Evening journal., 1896-11-30
ARSON CASE IN COURT.
Dineen Placed on Trial for
His Life To-day.

A FULL BENCH ON THIS CASE
INDICTMENT CHARGES PRISONER
WITH FIRING Ills PROPERTY IN
MILL CREEK HUNDRED. IN
WHICH ANTON COOK RESIDED.
GAMBLER GETS SIX MONTHS.
All the judges were on the bench in
the Court Of oyer and Terminer. Gen
eral Sessions and Superior Court when |
those courts were reopeped at 10 4
o'clock this morning. az the grand |
jury retired to its room ior probably |
its last days work. All tie petit and /
Oyer and Terminer jurors were pres
ent.
SEWARD CASE AGAINST THE CITY |
Levi c. Bird addressed the Superior /
Court for advice as to the timo the |
first civil case for this term would be /
taken up. 1t is the case of w. r. Sew |
ard ct al VS.. the Mayor and Council |
Of Wilmington. Bird for plaintiff; Har-
man & Knowles for defendant Mr.. |
/ Bird desired TO know the exact time, /
/ If possible as there is a large number |
| Of witnesses TO be called in this case |
/ Mr. Bird was requested to be in at |
tendance on Wednesday afternoon,
when the court will set an exact time
for this cause.
TWO CRIMINAL CASES.
Judge Grubb retired from the bench
while two criminal cases were taken
up, Counsel Hayes having asked for
little more time i'm the arson case to
/ hnpf al heaaf ttf On
Tobias Johnson was placed in the
dock for his trial for robbing the Dia-
mond State Iron Company OF a guam
tity of brass. Josiah Marvel, repre-
senting Johnson, withdrew his plea of
guilty and asked for a little time to
prove prior good character before SEN
tence was passed. The attorney-gen-
eral objected to sentence being passed
until some state testimony was heard.
He stated that the Diamond State Iron
Company had been missing this brass
for a long time, but had never been
able to locate the thief until this
time.
John c. Brown, Of the Diamond
State Company, was called and cor
roborated the statement OF the attor-
ney-general. Mr.. Marvel again asked
that sentence be postponed, and he
was allowed until 2.30 this afternoon
/, to present some testimony for defence
in the hope of light sentence.
= ON TRIAL FOR GAMBLING.
William Dickson conducted his own
case when the jury was drawn TO try
4 HIM for keeping a gambling table al
!. No. 10 Jones street. Andrew Young
|, swore that he had played draw
=, poker" penny ante" and crap" a
Il Dickson's house. and he caused mucl
. amusement in his description of th'
4 games. Dickson took something from
h each game Pennies were used princi
. pally in the games
John Joyce, Alfred Pierce, Joseph
+, Dance and William Finley testified
n that they had played cards i'm tht
= house, but on crOss-examination bJ
n Dickson stated that Dickson never re-
ceived money for the games.
4 Dickson's statement was to the effec
that the whole tale was trumped NJ
I, against him by the prosecuting wit
. ness, Andrew Young, who became 50
.e disOrderly at his house about tw,
u weeks ago that he had to eject him
n He had never kept a gambling table
nor had he ever gambled in his house
The white boys, who had testified .wer
III lllt MAUli vi f0lMlnE AINuHW ~ III
house and playing on the streets an,
. i'm the house with his little boy. Wal
ter Dickson's statement was corrob
. Grated, in the main. by Walter Page
% Jennie Fountain, Henry r. Cooper an
n others.
mi Judge Marvel heard the case an
3 charged the jury at 112O After thl
N jury had retired Counsel Hayes dc
NJ INJURED against taking up the arso
~ case without a full panel
al Harry Whiteman, commissioner
he the divorce case Of Theodore VS.. Elizf
W. beth Gray. made a return in favor {
IL enforcement, there being no defenC
set up by the respondent. The con
plainant was represented by Waite
Bacon.
-, After being out an hour the jury
"a William DicksOn's case brought In
- verdict Of guilty. Chief Justice Lor
~ in sentencing Dickson, stated that 4
=, mercy could be shown a gambler e
~ pecially one who induced little boys
- become unfit for society. Dickson WI
II sent to Jail for six months in defau
~, OF $1,000 fine.
he THE GRAND JURY'S LAST WORl
IN At 1145 the grand jury came in
'as court and Foreman Charles b. DubC
INT announced, after submitting a handf
Ter of bills, that there was no other bus
ness before the inquest. The court j
structed the grand jury to rema
I'll awhile, and after a conference with q
vas attorney-gene the court furth
of stated to Foreman Dubell that in t'
of cases the finding of the grand jury W
hat such as could not be received by II
The court The grand Jury retired at on
,at to their rooms for instructions frc
aid the attorney-general Upon returni
for at 1905, the grand jury was discharg
ms with thanks.
her Bills were ignored against Willic
ion A. Jennings election inspector of
she Fifth district of the Fourth ward,
the making false return; also agail
Harry Ahrens, inspector of the Thi
district of the First ward, for falsii
ing election certificate.