Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-20
CRIMINAL COURT.
MONDAY AFTERNOONS PRO-
cEEDlNGs.
Several OASIS Disposed OF-rhe OrIm.-
nal Business VIII soon be Gin
ished-Ihs Trial Of Bar-
nETdO Baliaa4z.A.

which they retired to their chamber.
Bernardo BAllasEZla, an italian,
plead guilty TO committing an assault
with intent to kill Ml1haet Bst:les, q,
me BrAudyWine quarry, on September
Battles testified that en- tho mornipR
when the assault was committed be
had sharpfnsd lot o. srills, and when
the defendant came IL TO get ono, he
showed him where 10 iake ID from, and
he stabbed him in the back with drill.
The witness was o0n1aed to his house
about eight days from this effects Of the
! wound.
This teatlmouy was oorroborated by
| Ohartss Grimes, snd both witnesses
were cross-sxAmIns6 Sy u. II. Ward,
Esq., who AppsA AIRED for the prisoner.
The prisoner made O statement,
through aH Interpreter, In which be
claimed that Battles struck him, and
he In a ht OF anger threw the tool Al
aim without any Intention OF doing
him bodily harm.
William Whitehall vas cElled for the
defense, and testified that he knows tho
prisoner, As ho had worked for him.
| His reputation for peace and good order
is good. The Court sentenced the pris
oner to psy the costs OF prosecution and
fine OF $40.
The oase Of William Ford, oolorsd,
tndiotsd for committing sn assault with
lnlsnt to kill Toomas RAwlson was
taken up for trial and = Jury drawn.
The Stste WAS represented by Attorney
General Bl2as, aud tha prisoner by A
q. 6Anb0rn, Esq.
Thomas RAWisOn was sworn, and tes-
titisd thHt he lives at No 1920 Gllpin
avenue. this oitS. he had known the
prteocer for about three weeks previous
70 the 18Th OF May. the time when THE
curr Gee took place. The witness was
boarding OF Fourth anu Orange Btr1ets,
and on the night In question he went
scvoss the street to hunt his brother,
As be W - returning some one knock
ed hin down, and &c no rose up tho
prisoner ran out and ont him In the
neck with some sharp instrument. He
did not know whether 1t EAs q knife or
razor The RsBault was committed
about 11.30 O'Clock at night, and he
d5ntided the prisoner as the man who
did 1t.
John Kshoe was sworn, and oorro.
Dofaied the testimony Of the previous
! witness.
Frederick t. Bell testlf ID that he was
a. the William Penn Hotel, At Fourth
nd Orange strests, on the night o.
AAGg ANeeA A1G saw NHI Blu
mother man come In and get o drink
he after wards GaH them standing on
the corner, ard about ten OF fifteen
minutes afterwards RAWlaon came In
out.
Dr., Willard Springer testified that he
attended RaWlsOn. He had O long
wound, an lnoh deep, which came
within half bn inch of the juRnlAT
vein. 1t had to be drawn together
with eight or ten stitches.
William II. Carey testified that at the
lime OF this occurrence hs was Q pollce
fioer. UIon hearing Of the cutting
he went to Fourth and Orange streets,
and raw oolored man there acting in
suspicious mRnuer. Officer Grisr
stopped the man Aad the witness
searched him, but did nos find any
Weapon. While he WAS talking to him
the prisoner came running oat Of \
house and said he WAS his brother and
look him in.
Ex'sergsAnt MoVey testified that On
the next day after the cutting . man
| came 20 police station and said that q
man who had cut his brother was in q
stable on Third strest. Upon going t.
che place the witness found the prisoner,
who picked up . pltoh-folk, bat tefore
he could uge IL the witness re zsd him
On the way to the station he drew q
knife, which the witness took away
from him.
The State rested with this wItpess.
sud Mr.. Banborn opened to the Jury for
the defense He said that he would
show that Ut 11.3o O'Clock that night the
prisoner WAS in barber shop at Eighth
aud Tatnsll streets, and after being
thAVed left there, aud ct II O'Clock was
over in Brandy wine.
EIWard Stats, oulored, tsstlfisd thst
10 10 . barber and works At No, ia
FAtnAll street, and worked there ct the
dime this quitting took place. He has
known William Ford about one year.
On the night Of the cutting he came in
the shop after 10 O'Clock and remained
until nearly IL He said just before
ae left that he was going over Bfandy.
vine. The prisoner did not get IhaVed
that night, but his brother did.
james 3. Jones, ooloted, testified
that he Is barber at No. ia Tatuall
street, and vas In HIS shop the night
the cutting is alleged to bRve taken
place. The prisoner came into the shop
sto1t hAlf.pRst ten O'Clock that night
With his brother There were ten men
ahead OF them, and when Ford'B turn
came tt was nearly Il O'Clock. He
hoard the prisoners brother say thaC
they wanted to 90 over Brandy wine,
aud the witness remarked to them thai
he would hurry mp and their turn
would come pretty soon.
Eliza Wooirich, oolorsd, testified that
she IL acquainted with the prlsoneTi on
the night OF the olttlng he came TO her
house at exactly IL O'Clock. The wit
nosa lives In Jessup'H Lane, over Bran
dyTlne, and the prisoner came over to
SEQ her husband every Saturday night.
Her husband Was not home thet night,
as he goes away by water. She WAS
positive that he was at her house the
night the eating was said 70 have been
done.
Thomas j. Wood, Q white man, tsstI
hed that he knows the prisoner, William
Ford. On the night OF this outing thr
witness was ct Fourth and Orang
streets, and WAs positive the prisoner
was not present. He GAw the soufIl3,
and noticed that the oolorsd men WeEs
both short and stout. The witness had
a young lady with him, or he supposed
he would have stopped.
At this point the Attorney GsDera
asked psrmission OF the ocurs TO defer
tba INSTRUMENTATION Of the witness
until this morning, and ths request wa
ran ted and tho jury discharged until |
10 O'Clock this molning.
NathAn Damby, colored, wss then |
arFsigned and plead not guilty to an |
indictment charging him with the lar |
3e1y OF number of artioles Of clothiuR |
william Tunnell, oOlorsd, plead |
suilty 10 an tndio inert charging him |
with brssking into the al 80 Of Hizsr S |
rruitt, In New Osstle Bundred.
a few minutes bSRors O'Clock court |