Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-16
10TH PANELS RULED OUT
'he Court OF General Sessions Decides
10 Draw Two New JurieS.
levy COURT ACT WAS INVALID
rhe Attempted Special Meeting
Illegal.
ATToRNEy KNOWLES MAKES DEFENCE

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n The May term OF the General Sessions
{Eourt in and for New Castle county was
at the county Court House at
7Aonday, with Chief Justice Charles
B. Lore and Associate Judges Ignatius
70. Grubb and James Pennewill on the
|Nbench. Since the last sitting Of the
I{court the room within the bar has been
fecarpeted and the furniture has been
.ifevarnished.
AmJng the important cases for con-
N The grand and petit jurors summoned
TO this term are as follows;
~ Grand Jurors Wilmington hundred,
4iRilliam Beadenkopf, George s. Capelle.
Horace W. Cause, j. Newlin Gawthrop,
IfWflliam II. Morris, William g. Taylor
'sBrandywine, W. X. Dsrickson. Robert
Miller; Christiana, Edwin Myers; Mill
Creek, Benjamin L. Diokey, John Mo-
9Qsll; White Clay Creek, f. W. Curtis,
George L. Spence; New CASTLE, James
!T Challenger; Pencader, Samuel Al
Il xlrhs, Jacob b. Cazier; Red Lion,
& DIARIES W. Pancuast, George W. Rey-
Aold; Sc. Georges, Thomas H.. Gilpin;
Janvier Wood; Appoq quinimink,
Y Frederick Kpotts, John F. Staats;
t'iaohbfus JUN i-oohertnhu, ounn W.
SiPratt.
Petit Jun ors-w Wilmington. James M.
>Bryan, John Mcclure, Levin L. Shock
Hey, John b. Taylor, George A. Willis;
Z *Brandywino, Amos Campbell, Lot O.
Il Casey, Lewis F. Talley Christiana,
Manuel 7. johnson, David r. Lyman,
x frederick Snyder; Mill Creek, John
!: s:Guthrie, Everett Guest, William Neyill /;
4Nhite Clay Creek, Caleb Baker, Charles
Nollaston; New CASTLE William Ahern,
Charles M. Appleby, Allison S. Truitt;
Pencader, Leonard Rhoades, Edward
70. Walton; Red Lion, Frank L. Cleayer,
&William B. Lester; st. Georges. B.
4 Vance Armstrong, Sylvester Downs,
larry q. Whittock; Appoquinimink,
winfield Lattomus. Walter Money
1 FBlackbird, Alexander g. Lattomus,
benjamin f. David.
MOTION TO QuAsH JURY PANEL.
The court was opened about 10
Minutes after IL O'Clock by Crier
Thomas b. Smith, After Clerk OF the
,t9eace Winfield 8. t2uigley had called
Me rolls of grand and petit jurors,
pt ttor1ey General Herbert II. Ward,
Undressing the court said:
pN There has been brought TO my
Fnotice certain charges of irregularity
IN the drawing of the present array of
{erand and petit Jurors. q cousiderR-i
Non OF the interest Of the public and
lfW thH State, and of the prisoners VINO
Pnay come before these iuries, | deem
VI my duty to move to quasb the array
pf grand and the array of petit jurors. =
81 Mr.. Ward stated that he had not
written down his reasons for the
'motion, but II the court would bear
with him, he would hope to have them
A'ready for presentation at the opening
.lof the afternoon session.
81 Chief Justics Loie announced that
tthe court would entertain his motion,
Aand the jurors were discharged until
y. 30 o'clock.
N The court has power to quash the
4 fpanes IL it believes they were drawn
E4irrequlsily. and it has power to provide
la method for drawing Immediately O
coInplete panel OF both grand and petit
n jurcrs.
"a In case the cd juries are thrown,
tout new ones may be drawn tales de
2ciroumstantibus, as the legal express
ion in.
.N 1t is understood that the attorney.
Eeneral's objection to. the Ianels grows
ilput OF the work OF the Levy Court in
1prepaIing the lists. The law provides
What the lists beprepared 10 March and
What there shall be 100 names on the
fgrand and 800 ON the petit list. The
gcourt did not get enough names on in
l'darch and it was rot until April hat
(, Che lists we're finally complete. The
Levy Court made three efforts at the
(Hork in order to make the lists right as
<fb numbers.
'Y COURTROOM MUST BE KEPT ULEAg. :!
t After the optening of court, Chief
'}8ustioe Lore eta. ed that tie room had
abeen thoroughly cieaIed, new CARPET
arc new oil cloth had been put down,
i~nd the court ordered that there be-
NO splitting on the floor or deianiug of
7the walls He said it was the duty of
Atfhe court officers to bring Offenders be-
sTore the court, for it Is proposed to
ASeer the room clean so that decent
H4eorle can remain in it. t
Il, Irving handy presented petition
aor change in a White Clay Greek
aundred road, and Philip r. Garrett
Rresented return of commissioners to
i5ey out road in Mill Creek hundred.
Clerk of the Peace Quig ey and
&t'epnty Janvier took the affidavits OF
4%tpp.icants for licenses to sell liquor
4hey had the applicants come to tabla
1At the south END OF the rail instead Of
|2fQ the regular desk. A About 12O appli-
Q4tioua were received.
kszs "A ttorney General Herbart II, Waid.
More the General Sessions Court, Mon
4ey afternoon, presented his reasons
M asking that the grand jury panel
s quashed. He attacked the proceed,
Y !nBs OF the Levy Court Commissioners
y II preparing the lists.
In his petition Mr.. Ward reoited that
fhe Levy Court In March selected from
x me list of taxable citizens certain
<pber and judicious persons to serve tif
&pmmoned) as grand jurors for the
prrent year, and that on March 30th
lqcked the boxes containing the names
nc delivered them to Prothonotary
Speakman and the keys Of the same to
&Gierk of the Peace Quigley.
M That 1t was the duty of the Levy
Court to select 100 names and to de-
liver with the boxes copies of the LISTS
3Higned by the chairman of the court
and oountersigned by the clerK thereof
that the boxes contained only 81
tnames, OF which only 80 were certified
to, the name of William Fl. Morris
being uncertified to; that the signed
\ copies of the lists we're delivered not
with the boxes but were placed within
them that the clerk of the peace and
7 the parliamentary returned the boxes to
a the Levy Court April Sth.
j That OH April 18th the Levy Court
commissioners redelivered the boxes to