Evening journal., 1888-09-18
THE GENERAL SESSIONS.
Tive Cases Tried Yesterday Afternoon.
sssugar Awful Guilty of Assault with
Intent 20 Kill.

TIVE Cases Tried Yesterday Afternoon.
sugar Awful Guilty of Assault with
intent 90 Kill.
Yesterday afternoons session Of court
was called at o'clock, Chief Justice
Comegys and Associate Judge Paynter
on the bench The Grand Jury retired
to their room to continue their
work man swore to support the con
stitution OF the United States and became
citizen
The case of the state VS. Joseph How
ard, charged with stealing a coat and
vest, valued at $23 from dummy in
front Of the store of John H. Moore at
22S Market street. on the evening of Sep
tember z, was taken up jury was
drawn. and George A. Elliott, ESQ.,.
opened the case for the state.
John III. Moore was sworn, and testi
fed as to discovering the loss of the coat
and vest, and Of recovering them at the
police station,
Andrew hessler a cutter in the en-
plov of John II. Moore. testified as TO
seeing the prisoner handling the clothing
and afterwards seeing him come up the
street with two officers.
Officer Charles H. Crawford swore to
the arrest Of the prisoner. with the cloth
ing in his possession.
The prisoner, in a story that did not
hang together very well, tried to account
for having the clothing in his possession.
The jury retired and after being out
three fourths of an hour returned with
verdict Of guilty Chief Justice Com
egvs sentenced him to three months inn
prisonment and ten lashes. the latter to
be applied on Saturday next, between 10
and o'clock
The case of the State vs.. Harrison Roth
well, colored alias Sugar Awful, for
assault with intent to kill, was called A
jury was drawn and the case opened by
Attorney General John Biggs
Celia McClain, who lives at 1903 Maple
street, on whom the assault was made,
was the first witness. She testified that
on June 10, about . o'clock in the morn
ing, she went TO her room in the second
story Of her house, and after straighten.
ing up the room a little, went TO the
closet to put her hat away AS she opened
the door of the closet, the mu2zle Of a
pistol was pressed hard against the side
of her face by man. She grasped the pis
tol by the barrel and forced it away from
her face, and retreated across the room.
The man followed her to the window,
pointing the pistol at her forehead and
saying under his breath, IF You speak,
youll die !" When he got to the stairway
he ran lightly down. She followed him,
screaming at the top of her voice The
man went ont of the house and escaped,
pointing his pistol at her as long as she
followed him Witness said that IL was
the same man. and the prisoner, that had
stolen the watch from her husband and
other articles the larceny of which he
had pleaded guilty TO.
On being cross-examined by Willard
Hall Porter, counsel for the prisoner. the
witness said she did not recognize the
man because she was so frightened. She
could not identify the prisoner as the per
son who pointed the revolver at her
She testified that he said If you scream
III kill you.
Margaret O. Shields was next sworn
she lived with Mrs. McClain On the
day of the assault, she was scrnbbing III
the entry Mrs. McClain went up stairs
TO get something. In little while she
heard her scream and started up stairs.
She saw a man around the banister. lie
ran out and pointed revolver at Mrs.
MeClain and said III you follow. IN
shoot" The witness identified Rothwell
as the man who pointed the pistol at Mrs
McClain. The state rested with these
witnesses
Mr. Porter counsel for Sugar Awful,
in his address 60 the jury, held that the
prisoner only intended 60 frighton Mrs
NcClain, 80 that he could escape he did
not intend 10 kill Mr.. Biggs held that
the prisoner would not have hesitated tc
have shot the woman, if il had beer
necessary for him to do so, to escape
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jury was favorable to finding verdict
for assault only. The jury retired and
after being out three-quarters Of an hour,
returned with a verdict Of guilty as
charged in the indictments assault with
intent to kill
The case Of the State vs. George Little,
alias George Wilson, alias Rotten
Wilson, for stealing a carriage and har.
ness from James Sawdon, and horse
from James NJ. Thomas, was postponed
until the November term of court.
The case of the State vs.. Sterling p.
Taylor for shooting Eli Dickinson was
continued until this afternoon at o'clock.
upon the motion of Levi G. Bird his
counsel
The Grand Jury came in at 5 is o'clock,
presented several bills, and were dis.
charged until 10 o'clock this morning.
Samuel Deshr0on colored was ar.
raigned for the larceny Of $50 in money
from Harry II. Cause, last April Desh
room was servant in Mr.. Causes EN-
ploy He pleaded guilty and was senten
ced by the chief justice TO pay the costs
of prosecution, make restitution of the
money, be imprisoned for three months
and receive ten lashes on Saturday next,
between 10 and o'clock.
At 5.46 court was adjourned until 1C
o'clock this morning.