Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-22

VS.. Elizab.th Hendricks; Clara Up
dyke VS.. Adaline Wollaston; William
VS.. the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Company: w. Ill. Walker VS.. J.
l.. Carpenter; William Bucl1worth VS..
Frank Shreeves; b. e. McVey VS.. Lii
burne Chandler; Guarantee Building
and Loan Association of Baltimore VS..
F. G. Balbcock; Q. IL. Congdon VS.. q.
S. Horn; Delaware Soap Manufactur-
ing Company vs.. Charles S. Werkhei-
ser; Delaware Soap Manufacturing |
Company VS.. ]. l.. Guie, and Aaron AL
lison; w. M. Winston VS.. Annie M
Ellis, o. N. Green vs. White Bros.
Henry Thompson VS.. Hiram Moore;
Journal Printing Company VS.. Alexan-
der Maxwell.
The cases pass,d will be gone over
tomorrow.
After the grand jury had gone to its
room and the names of the petit jurors
had been called this morning, it was
found that there was nothing ready for
trial. Attorney-General White am
nounced that Julian c. Walker would
be ready to defend the case of Joseph
Dugan and Daniel Hopes, at 11.30
O'Clock. The court stated that it could
not sit in idleness for an hour and a
half while waiting for an attorney 10
prepare his case, and sent for him.
When Mr. Walker arrived he said he
had nothing to do with the case, and
that S. ID. Townsend, Jr., was the at
tornry. This led to additional delay.
The attorney general retired the csse
against John Saville, indicted for lar
ceny.
The cases against four members OF
the bar for refusing to pay the state
licence fees imposed ON lawyers were
also retired.
1t was 1880 O'Clock when Hopes and
Dugan, two young white men, wers
arraigned, charged with stealing from
freight car AT Third and Pine streets
on September %, 5000 cigars belonging
to Samuel II. Dunstein. Both pleadtC
guilty after a conference with their at
torney. Then Dugan withdrew hi:
plea and entered one of not guilty IL
order to escape the corporal punish
ment. A jury was drawn to try him.
Officer Lucas, Mr.. Durstein, JOsepl
> Cannon, Chief of Police Dolan and
- railroad employe were called and gav
testimony regarding tine theft.
BY request Of the attorney-genera
the jury returned a verdict Of guilty
with a recommendation for mercy. TIL
: court, after lecturing the two men, ssn
y fenced them to pay s62 restitution
+" money, costs and to be imprisoned 70
= three months.
= William Deaton, co.ored, indicted &c
stealing rope OF the value OF IS froi
= the p, w. & B. Railroad Company, va
!, arraigned. Deaton, who is but
years old, pleaded guilty. He was sci
:. fenced to pay So restitution money,
y whipped with ten lashes and imprisol
- cd for three months.
g TWO YEARS FOR FISHER.
"a John Fisher, colored, indicted f
an breaking into and robbing the houi
~ Of Mrs. Ellen R. Bradford, at Thi
o. teenth and Market street, pleaded m
~. guilty, but afterwards withdrew h
ar plea and substituted one of guilty. B
r fore passing sentence ON him the cou
,aI made itself acquainted with the detail
on Of the case by consulting Chief Of P
No. lice Dolan. Fisher told the court th
,re he was in his 22d year and that he W
Nv. sent to Jail in February.
mo Chief Justice Lore told him that
.hn was old in the business, and that
-on only way to prevent him from steali
,hn was to confine him. While the plea
7 guilty would have SOME weight
md court warned him not to come ba
ore again OF the fullest extent of the j.
no would be inflicted. The court propos
VS. to break up the practice Of breaki
vs into HOUSES at amy time, and parti'
-
10 llarly in Gha absence of their owners
90 served the note of warning on all e'
tea ly-disposed persons.
tom Fisher was ordered to pay Mrs. Br
Nc ford 1858 restitution money, rece
cial twenty lashes aud be imprisoned
,tor two years.
vii The state abandoned the case agai
om- Frank Jones, who shct Elmer Smith
VIC the hip in bedroOm of a house
An Eighth and King streets on Octobe
nm the woman in the case being Joseph
rna, Hyatt. At the time Of the shoot
s,ev Smith, who was crazed with jealol
TON. broke into the room which Jones
, the Hyatt woman were occupying
vs made at Jones with razor. Smit
Nc now in Jail and the state decided
,lso, Jones was entitled to some consid'
road ton at its hands
rad These true bills were returned by
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