Daily Republican., 1886-05-11
always managed to escape the just
psnalty Of their crimes.


indictment found against him at the
February term, charging him with the
larcency Of q gold watch valued ct y66,
the property Of 8. Lloyd Boldly, ON the
1sixth Of last November. A jury was
Idrawn and Attorney General Paynser
, for the State, and Levi @. Bird, ESQ,
for the defense.
4 s. LloydaBoddy was sworn and testi-
lied that he resides in this city. On tho
, night Of the 9th Of last November, no
left the Armory Fund fair about II o.
CLOCK with Burleigh and two others.
After walking down the street some
distance they went into q saloon. and
when the witness wanted to come out
he noticed that the prisoner loitered
behind and was very slow about
looming. He afterwards missed his
] watch, and upon reporting the matter
to the police the prisoner and the other
1.-TWO OF the party were arrested.
/ After being taken to police station
4 they were searched, but nothing was
found upon them. The witness then
had the watch advertised among the
lpawnbrokers in Philadelphia and In .
few days received word that the priso-
ner had been arrested in that city
while trying to pawn 1t. He went to
philadelphia and recovered the watch
lot the Central station.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Bid, he
said that he formed the uaintance of
the prisoner at the fair which was held
In the old foundry last fall. The wit
ness had an exhibit of leather and shoe
findings, and the prisoner was in charge
of q stand opposite to him On the
night in question he left the fair about
II o'clock, in company with the pris-
oner and two others. They went down
4 nj Uckro I'D inf
the back way; they had two drinks be-
fore going into Boer's.
He did not think that they had more
than one drink in Boer's; after leaving
there they went to the witness store,
on Fourth street near Market, and one
of the men named Vestor went in with
him. Upon leaving his store they
went ACROSS the street TO Bacon's
saloon, where they had some oysters;
he also thought they had drinks, but
he could not remember positively; there
were some women in there, but the
witness did not have anything to do
with them, except to wet q handker-
chief for one. He could not tell how
long they were in Bacon's, but after
they came out they stood on the street
,Iawhile, and then went into the Swan
Hotel. He could not say whether they
had anything to drink In the Swan
Hotel or not. He missed the watch
while in this hotel, and went after .
policeman.
In answer to Mr.. Birds question as
to whether he was drunk or sober, he
replied that he was not too drunk to 20
after a policeman. The men were
searched at the station, but the watch
was not found on them, and the next
Imorning he went to Bacon's to see II he
lcould get any points about the watch.
He did not 60 home that night, but
slept at the store, 80 that he cenld start
4 out early to search for his watch.
Isaac Cohen testified that he is
!, lpawnbroker, and is engaged in business
D in Philadelphia. 1t Ii customary in
D that city when goods are stolen, to send
3 lout notices, describing the articles,
q from the Central station. On Novem
: ber 18th he received q notice, which he
showed, describing watch that had
q been stolen in this city. On the evening
: lof November 10th, the prisoner came in
;, his place of business and offered o
. watch which answered the description
lon the notice that he had received. The
a witness sent his clerk out for an officer
and detained the prisoner until he
4 arrived.
: Chief of Police DouRherty testified
a that he received a dispatch from Chief
q of Detectives Kelley, of Philadelphia,
= stating that Burleigh had been arrested
!. in that city and the watch recovered.
He notified Mr.. Boldly, and with him
went to Philadelphia and brought the
4 prisoner to this city.
ell John Hoffman testified that he is
d detective in Philadelphia, and was
0 called in by Mr.. Cohen to arrest the
d prisoner. He stated to the witness
q that he had bought the watch in Will
v mington, and that while he was wait
.tl ing at the railroad station a man,
n whom he had never seen before, came
d up to him and sold him the watch for
Ia his watch and eight dollars.
,fI The witness told him that he had
d made q good bargain, but as the watch
n had been stolen he would have to hold
him. The watch was given to Chief of
isl Police Kelley and returned by him to
'fI the witness said that he had been on
the detective force for fourteen years.
is Edward e. Hanf testified that he is
10 engaged in the watch and jewelry busi-
q. ness in this city. He identified the
70 watch recovered from the prisoner as
&, one which he had sold Mr.. Boldly last
n July for $S5.
d The State announced that they had
81 no more witnesses, and as IL was nearly
g el6 o'clock the Court ::discharged the jury
re until 10 o. clock this morning. Since
tlaet November he has been out on bail,
N tand Mr.. Bird asked the Court If he
z would still be allowed to enjoy his lib
le erty, while the trial was progressing.
mi The court, after consultation, decided
q Il that, as he was now on trial, his bail
ut bond was no longer effective, and that
he would have to be comm tilted to the
q custody of the Sheriff.
be- Ambrose Wilson, Joseph Caulk, Den
4, mis- Lewis and Henry Anderson were
IN then sentenced to pay the costs OF prose
is cution, $50 SO restitution money, be I'M
re prisoued one year, and on Saturday
next, between the hours of 10 O'Clock In
ia the morning and in the afternoon,
in stand one hour in the pillory and be
tn whipped with 20 lashes each.
atI Lewis Morris, John Nicholas, and
list George Robinson, all colored, were ar
N lraigned and pleaded not guilty to an
cd Indictment charging them with the
ed larcency of a chicken from Franklin
he Yearsley, of Mill Greek Hundred
OIL They also plead not guilty to q second
er Indictment, charging them with thu
Nv laroency of thirty-nine chickens, the
he property OF Mccoy Yearsley, Of MIL
e. Greek Hundred.
ne Isaac Sadler, colored, plead no
3D. guilty to an Indictment charging hin
with assault and intent to kill William
is Butcher. He was willing to plead
cd lguilty to assault only, but the State de
IT. clined to accept the plea, and the Cour
IL assigned Walter 8. Hayes, Esq as hi