The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-05
THIRD edition.
BURGLsRs AND THIEVES.
rhey Fared BADLY in oeunty conr, xsster-
aav Afternoon

1hey Fared BADLY in Oeunty Court Xesser-
aaY Afternoon.
! Sheriff Giiis will lay the eat" on his
tifst man 10 the yard ~ the New Gaelic
! jail on Saturday. The fret candI.
date will be henry Gray. a young colorsd
man. and who Teosivsd the o3rpurai pun
ishment sentence by Chief Justice Lore in
County Court Yesterday afternoon. sew.
oral other men received the sentence, and
by Saturday the new sheriff oxpscts to
WELD the tails over The bare backs of At
least hail dozen iprils.
Immediately after tie OieninR of court
Henry Gray. vino 10 IA coloEeu man was
Jed Into the court room uud touk "a scat
In tue Dox. He Is soil confessed thief of
unusual naTva, he having pleaded guilty
to entering lha store OF George H. Ash
and in the presence of ne propr!etoc
stealing roll OF cloth. Whsn the court
asked him IL he had anytaInM To aay he
replied la Tho negative maintaining the
Same htoildity as nai possessed him since
ienterlng his plea. Grays past
had been lar from an enYiduie one and
VI view OF this the court Remarked that 1t
,uid hot fool lenientiy disposed III his 10.
half.
Chief Justice Lore then sentenced the
prs oner to lie whipped with luabes, to
DE followed by term OF Imprisonment
tof u period of six months and TO pay TO
Nh. Ash restitution money amounting TO
lSossI NHsE GfAS WINS taken from the
box and before passing out OF the Court
room he smiled upon Noticing several
Acqhtutauces.
BURGLAR pUNcaN's DOSE.
James Duncan, criiniuaily known as
LARRY the Yorker" had still larger
dose OF Delaware justice melted out to
him. But the puns hment lifted tie
crime, duncan had pieHded guilty TO
burglarlaing the residence of Joseph II.
Gould. aud for he act he was sentenced
to 10 whipped with 20 ashes aud 10 slaud
In the pillory one hour. Alter he leaves
the pillory he will serve term of two
years and pay q line OF $500 Before pass.
ing sentence upon The prisoaer the court
xemarRed as II did in tue iortuer ease,
shat there were no eAtenuutiu4 greum.
hand there wero enough cfimes he cuuId
De convicted of to sehh INN To iail for ten
years. The sevsre sentence did not alecG
the prisoner.
WHO ASSAULTED ToDAN.
The first jury trial OF no term was the
ease OF state 20. John Bupgny, culOfed.
who was indicted for assauitlug Matthew
Toban. q New astle police oiheer. early
on the morning OF November u George
I'll. Handy was foreman OF Tho jury drawn
TO try the case. Waiter Hayes appeared
for the pr,souor.
Mr.. 1oban took the stand and testified
that upon the arriva OF u train from tna
city at New Castle On the nlgat named IN
tnt lhulcttuenl llBhb nTOh5 OUT among u
hnmber OF colored men. Inc dlsordery
mon had participated IN the Republican
parade aid 1t was while rrestilg one OF
the disi urbers OF the peacp That lie wBa
eauited by Il cub IN the hands Of an UNI
known coloreu mnn and which blow RON
dered him Unconscious. James Il Booth
declared he saw BunKey asa suit the OIL.
Ger with stout stick while he. the otllGor
was making an arrest.
The witness afterward interrersd in be-
half OF The officer and hssIsts'i III urresting
man named W-lsh. Mr. Hayes had the
witness To describe the position oil tue
prisoner, Mr. Ioban aud tue wttuess
himself ut the time the assault was CON.
mitted. 1t placed tine witness between
tna prisoner and tue prosscu ing witness.
which being such position AS TO give
MIN an unobstl ucted view OF the prisoners.
At this point Mr. Hayes prUducul cane,
but Mr.. Booth could not identify II as
the stick which had heen useJ. Jonn b.
3idwell. Thomas MoiEan and Albert
Davis ALEC Swore to seeing tbs prisoner
assault The officer. Tho prosecution then
rested MIR. Hayes began his defense by
placing on the stand Bungsy. who swure
that lie did no. strike tie officer
He was one of The crowd which nal
collected ard carried the cane whch wiz g
offered In evidence, but denied having
raised 1t In even q threatening position
William Salterieid anu James lance saw
the blow struck but swore Bnngey wns
pot the guilty parry. lhe c.se want TO
The Jury without any additional evlusnce
being produced or eonmsut by At.
t0rney General NicnnIs0u. aud after the
body hud dallberat cd Il short time a YER
oct OF not guilty was returned aud the
prisoner was discharged,
TRUE BILLS RETURNED.
The grand jury returned with true bills
against Rohert Cassidy. larceny; John +.
MeElroY. assault with intent to cominit
murder, and Thomas Btley ana Alfred
Spencer, burglary. The body was then
discharged.
Robert Cassidy pleaded guilty TO tho
indictment charging him with the larceny
Of . pair OF shoes from Solomon Gold,
steln. Ihulnus H. Riley aud Alfred
Speneer entered pleas OF not guilty to the
indictment eunrgtng them loBtiy with
burglattltnE The reaidehce Oh s. a. HOdg
maIi.
Gassdy's elfense was the first commit
Sed by him and in view or this lie MAS sen
tenced to be whipped with live ashes an d
TO serve three months imprisoament.
SUPERIOR touRT MATTERs
John X Bradford present sd commits
Eloners' return In the divorce gass Of
Anna NJ. Va. Alen W. Harvey and asked
for It's publication. which WIS ordered.
William HillHS appearing for tie de
PENDANT III The case OF William Davidson
pa. James GAarOn, admins rAtor Of VII
ham Forrest asked leave to amend bJ
STRIKING out la his oriRHHi pea #iInas tht
ssrm G I, IL, after the name Carroa ant
thsrehy leaving the name stand alone
Samuel McGanlley matte ITO objection L
such action and the Court granted thi
request of Mr. liiles
Austin harrington was appointed com
missioner to take testimony Ia the "a
Tufee Ga4e OF SedgeHiek VS., 5euKeUick