Evening journal., 1900-05-16
Ohm JONES
WAS INDICTED
leads Not Guilty to the
Murder Of Walter Rose
|ERE PRISONERS IN JAIL
|Scph Roach Withdrew a Plea Of Not
Guilty and Was Sentenced to
Eighteen Months

8Prisoners who come before this
I'm OF the Court Of General Sessions
- fortunate. The sentences imposed
we been light Acting Chief Justice
2ubb has been lenient in passing upon
%5es brought before him, Withholding
ID lash from those whose reputation
+ IS heretofore been gold.
yesterday afternoon Ella Davidson.
was charged with larceny, was dis
arged because it was shown that she
S not of sound mind.
ACCUSED THIEF DISCHARGED.
John Bailey, colored. who was
. arged with stealing some pipe from
- Middletown Opera House, was dis
@arged, as the prosecuting witness,
not wish to testify against the
soner.
William Purnell, colored, was SEN
heed to ten days Imprisonment for
frying concealed a deadly weapon.
IARGED WITH STEALING BRASS.
Frederick Reed pleaded not guilty,
d James Demby, Frederick Cooper
ID Harry Brown, all colored, guilty to
saling 758 pounds of brass. william
al, a white boy, pleaded guilty to the
Hme charge. Robert McKiyen and
lillian Tucker were indicted for the
II me offense. Neither was in court.
capiases were issued for them.
3 capias was also issued for Robert
Hill, colored, who was indicted for
n ibezzlemeft. Norman Virgins, coll
4 ed, pleaded not guilty to pointing a
tol
A charge against James White of
frying concealed a deadly weapon
s ignored by the grand jury.
MES INDICTED FOR NAN
SLAUGHTER.
John Jones, colored, was indicted by
2 grand jury on the charge of man
# tighter. He was arraigned and plead-
not guilty. Jones stabbed Walter
Sc in a quarrel over a religious tract
New Castle Jail on February %.
se was taken to the hospital at
rnhurst, where he died.
ones informed the court that he had
counsel, and David J. Reinhardt
IS assigned to defend him. Mr.. Rein
rdt said that he would be ready to
gin the trial tomorrow morning.
obert McKiven and William Tucker,
whom capiases were issued, were
bught into court this morning and
AIDED not guilty to the charge of lar
by. OF quantity of brass. Edwin
Cochran, Jr., their attorney, asked
It the case be postponed until to-
rrow. The request was refused, and
young men Will be tried this after
pn Fred Heal. through his counsel,
rtin Burris, pleaded guilty TO the
ne charge.
bLORED THIEF FOUND GUILTY.
Edward Briseoe. colcred, who yes
day pleaded not guilty to the lar
by of a scarf pin from Mary Le-
mpte on March 27, was tried The
was missed during the time Mrs
Complies household gCCds were be-
moved from one house to another
scoe was represented by Martin r.
ith. The prisoner sold the pin Ia
njamin Babb for 30 cents and an
er pin. In his own defense Briscoe
titled that he found the pin on the
gement in front of Mrs. lie Compte' S
use. The jury brought in a verdict
guilty. and Briscoe was sentenced ia
prisoned six months.
Norman Virgins, colored,. was tried
found guilty of pointing pistol at
ra Massey, also colored. in West
lmington, on April II. He was fined
o.
oseph Roach, who was indicted fol
aking into the house Of Frank H
wart, at Read and Clayton streets
the purpose of committing a felony
ough his attorney, Edward w
Dch, withdrew the plea Of not guilty
entered one OF guilty of entering
house. The plea was accepted by
state, and Roach was sentenced to
hteen months Imprisonment. BY
nging the ISea the offense is a, mis-
neanor, and Roach thus escaped
lishment in the pillory, and the
m of Imprisonment is less than il
uld probably have been had he been
vieted of felony.
he grand jury returned true bills in
following cases: Harry Moran, Ben
lin White, John Price, Samuel Bell
hjamin Adams, and Peter F. Ben.
{, all for larceny.
his afternoon the court will again
over the trial list.
he time of filing the remonstrances
inst the liquor license applications
extended to Friday, and the time o.
ng petitions in favor Of the applica.
ns was extended to Tuesday next
5uments ON the applications agains
ich remonstrances may be filed vii
heard on May 26