Daily Republican., 1881-09-22
0UR COUNTY COURT.
PrOceedinEs Yesterday Afternoon
Sentence Pronounced tn Five
Cases,

Proceedings Yesterday Afternoon
Sentence Pronounced tn Five
Cases.
Court met promptly at 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and resumed the cast
Of State vs.. Charles Mayforth, indicted
for the larceny Of tools from the ken1
Hardware Company.
Thomas Lucas being sworn testified
that he has purchased some of the
tools, and at the request of Sergeant
Whelan had taken them to the police
station. Sergeant Whelan being sworn
stated that he had traced the tools to
the defendant and found some of the ar
ticles in his trunk. Harry Sharpley,
Esq, spoke in behalf of the prisoner,
and defended him ably. Mr.. Biggs fol-
lowed for the State and, at the conclu-
sion of his remarks the jury were charg-
ed by the Court, who said that to bring
in verdict of guilty, they must not
have any doubt Of the prisoner having
committed the act, and further that it
had been decided by able .Jurists, that
the failure to find tools OF like articles
! III mans spossession until three months
comm lifted, would act as bar TO his
conviction. That where tools or arti
cles Of like nature supposed to have
been stolen, were found IN q mans pos
session the larceny must have been re.
cent Upon the conclusion of the
charge the jury retired, and after an
absence Ol about halt au hour, returned
and rendered a verdictof "Not Guilty."
The G.and Jury returned true bills
against John Anderson and James
Walter, for larceny who upon being ar
raigned pleaded guilty to the charges
contained in the Indictment.
State vs. Henry Backus, cOlored, in
dlcted for the stealing Of vest, coat,
pants and shirt the properly Of Gilbert
Cook also colOred. Naudergritt for the
STATE, the prisoner had no attorney.
Gilbert Cook being sworn testified that
he lived at Andersvnvile, and the pr-
soner had boarded i'll the same house
with him, and about year ago, on "a
Sunday morning he found tnat his cloth
ing had been stolen, and the prisoner
had disappeared He did not see him
afterwards until the May term of Court,
when friend OF his had him arrested.
Margaret Davis, being sworn. stated
that she kept the boarding house at
Andorsonville, where Gilbert Cook and
Henry Backus had boarded, and recit-
ed the fact of the clothes being missed,
and her having assisted Gilbert Cook
to search the house for them. The pr-
soner spoke in his own defence, but ap-
peared to have but little effect upon the
itlru WI he, ,,ft nhu.Vt
time, returned with verdict Of guilty.
The Court then imposed sentence in
the following cases.
Joseph Lamplugh, larceny, pay the
costs OF prosecution, ~ restitution
money and or Saturday, the lst day Of
October receive ten iashes, undergo
four months imprisonment, and wear
convict's jacket six months,
Lewellyn Laws, larceny, pay the
costs OF prosecution SO restitution
money and on Saturday, the lst day OF
October, receive twenty Iashes, undergo
four months imprisonment, and wear Il
conviCt's jacket 81. months
James Walter, larceny, pay the costs
of prosecution and II restitution money,
receive ten lashes, undergo three months
imprisonment,and wear convict jacket
six months.
John Anderson, larceny, pay the costs
Of prosecution, 81 restitution money
and on Saturday, the lst day OF October,
receive ten ,shes, undergo three mont"s 5
| Imprisonment, and wear d conviCts
! Jacket six months
Henry Backu@, larceny, pay the costs
of prosecution, SJ2 restitution money,
receive twenty lashes, undergo four
months imprisonment, and wear con-
vict's jacket six months.
At the supreme Court IN May, George
| II. Bates, Esq, representing the vestry
and wardens Of the Protestant Episco-
pal church OF the Holy Trinity, this
city, obtained rule to show cause why
an information in the nature Of a quo
warranto shoulo not issue against Rev.
William j. Frost, b. u. At the hear
ing Of the rule Court did not decide
whether to grant leaTe for the Informal
tiOn to be filed, but reserved It's opinion
till the June term Of the Court OF Errors
and Appeals. when Mr.. Bates vas gran
ted leave to tile the information. This
afternoon Mr.. Bates gave notice that he
was abOut to file the information, and
asked Court for an order that the process
might be issued against Rev. Or. Frost,
and be made returunble fort hwith. Ben
jamiu NieIds and Edward &. Bradford,
E,Qs., representing Ds, Frost in she rule,
opposed the motion 10 make the writ re-
turuab!G forthwith on the ground that
it coud not legally be returned until
next term Of Court. Mr.. Bradford re-
farred to IL number of precedents sus-
tanning his View. and while thus engag-
ed court ahloulned until 10 O'Clock this
morning, when the argument Will be
resumed.