Evening journal., 1889-05-08
LAST EDITION
BUSY MORNING SESSION.
The COURT IMPOSES A HEAVY
SENTENCE ON HlGHWAYMEN.

The Court of General Sessions recon |
vened this morning at 10 o'clock. Ed |
ward Gatchen, who pleaded guilty ON |
Monday to obtaining a carload OF pota-
toes from Warren Haryer Company |
under false pretenses, was brought IN |
for sentence. He made a statement to |
the court regarding his previous good |
character, in which the attorney general
coincided He was sentence to pay the |
costs and to be imprisoned for one |
month.
The charge to the jury in the highway
robbery case was delivered by the chief |
Justice. occupying twenty minutes, after
which the jury retired. They were out
nearly an hour and returned with YER
dict of guilty. Sentence on the prison
ers who are James Murray George How
ard and James Dougherty, was not |
pronounced at once.
John West, who pleaded guilty to the |
larceny Of a monkey wrench from |
William II. Cole was sentenced to pay /
the costs and restitution money, be |
imprisoned for three months and receive |
five lashes, on Saturday next.
William Doyle, who pleaded guilty to |
the larceny of hat from Richard d. |
Aiken, Jr,, on April 6, at the p, w. g. |
b. railroad station, was sentenced to pay |
prisoned three months and receive five |
lashes Doyle had not been in the city |
over two hours when he found the pros |
ecuting witness at the station asleep and
exchanged hats with him. The exchange
was not a fair one, as Doyle's hat was a
battered old derby, so Detective Harvey
Vandegrift, who was watching him, took
him to the hall,
David Sawdon, colored was tried for
the lorceny of $50 feet of rope from the
jackson and Sharp Company. Nathaniel
w Davis, Esq. prosecuted the case for
the state. 1t was Mr.. Davis's maiden
effort The prisoner had no counsel. Ed
win Kershaw and others testified to the
theft Of the rope. The prisoner had one
witness The jury brought in a verdict
of guilty after, being out few minutes.
The case of Joseph Scott, coored,
charged with the larceny of 200 feet of
rope from Charles +. DEM, next came
up Two iuries being out, the panel of
Jurors was exhausted and a struck jury
was ordered Eight jurors were drawn
from the spectators in the court room,
including State Senator John p Donahoe,
Recorder James T. Shallcross and Joseph
c. Wilkins, who was reporting the pro-
ceedings Of court for Every Evening.
Before further inToads conld be
made on the ranks of county
officials or representatives of the press,
one of the iuries that were out came in
and the remainder of the new jury was
drawn from it. George Elliott, Esq,
represented the state. James DEM and
Police Sergeant Peterson were examined
and the jury rendered verdict of guilty
without leaving the box.
Chief Justice Comegys, at this point,
pronounced sentence on James Murray,
George Howard and James Dougherty,
the men convicted of highway robbery.
The sentence Of each was $500 fine and
costs. two years imprisonment, forty
lashes and one hour in the pillory.
Attorney General Biggs stated that
Michael Gluko desired TO enter plea of
guilty Of assault and battery on Franz
Szalkowsky, at the Tasker Iron Works
at New Castle on March z. The prose
cutting witness who is q Hungarian, tes
titled through Alexander johnson, who
acted as interpreter, to the particulars Of
the assault He is still suffering from
the effects of the blow, which was struck
by piece of iron pipe. A
y foreman Of the iron works also
gave evidence as to the assault, but
spoke we'll of his previous character.
Il George Elliott Esq, defended the pris-
oner and pleaded for clemency in the SEN
tence on account of extenuating circum-
stances, is being shown that the prose-
cutting witness threatened the prisoner
with a piece of iron pipe. Bearing this
in mind a sentence of $50 and costs and
three months imprisonment was i'm
posed
James II. Scott. convicted of the lar
ceny Of 200 feet of rope was sentenced to
pay the costs and restitution money, be
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N lashes.
Daniel Sawdon, who was convicted OF
the larceny Of 80 feet of rope from the
Jackson and Sharp Company, was SEN
fenced to paw the restitution money and
costs. be imprisoned three months and
receive ten lashes.
n w Davis, Esq, counsel for John
McGaw, stated that his client desired to
enter plea of guilty. He is charged
with the larceny of five pairs of panta-
looms from Rankin Armstrong at Newark.
Magaw stated that he had been in the
habit of going into the store for change,
and that he had been in the country but
three months His case was continued
until this afternoon.
The following prisoners were brought
into court and arraigned:
Frank Wright, for the larceny of {
coat and pair Of pantaloons from Thomas
j. Haney on April 12 pleaded guilty and
stated to the court thRt his home was il
West Grove, Pa. and that having OBJ
tanned employment in the city, had a day
Of leisure and got intoxicated anC
took the clothing. He pleaded his family
and previous good character, which was
corroborated by Ellis B. Miller, Th'
sentence was costs and restitution none.
and two months in prison.
James Murray pleaded not guilty t.
the charge of stealing a money drawe
and @1O from F. w. Fem, the druggis
on Eighth street, between Orange an'
Tatnall.
William Hoyt pleaded guilty to tn
larceny of horse blanket from Theo
dore Estlin.
Robert Briggs colored, was arraigne
for the larceny of violin from Thoma
Bakey, on February 81. Pleaded guilt
Edward Cassidy and Robert Levi, col
ored. pleaded guilty TO the charge Of cal
rying concealed deadly weapons
At 1220 o'clock the grand jury cam
in, and having finished their work wa
thanked by the chief justice and dir
charged from any further attendance q
this court
Court adjourned until 3 o'clock tn
I afternoon, when nearly all the cases wi
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