Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-01
s2s restitution money, and be imprisoned

b2o restitution money, and be imprisoned
one month.
Lorenzo Walters, colored, pleaded not
guilty to an indictment charging him with
burglary in breaking into the house of
William Walters, in st. Georges hundred.
The court assigned William 5. Prickett to
defend him.
William Scanlan, colored, pleaded guilty
to the larceny of 1915, the property of
Joseph Salter, on September 18th. The
court sentenced him to pay the costs, S2.75
restitution money, be imprisoned two
months and be whipped with five lashes.
James Hanley, indicted for uttering and
passing a forged check signed John
Anderson" pleaded guilty to the charge
of passing the check. but not guilty to
uttering it, and the plea of not guilty was
entered. He claimed that he was unable
to write, and that the check was given to
him by another man. Henry G. Turner
was assigned to defend him.
Jennie Crisden. a young colored woman,
pleaded guilty to charge of carrying a
concealed deadly weapon, and was SEN
fenced to 10 days imprisonment.
Richard Leach, who was held under an
order of the court to contribute 81 a week
toward the support Of his wife, furnished
$500 bail, his father becoming his surety,
and was released.
About o'clock court adjourned until
Saturday morning.
During the afternoon, Mrs. Repecca
Young, the wife of Lewis @. Young, who
was having his trial, fell in fit in the
court room. She had occupied seat be-
side her husband and his counsel during
the entire trial, but the strain ON her was
too great. Chief Justice Comegys asked
# their was physician in thereon, when
Or. G. Il. Baird of this city, and DR.. Kol-
lock of Newark, responded. The woman
was carried into the grand jury room,
where the physicians worked with
her for some time. After regaining CON
seriousness, she was placed in transfer
coach and removed to her home.
Court did not resume proceedings until
10 o'clock on Saturday, although 0 o'clock
was the hour fixed for the opening.
Through some misunderstanding the
Jurors did not come in until 10 o'clock,
consequently nothing was done until they
came.
Immediately after the opening William,
alias Jacob" Woods, and Edward Smith,
alias Harry" were arraigned and pleaded
not guilty to an indictment charging them
with burglary and larceny in breaking
into and robbing the house of Robert
Smith, on August LIST. The indictment
was also framed against Amos Tucker, but
as he has been sentenced in Philadelphia
TO serve eight years in the Eastern peniten-
tiary he was unavoidably detained.
j., Frank d. Carpenter, stated to the court
that he had been engaged by Edward
smith, known as Harry" to defend him
and that as he has been busy with the
grand jury all the week, he had not time
TO hunt up his witnesses. He however
thought he would be able to get throughSat-
urday, and il he did, he would go to Phila-
delphia on Monday, and secure witnesses
who wnnld he AN InaeAatr ,..l,a
he would be ready for trial. AS Woods
had no counsel, and was unable to employ
any, the court assigned Mr., Carpenter to
defend him.
After this case was disposed of, the case
of the State, VS. Samuel C. Young, which
was commenced on Friday, was again re-
sumed.
On the application of Attorney-general
Biggs, the court directed the jury TO visit
Youngs house at IL o'clock, M, and see
if there is a hole through the partition
wall, as claimed by Mrs. Horton, a witness
for the defence.
Mrs. Maggie Horton, who was on the
stand when court adjourned on Friday,
was recalled and subjected to a long and
searching cross-examination by Attorney
general Biggs. She stated that she
was at Ioungs house on August
3lst, and while in Youngs cellar
she heard Mrs. Haggerty telling her child
Jennie, what to say when she went on the
witness stand at the municipal court. The
witness stated that she heard Mrs Haggerty
tell the child that if she would do what
she wanted her to she would get her re.
venge on the Youngs. Mrs Haggerty also
told the child that il she did not saw what
she told her, she could never call her par
ents papa" and mamma" again. She
afterwards heard Mr. and Mrs. Haggerty
liking the time when they would allegt
the crime was committed.
City Detectives Hawkins and Hatton
Mrs. Lydia Hammond and Kate Grub
testified that they were present at the hear
ing before the municipal court, and that
the testimony given by Mrs. Haggerty
then was different to what she now said.
DR. Charles g. Baird was called to testify
that the child was not injured in any way
but as MI. Biggs objected he left the stand
Frank X. Carswell testified that he haC
seen the hole in the wall between the
| houses, and that o conversation could b,
| heard.
Court then adjourned until 2,30 o'clock
The jury in the case of the State VS.
Lewis Q. Young, came in court Satur
day afternoon at $50 O'Clock after hay
ing visited Young's house to examine
the hole in the wall. Judge Cutler
asked them if they wished to hear more
testimony, or to be discharged unit
Monday, when they replied that a.
there was no train on which they coulc
leave until $50 o'clock, they were will
ing TO remain until $50 o'clock.
The examination of witnesses wal
then resumed, and Joseph Pyle, William
w. Bullock, Thomas II, II, Messenger
Samuel H. Baynard, William S. Robin
son and David Pickle, were called, and
each testified that he had known the
accused for years, and that previous Il
this they had never heard anything
against him, and that he had Away.
borne an irreproachable character.
Mrs. Mary Horton testified that she i!
the mother of the wife Of the accused
and that on the evenings of August &c
and August eth, when it is alleged tn,
offences were committed, Mr.. Younl
was at her house. She was certain abou
the dates, as there were several circum
stances which fixed them In her mind
Mr.. Biggs tried hard to break dowr
her testimony on the discrimination
but failed to change it in any importan
| particular.
Several other witnesses were called
but their testimony was unimportant
and at $50 o'clock court adiournet
until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
At Monday mornings session Of cour
John H. Rodney read the affidavit o
Howard II. Jordan, ex-Levy Cour
commissioner, with respect to the sigma
ture of Mrs. James T. Richardson to he
husbands bond as collector of count
taxes for Mill Creek hundred. Beniamii
4. Duncan, another of the suretles, il
his application to have the judgmen
obtained on this bond reopened, mad
affidavit that Mrs. Richardson did nc
sign the bond herself, and he be
lieved that Mr.. Jordan, who wit
messed her signature, knew that sh
did not sign it. Mr.. Jordan
affidavit stated that he took the hnnd 4