Evening journal., 1900-09-18
|aVy Punishment Melted Out
to Store Breaker
SINESS IN SUPERIOR COURT
al List Gone Over, Gases Marked
for Trial, DiScOntinuance to
be Entered


srce, colored, indicted for the lar
" OF wire from the Wilmington and
8andywlne Springs Railway Com !
. ly. He was found guilty, but SEN
& zee was deferred.
sco an Indictment charging Howard
Aller, colored, with a like offense, the
.sused entered a plea Of not guilty.
4 For stealing a watch Edwin l.. Jones
4 s sentenced to six months impris-
sment and ten lashes. The charge
3ainst w. J. Lutz of having received
llen goods was retired. William
Il ain, Richard Harris. Oscar Johnson,
esley Cook, Robert Cooper and Ed
s I'd Truman. each pleaded guilty to-
Aving carried concealed weapons, and
Sd days Imprisonment was the SEN
< bee imposed IN each case.
s The grand jury returned the follow
& g Indictments: Hastings, Applegate,
q A'ceny; Howard Curtis, larceny; An
lew James, breaking into the store
Nathan NJ. Motheral on June 10,
q tn the intent to commit larceny.
y According to announcement, the trial
D d the argument lists Of Superior
urt were gone over before that tri-
nal this morning and entries made
several cases.
81 Upon motion Of T. Bayard Heisel,
"a neral leave to amend was allowed in
|e case Of William Grow, Jr, vs.
81 chard T. Cam.
/. 1.-THE plea of abatement filed by Henry
+ Einghurst for the plaintiff in the
|so Of George w. May, executor, vs..
muel d. Forbes, p b. r., having been
cepted as proper by l. Irving Handy
IF Forbes, the case was retired. After
n ditional parties are Joined In the &C
Dn, new suit will be brought.
IL. Irving Handy appeared especially
r the defense in the certiorari case
Mclaughlin & Bro, =. b., VS.
inton G.. Seminar. p. b., and
owed the quashing of the writ The
urt ordered that Mr. Handy reduce
s application to writing SO that il
ight have something specific to pass
f pom Mr.. Handy subsequently filed
s application, setting out that thS
cord in the case was insufficient
lereupon the court granted the appli
ton.
William S. Hilles. for the plaintiff
the case of Elizabeth B. McCombi
stlutlls W. JOrNlh L. AAA llcAAlCAf OA'
the cases on the trial list, repOrtet
at the suit would be discontinued al
ion as the costs are paid by the do
nse
The second and last case on the tria
st, that Of George c. Weldin vs.. thi
E ayor and Council of Wilmington an'
& p. Railroad Company will be trie'
this term.
| General leave to amend was obtain
by Josiah Marvil for the plaintiff
the case OF Tully Va. the P. ". 4
railroad, and by both sides in tn
se Of Annie Price vs.. the Mayor an
ouncil Of Wilmington, Lilburne Chan
er for the plaintiff.
Edwin a. Cooch was appointed
Commissioner to take testimony In tn
vorce case OF O'Brien vs.. O'Brien- 1
wing Handy was appointed commits
onsr to take testimony in the divOrc
tss Of Grether vs. Grether.
ENERAL SESSIONS COURT BUSl
NESS.
Then General Sessions Court dis
osed Of cases before it. For oarryin
lncealed deadly weapons Vickers Bur
and Samuel McCully, colored meI
ere sentenced to ten days imprison
tent and to pay fine of SO, respeC
vely.
For having stolen copper wire froI
ne Pullman Car Company, to whic
large Hastings Applegate, a youn
hite nan, entered a plea of guilty, th
risoler was sentenced to thre
onths' Imprisonment and ten lasheI
or having stolen copper pipe from IL
W. & B. Railroad Company. Apple
ate was sentenced to three months
lnprisonment and five lashes.
A jury was drawn TO try Howar
urtis. for the larceny Of copper wiz
ON the Wilmington and New Cast
ailway Company on May % Of tn
resent year. Curtis was not repre-
nted by counsel.
State Detective Bernard j. McVe
as the first witness called by th
ate. lie testified to having receive
formation Cf The theft of the wire an
"a arresting Curtis who acknowledge
had scid the wire. which he founl
a secondhand goods dealer. Harr
INNS, an employee ot the railwa
bnnany gave testimony in the cas-
1t it did not impicate Curtis in tn
eft Of the wire
Curtis made ? statement to the ecu
I'd jury denying tho theft Of III
ire bul acknowledging its sale to
cond hand dealer here He declare
had found the wire in O ditch bt
II nd Market street bridge. where fou
ys. iteraiing their names. had hid /
@ admitted TO Attorney -Cener.
hite that he had been along the raj
ly line the day the wire was stolei
l. other testimony was offered.
Chief Justice Lore, in charging tn
~. said that when goods come int
e possession Of any man. I'm 9th,
an a lawful or proper manner, II
W presumes that the goods wei
Glen. Then the jury retired. Lat,
returned a verdict Of guilty. an
rtis was sentenced to be whippe
ith fifteen lashes and serve one year
Mlprisonment.
81 witnesses in the case OF William 4
cree. who pleaded guilty 10 the la,
ny Of copper wire from the Wilminl
M and Brandywine Springs Rsilwa
M,mpany. not having been presen
Ia OF the case was postponed urt
H Hternoon.
GOT HEAVY SENTENCE.
sNot guilty" was the plea ente~c
Andrew James, coiored. indicted T,