The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-03-10

ADJOURNMENT OF CoURT-PRIsoNERs SEN
TENcED.-The petit jury were discharged on
Friday last, and on Saturday Judge Walters sen
term of court, as follows:
VIM II. stackhouse, for stealing 20 decoy
ducks belonging to c. W. Middleton, to the
penitentiaiy for two years and three months.
Edward Kenly, colored for assault upon Geo.
Whitney, to the House of Correction for three
months.
George Whitney, colored, for assault with in
tent to murder Edward Kenly, to the peniten-
tiary for two years and three months
Samuel Middleton, colored, for arson and at
tempt to commit burglary, by setting fire to
and cutting the door of VIM. II. Chenwolth's
store, at Upper Cross Roads, to the penitentiary
for four years.
On Wednesday Judge Waters heard argument
on motions for new trials, in the cases of Hemard
Terry and John W. Mahoney VS.. the Philadel
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com
pany, in which Terry was awarded $4,000 and
Mahoney So, 900 damages for injuries alleged to
have been sustained by being compelled to jump
from q limited express train at Havre de Grace,
WHICH they udu Ut NiiiN W. 'hN
purpose of crossing the river, supposing it would
stop on the other side. The motions were over
ruled. Messrs. Henry d. Farnandis and VIM.
G. Scott made the argument fol the railroad
company and Messrs. Hiram Mccullough, OF
Cecil, and Henry w. Archer for the plaintiffs.
THE STACKHoUsE CAsE.--Thc case of William
II. Stackhouse was tried in our court on Fri
dpy of last week, and excited considerable in
terest. 4 large number of witnesses were in
attendance from Cecil county, of which county
| the prisoner was Il resident. 1t appeared from
the evidence that n negro man, named Henry
Dixon, was engaged by Stackhouse to accom-
pany him, on the morning of the ninth of No
vember last in boat procured by Stackhouse
for the purpose ofkilling ducks, Dixon having
gunner's license. They sailed out Elk river
near which Stackhouse resided with his father
and after cruising about the waters above Spe
sutia Island, at about 3 o'clock in the Afternoon
the prisoner proposed to Dixon TO sail through
the Narrows, dividing the island from the Har
ford shore, rcmarking that there were decoyi
there They did SO, and in their passage
through passed close to and hailed Mr.. Edward
|
Island. They then, according to DiXon's &c
count of the matter, passed out the southern
end of the Narrows and laid by at anchor q shor
distance from shore, until about shutdown, whei
n heavy cloud threatening, Dixon proposed t.
return home. To this Stackhouse refused t.
agree, as he said there were decoys in the Mar
rows and he was going to have them. The negrt
objected that they would be shot, but was over
ruled by the prisoner, and after nightfall the.
returned through the Narrows and took from
the blind of Mr.. Mitchell, who is agent for Mr.
e. w. Middleton, the owner of the property ant
the decoys n lot of about forty of these decoys
They were taken by Stackhousc and handel
into the boat by him to the negro. Other lot
of decoys, belonging TO other parties, were ais
| taken, until about $50 were secured They theI
returned home, TO where Stackhousc resided
| reaching there next day little after sunrise
| Subsequently, in February, information of tn
facts having reached Mr.. Mitchell and Office
Dcver, of Iavre de Grace, those gentlemen pro
ceeded TO Cecil county and procured the service
of an officer, and armed with writ went +
the house of the prisoners father, and there re
covered the decoys, part ofwhch Mr.. Mitchell
fully identified as those stolen from his blind
Mr. Mitchell, in his testimony, also corroboi
atcd the negroes testimony, us to seeing him an
prisoner pass through the Narrows on the after
noon mentioned, and anchor oil the island
where they were remaining at dark In add
ton to this the prisoner subsequently contrs=e
his guilt to officer Dcver, after he had bee
lodged in jail The prisoners character is III
dcrstood not TO be very good in his native cour
ty. lie is Il young looking man, with rattle
stolid expression of countenancc. \ large IT
ward was offered by Mr.. Middleton, the owne
of the decoys, for the arrest and conviction {
the thief The jury brought in verdict c
guilty and Judge Walters sentenced Stackhous
TO two years and three months in the peniter
tiary. The defense was conducted by Hon. llel
man Stump and VIM. Young, Esq. The Stat
was represented by George Y. Maynadier State
attorney. aud Hon. Henry W. Archer.