Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-02-05
Ity Court.
BURGLARY AMI
IVA vERDIUp or
GUILTY.
kG TESTIMONY

Vk
.G TESTIMONY
10 after c C,urt opened yes
'pon the case OF George
rose Wilson and Joseph
III with burglary and lar
|uInod. Il
StIdham was sworn, and !
'tbo store was broken into |
ling the night ofDecembey
4 bber Of articles stolen.
4 Whortenberry colored,
the stand, but before he
n. Sharpley objected TO his
the ground that he had
b,ed felon. An argument
| Mr.. Sharpley produced
hrities In support OF his
sn finally the Court decided
4 competent witness, and
f with hi. evidence.
E,hst no now resides at
\, near tho old poor house,
nber last he resided over
4 bridge. About IL o'clock
n the 81, he was awaken
at the door, and
bpened the prisoners and
n sell, alias Sugar Awful.
|ey mad a bundle with
bing some hair brushes
Scles. Sugar Awful asked
eould not get away, he
Id stay there the next
FITNESS told him It was
and therefore he could
to,hwell and Oaulk took
Dis, and they all went
.em alnder Of the goods
q next day, and were
ergeant Whalen.
kley was an rmed, and
be resides In this city, and
KS goois 70 sell. On De-
left a btskst containing
oods in Stidham's auction
ba, 70 the store on the
Dec mber 4th he found
et with its contents was
hid not tell what articles
Nike; when he left 1t there,
bw that some OF the ar.
to him afterwards by
eer were in the basket
here.
amlnation Of the witness
ley furnished oonsidera
spectators, and was some
following:
ID you sometimes helped
ms store, did you not?'
hrpley.
did"
did you generally z,
prnine?"
y went after break
did you generally &c
Ibt TO the store"
did you generally leav
] got ready ; some
An others, and sometime
bid you leave the day O
elAA' a. any Obuo
* irk'ley, where did 20
sket thar dayP"
e. tir /"
b of the store?"
I can recollect, 1 left 1t 1
ice =? the large one, @
70, where the store is?"
the office where the Othe
nder the roof" And thu
for some time to th
all present. when at lat
Fho was evidently tired {
20 questions, leaned owe
px aud said, I" we'll | gues
put all | can tell you a6or
nd about all you need
icy laughed and reptile
Fd be had got all he ooul
nd he was allowed to leay
halon was sworn, an
be recovered the bask,
Whortenberry's hous
street bridge, and thu
p wards identified by Nj
property.
Duckery, colored, tes,
es in the cell at poll,
he prisoners, after the
Pm this charge, and Caul
they had q lot Of thin,
Orange street, hid und,
ey had intended to tai
pain, but he did not 90
9 last witness called I
q Mr.. Sharpley made
10 the iury, after whit
Peal Ciiicer Shore, wi
the boys were brought
l.30 o'clock in the NOR
hlber 4sh. Nothing W
p, and the cha: &c Of la
q preferred against the
N horten berry was brougI
nira testified that he ga
after | O'Clock on q
cen Der Ash, on Madis,
y they could not give
account of themselves, 4
There WAS no goods fouI
en they were searched
the testiGony on bo
Biggs waived his ope
when MIR. Sharpley a
lry In behalf of his ellen
tas; there WAS no o,
beet them with this rc
oods had been found
= house, but there W
Whortenberry's word
cl9ht them there, and ev
had been left by Sup
denounced Whortenber
2 criminal, a felon, and O
belief, and inferred that
zen put there by himse
the blame on these bo.
rs own misdeods.
ey made an earnest q
p ent, and concluded
ury If they had the GligI
the matter to give I
benefit of it, and render
guilty.
lowed by Deputy Att
biggs, who contended u
had not been fastened
fs 1t never would be u
h a CriIua IN anrho1u