Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-23
TWICE CONVICTED.
A Coiored KIeptomaniac Gets -Four Years
ut Moundsvil Q.

A Colored Kieptomaniac Gets Four Years
at Moundsvil Q.
One man occupied the attention OF the
Circuit Court, yesterday, all day, our
the probabilities are that he will bother
nothing else for four years to come. His
names, for be changes the style OF his
Arm as often as suits him, are Al. Good
ing, Al Clayton and AL. Woods. de
Was charged with breaking IN and steal
ing, and this habit seemed strong with
in him, for be has repeated it. He IS
not handsome and his best friend could
not accuse him OF being an exquisite.
He is colored. His countenance
has not the sweet repose which
lmners love to paint upon the
face of the Beloved Disciple-not much;
He mas a villainous face, which would
OF itself convict him. He is saddle
colored Senegambian with very fero'
cicus, bulldog look, aud his phrenolog-
zeal bump of veneration is not largely
developed.
This interesting individual was
brought in to answer an indictment for
breaking into and stealing from the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Woods, just beyond
Pleasant Valley. he was defended by
Messrs. III. b. Ferguson and j. ID. Elson.
The following Jury tried the case: A.
n. Beach, @. H. Quimby, Joseph Todd,
w. C. Handlan, John Turpin, James
Clark, Chris. Bashar, J. 0. Golfer, Geo:
Cummins, WIN. Boles. Vim. Fritsch and
w. d. English.
The testimony was very direct and to
the point. The attorneys did all in
their power to save their man, but the
proof was overw helming. He had gone
into the house and carried off various
articles, and vas arrested by Major
Mitchell in Wa hington, Pa, as he was
in the act OF selling stolen watch. He
TESTIFIED for himself, and said he went
into he house in broad daylight, and
only took his own things, or their equiv
alent. The watch, he said, was given
him to sell by colOred man from st.
Louis, but the evidence was contradic-
tory. The case was given to the jury
about 2:30 O'Clock, and at 4 the men
came in witha verdict.
The usual formula were gone through
with. The jury announced that 1t had
arrived at verdict, and Gooding was
made to stand up. Looking upon the
prisoner the Jury said guilty" The
following paper was then read:
We, the Jury, find the prisoner not
guilty OF the burglary charged, but gull
ty of entering the dwelling house men
toned in the n iiclment in the night
time. as charged, and with the intent
charged, and we fix theiterm Of his i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary at two
years. W. y. HASDLAN,
Foreman
There was no one to pity the con.
demned prisoner. He had no mother,
or wife, or sister to sit by BIN and soften
the Jury and his face had, for moment,
the look Of a hunted animal, then he
relapsed into his former state OF atten-
tive Indifference and his second trial,
then in progress, was continued. The
charge was robbing the residence OF
Samuel Laughlin, Esq, near Horn
brooks, last fall, and stealing about $40
worth of property belonging to a col
ored man named Mingo Johnson. The
following was the jury: G. l.. Davis,
John Prince, Jacob Gilbert, A. L.Wells,
Robert Crawford, j. w. KEENAN,, VIM.
Hastings, J. ID. Stanton, John Motfatt,
John White, w. n. Tracy and Fred.
Merkle.
This case was as direct as the first one
and by consent, all round, without the
Jury retiring, verdict OF guilty was
rendered and a term OF two years i'm
prisonment fixed upon. The prisoner
was remanded to Jail to await sentence.