The daily gazette., 1883-02-07

nave warrant .3or the Qtlanaer, sworn to-
; in which the cEieneS 1pecffied. esTfE
officer then has power to use all means.
Where the offense, however, is com
mftted in view of the officers, no
warrant Is necessary. The first question
In the case was whether Dietz had right
TO vote. II he had Hennis had no authority
TO arrest him. Dietz and his mother had
both declared that he was of age, and it had
MT been disproYed If he had no right
to vote he had no business there, and if the
illegal ballot was deposited In the presence
| oil Hennis the latter had the power to make
the arrest. The testimony showed that the
arrest was made at the instance of johnson
and Postles, but 1t didn't appear that they
had any right to order such arrest, although
II called upon by an officer they might aid
in an arrest. In fact sit was 3 gross piece
OF impudence and arrogance on their part,
no matter how high they stood in society or
in their political party" johnson and
Postles were rightly indicted with Hennis,
as they were guilty of the same offense.
After q few points of law were given the
jury were informed that they could find
verdict of guilty of assault only IL they
saw fit, and with the suggestion that White,
who was not really in the illegal arrest,
could be acquitted, the jury retired, in
short time returning with verdict Of guilty
as in manner and form indicted In the case
of johnson, POstles and Hennis, and not
guilty as to White.
/ CoNTEMPTIBLE wIFE-BEATER
John Collins of Wilmington was arraigned
/ for cruelty beating his wife on the afternoon
| CT December "a. Lilburn Chandler ESQ.,,
| opened the case for the State.
| Officer. W. j. Blackburn was sworn. He
declared that on passing the house, ON
Front street horse car, the day mentioned,
| he was beckoned to by some persons on the
| sidewalk. He got eff and was directed in
an alley on Front street near Madison. En-
| tering there he saw the defendant. holding
young babe in his left arm, throw two or
three buckets of water over his wife as she
| lay helpless on the sidewalk In a yard, near
running hydrant. The yard gate was fast,
| but the officer peeped through the cracks in
the boards. He then went to the front,
passed through the house, arrested Collins
| and took him to the Hail. Returning to the
house he found Mrs. Collins face beaten to
jelly and out of all semblance to human
being. Her wet clothing had been removed.
Elijah Barton, a neighbor of the Collins
| family, had called for the police. Witness
| did not see Collins hit his wife, but her
groans were heard and also the sound Of
blows upon her. The woman, to the best
| OF his knowledge, was never drunk, but the
| beatings by her husband were of common
occurrence.
The jury was then dismissed until this
morning.
Theodore Hevelon was charged with two
offences, one for stealing two chickens and
the other for stealing two bushels of corn.
He pleaded not guilty to the first charge,
but acknowledged the corn.
Harrison Kothwell, q small colored boy,
withdrew his plea of not guilty on the
charge of stealing two keys from the office
OF w. r. Cause, in Wilmington, and plead
guilty. He acknowledged to the court that
ho hud fn1
watch The Chief Justice told the lad
that, inasmuch as he had been In court be-
fore, he would infiict q severe punishment
SO that the prisoner would not want to come
back again. The sentence was Pay 25
cents restitution money, the costs of prose-
cution money, be given 20 lashes on Satur-
day, be imprisoned six months and wear
convict's jacket six months after HIS re-
lease.
Court then adjourned.
WIFE BEATER's SENTENCE.
At the opening of court this morning one
witness was examined In the case of John
Collins, charged with beating his wife. The
matter was then submitted to the jury with
out argument, the jury finding verdict of
guilty without leaving the box.
Collins was then ordered to stand and
was sentenced by the Chief Justice, who re-
marked John Collins you have been tried
and found guilty of an assault and battery.
Were it an ordinary case the court would be
likely to give you a light sentence, but 1t is
an uncommon case The victim of your
brutality was your own wife, and no justif-
able circumstances were brought out why
you should have struck her. She was 70
you all wife should be, while you were not
at all what husband should have been.
You must be made an example of, as this is
the first case of the kind which has been
heard before the court, and which has be-
come to be known In common parlance,
swife- beating" 1t is supposed you were
under the influence of liquor when the
assault was made. 1t is hard to think yen
could have acted as you did otherwise, Now,
the sentence of the court Is that
you pay the cost of prosecution, pay fine
of $500 and undergo an imprisonment of one
year We intend to make an example of all
suce cases, and this ought to be warning
to you to treat the mother of your child in
better manner
MIsGELLA NEoUs.
Austin Harrington, ESQ.,, asked that the
case of the State VS. George G. Raymond,
be continued until next term.
Harry Sharpley asked that the Court
grant the discharge CT II. Fl. Butler, whose
term of one year will expire to morrow.
This was asked, as Buffers father
has been stricken with paralysis, Butler
was found guilty of assault and battery
term of court, 1882, and has been serving
out term of one year at New Castle.
Theodore Helvelon was sentenced to pay
go cents restitution for stealing two chickens,
an imprisonment Of six months and 10
lashes.
The Grand Jury presented its report,
which was quite lengthy, and 1t was read
by Clerk Cochran. 1t was very exhaustive
and made several suggestions.
Chief Justice Comegys said the court had
listened with great pleasure to the report,
the points of which, If carried out, would
go great ways toward decreasing crime.
1t was particularly necessary that some
means be provided for taking care of juvenile
criminals. The jury was discharged until
O'Clock this afternoon, as there was one case
yet to be disposed of.
THE oRoNEY CASE.
John Croney was brought into court at
10.40, looking very pale but composed. The
court room was crowded and every neck
was strained to get good look at the man
as he was marched In between the Sherif's
officers.
Board of Health.
At regular stated monthly meeting OF
the Board of Health, held last evening, DR.,
O. II Il