Evening journal., 1893-02-09
A BUSY DAY IN COURT.
Chief Justice Robinson's Ad-
mirable Ruling.
W, DORSEY TO GET FORTY LAsHEs

Notorious Prisoners Arraigned and
Plead Not Guiity-James r Foreman
who Attempted to XIII His wife Gets
Three years and Little While I'm
the Pilory.
AS soon as the Court of General Ses.
sions opened this morning Chief Justice |
Robinson charged the jury In the case Of |
James E. Foreman. oolored, who was
tried yesterday afternoon for assault |
with murderous intent on his wife, |
Harriet Foreman. This was the case /
that caused so much excitement In West |
Wilmington, Foreman's home being on |
Scott street. between Third and Fourth |
and IL was generally believed that the man |
FULLY intended to murder his wife on that |
eventful night Of December 10. The |
case has been fully reported In the |
EVENING JOURNAL The prisoner went
home in a rage and tore up their mar.
riage certificate and then beat an cut
his wife in most brutal manner.
Admirable Charge Of The Chief Justice
Walter II Hayes conducted the pris.
oners defense but said that he had hope.
less case He tried to prove that the
prisoner had no murderous intent but
the evidence Of this was also weak. Chief
Justice Robinson charged the Jury that
it was a case for careful consideration.
He defined the different degrees Of mur-
der for which the prisoner would
now stand indicted had not his
wife recovered from his injuries. He
said that there may have been no mur.
derous intent but the mere fact that the
man used deadly weapon II that was
| NM IfIa IL fTnIr oh lat
assailant had murderous intent The
charge was very complete and plain and
lasted nearly twenty minutes. The Jury
retired at 1925 o'clock and was out Just
one hour.
The jury found James Forman guilty
In manner and form as indicted and he
was sentenced to pay costs OF prosecu.
tion, be imprisoned three years and
stand in the pillory one hour The court,
In sentencing the prisoner. said that the
verdict was just one and was fully ap-
proved by the entire bench.
A Lauehable Mistake.
Even the honorable court had 70 laugh
at an error which occurred during this
mornings proceedings Mary Bayard, a
young mulatto woman whose face bore evi.
I dence Of dissipation, was arrigned on the
j charge Of larceny aud.pleaded not guilty.
+ Suddenly Clerk Biggs was seen convulsed
in laughter aud Attorney-General Mich
d olson, after comforting with the clerk Of
the peace, began to langh himself.
= "lf IL pleases your honors said he 81
p will state that we have been misled and
4 have found that, fortunately for her,
! the grand jury has ignored the bill
against her and she can 60 free
n Amid loud laughter, Mary skipped out
4 Of the court room.
n Entirely too Many weapons.
o In sentencing John Bell who bad
y pleaded guilty TO assault and battery
upon Alexander Whortenburg, Chief
r Justice Robinson said that, upon Bells
own confession. he had hourshed a re.
volver during the afray. That alone
was very grave crime "The use
d. of weapons in the state Of Delaware Il
a thing must be done TO stop Il right of.
h You are sentenced to pay the costs OF
q your prosecution and suffer six months
A imprisonment
IS sitting Bulls Relatives Arraigned.
e Viola Leonard. who Is Of Indian descent
e and almost white. pleaded not guilty "a
the charge Of harboring little girls foi
immoral purposes. Viola is rela
iANo OF olltihk buli ula blhNu
n niece she claims aud held her
Z, head high with naughty air as she
l. pleaded not guilty. Walter II Hayes
-e who will defend her. asked for a post
a ponement Of the trial until next week
3t "Witness out Of state was the causl
le assigned and the case was set down fo
d trial on Monday morning.
y Dorsey's Back win Smart.
n
negro who had first declared his inn o
Ia cenoe of the crime Of holding up" AM
y robbing little Michael Singer on th
"a highway near Claymont pleaded guilty
Z through his counsel. Thomas Davis
I Mr. Davis questioned Singer as TO The
"a nature of the assault and the thief
Is Of Singers 35 cents. Then Dorsey mad
3 a statement saying that he was intoxl
M Gated. drunkenness, such as your
e. was, said the court. lis no excuse 70
L. crime" Dorsey was fined $500, sen
3. fenced to pay costr, stand one hour {
ye the pillory, be whipped with forty lashe
and be imprisoned one year.
ev Notorious Prisoners Arraigned.
or Dennis II. Call and William Gallawa,
)n pleaded not guilty to the Dufiield Saw
or age highway robbery Stated that MI
is Biggs would defend them.
Edward Givens and Frank Fitzpotrie
sr- were arraigned for burglary aud dc
ut clared their innocence. William N
Byrne who had been retained by Givens
aw was arraigned to defend Fitzpatrick.
Iat Peter f. Davidson pleaded not guilt
ad to obtaining money under false pretens'
ill and said that he had counsel.
We alfred f. +. Kurtz pleaded not guilt
bit. to obtaining money under false pretense
an Waymen Wallace. colored and Andre
ITS Goldbers, white, were let oil with sci
Ne tence Of ten days in jail, for carryir
II a concealed deadly weapon, promisir
,ad not to offend again.
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