Evening journal., 1891-05-20
LAST EDITION
SUPERIOR COURT OPENS.
Heavy Sentence Inflicted on Sara
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Heavy Sentence Inflicted on Sarah
(Sailes) Grimth for Malpractice
The May term of the Superior Court
opened this morning with all the Judges
on the bench. A fall bar was also
present among whom were United States
Senators Gray and Higgins. Lewis c.
Fandegrift, Esq, was too i'll to attend
and some of the cases In which he was
interested were continued until
the September term of csurt. The
whole forenoon session was ocsupied
in the calling of the cases listed for this
term and their disposition. There were
10 all 1913 cases on the trial list OF these
ll5 were continued, SO passed. 10 set
down for trial, and the remainder
settled or referred On motion Of Charles
b. Lore Martin Burris was admitted to
the practice of law at the New Castle
county bar
Charles w. Smith was also admitted
to the practice Of law on the motion of
w. c. Spruance.
At 10 o'clock the criminal court
opened and Sarah Miller, alias Sarah
Griffith, was placed in the dock, charged
with manslaughter and criminal NAL
practice. Her counsel, Henry G. Turner.
withdrew the plea Of not guilty at first
entered, and entered a plea Of guilty to
the charge of criminal malpractice
There were four charges of the latter
against her and one of the former
The Chief Justice In passing sentence
said that the number of charges against
her showed that she made practice of
this wicked, criminal, cruel and murder
GUS business. It also showed that she
was in point Of morals very bad woman
and not deserving of mercy or leniency
at his hands 1t was necessary that
such sentence should be passed on this
woman as would eter all criminal
wicked or evil-disposed persons from en-
gaging in such shocking work. He
therefore imposed the full penalty of the
Law, which is $500 fine and Eve years
imprisonment. The prisoner heard her
sentence without a quslm. and smiled
complacentlY on leaving the dock. The
several months confinement in New
Castle jail has told on her severely. so
that it IS hardly probable that she will be
able to endure five years further i'm :
prisonment.
The attorney general then entered a
nolle prosequi in the other cases with
which she was charged.
Charles B Evans renewed his appliea-
tion in the case of Parker Smith
colored, charged with assaulting with
intent TO kill Joseph Leach, at Faulk-
land, in Christisna hundred, on Novem-
Der 4, 1880. The statute requires that a
man must be indicted before the
expiration of the second term Of court
after the assault is committed. other
wise, he must be discharged from
prison. During the last two terms Of
court the condition Of Leach was such
that there was danger of his dying, in
which case Smith could be indicted on the
charge Of murder.
The court decided that Smith must be
discharged.
The attorney general moved for a
nolie prosequi, in order that he might
have Smith re arrested. His motion was
granted.
The case of Daniel johnson, who is
charged with burglary was next taken
up. Branch H. Giles appeared for him
Before proceeding with the
ass, the attorney general announced
that be expected to have all
the criminal cases disposed of by to-
morrow afternoon. whereupon the court
announced that the hearing Of liauoi
license applications will be begun on
Friday morning. Court adjourned until
2 80 o'clock.
The case Of Mrs. Fougeray who OBJ
tanned q divorce from her husband
William J. Fougeray at the last term Of
court, and who now sues for costs, will
be taken up at this term Of the Superior
Court