Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-13

Esq, opened for the plaintiff and City
Solicitor Henry @. Turner for the de-
iendnnt. In closing MIR. Turner warned
the jury against the eloquence Of Levi O. |
Bird, ESD, counsel for the plaintiff, in
witty parsphrRse of verse from the |
Latin testament.
The Andersen damage case went to the |
jury on Thursday morning. Judge Ball
and Levi G. Bird, Esq, made the con-
cludipg arguments. The chief Justices
charge was considered favorable to the
plaintiff. The jury retired at IL 15 o'clock
and came in at 80 o'clock and rem
dered verdict fos the plaintiff, placing
the damages ut $l,025.75. Mr.. Turner
noted an exception to the charge of the
court in the Anderson case and Judge
Ball says that the case may be car
| ried to the court OF errors and appeals.
The following rule was made BY the
| court;
Ordered, That no persons bs allowed to
come within the bar except members Of the
bar of this state, Students at law, grand
and petit jurors and the sheriff and clerks
of the courts and their respective deputies;
! and, to make the enforcement OF this order
| the more effective, ID is directed that the
private stairs, In the rear Of tho hall, be
clio cd to u except the above named OIL
GERS and the ballIfIs OF tha court, and also
| the reporters who nr9 allowed TO have
access to their places IN that way.
In the court OF general Bessiohs Friday
morning, Walter BG3on, Esq, gave his
reasons for asking for o new trial in the
case of William BacSua, ooored, who
was convicted OF the larceny Of railroad
tickets from the p, W. d d. railroad
atatiou. Mr. Bacon and Attorney general
Biggs argaed the case OF length. The
court denied tire motion, ana IN view of
the length Of time the prisoner has been
in jail, he having baen indicted at the
November tfrm, RENTED the corporal
punishment and sentenced him to one
davis imprisonment.
la the superior court argument was
heard on motion to taka money out OF
court. The case was that Of Sarah A.
Hanson and Martin B. Burris VS.. Eiiei e.
Cochran. The lattsr's property was sold
on an execution held by Bucris. Sarah
A. Hanson claims the money on d chattel
mortgage acknowledged before the sale,
but recorded afterwards. The inteTpre-
tatien of the chattel mortgage
law is involved, the question being,
: does the lien in chattel mortgage date
: from the acknowledgement or time Of
recordP Charles B. Lore, Esq, repre-
|, sents the plaintiff, and E. g. Bradford,
! Esq and United States District torney
} Alexander b. Cooper the defendant. The
argument on the motion will take up
! most OF the afternoon.
At Friday afternoons session of court
! argument was concluded in the case IN
volvlng tine chattel mortgage law. rms
court took the matter under advlsement.
Walter Il. Hayes, ESD, counsel for the
> colored men charged with frAuduiently at
8 tempting to register ia the Fifth ward,
: asked tnat the two reEaainfnB casss be dis
! missed, as the State had no prosecution.
l Attorney.geper Biggs desired the court
to pass upon the matter. Th5 tax receipts
: which were claimed to be fraudulent hac
!. been lost. Ex-Tsx Colsator Patrick Neary
T hao examined the signatures before the re.
o eepts disappeared and declared that they
i! were not genuine. The grand jury failed
4 to return ths receipts to the inspectors from
: whom they obtained them and they csnnol
2 be found.
I Mr.. Hayes made the point that the cases
J. depended on Tho tax receipts, and the cour'
dismiaDsd them.
d Judge J. Frank Ball was given two
: weeks In which to file bill OF exception;
In the oase of Aadarson & Son va. the city
y The hearing # license apf locations wa
II taken mp at Saturdays session OF court
: There were only 10 applications Of thli
o number but two encountered opposition.
\ y BARNEY FARREN's OLD PLACE.
. Joanna Koberle OF No. 1913 East Eleventh
street, who has been previously rstused
4 was this first applicant to whom objection
\ was offered The pl2ce was licensed TO
y several years, AID the license was takol
= away while under the teutatry OF Bernar'
!. G.. Farren. Leyi @. Bird, Esq, Represented
the applIegnt, and W. s. prickett, Esq,
COUNSEL tor the Law and Order Laas uc
opposed the licen=e. He said 1t was merel,
an attempt TO saDnIe q iicsase again 10
q IN IA .I. a.
FIGHrTSa THE "oLD BUCK"
i There was opposition 10 the application
~ CT Heliy Joneb foT renewal of the iicens
, z for the sod Buck Tavern" ut SUNNI.
= Bridge Postmaster Peter B. Aldrichs o
4 Summit Bridge sud that many colorsI
- people wore In tho habit OF getting liquo
at 'trhe Buck" and making consiterabl
:, disorder In the village.
Y Henry b. Guy, who is the sexton Of th
4 co.ored church pear the hotel, also com
!. platned OF annoyance suffered by tn
q church, when the colored people would ge
a drunk at the hotel and then come aroun'
- tho church.
~ '. John NJ. King dramatically testified tina
- thu "old BUCK" was Il source OF owl, dis
~ a, order aud Decentralization to the enttr
", community. He asked Of the court tina
N ''this source OF evil he put down."
y j. Frank Bisgs, ESD, who representet
K the applicant, protested a2etnst the witnes
- himself to direct testimony.
Mr. Pickett raised point Hs to the eligi
.. bilIty of the signers OF Jones application
Hs was prepared TO dispute thAt half Q
n them were trseholders OF the district, al
though thay might be owners of freoholl
n In other paris of the county. Mr.. Bigg
objected to inquiry on this point, becaus
-, no remonstIauca had been hled on thas
- grounds within the required time. while
A would have given him an opportunity 9
" combating this point and proving that tn
y, gigneiS We ffeehoidsfs of the district
The court did not pass upon the poil
III whether tho freehold slgners should be re
qiired TO havs freehold In the district. MI
q a kIg Insisted that he did not consider tn
n hotel q necessity In tne district.
n mr., Blggs called PuInal ]. Lynch, VIII
= testified that MIR. Jones kept an orteri
m house and was proper person TO have
- license.
= These two cases were the only ones
;, whish objection was nude. Joseph Hende
= No. Sl5 Last Seventh street, was an uPpi
n cant, bur withdrew his application. Il
= had been previously refused,
n. BOUND TO BE SURE.
Edward Kelly Of Parry's Hotel, Brandy
h, wine hundred was also an applicant, bt
withdcew his application. His case wt
ay rather curious. He was an applicant
the November term, but that court Taste
s. so long that before his application wa
passed upon It Was time to make applic'
D. tion 70 the February term, In order
m guard against the contingency OF advers
action 1T the November terrl Kelly adve
OF tisod his application for the pending torn
but as his license was granted at the la
y. term he Withdrew the second application
as THOSE GRANTED.
:. The following applications were grantee
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