Evening journal., 1894-11-20

0oOrke Lewis ana EDWARD fhfkert lar
ceny of shoes and an overcoat from Abe
Alberts; Arthur Jordan, colored, lar.
ceny; William Mitchell, colored point
ing revolver; Stephen Bayard. larceny
and carrying concealed deadly weapon.
The bill for lsrceny against Joseph
Conway was ignored
Jordan, Lswis and Parker pleaded not
guilty, while wholesouled Stephen
Bayard would not deny that he stole n
pair OF shoes from Elijah Purdy and
carried deadly weapon. He and
Jordan were remanded to their cells and
Parker and Lewis were put on trial.
They tried hard TO put it all on man
named McCloskey when Christopher l..
Ward, representing the state. cross
examined them. The jury went out
after hearing q number OF witnesses,
aud in forty-fve minutes returned a
verdict Of guilty.
Criminal Business To-day.
This morning Lewis and Parker were
each sentenced to three months inn
prisonment, the corporal punishment
being remitted because Of this being
their first offense
I isStephen Bayard, who pleaded guilty to
both larceny and carrying concealed a
deadly weapon, was sentenced to be
whipped with ten lashes, on next Satur-
day and be imprisoned one month
Lewis Lenderman, 15 years old,
pleaded guilty of larceny from George
W. Baker and Company. and was sent
to the Ferris Industrial School upon the
recommendation OF the grand Jury.
Arthur Jordan, colored, through his
counsel, Josiah Marvel, withdrew the
plea of not guilty Of the larceny of $l2
and substituted that of guilty. He
asked for mercy, but the court could not
see 1t that way and sentenced him to be
whipped with fifteen lsshes and be i'm.
prisoned for three months.
William MITCHELL colored. was fined
800 and costs for pointing a revolver at
George Turner, of Hockessin.
When Isaac Parker's name was callsd d
he failed to respond. His bail bond was
forfeited and Attorney General Nichol-
son asked for and was granted an at.
| tachment, returnRble at the next term
The state pros ecutor was then out oil
work and the grand jury twas requested
| to come In and report any bills it might
have found The following true bills
were reported:
Alfred Freeny, young colored mar
from Chester. pleaded guilty to carrying
concealed deadly weapon. He cAm'
here on last Friday to attend an enter
tainment and, not content with carrying
a loaded revolver proceeded to LOAF
himself He was a rather decent lookinl
man and the court only gave him tel
days, he being unable to pay fine. III
cried while making his statement to thl
court
Bspjsmain Taft and Frank Reed, twl
colored boys, pleaded guilty to burelarlz
ing the store Of Annie Turkel at From
and Thorne streets They were remRndet
to their cells to await sentence.
The grand jury was discharged unit
30 o'clock this afternoon, and tn
desertion case against John r. Callahan
was called. The defendant was brough
up from his cell. Henry G. Turne
appeared for him and succeeded In havinI
the hearing postponed until Thursday
he not having been retained until lac
evening.
Additional BIlIs Brought In.
At IL 80 o'clock the grand jur
brought in the following additional tru
bills: James w. Andrews and Edwar
Gibbons, larceny: Thomas Nowland an
George Collins, burglary; John Bungy
assault and battery; Francisco Liehettc
carrying concealed o deadly weapon
Court then adjourned.
The grand jury ID. .now.at work on th
registration cases.
State Senator elect Robert ] Handy
Of Brsndywine hundred, was in th
court room for some time this moTnir ;
| and received marked attention.