Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-02-04
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Thls nofnisg's ssssion Of court con-
vsnsd saortly allsF 10 o'clock, with
Judges Houston and Paynter on the
bench.
Mathew =. Hasansy and John Dough.
erty, who wtre convlstsd Of yesterday
Afternoons seesiou Of the larceny Of .
horse from Johu Andsrson, were SEN
fenced 10 ray the costs Of prosecution. .
dus Of $500, with 600 restitution money,
and BE- impsisoaed shrec years. On 40
count 81 tie jury coupling recommen-
dalton Of mercy with their verdict the
lashss were remtted. There was smother
Indictment against the delendants, on
which y nolle proa- was entared.
A jury was then drawn and the case Of
William BAckus, colofed, indicted TOR
larceny, was taken mp tor trial, with
Willard Hall Porter, ksQ.. for the State
and Walter Bacon, Esq., for the deieuse.
Mr.. Porter challenged William II.
Robinson, one Of the jurors, when Mr..
Bacon raised the point that the challenge
was illegal, on tho ground that the State
fret exercised the right. n
After AL argument, IL which Attorney
General Biggs took part, the Court over
y
obliged to step aside.
Mr.. Porter opened the case 10 the Jury,
and stated that the defendant was In
dicted for tho larceny Of two excursion
tickets from the r., w. q B. Railroad
Reuben I. Appleby testified that
no IL . clerk 10 the ticket Office In
this city. About 3 O'Clock 10
the morning OF November Q, 1889, the
prisoner, with another man, came
to the window and said that no wanted
two special excursion tickets to Balti.
more aud return. lie laid two down
numbered II and 10, when the prisoner
snatched them md ran. Tho other man
handed the witnoss - and snid II was all
the money he had. The tickets were
worth $2.O5 each. About an hour AFTER
wards the prisoner returned to the
waiting room and took Z scat, when ths
witness went 10 him and said that II no
would give up The ticke's there would
not be any further trouble.
He replied that be did not have them,
and when he got on the train the witness
notified the conductor, and whom be pro.
scented the tickets he was arrested.
benjamin y. Dennis testified he ID Q
conductor on the r., W. & b. railroad.
On tho morning Of November ., when be
arrived st the station in this city, he was
notified BY Mr.. Appleby that ! oolored
man had stolen two tickets aud had got
on his train. Two ofiicsrs aud Mr..
Appleby accompanied tho witness into
the car, and the latter pointed out the
prisoner. The witness asked him for his
tickets and he handed out two, stamped
"ll" and "12," when the officers arrest.
cd hun.
Ofiicer Charles Crawford testified that
he arrested the prisoner at the request Of
MI. Appleby.
This was ihs last witness called by the
State, and Mr.. Bacon mAdo an oprn ng
10 the court for the defense.
He asked iht Court TO instruct the Jury
to render verdict Of not guilty, on the
ground that the indictment was Incorrect,
as It charged the prisoner with the lar.
cepy OF property valued at $4.10 from
the p, W. & B. Railroad Company,
when % matter of fact II he took the
tickets at all, he tosk them from the other
man, under the belief that he had paid
for them. He also commended that the
Indictment was incorrect In alleging thai
the amount Of the loss was "a. 10, when
the railroad company admitted that 5;
had boon received for the ticaets, which
Is the prisoner was arrested, were moi
u cd.
The Court declined to grant Mr..
Bacon's request. aud he then addressed
the Jury, after which no commenced the
examination Of witnesses.
Several friends of this prisoner testified
that they had known him for . long
| time, and that he had Away borne good
character for honesty. After argument
by counsel and brief charge by Judge
Houston, the jury retired at 1870
O'Clock. They returned at 12.47 O'Clock
| with verdict OF guilty and recommen-
,, dalton to the mercy Of the court, when
Mr.. Bacon gave notice that he would
apply for new trial.
Charles l.. Mathews, colored, was ar
| raigned and p cad not guilty TO an In
dictment charging him with an assault
January 10. Thomas Holcoinb, ESQ. :,
was assigned to defend him.
William Faulkner, colored, plead
guilty to an Indictment charging him
with the larceny Of q bucket of prcserves,
the property oil James Toner, on Novem-
ber %.
| lie was sentenced to pay the coats Of
prosecution, Sl.i5 restitution money, be
| imprisoned three months and on Ss:ur-
day next be whipped with Ave lashes.
George Jenkins and Elmer Brown,
both colored, pleaded guilty to an indict.
ment charging them with the larceny Of
six chickens from Lewis l.. Eliason, Of
Peucsder Hundred, on December 10.
Robert Wilson, colorcd. was arraignec
and pleaded guilty to the larceny OF /
horse blanket valued at 81, this property
Of Manlove jones OF St. Georges Hun
drcd, on December "a.
At l O'Clock court took O recess unit