The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-15
MAY TERM
OF COURT.
In the Absence of Chief
Justice Lore, Judge.
Grub Presides.

The May term of the Court of
General Sessions opened at II
o'clock yesterday. In the absence
of Chief Justice Lore. Judge !. N.
Grub presided. Judges Penncwill
and Joyce were also on the bench.
Only four cases were disposed. of
yesterday, and about rs applicants
for liquor license sworn. One of the
most important cases to be brought
up this term of Court is that of
John Jones, colored, charged with
manslaughter. On February %
last Jones, accompanied by Walter
Rose, also colored, applied at the
Jail at New Castle for lodging;
during their stay in the Jail Jones
attempted totake a book from Rose.
Rose offered some resistance and
Jones pulled a knife and stabbed
him. He died the same day in the
Hospital at Farnhurst. Sylvester
Townsend will represent Jones,
who will probably enter a plea of
manslaughter, thereby hoping 10
Rct Il liSllL sentence.
L. Benson will be arraigned on
the charge of violation of consent
law Maggie Morris is the prose-
cutting witness.
ella DAVIS, charged with larceny
will in all probability escape trial
as she is now in the insane ward in
New Castle Jail, stark crazy.
Grace Duncan and Mable Curtis
will probably not have to answer
the charge of larceny, as O. F.
Wright and Edward Byrne of New
York may not come to prosecute
them.
The first man to be sentenced
was Walter Honey. colored, who
pleaded guilty Of pointing pistol
at Warren Jackson. He was sem
fenced to one years Imprisonment.
Wesley Mason, colored, pleaded
guilty to stealing pair OF trousers
from John Bardley. He was SEN
fenced to be whipped ten lashes
and , months Imprisonment.
Ben amin Lopez. colored, carry
ing concealed deadly weapon was
sentenced to ten days imprison-
ment.
William Moore. colorcd. was in
dicted for stealing some paper
hangers tools. Moore pleaded
guilty OF pawning the tools but said
they were given to him to pawn by
man he did not know. Sentence
was suspended until this morning
to enable him to get witnesses who
will prove his good character The
following persons were indicted:
George Fisher assault and intent
to commit murder; James Roach,
breaking and entering 4 dwelling
in the night with the intent to COM
nit larceny; Carl Harris, pointing
a pistol; Walter Chrsty, larceny;
Ella Davidson, larceny; Francis
Jagodzuinski, larceny. The attor-
neys for the following civil cases
have asked for a special Jury.
James f. Lawless VS.. Pussy and
Jones Company. August Max Hoif-
man VS.. Wilmington City Railway |
Company, James Graney VS.. the J.
Morton Poole Company, Elizabeth
WILDER S administrator vs.. Receiv-
err of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
Company, Bridget Conner VS.. w.
& N. Railroad, James NJ Bryan
vs.. Wilmington City Railway Com
pany, Indiana Wilson VS.. P. w. g.
b. Railroad; Thomas Dodson vs..
p. W. & B. Railroad; Mary f.
Spencer VS.. p. W. g. b. Railroad,
Bernard Campbell VS.. p. w. g. b.
Railroad; Daniel Cahill's admins
TRAITOR VS.. the Jessup & Moore Pa
per Company.
Forty-onc cases we're marked for
trial out Of the nlnety-seven cases
on the list. Among them was the
case Of Detective McVey. who is
suing Peter J. Ford for 500, 900 Tor
Islander and defamation of charact-
er. The detective is represented
by Walter II. Hayes. Forty of the
cases were passed until tomorrow
when they will be given further
Five were continued. The case
IF Hiram NJ. Thomas vs.. the Grand
Truck Railway Company was re-
ported to have been settled. The
.ases of John Ii. Underwood VS.. the
-eceiver of the Baltimore and Ohio
Company, and that of
J. Brown VS.. Elsmerc and
Railway Company
we're discontinued. The trial list
will be rome over AGAIN on Wcdncs-