Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-12-05

from town. They reside at Odessa.
Horace q. Eastburn represented the
State, and j. Frank Biggs, the defend
ant Joseph Hume the wife's father.
testified that on the day Lloyd was ar
rested he offered to resums the payment
Of s3 a week. Lloyd testified that he
attends bar for his father, Charles W.
Lloyd of Odessa and receives 81
wesk. he had paralytio stroke when
about 10 years Of age. and occasionally
feels the eifects of it. lie declared that
when they were married his wife was to
have boarded at her home.
Charles ". Lloyd, the husbands
father, testified that So was good pay
for him. lie offered to support their
child
The court ordered Lloyd to pay Sl2
per month, beginning January 1st His
bond, which is for $500, was signed by
his father.
In the case of the State VS.. Durham,
for keeping a slot gambling machine
Durham, heing unable to cay a fine,
was committed for 80 days
In Super tr Court Monday morning
argument was heard on demurrer in
the case Of John MacFarlans Va. Garrett
& Barr, Lilburne Chandler for Mac
Fsrlane, and II. s. England and II.
II. Ward for the defendants. The de.
murrer was sustained as to three counts
and overruled as to one. continuance
OF the case vas granted.
Continuance was granted in the case
of Thomas j. Burris vs.. Delis Sharpe.
In No IA on the argument list, Mary
e. Anderson vs. Charles M. Anderson,
the petition was dismissed, but another
case under the same name continues on
| thu Inf M ms fha
February term,
The divorce cases of Susie A Brinton
vs. Harry q. Brinton, Anita d. Roberts
vs.. Morris /. Roberts, Elwood George
vs.. Elizabeth j. George we're continued
until the February term.
| The case of James Mason w. George
W. Ingram will be referred to referees.
BY consent OF counsel, the case of
Helen S. Chandler VS.. the Mayor and
Council and the Baltimore & Phila-
delphia Railroad Go. wns discontinued;
Lilburne Chandler for the plaintiff, d.
j. ReInhardt for the city.
Settlement was reported in the case
of James v. Crowding vs. the Whining
ton City Railway Co.; Biggs for
Orowding, and Hayes for railway com
pany.
Judgment in favor of the plaintiff
for $3.50. 37 was entered in the case of
John b. Taylor VS.. William Ii. Lummis
England for Taylor, Lyman for Lummis.
| City Solicitor Reinhardt told the
court that Robert G. Harman, who is
| in the case involving the right of the
city to tax the roadbed of the Whining.
ton City Railway Co., had been called
TO Colorado on account Of the serious
illness Of his brother. No time was set
for the argument of the case ON case
stated.
Continuance was granted in the ap-
peal case Of Wells Herring & Co. ys.
John b. Guessford.
The cases OF White Bros. d. b. a. vs.
Robert Marshall Hannum, p. b. r., and
Robert M. Hannum, d. b. a., vs.. Henry
O. White. p. b. ~ will be referred to
referees.
A demurrer was sustained 10 the
case lof Lille NJ Rees vs.. Lewis NJ.
Price and William L. Money, consra-
be; j. q, Gray end Il. Irving Handy
for plaintiff, and Willis for defendants.
The case Of the Wilmington & North
ern Railroad Co. vs. William B. Clerk
was put on trial in the Superior Court
Monday Afternoon, Levi q. Bird, An
drew Il. sanborn and Charles NJ. Curtis
| appearing for the railroad and Col.
BENJAMIN Nields and John L. Nields
for Mr.. Clerk. The amount involved is
in the neIghborbood of 515, 900, the rail
road company claiming that indebted
ness incurred by the. Mccall Goal Co.,
of which Mr.. Clerk was president, had
been personally guaranteed by Mr..
| Clerk. The charges were for coal and
freights, and the Mccall company had
given four notes, sggregating with in
terest, Sl3,8T9 81; in addition there
was a book account of about So, 000
From the total a credit of about So, 600
had been allowed after the McCall COM
pany had gons into the hands of re-
oeivers, leaving the net amount about
| sl5, COO
In his opening to the Jury, Mr.. Bird
said that the plaintiff would show that
believing the Mccall company was
weak, it had refused to deliver more
coal and freights unless the freight
charges were guaranteed, and that
ihereupon Mr.. Clerk guaranteed each
| of the four notes
Frank @, Carpenter, teller of the
Union National Bank, testified con-
cerning the notes. Col. A. q. Mo
Causland, superintendent of the Will
mington and Columbia division of the
Philadelphia & Reading railway, testi-
fed concerning the transactions in
vulved.