Middletown transcript., 1886-09-30
County f,o,urt

. and battery upon Jas. B. Groves. Wi
intent to kin, pleaded guilty on Thursda
n The court lined him 500 and sent hin
prison for six months. -----------.----.,,ss
lfPkilip Pinion was found eoiItysgf i
qceny by the jury !. His counsel ssye 4
tice Of application for new trial.
John Simpson retracted his plea of N
guilty Of burglary and plead guilty. Z
was sentenced to pay $50 festitutic
money and costs, to 10 lashes and thr,
months imprisonment. s
/ Harry Smith and Frank Han. Tor r,;tts stem !
SIS horse, were found guilty by Il
| jury. 500 restitution money, tone hot
in the pillory, twenty lashes, and or
years imprisonment was the punishme1
inflicted by the court. M
In the Davis murder case the attorne
i general and counsel for the mnrdere
having agreed upon the acceptance by th
State of pleapof murder in the secon
degree, the court sentenced the crimins
| to pay a fine Of Ss, 900 and costs and to i'm
prisonment for life.
Elijah Benson for assault and batter
upon Frederick E. Dixon (both colored
was found guilty, 500 fine and costs
bhb year imprisonment. III fi.I
The first policy case was then taken uu
After the submission of the evidence b,
the State Mr.. Rodney asked for the ac
quittal of the prisoner on the ground tina
no connection between him and the Grim,
was shown. and that, according to Tay
lor g testimony, the prisoner had confess
ed to previously selling policy, but tha
he had stopped. He also claimed tha
policy was not . game, ss the indictment
declared, but speculation, as the players
had nothing to do with the result, buI
their success depends on something thai
occurs in Kentucky
In the afternoon Chief Justice Cornegys
said he would consider the points raised
by Mr.. Rodney. He said that he had
never seen case more thoroughly pre-.
sented on both sides, and that it was not
clear to the court that thsre were not cir
cumstances justifying the submission OF
the case to the jury. The case did not
present, he econtinued, device for gam
ing In the meaning of the statute. It was
merely scheme Of betting without de-
vice, and be did not knowFthat there was
any faw covering It'll oh ths hrsepoint
made by Mr.. Rodney, that the evidence,
as produced, was not suthcient 10 SUSAN
the Indictment, the chief Justice said fhat
the court was not entirely Bithont doubt
that there was suflicient avidehca but
that unless the court vas thoroughly
satisfied on this point, Is was genefally
left with The jury. 7 Tbs second. point
made by Mr.. Rodney was that the indict-
ment for policy did not cover gaming,
and the" chief justice said that dn this
point the court was Of the unanimous
opinion that the statue under. which the
Indictment was drawn did not meet or
contemplate case OF this kind. The
chief justice added that there was no
law covering the cases, and recon-
that the next Legislature should
pass one 10 meet i, and al other forms of
gambling. He also said that there should
be law meeting the technicality in prize
lighting cases, and making it sufficient to
guilt that two men go out to
fight. II +. Y ] 5NHaI SIT
The state at once, Id this view of the
matter entered, q nollsi oroseqsit In all
he other policy cases. , ,fg
The next case. Charles Dunson and
Howard Taylor both pleaded not guilty
o the charge Of deadly assault and their
.ase was still on at adjournment on Fri
lay. .les .l5.if.ss... zT.Byl, ~
The Court of General Sessions conclud-
d Its work on Saturday morning, and
be following sentences were passed |
Jharles Dumson and Howard Taylor,
10Th colored, for seriously cutting Benja-
han NJ. Reed. d ,iihe ot s1,eoO eael5 and
osts Of prosecution; stand an hour in
be pillory and be imprisoned six months;
saac Hayden, stealing thirty feet of rope
rom the schooner SlsymakeF, payrestitu-
ion money and costs, receive twenty
lshes and be imprisonedi one year
rank olga, carrying concealed deadly
Teapons, fine of s25 and costs; Harrison
!. Rothwell, colored, robbing the. house
fW. C. Davis, in Wilmington, pay resti-
ition money and costs, stand an hour in
Do piliory and receive twenty lashes;
ames Murray, colored, larceny of 200 |
gars from the store Of A. A. Chapman,I |
~ restitution money and costs, receive |
We lashes and be imprisoned three /
lonths; nolle PROSE- was entered in
le case against Murray in which he was
iarged with entering Beers saloon and
ealing several articles; Margaret Grif-
th, colored, stealing some clothing, the
roperty of Benjamin F. CHM ot, AppQ-
ainimink hundred, pay restitution
Ioney and costs and be Imprisoned one
onth; James Campbells stealing cloth
g and two umbrellas, the property OF
lmes F.. Casperson, pay restitution
oney and costs and be Imprisoned three
onths; John Hopkins, colored, stealing
othing, the property of Michael K.
,rroll; Charity Loper, colored, stealing
othing, property of Mary J. Worrell,
y restitution money and costs, and be
lprisoned three months; Lewis Adams,
lored, assault and battery on Rebecca
cketts, also colored, of Newark, pay |
10 Of $50 and costs, and be imprisoned
< months; Phillip Pinion colored, bur-
ariously entering the house of George {
:. Harriet, of Christiana hundred, pay
money, a fine Of $500 and costs
md an hour In the pillory and beimpris-
ed one year. LIlliIlHh III
In the case of James E. Simmons in :
,ted for carrying concealed deadly !
,apons, Simmons failed to appear and
} recognizance was forfeited. William
Thompson was his bondsman.
The cases Of E. T. Stroud and Lee File,
aicted for keeping . gaming house.
IRE continued until the next term.
During the term just ended fortysix
dictments were acted on. ysliIsn
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Use '.Atlas.,, G. E. HaktA.
Elkton Murder Case.