Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-02-08
PROCEEDINGS.
.,,ROAD CASE CONCLUD.
ssVxRAL PRISONERS An.
,nSCD FOR LARCENY.

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and and Judge Houston on the pehch
~ Emmons, Esq, moved that th'
! rbarles Blake, indicted for bar
no continued unit next term, on
n" n, If his inability TO secure tht
as.es m for his defense.
's''S ~" aas then brought in Court In
lnO NV ot the sherifi's deputies, and
hsing sworn stated that he was
'ls @ 10 Secure thu attendance OF two
r,ont ~ witnesses at this term OF
m and ilat he could not safely &c
81 Without them. After hearing
Clement the Court postponed the
"rtil next term, and discharg
nitp,sses from further attend
co.e of tho State vs.. the Balti.
A. Philadelphia Railroad Company
,trn proceeded with, and attei
r~e.tidns of law had been argued,
trrs Hayes, Esq, opened the ar
.nt to the jury for the State.
sald that the indictment charged
Company with constructing and
,ainirr a nuisance in obstrrctiDg a
" road, and ho thought the charge
.ru fully established by the evi'
coutepdej that unless the space
..u the abuiments was at least
,ty.topr { ct in width it would rem
: road extremely dangerous ior
ic travelling. lie spoke about fif'
minutes, and closed by urging that
road was closed by the abutmcnts
at it wond only be sixteen feet In
h It would practically render it
for trave! for wagons loaded with
or fodder. ,,
va, followed by Levi. G. Bird,
WHO contcnded that it hsd not
shown that the placing OF the
mpnts AZ proposed would cause n
jc nuisance He did not think there
apy law that would compel the
,ALy to make the road more than
ZEN feet wide IN the clear, and
ncd thatin SO doing they were COM
n, with the law In every resprct.
Company was offering TO give the
lie ,h. safest kind Of a crossing, in
ding this bridge, and crossing this
h travelled road above grade.
claimed that while his Company
ed TO give a wider roadway than
afforded by any bridge in thiscoun-
these proIle we're not satisfied, and
dragged them into court and were
lg to compel them to tear down
j they had already built, and con-
~ something else at a cost OF thous-
and thousands of dollars, and all
use Mr.. Brown thinks he could not
undt the bridge with . load of
Lr Company lad received the right
the Legislature to go through
State, and having bought the lard
the purpose they proposed to 90
ugh. There are two sides to this
Ftion, and the Railroad Company
s some rights in the matter, as well
be people Of Mill Creek Hundred.
he SAFETY Of the thousands Of yalu-
lives that would be carried over the
road must also be taken in con-
Ialion. This road about which nll
trouble is made, Is and has been
ears hut fifteen wide at this very
but now that the Railroad pur-
to use Il, they claim it must be
wider, and why, because they
X the Railroad Company is nothin z
p corp ration, and can afford to
w their money away.
=. Bird clo't,l his argument at 4 40
pck, and was followed by Attorney.
rrai Gray for the State.
/" opened by saying that he had no
DIT but the Railroad Company
IN. they we're acting according TO
IA" u p3oc@ @ding in the way they
IT, tHt III his opinion they had over
nrI the Privileges accorded them.
r. Company have not yet con-
"a 'l"se ahutmen,s, and only
4 +" % 90 so; if they had them
'.''d hu would he very loafh to
.rm I" the trouble and expense Of
f'ng them down.
\ ''httn"ed that it had been con
H' J Shown by the Rpul Go minis
Pi'fs ana ottcr residents Of Mill Creek
"ir" loal these @butuonts, con
''"H according to the plans Of the
'hS, wpnd be- u serious OBJ
i"h 10 navel, and surely
Ir'P,,' were the best judges in
l''j !" th'ir own roads.
lr' Gray continued to sneak until
!. clock, and when he concluded
court, without charging the jury
.."''iH"I them until 10 o'clock this
rNlng.
~ %lH'raiion cf j. X. Bradford,
~ r",iiGan arrested for placing
.h'H"h' tn the track of the p, W
''"'' 'F'a" near Stanton early last lall,
E' "rEcd. the State not being
~ "b'a'n sufficient evidence to
Hct. "
ne Attorney General entered \
w. pres On the second Indictment
' "salhSl George Little, alias George
'''' !or the larceny of an overcoat.
.''!so was taken on account of his
" ''hElcted on the first indictment
'E'"s MN with burglary and lar
'' case Of Elliot tho colored man,
was discharged from New Castle
"htil awaiting trial, on account of
'nA the smallpox was retired.
'"' l'H blake, who had not been ar
'hen' was brought in, and after
y arral lgned plead not guilty to an
jg'ment charging him with feloni-
" entering the house of Jacob
'y' about 12 O'Clock on the night Of
'cliber II, 1888, and the larceny Of
~ .,"nrF m OF articles, the property of
:" w. lusey. He also entered the
t. pea to an indictment charging
WIN breaking into the house Of
y, w rnSey, and the larceny Of goods
'4slng to William W. Pusey and
Il" B. Flynn.
noll'as Purnell, colored, was arrAign-
'ni plead guilty to an indictment
H'hg him with the larceny Of a.
: wagon valued at $50, the proper
!, ''alhnel Townsend, Of Appoquini.
+ hundred, on the 18th of last De-
aIso plead guilty to an indictment
h'hg him with the larceny of a
+, vaiued at $3.50, the property of
Isl M townsend, of Appoquinimlnk
ured, on the 18th Of December.
unafd VI SHAY, q white boy, was in.
;" 'or The larceny of an overcoat
-" par of shoes, the property of
'"Eu u. Boon, and plead not guilty.
hprose Wilson, o Colored boy, plead