Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-04-04
COURTS OF SUSSEX COUNTY
Business of the April Term
at Georgetown.
PRUNING DOWN THE TRIAL LIST
An Assault and Battery Case
Between Women,
indictments by tho Grand Jury = sheriff
Trnxton's ofioiai Bond for $4,000
Approved by the Court = Names of His
Sureties-other Court Notes.
special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal


GEORGETOWN. April Sat Monday
afternoons session of court Edward
Burton, colored, pleaded guilty to the
charge OF assault and was fined 81 and
costs.
On complaint of James II. Eskridge,
Nathaniel Jackson was held in peace
bond OF $500
David G. Williams, William G, Williams
and Arthur i. Holland were discharged
on peace bonds the plaintiff not appearing.
Witnesses were called in case Of State vs..
j. F. Thawley. indicted for selling liquor
without license, but the case was dismissed
for lack of sufficient evidence.
Joseph Davis, colored, Il veteran of the
late war, who has lost one eye. one hand
aud one leg as u result Of engagements in
the war, was arraigned for assault. He had
been confined in jail, but his release was
ordered as there was not sufficient evidence
TO prove the charge.
Late in the afternoon the grand jury re.
ported the following true bills Daniel
Rogers and John II. Marcy, assault and
battery; James II. Atkins, pointing gun
at Il person; Walter Sanders was indicted
Tor larceny, but rs he had escaped from
jail the case was continued until the OctO-
Der term.
The civil list was gone over and the fol-
lowing marked for trial Edward d. Belts
vs.. benjamin Il. Clendanel, repevin;
Benjamin j. Moore VS.. George w. Carey,
Sci ia ON Judgment; George G. Twilley
vs. Theodore burton, repleyin Branson
d. James vs.. William Taylor, summons
case Ida X. Nipple VS.. William IL. Chan
dler, summons case; James II. Locates VS..
n. J. Wilson, appeal; Wilmore NJ. Rogers
| vs. William ID. Records, foreign attach
! ment; Isaac w. Nlilor vs.. James Ponder,
capias in Islander; William r. Wilkins VS..
Samuel j. Wilson, replevih; James Ponder
| VS.. David II. Nailor, capias i'll SANDER;
John Doe VS.. Richard Roe, ejsetmsnt;
state Tor S. &. Evans VS.. James n. Short
| and others, summons debt on cOnstable's
bond; Isaac Burton VS.. Frederic L. War
rington, appeal; William j. Bozlnan vs.
| Elizabeth w. Jackson, appeal; Philip W..
Boyce vs.. Draper Davis & Co., appeal;
Hunter Watson VS.. Cove 5. Lynch, up.
peal.
Twenty cases on the trial list were passed
| until afternoon, the attorneys not being
| prepared TO give an answer until that time:
26 cases were continued, 6 discontinued, $
referred and stricken from the list.
Nearly all of yesterday mornings ses-
sion was consumed in hearing the evil
dence i'll the case of State VS.. Kate Wiley,
who is charged with assault and battery
upon Florence NJ. Hastings
The case dates from October. 1898, when
the assault is said to have occurred in
Broad Creek hundred near Laurel Wit
nesses said that Mrs. Hastings received d
black eye and was Otherwise badly bruised.
Acknowledgement. Nicholson represented
the State, while Boyce and Richardson
were for the defendant.
The grand jury reported three true bills
as follows: Ieorge Il. Bradley and Charles
G. Warren, assault and battery; Joseph q.
Cannon, colored, carrying concealed q
deadly weapon.
Court approved the official bond oil
Sheriff Joseph b. Truxton. The bonds
men are Henry p. Cannon. Thomas
Curry. George Kay, George II. Hall, Viii
liam T. Nichols, Alfred l.. Burton, Dr.
William p. Orr, Thomas ]. Truxton, Eli
r. Sharpe, DR.. Caleb r. Layton and Ed
ward @. phillins. The hnnd Is for SO nln