Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-12
COUNTY couRr CASES.
Criminals Sentenced Tuesday Afternoon
For Various Offences,

man ouuEes houston ana julien OH the
y u, lne uslny IN opening was occa-
smneu gy tne ia.e arrival Of the Judges,
ooIoc ia W w, let aSs ins c.y until M
oloeh. Wheh WIS Justices entered the
lawyers arose ana oowcd; Both Judges
looked remarkably well. Many spectators
WIFE e present.
ine court room, whicn recently under
went renovation. the hrst general cleaning
u mas received since the court house was
punt; presented q neat appearance. The
peneh was draped with crepe in respect to
tne memory Oh the late chancellor Sauls-
oury, as was also tne pook case lately
erecseo N the rear Of the pench.
AFTER the grand Jury had been called
anu sworn u retlred 10 the grand Jury room.
Next the commission OF Attorney general
yohn II. NICHOLSON was read, after which
the general Jury was called. John Z. Dona..
noe, Juror OF the ilrst panel, was excused
from serving, because of his position as
StNLe senator,
Whlle applicants Tor liquor licenses
were presenting their applications and
pelng sworn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS asked that
the case Of me state VS.. u. du Font Burns,
unaiReq Win burning barns, be continued
until My zod stat'ng That the most i'm
poriant witness Tor the state, one who is
Out OF the reach OF its process, was not in
attendance ana That the postponementt
would save the cost OF large number of
witnesses ana give opportunity to secure
the attendance OF the absent witness. The
request was granted.
At l245 o'clock the grand jury returned
and through its foreman, Calvin w.
Crossan presented true bills against the
following; George w. Taylor, larceny;
William Bentley, carrying concealed
deadly weapon; Joseph Hickey, larceny;
Joseph Norris, larceny.
Recess was taken at l O'Clock for an
hour and half.
me county court had q dun session Mon
day afternoon. Immediately after re-
cess Joseph Morris, colored, charged with
the larceny OF . gold watch from William
V: L. ROBBINS, Joseph Hickey, charged
with the larceny OF coat from John
Brear, and Charles Thompson. alias
fucker, colored, charged with the larceny
Of some chickens, were arraigned and
Motifs and Hickey pleaded guilty and
Thompson not guilty. William 5. Hilles,
counsel Tor Morris. said it was his clients
first offence and called a witness in an at
tempt to prove the prisoners previous
good character. The court said IL would
be lenient and sentenced Morris to three
months imprisonment and ordered that
he pay the costs and 800 restitution
money. Hickey was sentenced to three
months imprisonment and ordered to pay
costs and 80 restitution money and be
whipped next Saturday with 10 lashes.
| thompson was remanded Tor trial.
Harry Emmons filed position for
new road in Brnndywine hundred and
| Charles Evans filed one for new road
| partly in Pencader hundred and partly in
| White Clay Creek hundred.
| Witnesses in the case of the State VS..
LOUIS l.. Pritchard, charged with EN-
hezzlement, were discharged from further
attendance, the case having been settled
out of court.
The grand jury reported the finding of
true bills against the following: Martha
y. Davis, alias Martha =; Blizzard, ="
| using female child; John w. Webster and
Frank Conner, larceny.
| Court convened punctually this morn
| ing, with many spectators in attendance.
Richard Bently, colored, pleaded guilty
to carrying concealed Il deadly weapon
and was sentenced to pay SO fine and costs
or be imprisoned one month.
| After "A long wait Jury was impaneled
TO try the case Of the State VS.. Charles
| Thompson, alias Tucker, colored charged
with the larceny of % chickens and two
| coops from Jonas l.. Clair, who resides
near Stanton. One of the persons sum
moned to serve as a juror, a colored man,
| was challenged by the prisoner and asked
to retire, which he did, and the jury was
made up entirely of white men.
Victor Il. Woolley represented the State
and IL. c. Conrad the defendant.
Mr.. Clair testified that on August 25th
last he and members of his family found
two coops containing chickens in his corn
field, whittier they had been carried by
somebody who intended to steal them He
and some neighbOrs hid that night in the
field, expecting the thief to come after the
poultry. While they were in hiding team
drove up, something which afterwards
was ascertained to be coop fell in the
road, man took down the fence bars and
proceeded TO the coops hidden among the
corn. The trespasser lighted lantern aud
stopping peered in the coops, after which
he extlnSulshed the light and started TO
rise. Then Joseph II. Chambers, who was
with witness, fired a shot over the in
truder's head and the thief fled. The
next morning, August Goth, a black straw
hat was found in The field.
Mr.. Chambers testified that the team
which the thief left in the road belonged
to William NJ. Brackin and stated that u
coop which was exhibited was the one
which he heard fall.
William ii. Miller, dealer in poultry,
testified that Thompson called upon him,
and stating that he bad some chickens
for sale asked witness what he would give
for them.
Joseph NJ. Croes and Charles Speer testi-
fled to Thompson questioning them in re-
gard TO the purchase of chickens. The
former identified the coop exhibited in
court us one belonging to himself and the
latter identified It as the one which
Thompson took from Mr.. Croes place of
business with the consent of the witness
Thompson got the coop August oath and
OH that occasion wore black straw hat.
Mr. Brackn testified that he missed his
team August 26th and found it and the
coop at Stanton.
Detective McVey described the arrest OF
the prisoner, which took place September
sth near Seventh and Market streets. Al
Fourth and King streets the man at.