The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-23
COURTS WORK.
Nine Persons Before the Tribunal
Get off With Light Pun
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Yesterday afternoons session of crime
inal court was marked by tho light sen.
tenoes nine prisoners received. The Chief
Justice wss In lantent mood.
William Foster was tho first prisoner
to be arraignsd. He is middle ageA
white man OF respectable appearance who
is charged with murderonsly assaulting
Matte Lewis in Christians hundred on
the night of August 4. lie was unable to
employ counsel and the oours assigned
Austin Harrington to defend htan. The
plea was guilty of common assaul5 and mob
guilty Of attempted murder.
Miss Lewis told the story Of the assault.
She met Foster who was all intimate
friend, at Seventh and Market streets. He
was drunk and she would not permit him
to aeeompany her lie then drew a, pock.
ct knife and cut her Sleeve Miss Lewis
said the man was harmless when sober.
The cuurt was impressed with the story,
and as tho man promised 30 drink, no
more he WAS given o months imprlscu-
inent.
Edward Davis and Robert Oskins, tL@
men who picked up and carried ou5 OF the
p, w. g. b. Railroad depot last Friday
night grips belonging tod. b. Clayborts
OF Hagerstown Nd, and G. w. Bowdt NJ
of Cristeld, Md, were arralgncd joln1iy
and pleaded guilty. Davis is an agedf
man who has lived hereall his life. Oskins4
said his home was i'll New York. Both,
pleaded len.enoy and the court was dis.
posed to deal 80 with them as they had
established their previous good character.
Each got off with u months irnprison-
ment.
Walter jenkins, Il young oolored man
who had been in the employ OF William
r. Cochran previous to August 10, who
he left the farm with Mr.. Coehran's hare
ness, wagon and whip He pleaded guilty
and the court sentenced him to thre0'
months imprisonment, IN Wow OF the fact
that the prosecutor had given him pre-
vious good character.
Gambling got Edward Garlic, colored,
into the "jng' for six more months. He
pleaded guilty to the charge, but the fact
did not get him off with light sentence
tho court being determined to break up
the vice.
Tho first jury trial Of tho afternoon was
that drawn to try the charge of embezzie.
ment against Preston Mousley. Benja-
min p. Leverage was the prosecutor. On
July a. he gave a man he believed to be
the prisoner crate of eggs, which he was
to deliver and collect the money which he
never received
Jessie Tyson, boy SO small that he
could hardly see over the box sides, and
WHO gavo his age as twelve years told OF
being with Mousley and he collecting tho
money.
This finished the testimony Of the prose.
cution, and Josiah Marvel, counsel for
tho prisoner, moved for dismissal on tho
ground that the defendant had not been
demanded upon for tho money, and that
he had not been given sufficient time to
refund it before he was arrested. AS Mr..
Marvil could produce no authority for his
motion the court refused IL.
Then counsel called John 4. Welsh,
John Little and Granville Smith, who
established a previous good character for
the prisoner. Both sides then settled tho
case Tho jury found him guilty and the
court fined him $40 and costs
| Frank Brown was placed in the dock
charged with assault with intent to kill
John NJ. Mulrooney. He pleaded not
guilty, and as he was unable to employ a
lawyer e. r. Cochran Jr., was assigned
by the urt to defend him.
w. ]. Rochester, n eolored boy, charged
with pointing u pistol ut Brandywlne
hundred farmer, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to pay fine OF 800 The
grand jury returned true bill against
William Rothwell, charged with breaking
into dwelling, When arrnigned he
pleaded not guilty. Abram Sinnex, In.
dieted for gambling, pleaded not guilty.
A true bill was found against Alexander
Jones, charged with carrying concealed
deadly weapon.
The grand jury ignored the charge OF
selling cigarettes made against Robert J.
| Hillcr and those Of larceny made against
John Snyder Antonio Cnrpinello and
Julian Raffallo, tho Italians arrested for
selling liquor without u liscence at Wood
lald, pleaded guilty and were each fined
500 and costs.