Daily Republican., 1890-05-14
'FIFra EDITION.
Tho First Jury Trial.

their time having expired.
A jury was en- drawn to try the case
OF the Slate vs.. Charles l.. IIlmon, In
iic'cd for embezz' emcnt from the Metro.
pol!tau Life Insurance Company. DE.
putty Attorney General Davis sppearsd
for the State. and the prisoner conducted
his own case.
John Boothe testified that he Is tho
superintendent 10 this State Of the Met.
ropo!itan Lilo Insursnce Company OF
New York. The defendant has been In
his employ as agent aud collector; durlng
ono wesk last TALL he collected S27, Tor
which he made no returns.
William II. wilkins WAS sworn. and
upon being shown book iIcuiilcd il as
i book in which the money he pad tho
company was rsceiptcd Tor by the do
fendSnt
Several other witnesses were exAm,u.
, aud testified to the same elect.
The defendant claimed that he, accord.
| ing to the rules Of the company, was en-
| titled 10 premium II he succeeded In
doing n certain amount of business In
specified time, and that the 81 was duo
him on this account. He also alleged
that Agent Iioothe had loaned him sad
to return as colec Ions, 80 as to make
good showing to tho company for tho
aeent.
| Agent Bcothe, Nathan Bear and OILERS
were called by the defendant to show
that the collectors were permitted to use
a certain amount OF the money they col.
collected, and that lie had not exc led |
that amount.
The accused made q brief address to
the Jury after which they were char. ed
by the Chief Justice.
Tue Jury retired at lies o'clock and
had not come IN ct 1.l5 o'clock.
As soon as the jury in the above case
retired another was drawn to try The
case Of the State vs. Andrew Dever, and
II was taken up for trial. The indct-
ment In this case charges the d fendant
with taking improper liberties with 10.
male child under II years Of age named
Pauline Ward, Oh Saturday, May lO.
The State was represented by Attorney
General Bggs and the defense BY John
II. Rodney, Esq.
, girl, was sworn, and testified that she
, was 8 Years old last November. She re-
sides Ut No. 2a8 Maryland avenue, this
5 city, and met the defendant ut the 3
/ o'clock train last Saturday. She WAS
going to New Castle, and her grand.
!, father put her iu care of this man, saying
! she would be safe with HIM. They boih
~
commenced to take liberties with her be-
tore the train started. She asked him to
stop, but he continued. The remainder
If OF the testimony Is unit for publication.
Paul Ward testified that he is tho
: father OF Pauline Ward. On Saturday
evening the child came home from New
Castle and told her mother what had
happened. He was up stairs dressing
himself when he heard the chlld tell her
mother what the man had done, and i'm
mediatsly started In pursuit OF him and
Tor the pact 10 ySors.
II William W. Ward testified that he IL
the grandfather OF the child, and took
her to the train last Saturday afternoon.
lie took the Girl in the car next the Ell.
gine, aud upon meeting the defendant
4 gave her Into bis charge.
y This was tho last witness for Z
i. when Mr.. Rodney made au n,S
:. the defeuse, and claimed thu
u dictment was not drawn IN
n with the act of the General As -
I could not stand, and tho defendant must
/. be acquitted.
! This was opposed by Attorney General
q Biggs, who claimed that indictments un-
!, der this act had Always been drawn tho
= same as this, and that no objection had
u ever heen offered before.
! An interruption was caused at thil
u time by the entrance Of the grand jury
who reported that they had attended 10
all the business committed to them. Thu
s Chief Justice was about to dischars'
them, when Mr. Biggs asked that thel
be held until the Court ruled on tn
points raised by Mr.. Rodney in reference
8, to the Indictment In the case on trial.
The Chief Justice reviewed the ppiut'
II submittei by Mr.. Rodney, aud after de
- Gliding that the Indictment must stand
discharged the grand jury from fnrthe
attendance.
MIR. Rodney then made his opening Il
the jury, ard claimed that ON account o
r tho crowded condition OF the trsin las
Saturday afternoon 1t would have bceI
impossible Tor tho defendant to hav
committed the oTense. -"s-
Thomas McCaHcrty testified that b
resides at New Castle aud went over OF
: the 8 o'clock train last Saturday after
. noon. He was within two seate OF th
accused and tho girl, but did not 80
anything wrong between them. The ca
ne was not crowded, as there were ONLY H.
d. or six people In it.
of Thoma, Booth testified that he reside
"a "A In New Castle, and was ON the train lai
Il. Saturday aud sat In the eame seat wit
nd McCatferty. On the way over he cor
rr- | VeT60u Win tuo hCCuscuS ouu :" ~ WI
lis tain that hs had no opportunity 70 com
to init any improperly. Upon reachln
he New Castle, Dever saw the child oil th
nd Ger. ani said to her "now you are
'nns ne right" T.,
90. James E. Tomau testihed that b
knows the prisoner and has knosn. hi
&c. for twenty years. He has always born
is, All excellent character.
John II. Brady, Frank Smith. Sla'
Treasurer William Herbert, Henry 10
al dan, William j. Hunter and George
Hetherngton testitied to the same eiic.
This wss the last witness Tor tie d
cr fense, and Paul Ward was called IN r
In butta! and contradicted several OF u
the statements male by the witnesses iUr u
lar je!ense.
TO The case was submitted without argu
'e'' ment with brief charge by the Ch',
Justice. and the jury retired at o'clos'
:. Robert Lewis Was arraigned on an J
1t dictment charging him with the LARGE,
mn OF two hammers, the property oil Jo'
leo Jacoby, on May =, and pleaded guilty.
L. Lena Robinson, coiored, WAS oharg
1t with the larceny OF pair Of shoes, 81
- pleaded not guilty.
IN James Peyten, colored, indicted Tor !,
Hi;i a larceny of a ccat, pants md vest, pleSu
me- not guilty.
fder Robert Levy, coloIed, was arrsigned
Il. an indictment charging him Win
larceny Of four hundred pounds ot &C
ED fiom the w. & N. Railroad Compah