Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-24
TINE G4nAr noRss OAsB ..
a Trtat That Caused n a;igKcr NON
saIiOn in Sussex Than Amy Grimm

a rrtat That Ciluscd n a;igEcr NcIl-
saJiOn ia Sussex Than Amy Crinii-
nni Event for wears.
Special Correspondence oi Gazette and journal
GEoRaErows, April ~, .-susssx county |
people are not yet done talking about ths |
fRmoue horse stealing case that was tried
in the courts here last week, when james
Oweus Isaacs, Joeeph Hamilton and John
4. Owens were found guilty of the crlme
alleged. They were sentenced to pey
$500 and costs and undergo one years
imprisonment with corporal penalty
for each to stand one hour in the piliory
and be whipped with 20 lashes on April
26th.
The case was On Interesting one on
account OF the prominence Of the partieq
and tire hard legal fighting thas marked
the trial throughout. james ONens
IsaacB ia son OF Noah ISaacs, enc Of the
most respected iGrmefs of NNnticohe
hundred. This accused man acquitted
some unpleasant notofis,y four or five
years AGO by leaving bis wife and family
ana taking up with u woman Of unsavnrg
reputation, with whom be afterwards
lived nenr Milford. lie followed th5
business OF trader in produce. dusoph
Hamilton slpo mnde himeai conspicuous
aboGt year ago, Nv tho r5cSieHs manner
in which he "blew IN G pension payment
OF uvov 81 200 he received from The gov
eminent. He lived ia Drgabcto hun-
drsd John 8. OTana il sou Of Robert
u. Owens, le ding citizen OF NAutieoks
huulgaa. and the evidence against him
wes much weaker than that agG'nst the
other two. de has hitherto born good
character.
II was on tho night of September l9ih,
1850, that mars valued ~ 1850 was
stolen from her owner, Eli T. West
farmcs LIVING At Grosa Keys, in Dagshoro
hundred. Suapiciun pointed to the three
men md ihey we've nrgoHtst aud given a
hearing before jnstice William r. Gnllsn
| Of Si!fari II is doubtful # Gny really
4 conyicLiNG tag,iuoEy could have been
4 produced against them pNA it mot heen
/ Tor Sswlltun'B iniiscFetiuu Ia making i
4 voluntary confession nj this preliminary
hearing. tic sGid that the trio mot ri
/ llillofd and arranged TO 20 20 Gross Keys,
I. On arriving there they agreed .hlt Ovens
/ should 30. Lhe mare from Vests s.g0la
and take her 80 Milford, where Hamilton
was 10 take charge 81 har. This was
done, nccurlIpg to Hamilton's atntamont,
when he took the mare ever 70 Denton.
wnerO he traded mr. VIII a mGn nGmad
4 Van easel for enClher morse, Tcrth OILY
about Sa5, aud $l5 10 money. Ihis Yrs
ouly cne.fouTth tho value VI the west
horEa. The confession Of Aamilton'a
was the Gniy testimony of any weight
against Owens.
The prisoners were held for trial and
Ovous and IsaGcl were released on bail
while Hamilton, bping dusole to act
security, had TO no 10 jail. Tbs TRIAL
started last Tuesday md lasted conliuu-
oGsly until Friday about noon. Attorney
general ohm Biegi and Deputy Ihomh'
Davis prosecuted Tor the state. white on
the cthpr pite we-a A. P. Robinson, Esq
for Oaons and Charles ~. Cullen nud
Robert O. White, Esq, Tor laacs ami
Hamilton. Il was one Of the hottest legal
battles known in the courts o. thiscoUnty
and every inch OF ground was stuDbcrnlg
contested. Tho defence had aboIt q
witnesses and the State over 40. II wa
sought to establish on aiibi for ID,
prisoners and a strong effort was mad'
for OHcns in particular, reputable wit
nassrs swearing that he was in Kenl
county the night the mare was stolen
Among other witnesses in his favor wert
the Moorish residents around Moorton
: Kent county. after whom that town tool
! It's name, AID the railroad station Their
!. also until the railroad company ehauRc'
1t 10 Creswcld. They swnre positiVel
9 that Ovens spent tue night WITT soms Q
/ their number al Pierson's Corners. 4
! behalf of Iseaes it was testified by men,
+ bers Of his family aud others that h
spent the night ut his fathers farm, owe
in kanticoke hundred, ~ or 10 mile
away.
Crowds attended the daily sessions q
the court and intereBt was unt aging |
u the end. Tho legal sparriug was Wis
/ orous and lively and the argument
n superb. The dstencs sought 20 CROW
IS lilo State 10 the wGil and it is said thu
IS Encouragement BigGa made the mot
J b. iiiaut and spse argument of his pre-
tessionai career. And he won.
x Petitions Gre now in circulation askin
s. Governor Rigg9 to remit the ccrporl
/. penalty of the law. They will be circt
70 lated TO-DAY and will probably reeeiJ
J. numerous signatures from those who ts
:. in sympathy VITA the families Of the COZ
ID yicted men. Altogether it was the grea
rs est criminal seLaGticn Sussex county h
s. had II years.