Evening journal., 1892-09-19
BEFORE JUDGE and JURY
Chief Justice Comegys Not on
the Bench.
SEPTEMBER TERM OF COURT BEGUN.

but Few Cases of Importance to he Tried
Not Capital Case ON the Doclset--Tho
License Applicants sworn Capias for n
DercIict witness Three Men Plead
Guilty TO the Charge of Larceny.
The September term of the court Of
oyer and terminer court Of general ses-
sions Of the peace and jail delivery and
superior court, convened at the court
| house this morning.
The court room and corridors were
crowded with lawyers, officers, jurors,
witnessesand spectators before 10 oclock.
II was l1.40 before Judges Cullen and
Houston took thoir places on the bench,
the latter leaning on the arm Of Page
Smith Chief Justice Comegys' absence
did not occasion surprise as il was well
known that he would not be able to be
here.
Few Cases OF Importance.
The court will only last until Soptem-
her 30, as the judges have to 60 TO Sus-
sex on the first Monday in October.
But the time allotted will be sufficient
for the transaction Of all the criminal
business on the docket. II IS understood
that general civil business is TO be ex-
cluded
The cases to be tried are comparatively
fow, and many of them trivial There is
not a capital case ON the docket, an un-
usual circumstance in New Castle county.
Several burglary cases viii go before tho
grand jury, and one case Of sodomy.
More Difference Of Ton Thousand.
William Michael Byrne applied TO the
court for leave to alter the amount of
Judgment confessed in the case Of John
l.. b. Sherrick, Of Philadelphia, vs.
the Theodore g. North company The
bond, he said. was for $40, 600, while the
confessed Judgment on the record WAS
500 600 lie claimed that it was n clerical
B error. Colonel Nields represented the
{ plaintiff IN the case He said that there
j were very weighty reasons why the re-
70 quest should not be granted. The motion
was continued.
, The grand jury was called, sworn, and
1 retired with the bills in hand. This was
s followed by the calling Of the special aud
y general juries.
a The applicants for license were called
i and sworn, and for some time after there
was SO much confusion that IL was diff
cult TO tell just what was done.
Continuance OF Damage suits.
Colonel Nields made a motion that the
damage case Of Harry Il. Pearce admin
istrator vs. the johnson Forge company
Z be continued until December o. The mo-
tion was allowed.
Tie also asked that the case of Hum
5. nell vs. the Walton & Whann company
.- be carried over. Lewes C. Nandegrift,
a counsel for the plaintiff demanded trial,
saying That IL had already been contin-
4 4 4
until September with tho understanding
Df that 10 should be tried at that time.
10 In reply Colonel Nields stated that the
8. law creating the September term pro
IN vided that no civil case should be tried
:. unless counsel on both sides agreed K
it. The court reserved its decision.
wanted-A Capias for Emma.
Attorney General Nicholson asked foi
ID capias for Emma Murphey, the stal
as witness in the case of the state VS.
r Walter Barton, accused Of attempted
% rape upon the young woman for whom
=. the capias was wanted. IL was granted
and the case was set down for trial OF
Friday morning II the witness be found
~ At 10 40 the grand Jury entered th
is court room with the following true bill
n for larceny John Henry Davis, JOIN
~ Heck and Walter Trump. They wer
4, arraigned and pleaded guilty, but sen
u. tence was deferred. In the case of tn
ed Davis boy Walter Bacon informed th
court that he thought il n case for tn
.ie reform school The jurors were thel
k discharged until 2.30.
To Admitted to Practice at the Bar.
-io John Percy Niolds was admitted {
as practice in the courts of this state, upo
10 motion of Colonel Beniamin Nields, hi
-, father and preceptor He is a gradual
vi of Havorford college and Harvard Lay
school.
ed The Beale Divorce Suit.
.ss William +. Smalley, commissioner
To the divorce case of Adelaide W. Beale ".
Id John +. Beale, asked for a delay in max
ed ing his report. His request was granted
~ Mrs. Beale is former resident of thi
DO city. and recently came from New Yor
,et TO prosecute her suit At present sh
is boarding at 400 Delaware avenue. i
nv C. Conrad is her attorney. The ground
on for divorce are failure to support an
Z I desertion.
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