrd ncrnnied tlir ott,i,tinn If tl,e
Cnnri Inr nm hour, and il then being q
o,,l',L tLc rourt directed ihe iury IN nier
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