The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-21
kI0RAINe or COURT.


Superior Court matters tooK precedence
IN County Court this morning.
The case Of Conrad's Company VS.. w.
Jehks Fell was set for trial next Tuesday
IA tho case Of James Denney vs. William
n Remley, the Equitable Guarantee and
Trust Company was NAMED Us plaintiif.
9he. company being the executor Of MI.
! Dohney, now deceased. Both applications
wore made by William s. Hilles.
SICKNESS SAVED HIM.
A severe headache yesterday afternoon
caused James Daley, ayoung white man,
\ considerable pain, but 1t did him kind
ness this morning. james Is witness Ior
n she State and was present yesterday morn
20 testify. He was taken Ill after tho noon
adiournment and whom he did not appear
An attachment was issued. On 1t Shori1f
fBlinn presented him to the court this
gynorning, but when he explained that
,hssdache kept him away, he was not fined
tt6r contempt.
DINNEEN AGAIN FAILS TO ANSWER.
Tho State has in all probability lost
4 Dennis Dinneen, who Is under Indictment
for barn burning. Yesterday he failed to
nnswer to his name and the $1,000 bond
which no is under was forfeited. Again
this morning the.court commanded Crier
Smith to call the name but Dinneen did
not answer. Deputy Sheriffs are looking
for him.
ATRIAL BY JURY.
Hannah Laws, colorcd, was put on trial
hsfore Jury for the larceny Of a dunghill
fowl, the property of Mary Epps, who told
of having the chicken In coop faJtening
II for an Atlantic City dinner. When she
house and on finding II chickens heart and
leg, accused her of tho theft. Then Han.
nah offered to pay for the chicken.
Clara Mosey testified that Hannah told
her she had taken Mays chicken.
Emma Dickson and Mary Potter also
rave damaging testimony against the girl.
Hannah was given the customary OPP
portunity to make her OVID defense and
the one she set up was that she knew
nothing of tho chicken. Judge Penniwlll
said be would not charge the jury and the
\ body retired Tho verdict was ono of
guilty. She was sentenced to one months
imprisonment.
Owing to tho absence of William H.
Ifckett. ono Of the principal witnesses for
the defense in the case of the State vs..
Frank Lickett, indicted for murderously
assaulting James Lovroy. A continuance
was granted until Friday morning.
George Elliott represents the prisoner.
Charles Lewis, colored, pleaded guilty
to carrying concealed deadly weapon.
He got ten days. John A. Cook who
sometime ago obtained verdict Of $500
In court against the Wilmington City
Electric Company, pleaded not guilty to
three charges Of larceny. William Boul-
den pleaded guilty to stealing u watch
from David H. Coyle He was sentenced
TO be whipped with fifteen lashes and serve
six months Imprisonment for stealing
David H. Coyle's watch.
/ Larceny was the charge against Peter
Mann, coored, and the watch OF William
Dufy's a; the article stolen. Peter pleaded
guilty to having tho watch but not guilty
of stealingit The plea of not guilty was
accepted by the court.
Thomas Lawrence, charged with gam
bling, pleaded guilty He is the man who
carried on 'craps" at Augustine Pier. He
was fined 500 and costs and in default of
thereof to serve one month imprisonment.
A jury found John Cook guilty of lar
ceny aud before sentence was passed he
withdrew his lea Of not guilty to tho
other two charges and entered plea of
guilty. Ho was sentenced to six months
imprisonment, whipping being rcmit,od
because of the offGnse being the first.
While intoxicated he stole property Of his
vile. Previously he bore Il good reputa-
ftion.
WILLIAM II, Head was P}mittcl TO prac.
tlce hboh paying the usual fec
A jury heard tho charge of larceny
against Peter Mann and found him not
guilty, and court adjourned until $50