Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-21
NOVEMBER COURT OPENS.

eraI, Accompanies Mr. Nicholson--rhe
Preliminary business.
The courts Of oyer and terminer and
general sessions OF New Castle county
opened at the Court House at noon on
Monday, with full bench. Chancellor
| Nicholson, who is still serving as at
| torney- general, was accompanied by his
successor. Robert G. White of George
town. The roll of the grand jury, Theo-
dore f. Armstrong, foreman, was called
and they retired to their room.
The petit jury was next called. and
William A. Davidson OF Delaware City,
was excused on account of being hard
| Of hearing. a
The applicants for licenses to sell
liquor presented themselves and swore
to their APPLICATIONS.
The case against Henry Snyder,
charged at the last term Of court with
selling liquor without license, was
nolle pressed, Snyder having died.
Isaac Wekolwitz, who was erraigned
at the last term on the charge of ped
ding without q license, was reported
non est and the case was held up. The
case against Bessie Tillman, charged
with immoral conduct was also nollo
| pressed.
| E+
| turned with the following true bills.
William McGrahn. charged with lar
ceny; James Bayne, carrying concealed
| driving off horse without the consent
of the owner.
Recess until 2.30p. m.
When general sessions court recon
veped Monday afternoon John Boyer,
| colored, pleaded guilty to the charge
OF carrying concealed deadly weapon.
He was sentenced to 10 days imprison.
| nlent. y4
Walter Nicholson was charged with
driving away team from the stable of
George Q Whiteman, without the con-
sent of the owner. Nicholson was rep
resented by Walter Fl. Hayes. The case
was continued until tomorrow morning
in order to secure the attendance of
material witnesses.
A capias was issued for William
Dozen, indicted for carrying concealed
deadly weapon. 1t was made returna-
BILE at the February term.
The grand jury returned the follow
| ing true bills: James Wiley, colored,
charged with larceny of two pairs of
shoes from James Cohen on October
18th; Henry Irons, colored, larceny of
clothing from Samuel r. Price on Sep
TENDER 30th; Charles Reavey, larceny
of an oyercoat form Michael Joseph, on
November Eth; Kate Wolf, three
charges of larceny. Wiley, Irons and
Reavey were arraigned and each
pleaded not guilty, after which court
adjourned until 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning.
When court reconvened at 10 O'Clock
Tuesday morning upon the recommen-
dation of Acting Attorney General
Nicholson, the charge of larceny pre-
ferred against James Wiley, colored, was
held up, pending the prisoners good
behavior.
William McGrann, alias "Bucky
| McGinnis," was charged with the
larceny of watch from Michael Lynch.
Several witnesses testified. McGrann
conducted his own case and Mr. Mich
olson appeared for the prosecution.
b There was discrepancy between the
| time given in the indictment and the
statement of the prosecuting witness,
and McGrann asked for an acquittal
on that ground. The motion was denied.
The jury returned a verdict of
guilty" He was sentenced to one
| years Imprisonment, 20 lashes and to
|
After sentence was imposed, McGrann
asked that the lashes be omitted, as he
is suffering from heart trouble. Chief
Justice Lore replied: you can savs
yourself all punishment by keeping
out of trouble. "
The case Of murderous assault against
| William Straughn was continued until
| the February term, on account of the
illness of Daniel Liepert, the prosecut-
ing Witness
Charles Reavey was charged with
the larceny of an overcoat from Michael
Joseph, an Assyrian. The latter, who
is unable to speak English, was put on
the stand, and he found great difficulty
in making himself understood. The
controversy between himself and the
prisoner created some merriment. The
jury returned verdict of mot guilty"
in Is minutes
The grand jury returned the follow
ing true bills: William Mclaughlin,
charged with larceny; Alfonso Davis,
larceny; Elijah Townsend, assault
with intent to commit murder; Wilson
King, pointing revolver.
The bills against Alfonso Davis,
charged with driving off mare with
out the consent of the owner, and Clara
Lewis larceny, We're ignored.
Townsend, King and Mclaughlin
were arraiened, and each pleaded not
guilty, after which court adjourned
until 2.30 p. m.
When the court of general sessions
convened on Tuesday afternoon, 1.-THE
room inside the rail was occupied by
most of the members Of the bar Of New
Castle county, the announcement hav.
ing been made that the civil list would
be gone over at that time. This was
! the first business. The attorneys in
the following cases stated that they
were ready for trial at this term: Will
| liam Costa, d. b. n. Va j. Miller
Thomas, p. b. r.. appealed from the
| September term of 1891, William S.
Hilles for the plaintiff and Hoffecker &
Hoffecker for the defendant; William
Costa, trading as W. Costa g. Co., Va.
j. Miller Thomas, same attorneys as in
the foregoing case: Margaret X.
Donovan VS.. the p, W. q b. Railroad
Co., continued from the November
term of 1892, Levi @. Bird for the
plaintiff and Senator Gray for the de-
PENDANT; j. Hood Wright VS.. Edgar
Chandler, garnashee of Henry G. Rob-
inson, continued from the September
term of 1893, r. G Bradford for the
plaintiff and Benjamin Nields for the
defendant; j. Hood Wright vs. W.
Scott Vernon nulla bona, f. G. Brad
ford for the plaintiff and j. F. Biggs
for the defendant; j. Hood Wright VS..
| Howard E. Vernon, nulla bona, E. G.
Bradford for the plaintiff and J. f.
Biggs Tor the defendant; j. Hood
Wright VS.. George Churchman, nulla