The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-02
FOURTH edition
At Court.

At Court
! Court resumed at $50 p. m. yester.
day with Judges Huston and Cullen
on the bench. James Gilmore, arraign-
el for assault and battery on his wife
Margaret, was allowed TO plead nolle
prosequi and pay costs.
/, George w. Manlove, colored, was
larraigned on charge of stealing mare
from John w. Carroll. He pleaded not
guilty. He said Boniah Watson, Esq,
was his counsel. Judge Cullen gave
him TIL tomorrow morning ut 10
o'clock to have his counsel here or get
other counsel saying, at that time we
shall have to go ON with the case.
John Wilson, colored, for stealing q
pair Of gold spectacles from Philip X.
Clark, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to pay to the owner the price
OF so, the costs OF prosecution, DO I'm
,prisoned one month and receive ten
Ilashes.
Augustus Anderson, colored, plead
ell guilty to the theft OF $2.25 from
William Muhler and was sentenced to
one months Imprisonment and to re.
celve five lashes on Saturday next.
jesse A len, alias Harry Milford. was
arrnlgned on two indictments, one
for stealing gelding and the other
harness. He pleaded not guilty to the
theft OF the gelding and guilty to
stealing the harness and wagon. When
Judge Cullen asked Allen IL he did not
steal the horse, wagon and harness he
replied In the affirmative, but said that
he did not know what a geIdinK was.
The court informed him that it was n
horse, whoreupon the prisoner said:
I'm guilty" Acknowledgement Biggs
"nolle pressed" the charge OF ste ding
the wagon and harness and Allen was
sentenced to pay the costs o. prose.
cution, return the value Of the horse
To the owner. pay fine OF $500. stand
one hour in the plllory. receive ten
lashes and one years imprisonment
William Moore, Charles Smith and
DANES Butcher were charged with
stealing pair of shoes from John L.
Reed, valued at $l25. Moore and
Butcher pleaded guilty. Moore asked
that he he allowed to make a state.
ment IN behalf of Smith. He said the
latter was stranger here and on
the day the shoes were stolen he met
the other men on the railroad and
through thor pnrsuaslons sold tho
shoes. He was committed until this
morning. Moore was sentenced to
pay the costs OF prosecution, return
IN-.~' w hN''ls oui ~ lillo3 lllbUlll5 lll-
prlsonment and receive ten lashns.
Butcher, who said he was never in
court before, WAS sentenced to pay
tho costs Of prosecution, return 81 20
to the owner OF the shoes, receive five
lashes and serve two months impris.
mrnt.
! William Frazier, colored was arraign-
cal Tor stealing seven chickens. lie
pleaded not guilty and asked that his
case lie continued until this morning
to enable linn to secure witnesses.
mo request was granted.
: As recommended by Attorney Com
erai BiBgs tho charge of wife beating
against James Gilmore was with.
drawn.
II. II. Ward, Esq, for alleged barn.
, burner Euguene Dup. Burns, present
eli affidavit aud argument for a con.
tlnuance until the May term. All the
jurors had heard testimony in tho Glib.
Ibon's trial concerning Burns that had
influenced them i'll tho former case. and
could De presumed to influence them
IN the Burns trials 50 TINT lie could not
,, nave an impartial trial which he had a
flEht TO under the Constitution Of Del
aware.
Attorney General Biggs thought the
continuance ought not to be granted
|. because the jurors were sworn to
, try the prisoner and lind verdict ac.
Icordlng TO the law and the evidence IN
tho case. Whereas his attorney adj
mitted the Objectionable TESTIMONY
was outside of tho case and could not
lie brought into it.
2 Tho application. II granted, would
virtually amount to quashing.
j. Ihero is no solid ground that the
application can be based upon.
] :. Ihe indictment was found last No
vember term, and at this term, while
the state is ready, the case should bt
! tried and not continued until the Mas
term. Court reserved decision anl
adjourned at $50 p. IN, until thi,
morning.
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