Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-09-17
LAST EDITION
CRIMINAL CASES.
The Fist Jury Trial This Morning
Cooper Sentenced For Burglary.

Cooper Sentenced For Burglary.
Court of General Sessions met at 9. 80
o'clock Yesterday afternoon. H. H.
Ward. ESQ, counsel for P. and j !.
Plunkett, asked for rule for writ of
possession of d property purchased at
sheriff's sale.
Charles B. Lore represented the plain.
tiffs in friendly cases for Judgment on
notes made and bills contracted BY Will
liam Polk. deceased. Bradford g. Van
degrift represented George w. Polk. ad.
ministrator of William Folks estate
The amounts and plaintiffs as follows:
William A. Houston, 1882 Sc Gideon Z.
Hukill, $497 SO; L. P. Aspin & Son,
SAB 49, Harry Emmons, administrator
of 7. b. Enos, deceased, $40 10. The
amounts had been agreed upon by coun-
sci, and the jury allowed them.
The grand jury presented a batch OF
indictments at o'clock, and was dis
charged until this morning
James Wiley, colorea, pleaded not
guilty to the charge of stealing pair of
shoes, worth az 80 from the store Of
Francis P. Janvier, and Eugene Cohen,
pie AIDED not guilty Of stealing a pair of
shoes worth SO 80 from John A. Harring-
ton. w. j. Richards, colored, was sen
carrying revolver. Court then ad-
journed.
Court opened at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Clerk of the Peace William Pierce
Biggs gave bonds for the faithful per.
Torrance of the duties of his office State
Treasurer William Herbert came into the
court room and greeted Chief Justice
Comegys and Associate Houston. Treas.
urer Herbert had little girl with him
and she was cordially received by the
judges.
The first jury trial in a criminal case
for this term was held this morning in
the case Of James Wiley. colored, charged
with the larceny of a pair of shoes
worth So so from F. Z. Janvier's store
George Lodge, Esq. acted SIS deputy.
attorney general and examined William
E. Janvier and Patrol Sergeant James
B. Tucker. Wiley had no lawyer and said
nothing. The jury was out ten minutes
and returned with a verdict of mot
guilty" The chief justice in discharg
ing Wiley. warned him never to appear
in the dock again and counselled him to
lead better life than would result in
his arrest for any crime.
The case of George Cooper, charged
with breaking into the store of William
F Smalley, Sr, at Harmony Station, in
the night time and stealing goods valued
at about $40 took more than an hour
Attorney General Biggs conducted
the prosecution and Nathaniel
M. Davis represented the pris-
oner, Walter F. Smalley testified
to the robbery, and Jacob Rosenbaum a
pawnbroker, told how he acting under
Detective Jones's direction, bought goods
offered him by one of two colored men on
the morning after the robbery He identi-
fed George Cooper as one Of the two men.
Anna NJ Bentiss. a weighty and
respectable colored woman testi-
fed that George came to her home
early one morning with q bundle that
contained, as she afterwards found,
mouth-organs and knives. Horace
Cooper, Georges cousin, took the bundle
from the house and Detective Jones ar
rested him as he was trying to sell the
good. Horace told on George.
The only defence was that George was
arrested on a Monday morning. while the
indictment and the crime was committed
Monday night. The chief justice held
that the time was not the most material
point in a case. He charged the
jury on the laws construction. A
verdict of guilty in manner and form as
indicted, was rendered. He was SEN
fenced to pay the costs Of the case and
So So restitution money, be imprisoned
one year, stand one hour in the pillory
and receive twenty lashes.
The grand jury entered at 10 80, and
presented a batch of indictments The
following prisoners were arraigned /.
Frank Stanton, charged with stealing a
wagon; John Ryan, James Gallagher
aud Frank Thomas. highway robbery
James Delaney, colored, larceny of a
halter worth So; William Blakely, col.
+ ored, larceny of pair of mems shoes
Annie Thompson, colored, larceny of bed
clothing.
All pleaded not guilty but William
Blakely. James Ryan said he was only
guilty of taking pair of shoes. Delaney
said hs took the halter but did not steal
it, William S. Hilles, Esq was APP
pointed counsel for Ryan, Gallagher and
Thomas, charged with highway robbery.
Harry Sharper, colored, was sentenced
to ten days imprisonment for carrying a
razor. &. w. Bailey, a well dressed
young colored man. FOR carrying q
revolver, was sentenced to ten days i'm
prisonment.
Court adjourned until 2 80 o'clock this
aftern 3on.