Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-11
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Jury Drawn and the Case Opened
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following prisoners were arraigned
George Ashley, white, and Joseph
Caulk and Ambrose Wilson, colored, In.
dicted for breaking into the auction store
of L. w. Stidham q Son, on Decemb, !
Sd last, and stealing a number of articles
belonging TO Thomas Kirkwood. Pleaded
not guilty.
Isaac w. Saddler, colored, for assault
and battery on Margaretta Gray, colored.
Pleaded not guilty.
John Beecham, colored, for the larceny
of three water buckets, 10 pounds of pre.
served peaches and 20 pounds of pre-.
served prunellas from George w. GRAY.
in Wilmington, on December 3lst. In
response to the usual interrogatory the
prisoner promptly and heartily re-
Bponded; Guilty, sir, guilty. Subse-
quently Beecham was sentenced to nav
1915 restitution money be imprisoned
for three months and whipped with Ave
iashes. He retired, laughing gleefully lat
the lightness of his sentence.
The attorney general offered no OBJ
lection, and the trial was set for Wednes-
day next at 10 o'clock q. M, to which
time the special oyer and terminer court
jury, summoned for this case, was dis
charged.
The case OF State VS.. John W. Cain,
colored, for assault and battery with
criminal intentupon Georgianna v. John
son, colored, was then resumed and
Walter Bacon, Esq, addressed the jury
on behalf of the prisoner. Deputy
Attorney General Biggs closed for the
State, the charge was delivered by the
chief justice and at 4.35 o'clock the jury
retired.
A jury was next drawn in the case of
Frank Claymont, charged with stealing
watch valued at 1915, from Jefferson b.
Foard of Middletown, and on another in
dictment for receiving the same, knowing
At to have been stolen. John X. Bradford,
Esq, for the State.
Jefferson B. Foard testified TO the watch
being stolen from his house, and Levi
Solomon, a pawnbroker of PHILADELPHIA,
testified that the prisoner pawned the
watch with him. Sheriff Ford testified to
bringing the prisoner down from Phila-
delphia on requisition.
The prisoner made q. statement to the
jury, in which he said that he met
stranger in Philadelphia, one night, who
asked him where he could pawn n watch.
He went down to Solomon's store with
pho npiNnBoN anu pbWutu bu6 WHICH IOf
him, obtaining 1922 for il, out of which
the stranger gave him 81. At $40 o'clock
the jury retired.
just before the departure of this jury
the jury in the case of ID. M. Osborne u
Co. vs. Joshua O. Richards.
The jury was discharged until Fri
day morning, and the Cain and
Clayport juries being out, talesmen were
cd 90, 4rxr 1,a .se
ys. Walter Anderson, indicted for the
larceny of an overcoat valued at 800 from
George II. Sheble in Newark. Deputy
Acknowledgement Biggs for the'State.
George E. Sheble testified that he was
stopped at the Washington House, for
dinner, and while he was in the smoking
room, after dinner, his overcoat was
stolen from the rack in the hallway. He
recovered it few days later from James
A. Wilson, proprietor of the hotel. MIR.
Wilson said he had suspicious of Ander-
son and had him watched, and the coat
was recovered from under pig pen,
where Anderson was seen to hide it.
Morris Donovan said he saw Anderson
take the coat from under the pig-pen,
place it back, and cover il with boards.
IIt tOlu MR. NlibOu anu lItY recovered
IL. Harvey Scott testified to hanging
Mr.. Sheble's coat on the rack from which
it was taken.
The prisoner called William Home
wood, for whom he worked six days. Mr..
Homewood said the prisoners work was
satisfactory and that he stole nothing from
him. Coroner Byard Widdoes was also
called, but was unable to give any evil
dence to help the prisoner. The latter
addressed the jury in his behalf, and at 6
O'clock the jury retired.
Harrison Rothwell, colored, alias
|'Sugar Awful" who pleaded guilty of
the larceny of an overcoat from Lewis
Fellheimer, was sentenced to pay 1913
restitution money and costs, be whipped
with five lashes and imprisoned three
months. 81 hope we will never see you
here again Harrison" said Chief Justice
Comegys, in conclusion. II trust not,
SIR" replied the prisoner.
The grand jury at 4.10 o'clock, came
into court with its final report which is
printed elsewhere.
The jury in the case of John w. Cain,
colored, remained out until 6.55 o'clock,
when they returned verdict of not
guilty in manner and form as indicted, but
guilty of assault only. ..
The Jury in the case of Frank Clayport
came in shortly after with verdict of
guilty.
FoRGER SENTENCED.
The jury in the ease of Walter Auder-
son indicted for larceny came into court
at 9.15 o'clock Thursday morning with
verdict of guilty.
e. j. Holllngsworth indicted for
Oh he oil ~ do
morning Withdrew his plea of mot
guilty" and pleaded guilty. The court
imposed sentence of 81 900 fine, three
months imprisonment in solitary confine-
ment and stand an hour in the pillory on
Saturday next.
At the session of court, Thursday
morning, John W. Cain, colorod who was
convicted of an assault upon Georgianna
v. johnson, colored, was sentenced to
pay fine of $50 and be imprisoned six
months.
Frank olayport, convicted of the
larceny of watch from jefferson B.
Foard, was sentenced to pay 1915 restitu-
ton money and costs of prosecution, be
whipped with 20 lashes ard beimprlsoned
six months.
Walter Anderson, for stealing coat at
Newark, having been recommended to
the mercy of the court by the jury, was
sentenced TO pay $3.50 restitution money
and costs, and be imprisoned three
months.
Walter Hayes, ESQ, counsel for Isaac
w. Saddler, colored, indicted for assault
and battery upon his mother, Margaretta
W. Gray, with intent to kill, withdrew
his clients plea of not guilty and pleaded
,yuiIty In assault The prisoner, il was
charged, had tried to shoot his mother,
the load from tho gun striking her in the
leg, inflicting severe wound. The
prisoners statement was that his mother
came into his room, while he was in
bed to leave his shirt and during some
words between them, picked up his gun
demanding to know why he had it there
He seized the gun and both struggled fol
its possession, his mother crying out tc
% man who wns down stairs to come NJ
aud put ball through him. In thu
struggle the gun went off and shot hii
mother in the leg. The affair happanee
in Red Lion hundred on December 2Oth
John w. Burris, q petit juror, wal
called by Mr.. Hayes, and said he knew
the prisoner we'll and considered him no
right in his mind, in fact he was yer!
s'Iooney" at times.
The court, In view of the facts of tn
case, imposed fine of IS and costs an'
three months imprisonment.
Australia Batsom. colored, alias Thoma
Johnson, indicted for carrying con
ceaIe6 deadly weapon pleaded guilt
through bis counsel. Walter Bacon, Esq.
and pleaded in extenuation that he has
found blackjack on the street, an