Evening journal., 1900-05-15
CARL HARRIS
B ACQUITTED
Jury Finds Him Innocent Of
Pointing a Revolver
Walter ChriSty, COIOred, Gets Two
Years Imprisonment fer
Larceny

In the Court Of General Sessions yesterday
afternoon to pointing a pistol at Warren
Jackson. He was sentenced 70 one years
imprisonment
wesley Mason, colored. pleaded guilty to
stealing a pair OF trousers from John Bord-
ley He was sentenced to be whipped with
ten lashes and be imprisoned five months.
Benjamin Loper. colored, charged with
carrying concealed a deadly weapon. was
sentenced to ten days imprisonment.
William Moore. oolored, who said ehis
home was in Kentucky, was indicted for
stealing some paperhangers' tools The
court accepted plea OF guilty. Moore
said that he had two witnesses who could
prove his good character, and sentence was
suspended.
Indictments brought in by the Grand
jury during the afternoon were as follows.
George Fisher, colored assault with
intent to commit murder; James Roach
breaking and entering a dwelling in the
the night with intent to commit larceny;
Carl Harris, pointing a pistol; Walter
Christy, larceny; Ella Davidson, larceny;
Francis Jagodzwinski, larceny.
JURY LIST GONE OVER.
In the Superior Court the bench and bar
went over the trial 0t and this work took
up a greater part OF the afternoon.
Special jures were asked for in the fol-
lowing cases: James F. Lawless VS.. Pusev
and Jones Company, August Max Hoffman
VS.. Wilmington City Railway Company
James Graney VS.. the J. Morton Poole Com
pany Elizabeth Wiber's administrator VS.
Receiver Of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, Bridget Conner VS.. w. & N. Rail
road, James !. Ray VS.. Diamond State steel
Company, James NJ. Bryan vs. Wilmington
City Railway Company, Indiana Wilson VS..
p, w. & B. Railroad; Thomas Dodson VS..
p, w. 3. Railroad, Mary e. Spencer VS..
p, w. & s. Railroad, Bernard Campbell VS.
T., W. & B. Railroad; Daniel Cahill's ad-
ministrator VS.. the Jessup & Moore Paper
Company.
Forty-one cases were marked for trial
Among them was the case Of Detective b
j. McVey, who is suing Peter ]. Ford for
100000 for slander and defamation oil
character. Forty cases were passed until
tomorrow. Five were continued
The case Of Hiram NJ. Thomas va. the
Grand Trunk Railway Company, was re-
ported to have been settled. The cases of
John II. Underwood vs.. the receivers Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and that
of William j. Brown VS.. the Elsmere and
Wilmington Railway Company, were dis
continued
When court convened this morning VIII
liam Moore was sentenced to three months
imprisonment for the larceny OF paper
hangers tools belonging to Claude Dill
worth
Walter Christy, c0lored, was put on trial
for the larceny OF a gold watch from Enie
z. Twtchell who resides at the Ferris
Industrial School. in Christiana hundred |
Christy took the stand in his own defense
and said that he had received the watch
from William Johnson. who, as soon as
he heard that Christy was arrested.
skipped de town" verdict of guilty |
was brought in by the jury
Jospeh foach pleaded not guilty tol
entering the house of Frank II. Stew |
art and asked that mis- trial be post 1
poned until this afternoon, in order
tfat he may have his mother and sis
ter summoned to testify in his behalf. \
The case was continued
Frances Jacowiski, charged with
larceny. who is cut of Jail on BAIL was
called, but did not respond. Her baill
was forfeited. Efierward Attorney
General White recC mmended that the
case be ncllc pressed
George r. FiChef, colOred. pleaded
not guilty 10 a charge of assault with
intent to commit murder. In the case
of Ella Davis, who is charged with lar
ceny, Attorney General White asked
for an opportunity to look into the case
as there was some question about her
sanity.
Carl Harris was arraigned and plead
ed not guilty to pointing a revolver at
Joseph Davis in the headquarters Of the
Salvation Army last month. Charles
Taylor testified to having seen Harris
point the weapon. The jury was out
for ten minutes, and returned a verdict
of not guilty.
Walter Christy was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment, to be whipped
with twenty lashes, and to pay S40.75
restitution money.
William f. Clark was arraigned and
pleaded guilty to committing an as
sault and battery upon his wife, Mrs
Jennie Clark, at Newark. Mrs Clark
testified that her husband broke into
her home at 3 o'clock in the morning
went to her room and struck and
knocked her down with his fist He
also kicked her.. A sentence of six
months Imprisonment was imposed.
Hall Nash, colored, pleaded guilty to
the larceny of pair of gumboOts /
from John Walls. He was sentenced to
six months Imprisonment and ten
lashes
Harry Neelan was sentenced to ten
days Imprisonment for carrying con-
cealed a deadly weapon.
Frederick Moore. colored, pleaded
guilty to the larceny of bed clothing. I.
and was sentenced to three months.
The lashes were withheld because of
Moore's previous good reputation.
For the larceny of a sheath-carrierl
from the Ferris Industrial school,
Frank johnson was sentenced to three
months Imprisonment
Edward BriscOe. cOlored. was indict-
ed for the larceny Of a scarf pin from
Mary O'Connor He pleaded not guilty.
and his attorney, Martin E. Smith,
asked for a continuance of his case un-
til tomorrow morning.
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