Daily Republican., 1888-09-21

4 = commissioner to take testimony i
!. the case OF Mary Wood, applying for
divorce from james Il. Wood.
ii A jury WAS p0lled TO try the case o
= the State vs. Harry Sharper, charged
With she lafceny OF y pistol, valued o
W from Minnie Harris. George Lodge
ESQ for the stAta.
u Lewis Harris testified that on th,
!. morning Of the 29th Of June bis wifs'I
store was broken open and the article
named Was taken. =
seERsant j. B Tucker testified r
making the arrest Of Sharper on the
18th OF June, and Of finding the stolen
article upon him, which was identified
~ Mr. Harris. The State here rested.
Sarah Elliott testified that ct the TINA
Sharper was charged with tbs larceny
OF this articles he Was At home. This
ness.
Ex-ofacer Gross testified that on the
morninR OF the robbery he suspicIonsd
Sharper and vent TO his house, where
20 Was told that he had Rone out about
8 O'Clock.
II The Chief Justice explained to the
retired.
State VS.. william Fisher was called
and jury drawn. willard H. Porter,
E q for the 9 ate.
Fisher was charged with the larceny
of q table cloth, n towel and Q coal oil
osn, the whole amounting 20 about
" 10, from Mtles II. Clark, Red Lion
d uuured, IN January last. MT. CLARK
found the articles In Fishers house In
Juy.
Mary JohDs knew william FIshsr;
vent to Fishers house July 18Th; saw
the stolen articles there; Fisher said he
Got IN BY the window and got the arti-
oles from Miles OlAlk; he told me If
told thia he wonld make II hard for me.
very spirited and amusipR colloquy
witness, the latter being accused OF
being participant In the theft. Fisher
stated 20 the Jury that he thought II
very hard that he should suiFor for
something thAI he did not do.
lhe jury rent cred verdict OF guilty
without leaving the box. Fisher was
eentebced TO pAy restitution to Miles
CLARK Of " 70, receive 10 lAshes on Sa
tuIday ne1t and be Imprisoned 3
mobtbs. Elizabeth Cornell who plead
guilty TO being participant in the
Shelf was sentenced TO months i'm
prisonmant.
Toe jury in the Sharper case having |
returned with . verdict OF guilty HhAr
per was sentenced to pay % restitution,
the oosis In the case, % be dashed with 10 |
laehis on Saturday next and to be i'm
prisOned months.
Thomas White arrAigned for policy |
writing In two Ases % me into court and |
plead Railiy IN une Gaze with the under
stand log that the other would be mol
pressed He stated thAt he was permit
less and his health wa broken down 80
that 1t IVES utterly impossible for him
10 pay fine The court sentenced him
10 pay 800 hne, In default Of which he
Was TO be impEiscnsd month.
Elizabeth HarliRAn of Hocksssip.
p eadinR guilty to sell ng liquor wish
lut license In two cAies was hned $50
10 each case. A third case was dts
Missed. 5be Is the wife OF Jerry HAr.
'iRan confined In New Castle Jail.
Harry Willis was placed on trial for
he Larceny OF q door mat, the property
y Anna X. Forrest Of this Q. ty, on the
'3sh OF July.
offiotr Heal testified to making the
arrest.
Mrs Forrest testified to missing the
nat. bus identified II when returned.
Willis spoke Of = witness he expected
o see present, by whom he could prove
10 was not the man.
The case vas submitted to the Jury,
shO rendered verdict OF guilty with.
nut leaving the box, and the court sen.
enced the prisoner 10 pay 90 cents res
itusion money, the costs in the case, on
lAtuEday next to be lABhed with 10
ashes, and TO be Imprisoned three
nOntha
A Jury was next pollsd to try the I
ase of the State against William Kel-
sy, charged with the larceny Of q pair
i shoes from Mark Glst In the 19Ih Of
September. of the value Of 81 Is.
Omoer Frank III. Ayers testified TO
rresllng the prisoner with the shoes,
nd Mark Giss identified them.
Toe jury returned verdict OF guilty. /
lentenced 10 pay S1.25 restitution, the !
osts In the case, on Saturday nsxt to ,
10 dashed with 10 lashes and TO be Inn. !;
three mon this. Ii
Daniel b Simmons was ArRaiRned for
he keeping OF n gaming table and . j
ory pollGd. Deputy Attorney General
Davis for the alaie AND LilbuIne Chan.
Ter, Esq, for the defenIe
X iiAh b. Bake testified that Sim
mons WAS associated with him In q /
raw poker arrangement ~ Water and /
ApauCu
William Kyne. He received 75 per 1
Ont. Of the proflts end slmmons IS per /
ent. Daniel b, Simmons informed on I
i'm f0T being concerned In gambling. {
informed on him the same day.
Mr.. Chandler stated that no had q !
lumber OF persons to call TO prove that |
DANIEL Simmons had no interest what. /
yer IN the case and rtesived no o)m- !
lission.
John Dackery teshaed that he was
here several times, and never At any
lime saw Daniel Simmons receive any
art OF the proceeds of the draw board. I
Edmund Petty teht fed that no Was @
sveral times at this place at Water and &
hlpley, but never saw or knew Of Sim c
nons receiving any part of the draw.
GARD. d
Preston Lane gave similar testimony. /
John P. Springer being called stated .
hat Daniel B Simmons was employed G
nth him four or ave months; would l
OF believe Blake on his oath. Gaze
unlimited without Argument.
The Jury returned In fifteen minutes 9
nth q verdict OF not guilty. Court c
hen adjourned until 10 o'clock on FIR
ay morning.
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