The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-29
Tur wEoL.sA H'CON THIEVES.
an round Guilty Of retty Larceny.

hands Al iht ICfi v t'h'"oN va - -
Forbis & Co, we're before the Police
Cour; Yesterday on continuance from the
previous dav. charged win feioniously
stealing 1900 pound of bacon, valued at
$3.50 Al the parties are coi0red.
Mr. T. Z" Perkins, one OF the sa'esme9
Of tae fm. stated llat last Saturday
evening about O'Clock he passed the
SHINING room door and saw the dray of
which Stuart was driver have on Il load
u. hams. These hams we - loaded for
firm IN the city Having go s'c Hessrs.
Crrceu < Co., he wtitcd down inr .freet
and al the rear entrance saw tie cray
backed up ana TWO barrels pacfd nT IT,
He heard The remark, Uncle Jimmr /
viii leave these az your back gate. ae
remark was made by >tntrt. Ills sus-
vijcus we're aroused. RUoWiuc that
ii:NiuC had been going or he allI~cd
tlc draw 10 90 some distance for fear ttat
IL arc0sttd 40 once tie driver would
clam hat IL Was mistake About t"0
suu trcs from the warehouse bc told
-,uar, hc would ike ride The dray
Oype3, witness got on. stW som"
brdling wood on t0u Of one
o .ta barrel. Asked driver vhFt
g.a- in the baIrcls Driver repi"d,
$500 =" looked for h;m e'f ani found .
barrel Of l0ccn under the wood. J ooked
at The other barrel On which stuart wos
,i'jng and f0un. beneath The cushion
another barrel Of baron. Turned iHe
driver back. and after DE barrels hai
been placed H. the warehouse The hams
yge,, sent 10 tAei- destination, and on
StuaIts re'urn he was arrested.
Stuart cGnf sstd :o carrying away, In
the DAY time, at various times since the
opening Of spring, one, two, or three bar
Iels of bacon; that he loSj them all at
ArdrsOu's house, excepting once, when
hc laft q small barrel iiEsiey's house.
Stuart also said that Aalerson hal told
him last Saturday that mea; was il the
barrels
The witness continuing 10 refer t.
other dates when he had taken away ba
con, Nh u. C. Richardson, counsel Tor
Tin lev and Anderson, rose and protest
c3 against the Jumping of cases together
in order TO make case Of grand larceny.
II vas a violation Of an procedure -
make series Of petty larceny cases
graud larceny, and he must know lae
0r0,rCgiioL's intentions d. order tJ To-
prepared to meet them.
Colonel Spo,sNood SAID. was hece'
saiF io examine use 'he t"l'fe ma'''f IA
or.er 10 h'd oul "h"l was I'D 81. y" '''t
Of grand larceny bad vt been found,
ye. one ri-H, he ioun'. ne court sHs-
tainec tLe Commonwealth.
stuart cohi''u' 'l' "aH .a.a Al'et-''h %
always i'"".0 o. lA" "I"t-. ,"''1 '.'' N
I'I 'n, hl-l iiihr I..t ''. 'I'ay. qua
sad i'', pay was twenty ave '--'' ttch
time from Anderson.
llns'N Claimed 'n" ANDERSON a'hcu
lim i' roll lhe ~ -1t ii-l Naiuri"y 10 tn'
door iLought the barrels contained nolh-
ing hu' kinallhs wood; GA roi Eno"
That barrel OF kirdi;"g weed weighed
lighter tLan barrel II bacon, lecau,c
he had never compared their weight
Giles Jackson nude a good argument
for 'iins'ey ana Anderson. aud be was
followed by eN-JGstico Kichaid-9n,
VINO MADE l0@ical ana ehecliVe
argument il behalf ot the same
persons. lie argued that no char-e
except The one of stealing S32
wortb OF meat last Saturday cou De en-
teitaned at all. All olher charges nu>t
drop as there was not q sciniitiq OF eyi-
dence 10 support them; and even on this
charge there was no evidence against
his clients bur that OF the man (StusrO
who had confessed 10 stealing ana haul
ing away dray Iona after Gay ioad OF meat
iorsiX months pasl. stuart was the man