Daily Republican., 1885-11-18
COUNTY COURT.
AFTERNOONS PRO.
CEEDINGS-rHEF FIRST CON.
yICTION
CANDIDATE FOR THE LASH

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Court resumed proceedings at 3 o.
clock yesterday afternoon. The At
torney General stated 10 the Court that
after carefully examining into the case
of Charles Laws, colorsd, indicted for
burglary September 24th, he found that
there was no chance of conviction,
and he had determined to en- tor nolle
pros, consequently the prisoner was
discharged.
Frederick Brown and William Ham
ilton, two colored boys, aged 8 and IL
years, were arrsigned and pleaded not
guilty to an indictment charging them
with felonicusly gu .ering the house of
George Coats, last Saturday, and steal
ling number of articles. The Court
iinsruc.ed Walter Hayes, Esq, to take
lchareo OF the case, and he asked, on &C.
celnt OF their tender years. .hat 1t be
continued until The Fehraary term, TO
allow him Hr opportunity 10 have tn em
com mitted TO the Ferris Reform School,
which he said would be in operation
by that time.
Samuel S.well, Tillie Hamilton, a
little girl, Barcelona Bass, - years old,
each charged with larceny, and John
Callahan, charged with assault and
| battery, all Of them colored, were dis
charg as Attorney G sneral Payn Ter
said he declined 70 present any bills
against them, and they were discharged.
| The Grand Jury came in at 4O5 o.
clock, and after reporting upon several
bills stated tha, they had finished all
the business for the present, and were dis
charged from further attendance until
| Monday, the 30th instant.
Henry Fields was arraigned and
plead not guilty 10 an indictment
charging him with the larceny of a
shawl, valued at 50, from Sarah Jervis,
October 9th.
William A. Morris, James Lewis,
Ambrose Wilson and John Manlove,
lall colored, were arraigned on an in
Idictment charging them With breaking
into the store of Taylor 81 Louden, on
the night of November 18Th, and steal
ling one pair of rubber boots, valued at
lS5, one pair of lady's CATERS, valued at
Sl,25, one pair OF boots. valued at sl.2o'
one pair OF shoes, valued at oo cents
lone pair of mems shoes, valued az 90,
land they each plead not guilty.,
A iurv was then drawn and the case
tof Henry Fields taken up for trial,
with Walter II. Hayes, ESD, tor the
Ssate.
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Jervis YVES sworn and
Testified that che resides at No. 912 Lin
Icoln street, and on October 9th she was
tcal. ed to the door by her sister, and af
tier W ards found the shawl in water
Icloset. She had the shawl on the liue
In the yard airing.
/ Carrie Seymour testified that she saw
1.-The prisoner enter her sisters yard and
take the shawl of the line and go into
1.-The water closet, when she called her
tslster and the prisoner ran across tie
llots.
wta. Jervis was sworn, and testino,t
that he was called to the door by his
wife's sister, and saw the prisoner come
out of the water closet and run, but he
was afterwards arrested.
The prisoner had no counsel, but
when the witnesses had finished, he
made q statement TO the jury stating
that he would not have committed the
Iact If he had not been drunk, and beg
ged, in his usual whining manner, to
bs let off. The jury retired and after
On absence of five minutes returned
with a verdict of guilty, and he was
immediately sentenced to pay the costs
tof prosecution, So restitution money, be
i'm prisoned three months, and on Satur
Iday next be whipped with ten lashes
There being no other business ready the
Court at 8 o'clock adjourned until 10
clock this morning.