Evening journal., 1900-09-20
|iSOnerS Have SOmeReaSOnS
to be Thankful
lRNIAG WORK WAS VERY SLOW
Or and Terminer Court Has No
Business for Transaction and Ad-.
jOurnS Without Day

r immoral purposes. withdrew the
ca and re-entered one of guilty. He
s as sentenced to six months impris-
iment A jury found Agnes Emory {
lilty of the charge of carrying con-
aled q deadly weapon, and the court
ntenced her to thirty days imprison-
lent.
CONRAD PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
n Albert Conrad, indicted for murder
Nus assault upon George Leyrer, plead
81 not guilty. The case was continued
Or trial tomorrow.
a Continuance until the next term was
Granted in the case of Charles Higgins
Hhdicted for larceny. other sentences
Imposed in the afternoon were: Joseph
II 'Oppage, chicken stealing, five months;
Emmanuel Thomas, larceny ten lashes
nd four months Imprisonment; Fan
lie Wilson, larceny, five months i'm
y *brisonment; Charles Ross, larceny, ten
Washes and five months Imprisonment; |
NDavid Roy, larceny, five months i'm
Il NlrisOnment.
Hugh Carr pleaded not guilty to the
Indictment charging him with larceny. |
The grand jury returned these indict- |
ments, and the following pleas entered: |
John Chandler assault with intent tOl
murder Charles Vineyard, not guilty;
sMichael Tulley, larceny, guilty; Charles
Davis, assault and battery, not guilty;
4 Waymon Frisby, using child for i'm
proper purposes, not guilty. Jesse Ty-I
Lson. indicted for assault with intent toI
murder, and Jacob Hearse, for assault
and battery, ware not arraigned.
IN SUPERIOR COURT.
In Superior Court the case Of the
Street and Sewer Department vs. the
Mayor and Council Of Wilmington, to
determine the construction of the city
charter regarding the payment Of mar
F., ket receipts, whether to the directors Of
4 the Street and Sewer Department, OF to
City Council. went over until Monday
for argument
Commissioners return was made in
the divorce case of James L. Lowe VS..
Florence L. Lowe, but no publication
was ordered.
Edgar Williams and William Jones,
natives of England, were naturalized.
SUPERIOR COURT BUSINESS.
Superior Court was opened at 10
o'clock this morning In the case Of
the Merriam Land and improvement
Company Judgment was refused, not
withstanding the affidavit Of defense.
William s. Hilles represented the
plaintiffs, and II. H. Ward and VIII
liam Z. Smalley the defendant
Exceptions were filed to the sale OF
certain property OF Bullock by the
sherin to the Equitable Guarantees and
Trust Company.
George Frediani, Giuseppe and Nj
cola Ferroni, natives Of Italy, were
naturalized.
At 1895 o'clock Superior Court was
recessed until II o'clock, while the Oyer
and Terminer Court was opened. There
was no business for transaction before
that body, however, Albert Conrad
having been indicted for murderous as
sault and the bill charging Howard
frisby with breaking into house with
the intent to commit rape, having beer
ignored The special panel Of jurors
drawn to serve in the court was dis
charged, the court adjourned without
day, and the Superior and the Genera
Sessions courts again opened.
PALMER CASE IS CONTINUED.
There developed some opposition Il
an application by Howell S. Englant
for the continuance Of the case Of AL
bert H. Palmer, indicted for the larceny
Of a horse. the property Of Samue
Bayley Of Falkland. The ground fol
the application was the inability of tn,
defense to bring here Mrs. Mary Van.
derslice and William Gregg, Of Pome
roy. Pa. material witnesses. Mr. Ccop.
CT locked upon the application as Z
subterfuge, but Mr. England assured
the states representative and the cour
that It was not his intention to defea
Justice but n right he had, and on,
which he believed would result in thi
acquittal of the prisoner. The cour
granted the continuance.
? INDICTMENT WAS DRAWN I'M
PROPERLY
A jury was drawn to try the case o
the state vs.. John Beale, indicted foi
larceny as bail5e. George w. Dorsey
was the prosecuting witness. Waite
II. Hayes conducted the prosecution.
The testimony was that Beale hat
obtained q mcnkey-w wrench from Mr.
Dorsey, upon the understanding tina
the wrench was for Thomas McGilligan
a farmer Of Brandywine hundred. Fo
the defense, George l.. Townsend, Jr
mc.ioned for the discharge of the pris
oncr, the proof adduced by the stat
having shown that Beale's allege
crime was cne Of obtaining goods un
der false pretenses instead Of larcen-
as bailea Mr. Hayes acknowledge
that Beale had indicted improperl,
and agreed to his discharge This wa
done, but the prisoner was remande
to the custody Of the sheriff. He vii
be reindicted this afternoon.
Upon recommendation by the state
the charge of embezzlement agains
sabato Philippe. was continued 70
trial on Monday. Walter H. Haye
represents the prisoner.
Jesse Tyson pleaded guilty to the IN
dictment charging him with murder
Gus assault. and Josiah Marvil was as
signed to defend him.
William Michael Byrne. representa-
Michael Tully, indicted for the larcen.
of clothing from 3. Frank Brinton
asked the leniency of the court in hi
clients behalf. which had much effect
the court imposing the light sentenc
Of two months Imprisonment.
The charge Of the larceny of thre