Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-09-23
Court Proceedings.
CONsIDERABLE BUsINKss TRANS
ACTED-ONE CANDIDAIE
FOB THE POST,
A s E R lou CHARGE

Court resumed proceedings at 3 c..
clock Tuesday afternoon, when Deputy
Attorney. General Biggs called atten.
tion to the fact that the man who had
entered 81 0O) bail for William NJ. Wal
ker the principal Witness In the Becker
case, has EN- wed to Philadelphia, and
he asked to substitute the name OF Geo.
M. Campo 30 in his place, and the
request was granted.l
The case OF David e, Mahsn the % n i.
year-old boy who Is charged In two in
dictments with burglary, was oontinr-
ed until next term, his grandfather
entering bail for his appearance.
Wilbur Reed plead guilty to commit.
ting an assault ON Charles W. Aldrick.
and the statement Of the prosecutor
showed that the parties are farmers,
and reside In Pencader Hundred. Some
time ago Mr.. Aldrick's horse got out,
and when he came to search for him he
found him in Reeds barnyard. He
was about to take him out when Reed
asked him If he had q dollar, and he
replied that he had but not for him.
Aldrick alleged that Reed then struck
him and beat him 30 bad that he was
confined to the house under the care Of
of q physician.
The prisoner WAS representa- by II.
81. Ward, Esq and at his request he
was allowed to make . statement. He
said that he found Aldrick's horse in
his corn and put him in the barpyard
Some time ago Aldrick told him that
If he found anything belonging to him
on his place to shoot IT, but he did not
wish to do that.
He saw Mr.. Aldrick taking down
the bars at his barnyArd and told him
he must pay him . dollar for the horse,
when Aldrick ran at him and struck
him. He said he did not strike the
com plainant until after he had struck
him. This closed the case, and the
Court imposed . fine Of IS and costs.
A jury was then drawn and the case
of James Kirk. indicted for the larceny
of several switch keys, the property Of
the P. W. & B. Railroad Company,
was taken up Tor trial, with Willard
Salisbury, ,Jr., Esq. ,..for the State.
William 7. Jones was sworn, and
testifi ed that he is employed as detec.
tive by the P. W. & B. Railroad. He
was informed that the prisoner had
tried to sell some switch keys at
Malchoir's store on King street, and
arrested him. He admitted having had
the keys, but said they were given to
him by another man. They were after
wards received at Krauspe's store. at
Fifth and King streets.
Charles Melchoir testified that he Ia
an employee Of the railroad company.
On July 14th the prisoner came in their
store on King street above Second, and
asked him how much he would charge
to make key like one of these. He
told him rs cents and he then asked the
witness to buy them; upon his refus-
ing he went out, and the witness re-
ported the matter to Detective Jones.
julius Krauspe was sworn, and testified
that the prisoner came in his store at
Fifth and King streets and sold him the
keys for ten cents. He was positive
that he was the man.
William Hukill testified that he is
an engineer ON the Delaware division
of the F., w. & B. Railroad; his coat
was stolen from his engine On the night
of July 18th, and the keys we're in the
pocket he had seen the prisoner in
that vicinity during the evening.
This closed the testimony, and the
Phi: 2ner made q statement, In which he
said that he arrived in this city the day
be was af.'asted, on his way to Wash.
ington. Ee mo: a man on Water .-'-""
who asked him IL sell tho
whatever he could get fCz ~, ~ s.:.G
SAID that II he had known Detective
) ZONES was an officer when he arrested
MIN he could have pointed out the man
that gave them to him.
The case was submitted to the jur,
without argument, and they retired
4 O'Clock. After an absence of ten
min utes, they returned with a verdict
OF guilty. He was Immediately sem
tenoed to pay the costs of prosecution,
%. 20 restitution money, to be imprison-
eu three months, and on Saturday next
Dc whipped with ten lashes.
James Lohand was brought in Court
and arraigned on all Indictment charg-
ing MIN with assault, with intent to
commit rape on Eliza A. Croft. in
fencader Hundred. June 28th, and
plead not guilty. He is represented by
harry Sharpley, Esq, who stated that
he would be ready for trial as suon as
he could secure the attendance of wit.
nesses.
AT the request of Deputy Attorney
General Biggs, capiases were issned for
ihomas E Carty, of St. Georges Hun
dred, who Is indicsed on four charges
Vi Vlolating the liquor law, and for
Ionn Whitlock, OF Middletown. who 10
Indicted on two similar charges.
Isaac Ray, colored, plead guilty to o
charge of carrying q concealed deadly
weapon, but stated that he came here a
stranger from Virginia, and did not
know tie law. He said that he wor ked
for Randolph Peters, and had danger
ous road to travel, or he would not
have carried it.
The Court sentenced him to an i'm.
prisonment of ten days.
Salvento Abenco, sn italian, also
plead guilty to charge of carrying
concealed deadly weapon, and was
sentenced to an Imprisonment of ten
lays, but.at the intercession of a f, 'end
The sentence was re- considered. and
hne OF $50 and the cost of prosecution
imposed.
Martin Robinson, who was indicted
Tor obtaining goods under false preten
ces was brought in Court and said that
ne was not ready for trial, on account
of the absence of his witnesses, and the
case was continued until to-day,
AT four O'Clock the Grand jury made
returns on several bills and were dis
charged until 10 O'Clock this morning,
And at 635 o'clock Court adjourned un-
vi the same time.
The Silver Creek Murder.
PoTTsyILLE, Sept. % Mrs. o'Neill,