Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-19

Representative Donahoe found in his
mail yesterday a proposed act giving to
Justices of the peace additional juris-
diction OF certain crimes, matters and
such other misdemeanors as the Cen
eral Assembly shall prescribe. The pre-
amble says at is but Just that the
taxpayers should be relieved of the
costs Of thu trial of petty criminals
such as our present courts arc com
PEELED to entertain.'' The cases which
it is proposed to give the justices of
tho peace jurisdiction of are assault
and battery, keeping, withouta license,
u public house Of entertainment,
tavern, inn, alehouse and ordinary or
vituallinghouse, retailing or selling
without license, or on Sunday, from
bottlers or otherwise, or TO minors,
wine, rum, brandy, gin, whisky, hard
cider and spirituous or mixed liquors,
carrying concealed deadly weapon,
disturbing meetings held for the pur-
pose of religious worship, nuisances,
dlscharging firearms in the public road
and pointing guns or pistols at another
in Jest or otherwise A person found
guilty Of any such offence shall be
punished by fine not exceeding SO, |
or Imprisonment not exceeding four |
months, OF both, at the discretion Of |
the justice OF the peace who tried him. |
At the demand of the defendant, the |
) Liustice of the peace shall cause TO be |
summoned three representative citi.
zens, who shall serve as referees. The |
: selection of the referees shall be at the |
) discretion Of the justice of the peace. |
1 The referees must be residents OF the |
county in which the office of tho Justice |
I of the peace ia situated. Should the |
defendant not demand the attendance |
of referees, the Justice shall hear and |
determine the case in n summary man
; nor. Tho costs shall he the same as in |
civil suits before referees. 1t Is also
> proposed that justices OF the peace
shall be given jurisdiction of cases OF
, persons breaking and entering, in the |
i daytime, the dwelling of another, with
intent TO commit larceny, Of entering |
, the dwelling of another, by day or
night, without breaking the same, with
intent 10 commit larceny, Of being in
= the dwelling of another and committing
larceny, of breaking and entering, in
, the daytime. any warehouse, store,
Office. shop or clubhouse of another
!, wherein money, goods, poultry. animals
y or other things being the subject Of
larceny are kept, with intent to com
: nit larceny, whether the intent he OK
u ecuted or not, and of taking, removing
from or depriving another, at any time,
l. of any article the subject of larceny. A
Is person found guilty of any such
offences shall be sentenced by the
justice Of the peace to term in the
" county prison not exceeding four
10 months, or stand ono hour in the pill
5, lory, or be whipped with not more than
,r 90 lashes, at the discretion Of the
II justice Of the peace. IL the justice Of
Of the peace shall decide the case to be
g, of an aggravated nature, he shall hold
10 tho accused for trial at the Court of
X General Sessions. A defendant
es charged with any Of the offences last
r. mentioned shall have the privilege of
Id trial before referees. There shall be
a. no appeal from the decision Of the
or referees, or the decision of the Justice
ry of the peace, except when the defend
+ ant shall enter into recognizqnce that,
in the event Of conviction upon appeal.
IS he pay all the costs accruing from and
III including the first trial, that he will
~ prosecute the appeal at the succeeding
n term of court, and that the payment of
SO costs shall be in addition to the penalty
to inflicted at the first trial. The justice
lg Of the peace shall provide a room for
nj the private use of the referees. While
by the referees are deliberating, the door
u of their room shall be guarded by a
nd constable. The referees shall be gov
in erned by the same laws as regulate
n trial by Jury, and shall receive the
er same fees as in referee trials in civil
ng suits, with mileage at the rate of three
cd cents per mile, the foes to be paid by
IN the Levy Court. The constable shall
n receive 81 per day, also to be paid by
ad the Levy Court.
of TIE ELECTION LAWS.
=, Representative King has received
al from the Rev. Wilmer Jaggard of Mt.
80 Pleasant, Sussex county, the following
i ~ pray your consideration OF the
~ election laws now in operation, and
iii their amendment, that an oversight in
-. the old laws may be rectified by the
~ enactment Of such laws as will give
~ the regular clergy Of all denominations
II the right to franchise in whatever fields
IN of labor they may have been appointed
M or stationed As the laws now stand,
I'll with reference TO persons moving from
H.. any other to this State. they require q
II residence of one year before said per
~, sons can exercise the sovereign right OF
on1 citizenship, and, by the nature Of the
nc caling'of clergymen, they are liable &c
Id be appointed or called to fields Of
ect labor within your State, and at such q
of time as to deprive them OF the right Of
m voting. To cite an instance: In tn,
40 town of Laurel alone, there were nc
10 less than three cergymen thus deprived
led ct the last election, two Methodist anc
lch one Episcopal.
ow
md Dover, Jan. 14.-Dr. Hiram r. Bur
ose ton, who contested the election o.
or Franklin G. Maui as State Senator
, q from the Fifth Senatorial district o
emit Sussex county, has been worsted. TIL,
ms. Senate, yesterday, ordered the discon
or tinunnce OF the contest Early in tn,
ge, afternoon, the Senate committee OF
on, elections gave the contestant and con
MS testee and their counsel n hearing
:, n Senator Knox was the only Republican
re- member of the committee present. Sen
any ator Pennewill, the other Republican
the member, was out of town. The com
der mittee reported to the Senate late il
me tho afternoon. The majority report
po- signed by all the Democratic member
ons of the committee, was rs follows:
pom g majority of your committee t
,re- whom was referred the contested cleo
ded ton of Hiram r. Burton agains
rcr. Franklin G. Maui respectfully repor
$ is that they have examined tho facts an,
en- papers in said case, and find that tn
ite' contestant had full opportunity to con
om- test the same under the provisions Q
cor the Constitution and laws Of the State
the that the contestant applied TO III
ave Superior Court, sitting ut Georgetow
" "a for the purpose of nscertaining tn
The state of the election in Sussex county