Evening journal., 1889-11-26
THE REGISTRATION CASES.
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE FORGED
TAX RECEIPTS.

Highway Robbery-A PeddIer Law De /
cision.
Court reconvened az o'clock this morn
ing The case of the State VS.. William
McGinniss, charged with highway rob
berry, was tried. Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Davis represented the State, and
Thomas Hoeomb, Esq, the prisoner
Charles w. Carp, the prosecuting wit
ness, testified to the assault aud robbery !
upon him. Alvan Moore, James Welsh
and Police Officer Crawford also testified
for the State. Mr. Dayis made brief
address to the jury, and Mr. Holcomb
followed for the prisoner, and Mr.. Davis
again for the State Tue chief justice
charged the jury aud they retired.
After being out an hour and a half a
verdict of not guilty was retGrned. Mr..
Hoicomb asked that corporal punishment
be remitted as the prisoner was suffering
with some form of heart disease. The
request was needed and a sentence Of one
years imprisonment imposed.
On motion Of Attorney General Biggs,
George Davis. boy who pleaded guilty
to the charge Of larceny Of money from
| Aliens Five Cent Store was committed
to the Ferris Reform School The case
against William Crowley, Davis com
panion, who pied not guilty. was re-
tired for the present, Mr.. Biggs not be-
lieving that the boy was as guilty as his
| companion
John A. Parker, colored, pleaded
guilty TO the charge Of gambling and
was sentenced TO pay a fine OF $500 or
to be imprisoned for six months.
Another indictment against him or the
same oifense was retired.
A PeddIer's Law Decision.
The case against Peter George in
dicted at the September term for carry
ing concealed deadly weapons was nolle /
prosed. 1t has been found that George |
was a travelling barber and carried /
razor to prosecute his trade.
Attorney-General Biggs and Lewis G. |
Vandegrift, ESQ. argued the case of |
Thomas kumple, of Middletown. charged |
with peddling without a license under |
the new law The argument was to get |
a ruling from the court on the law, |
which is conflicting and considered by |
many unjust and unconstitutional. |
Kumple is a butcher at Middletown, who |
buys his cattle in the surrounding coun-
try, kills them on his premises and sells
the meat in Middetown and the sur
rounding country from his wagon.
The court ruled that butchers could
not be prosecuted, oE the ground that the
peddiing of goods or provisions prepared
on the premises were not included in the
law.
Tho Illegal Registration.
The case Of Thomas Tullmau, indicted
for violating the Registration law by
illegally Offering to register. was taken
! up. Henry G., Conrad and Walter II
Hayes, Esqs represented the accused
and Deputy Attorney General Davis
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, from the September term 1t had been
heard before City Court and sent to this
court. Mr.. Davis stated the facts to the
jury as follows: Tillman offered to regis
: ter on May Is, last, in the Second district
S of the Fifth ward on a forged tax re-
ceipt The law on the subject was also
a read
William f. McCloskey testified that he
+ was chairman ofthe board Of inspectors
e of sthe second election district, Fifth
e ward, Tillman offered to register but
was not allowed to do 50. He voted on
1 receipt at the election in November pre-
: vious and witness knew he could not OBJ.
t tain another receipt in the interval
a In the cross examination witness said
e he told Tillmsn that he thought it was a
d mean trick for him to register when he
a was not doing right. Witness had the
receipt, but said the grand jury kept 1t.
: The receipt was in his possession from
e May Is until it was surrendered to the
. grand jury.
g William w. Knox was also registra-
o tion officer of the second district. he
/. saw the receipt taken from Tillman
DR.. Charles ~ Almond was, the third
a registration officer of the district He
. said that when Tillman was told that he
could not register, he left without q
T word.
Ex.Tax Collector Patrick Neary testi-
d fed that the receipt shown at the City
n Hall was not signed by him.
In the cross-examinAtion he said he
had first seen the receipt in his office
3 when Mr. McCloskey showed it TO him.
1t was not the custom OF his Office to issue
receipts signed blank to be filed in.
Mr.. Conrad asked Mr. Neary whether
he had ever issued any receipts signed
with his name and properly sealed, but
n had nothing else on except what was
printed
\ Mr.. Davis objected. saying that such
n question was not relevant TO the case
The court sustained Mr.. Davis. Mr..
:, Neary said the signature on the receipt
II shewn at the City Court was forgery
2 Judge Houston said that in the alb
sence Of the receipt its fraudulency could
e not be proved, and therefore the man
,e could not be convicted. The chief jus
3 tice coReurred in this, and Mr.. Davis
started on a hunt for the receipt, but
could not find it.
The case ended right here. The chief
> justice instructed the jury to find YER
y dict Of not guilty and Tillman was told
that he could go where he pleased. The
4 court said the grand jury had no right to
!. keep the receipt.
ID The State asked that similar case
against Frank Till0tson be contin-
Ii ued until tomorrow morning In
IA the meantime an effort would be made to
v find the receipts. All OF them have
gone the same way as the last The case
!, Of James Miles. indicted for the same
y oifense, was continued until the February
term, on account Of the sickness of the
y accused.
= McCloskey gave the grand jury the
receipt he took from Tihnan. When
a they were through hearing his testimony
Id they kept the receipt to show to the
a. other registration officers
re The New Castle Rioters.
George Bratton and his convicted COM
>, panions in the New Castle rioting case.
, were brought into court, and argument
st heard ON the motion of H. G. Vande
~ grift, Esquire, counsel for the