The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-19
FIFTH EDITION.


In County Court.
Martin Beneon, colored. was tha frat
person to receive sentence In COUNTY
court this morning, He 10 a bow il
years OF age and had pleaded guilty to
. charge OF burglary. Joshua MnrvlI
bis council, pleaded the leDlepoy OF
the court a. II was his ollsnts frat OF.
Tense, and as he had already been ia
Jail two months. The court then sem.
fenced the prisoner to months i'm.
prlsonment aud to pay restitution
money to the amount of sa5 to VIM.
Patterson, the owner II the stolen
goods The corporal punishment was
RENTED.
DIVORCE CASE APPOINTMENTS. -,
II. ii. Ward 10 the divorce case OF
Moore vs.. Moore, asked for the on.
Eointment OF Branch IL. Giles de com.
missioner to take the testimony. In
the case OF Perrott vs. Perrott, which
IL hearing for annulment OF mar
rage, MIR. Ward also asked for the ap.
pointment OF Charles Il, Evans as COM
missioner to take testimony. Both
requests were granted.
Peter l.. Cooper asked for publicn.
tlon IN tile divorce case OF Mary l..
johnson vs. John l.. johnson, and 1t
was pranted.
PATrlN WILL DE WHIPPED.
| william Pattin. white man who has
boen logged at the post before, will
again receive ten lashes ON Saturday.
lilo pleaded guilty to stealing goods
valued ut 9 25 from George Moore.
and III addition to receiving the son
tence at tho post will spend six months
in jail.
BURGLAR scRIBNER SMILES.
Alexander Scribner, colored, received
the heaviest sentence OF the morning.
lie pleaded guilty to a charge of bur.
giarizlng the giocory store of james
Cannon at Sixteenth and 1atnal streets
and was captured while In the build.
Ing. lie was sentouced to pay a line
OF 800. to be whipped with twenty
lashes and serve three years In jail.
AZ Scribner lett ths prisoners box he
smiled, and when he passed. out OF tho
court room he laughed aloud.
| .... THEY PUT IT on HIM.
William Gray. colored. for whom a
capias was issued yesterday, was
Drought into court and sentenced for
frying conceaied deadly weapon
| When the court agkGd William why he
carried the black inek he replied that
they put 1t on him" lie promised
l ~ w upp'ui hi4l u.Iu WINS
TO ten days mprisJnment.
GOosEDERGY HELD UNDER 4 PEACE II; Nd
.deorge Gooseberry, the young COL
! ured hoy who made Shle escape from
tho constable while beng brought to
| The jail, ard who aiterNard escaped
from that Institution, was brought
Into the court room Gooseterry Ia
sullen looking boy OF ii. and has the
reputation OF being a bully. BenIa.
min Armstrong. OF Armstrong; Cor
ner, Tie tosecuting witness, testified
to the boy threatening his lite aud he
was therefore afraid OF MIN. The court
ordered him to furnish peace bond
to the amount OF $500
STOLE REVOLVER AND wATaH.
jury was then drawn to try the
case OF tho state vs. John H. Smith
colored, Arthur w. SpTupnoe appeared
Tor the state. Frank Boyle, colCrn.
was the prosecuting witness and aftyi
being -swo!n testified to missing
watch and reSolyrr from his house on
July 4. The prisoner boarded with him
una he had Just lott the house whom
the witness first missed the articles.
Alter The examination by MIR, Spru'
ance, the prleOnar took tire witness In
hand and eNalutn d him utter the man
nor OF full llodged la wyer but he as
not 50 successful In his Questioning.
HE questions caused tie members Of
the court, the bar aud those in the Ru.
diehco 10 laugh at TINES. Whom he
finished tue cross examination com.
manded the witness TO step usd de-.
Elizabeth FARRELL, white vomln
who knows the prisoner testified To
purchasing the watch from him on he
evening of July 4. John then beCnn
his crosg- examination but did not
shake the wtLtess testimony.
Constable Andrew J. Mote, te,t fed
10 orrosting the prlsoner ~.
SMITH ALoNG RELIGIOUS LINE.
Smi.h then took the stund and after
being sworn testified in hls own be.
half. lie boarded with Buyla and af.
tor eating supper at his home went
with his sister and HE niece to q
'merry'gurnund' near by, lie re-
turned to Ills home about l2 O'Clock
aud retired. tie slept with Boyle and
the following Moruing hn got up and
wont TO his work aa asuGl. II was III
the afternoon OF that duy that he was
arrested.
smith created some excitement when
he remnrked that he wac inuurent OF
tho crime. Referring tUtha cruc,ilx-
ion of Christ and tine Bbliral state
ment OF Into thy han is commend
my aplrit." ho remarked that into tho
hands OF the inly he land his casa,
winch remark was crested with
hand clapping
smith also weighed the testimony
OF the witnesses ana hal some elect
on tho minis af tho Jurors and court
when ho remarked that I'LL colorsd
men bore some similarity to each 9th.
or.
Ha iltnatfutai MA Fat k,,a
pairing his race to tho Chineee. Said
lie. You go cut at that front door
and see Sam Wan Lse, and then you
come bnck heEe aud you SEQ sam Wan
Lee. You thiI.ii they are the came
mon, out they are not Th!s state
ment also caused some excitement.
Judge Cullen cha! .ed the Jury, aud
at Has o'clock That tody retired.
CHARGED WIN NoN.st PrUKr.
DeSiis Tonahuc. young white
man, was charged By his wife with
non.support. John X. Bradford up.
pearod Tor the husband. Tho couple
haHe a child. Thar family relations
were aired and oco pied tho attention
OF tho eonrt for hntf al hour. Tbs
stories Of both differed. and theie tore
for want OF ColroOulative testimony
decision %aa reserved uLtil IT. g alter
noon, when additional testimony will
DC hoard.
sNITH Is arrI1Y.
Shortly before II O'Clock tina Jury to
consider John ii, Smiths cage returned
witt n verdict OF guilty. Judge Cul.
lon sentenced min to pay the cost of
persecution, restitution money to the
amount OF 70, To DO whipped with 20
lashes and TO serve . III outha, iinprls-
OumeEt
MORE I .UE Hills.
The grand Jury returned true bills
against Michael Cercho for ombezae.
mont. julia aud ReuteE Anderson for
resisting a public officer, George Hop.
kln5 for CARRYING coneeutcd Il deadly
weslOn. Snmuel Milllama. lnhn linn.