Evening journal., 1895-02-08
BLOCKED BY THE STORM
Four of the Jurymen Absent
and the Lally Case Postponed.
ONLY A FEW LAWYERS PREsEHT

Trial Where the Prisoner Is Not on
Hand-His Ball Bond Forfeitsd-Tha
Brandywine Hundred Road Commits
sion Snow Bound.
The spectacle OF a man being tried for
violation OF the law without being
present and after his bonds had been
forfeited was presented to those who
attended the term of the Court OF Gen.
eral SESSIONS Yesterday afternoon John
A. Lally. charged with registering
knowingly and unlawfully, In the Third
districts Of the First and Sixth wards.
was the,man thus tried. As stated Ia the
EVENING JOURNAL j. Harvey Whiteman.
counsel for Lally, moved to quash the
Indictment and the court declined to
sustain him. The court gave him the
alternative 10 proceed with the trial OF
forfeit the bond, and he and his col
leagues, Victor B Woolley, elected to lot
the case 90 on.
The following jury was drawn: Ac.
| cepted-T Purnell Lewis, Robert Haw-
thorn, w. H Bartlett, George w. Dick.
erson, William Il Weldin, Nathan
Bailey, James McChrter, Robert Nc
Laughlin, Frank Hickman, Patrick
McGurery, Lambert E. Kirk, Nathaniel
Armstrong
Challenged by the ssfence-John T.
Johnson, Thomas S Dixon. John Moore,
Isaac Finn and George A. Willis.
After the jury had been empannelled
Judge Lore said that q trial where the
defendant was absent was little more
than farce. Mr.. Whlteman said that
the reason why Lally was not present
was that he thought his case had been
nolle prosecuted Attorney General
Nicholson called for the forfeiture of the
bond, which was done John T. Dlckey
Is his bondsman. A capiss was issued
for Lally.
Frank McCloskey WAS sworn and
identified the registration books.
William I. Lu,z, Harry Ahrens and
Philip Murphy, inspectors in the Third
district OF the First ward, identified
thelf books, which contained an entree
OF John A. Lally. registered on age. from
/ No l05 West street Mr. Woolley asked
/ IL the witnesses could swear that the man
registered IS John A. Lally and the man
being tried were the same, but as the
man on trial was not ia evidence, the
answers were not eminently successful
John A. Butler and Francis A Hof-
/ feeker, inspectors In the Third district OF
the Third ward testified that Lally
registered as James Lally, on age, LIVING
at No 103 Justison street j. Wig
| ellsworth knew Lally Ne John A. ant
saw bim when he registered. RicharC
Falls, who lives &C No. 105 West street
testified that Lslly never lived at thA
house. The case was then continued I,
| 10 g. m, to-day.
The attorney general stated that thu
indictment handed In Of Alexandei
Wortonberry. charged with larceny, has
been nolle prosecuted as there was no
evidence sufficient TO convict.
When the Court Of General Sessions
convened this morning four OF the Jurors
in the case Of John A Lally were absent
They were George W. Dickerson, VIII
liam b. Weldin, James McCarter an,
Patrick McGruery. AS there was 81
insufficient number in the box, on motiol
Of Victor B Woolley. a recess was takel
in the hearing until 9 80 this afternoon
Judge Lore stated that court woul
remain open for civil cases but none wer
called. The only members of the ba
present we're Attorney General Nichol
sou, Deputy Attorney General Branch H
} Giles, Victor B. Woolley. ]. Harve
whiteman, j. Frank Ball, Christopher L
J Ward, Peter L. Cooper, Jr., William I
Hilles, Charles Evans and Willard Hal
J Porter There we're only twenty spectl
tors in the lobby.
An application was made for a revie'
Of new road through the land Of Clsr
/, Webster in Brandywine hundred. TIL
commission has been unable to 60 on
since, owing TO the storm. George
Elliott represents the propertv owners,