Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-11-20
NOVEMBER TERM BEGINS
Criminal Docket is Light, But
the Civil List is Heavy.
A TRUE BILL AGAINST PIERCE

eree-Tittcr Pleads Guilty and Il sent
20 New Castle JAIN for One Year-Graud
Jury CompIimented on It's Work To-day.
The November term Of the Courts OF
Oyer and Terminer and General Sessions
of the Peace and Jail Delivery convened
at the Court House this morning Chief
Justice Lore presided, with Judges Grubb
and Marvel as his associates
Attorney General John r. Nicholson
and Deputy Attorney General Branch
I H. Giles were present TO look after the
/ interests of the state. while large
number of attorneys. witnesses, jurors
aud spectators made respectable crowd
for the opening day.
The same grand jurors who served In
/ September were present TO do duty this
/ term, out the hist panel OF petit Jurors
we're new men.
After the roll call Of jurors the grand
/ Jury returned to It's room and began the
/ consideration of bills of indictment sent
up by the attorney general The prOsecut-
! ing officers seemed well pleased that the
! criminal docket was small, for it meant
{ to them an early completion Of
| their labors 1t is thought by some that
/ the criminal work will not consume more
than a week or ten days, and most Of
/ the cases are for larceny, carrying con
cealed deadly weapons and policy writ
| ing and there are always a number Of
plead guilty's" ia those grades of crime
| SOne of the big cases may be carried over.
as this is the first term since the alleged
commission Of the crimes
civil Lawyers Feel Anxious.
The men who feel anxious are the civil
lawyers. The bench has announced that
it proposes to clear the trial list If it
takes until January 1 to do it. This
means work for the lawyers The list is
unusually large and the leading prsc
titioners will bs severely taxed to meet
the demands OF the court. In times gone
by "Conthued, If it please your honors,
Passed. if your honors please was all
sufficient, but the rehabilitated bench
wants settlement, in court or out OF
court it does not care which. The
suits instituted must be tried II trial is
intended. and got out Of the way
FOR new business. III pleas of continu.
auce are of no avail such lawyers as Sena
tor George GRAY, Levi G Bird. Senator
Anthony Higgins, Colonel Benjamin
Nields. Lewis c. Vandegrift, Edward G.
Bradford, William c. Spruanee, Willard
Salisbury, Jr, City Solicitor Elliott anc
Hoffecker & Hoffecker will have theii
hands full until the Christmas hOli avs
This is especially true of City Solicitor
Elliott and associates, who will have e
defend the city in large number o
suits; and Senator Gray and Levi G
Bird. who will defend the p, w. & B
Railroad Company and B. & o Railroad
Company, respectively, in actions 70
personal damages. Colonel niam.i
Nields and Walter n Hayes have b.
work in prospect in the defence of Ne y
Castle county policy holders who rsfus
70 pay Lycoming Mutual Fire lnsuranc
, Company assessments, amounting, th
state over, to about 500 OOO.
One Juror Was III.
Court met at 10 o'clock sharp A.
, Messick, one of the petit jurors, wa
excused on the ground Of illness WillisI
, 4. Knight, was exempted by law fror
! serving, he being United States guagei
g large number Of applicants for liquo
! license were sworn by Clerk of the Peac
3 Biggs
' Edward litter. accused of using Edn
8 Pierce, under II years old for purpose
e of sexual intercourse. withdrew the pie
o Of not guilty and pleaded guilty. throug
e Levi G Bird and William $ Hiles hi
d counsel The court sentenced him to pa
q 6ne of 81 600; be imprisoned for on
/. year and pay the costs of prosecution
The chief Justice said there were mitiga
fl ing circumstances in the case and "a
n prisoner should have the benefit III
is extreme penalty for the crime is seve
II years.
,e AS the state had no business ready f
the Jury it was discharged until ?,
o'clock This was followed for SON
time by a cessation of business in u
=, court.
True Bills Against Pierce.
At II O5 o'clock the grand iory q
# tered the court room, presented numb
10 of bills and was discharged uutil
Is o'clock AS the jurors were filing o.
n the chief justice said:
~ "You have done marvelously well tn
' morning aud deserve the thanks Of
D court
1e The true bills returned were as f,
re lows:
es Carrying concealed deadly weapons
! Michael Poppa, Annie Johns, Roder
So I Mason, Arthur Deville, Walter Bei kle
n larceny Dennis Vaughn; assa'
with intent to co nmit moriei
IL. Benjamin Dem; murder in
v second deeres-MarshRll A. Pier
by for killing Hindman, al rIont ana Ml
ed ket streets
NJ Poppa pleaded guilty aud was fin
500.
10. The trial Of the Holdings worth be
nj for alleged stealing Of ex-Levy Col
he Commissioner Howard Jordan's turk'
m. is set for this afternoon.
IRE Before the noon recess Judge Cul
ne arrived and took his seat
mo METHODIST UNION MEETINGS.
The First OF tho Series Held I'm Asb'