Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-02-09
THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE.
PUTTI No PRISONERa THROUG u
AT RAILROAD sPEsD.
The N Schf noRy OF tho Court in
6OOd Working Order-Procoed-
ings Yesterday Afternoon
An Early Adjournment
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Court recominenced at o'clock yes
terday AFTERNOON, ana II the wheels
justice continue to revolve at the pres
ent rate OF speed IL Will nov De long un
I'LL al the business IL nnlShed'
feter dooseoerry, Jr., e0l0red, IN
diceen ior Tue iarceay OF Two DuSheis
"hsat, was arraigned ana plead no
guiity.
me triA' OF Johh Irult and JONI
Monrop' ior '4e larceny o! meat irou
Ahare" spear oi h'ackDiru huhdre
was resumed
JACOB Aussiil' roloreu Dov, testlaeu
thaI ne lVen IN tGe house with tht
prisoner; "eco'lecten the ROBBERY "a"
me PRISONERS nave the inea' was asleel
Wh"h they went away anu also wheL
SheN came BACK pnt saw the meat III
the morning. anu went WIN 'ohh MON
roe afterwards 70 the WOODS W get sont
OF ~; ne hsta IL hiu IN ho!e IN tht
GROUND. re LOOK piece OF the Mea!
hothe WIN III" ana h@u u cookeG' ana
Lhe "ithess a"e some oi IL; tolt: Mr.
spear where tha meat was anu went
WIN nlnl 10 'ne place'
haVlha oauhGers was re.cailed py the
dclehce, put Ialied 10 establish any 1acts
III the prisoners laVor;
Mr. harrington lnaue Drlei ADDRESS
70 the jury, anu 1oIlo"eu oy Mr. blggs
lof lhe delence, VINO clalmed that the
Sta'e hal iaiieu 10 make out their case;
he contehded that tho prosecution mad
not SHOWN that the meat touhu IN tne
"oods oeiongoa 10 MI. spear.
mr.. Harrington closed ior the State,
ana a1ter Drlef charge ny the Court
the case was gwen TO the jury ana they
retired: After an absence OF about nj
teen minutes, taey returned ana reh-
derea Verdic1 oi guilty' Inc Oourt
immediately sentenced the prisoners TO
pay the c's5s OF prosecution, Sfb ~
restitutlon money, anu on next SAtuf-
DAY TO receive ~ lashes each, TO De I'm
prisoned three months, and wear u
conVlcts )acSet ior SIX ihohths
Charles Murphy who was indicted
LOT Assault WIN 'hteht 10 XIII us WIFE,
ana VINO hau piSai guli'y 10 Ine enarse
of assault only was brought to Court.
The States Attorney SAID that he was
willing TO receive the plea, ana that lie
had several witnesses present VIII"
knew the prisoner, ana would testify TO
his general character.
George Aiken sworn, ne mad known
the prisoner "bout fourteen years; he
always was quiet industrious man;
Patrick KIRK 'estihed that ne had
known Murphy some twelve or thirteen
years; lived next door to him, and has
lived there tor years; never had heard
of any trouble between him and his
wife previous to this occurrence; always
looked upon him as a quiet industri-
GUS man, and an excellent neighDor;
did not see Murphy the day that this
happened but heard that he had been
asked the prisoners little
boy about 1t, and he SAID That his sfather
was drunk; that in the moruing his
mother had made soup, aud his father
insisted in stirring. it with the broom
handle; heard that he had acted in a
strange manner all day.
Patrick Taggart sworn Had known
Murphy for at least ei ghteen years and
he had al ways borne good character.
Mrs. Keating stated that she was a
'leighbor of the prisoner, aud had never
known anything wrong with himbefore.
The witness then described the scenes
that occurred the night OF the cutting,
md how the wounded woman was
brought into the house.
At the conclusion of he- testimony
the Court ordered the prisoner to be
saken out, and the decision will proba-
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