The sun., 1901-09-17
COURT ROOM
IN MOURNING
With Sombre Black All About
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County Court Opens.
WILL ADJOURN THURSDAY
Number of Cases Acted on by the
Grand Jury. Usual First Day
Rush. No jury
Trials.

! Amid sombre surroundings the Court OF
General Sessions and the Superior Court
convened yesterday shortly before noon
for the September term. Chief Justice
Lore and Associate Judge Boyce We're on
the bench. 4 he court room was crowded
during the day with witnesses and spec
tators. There is an unusually large mum
Der or eases TO come before the court.
Most of the time yesterday WAS spent il,
preparation for the trials. a number ~
indictments We're returned ly the grand
| jury and in some cases pleas were en-
| tered.
| The exterior and interior of the buih,
| ing We're ,lrapcd in mourning for presi.
dent Mckinley. In ench window on the
outside was draped black bunting and
the same material was festooned from
cohnice to carnice all around the build
| ing. In the court room the walls bore
| festoGns of hlnck, and from this border,
black bunting dropped down the col
umns. Over each window and the door
was the emblem; of mourning, and il wa,
also on the bench and witness stand and
jury box and several tables in the room.
In the alcove behind the Judges was
black cloth pleated disclosing a Maltese
cross in honor Of the fact that President
Mckinley was il Knight Templar.
| After the opening of the court Judge
| Lore announced that, owing to the as
sassination of President Mckinley, the
| feeling Of the court was i'm favor OF
ladjourning until after the funeral. bur
the pressure of public business and th..
necessity to relieve the county prisoll,
made it imperative to continue mt work
until tomorrow, when adjournment Will
he taken over Thursday, the day of the
Presidents funeral
Judge Lore announced that the grand
and petit jurors summoned to this term
We're the jurors for this term In al
dressing the grand jury after the mem
bers had b.en sworn by Clerk of thu
Peace Qmigey, the Chief Justice said
that there WIS nothing of II special char
acter requiring attention.; the number Of
eases was unusually large, and many
were Of trivial sort. There were num-
| erons eases of assault, with intent t.
commit murder. He asked the jury 10
dispatch business as rapidly as possible
John Corbit is the foreman of the
grand jury and James Monaghan is its
bailiff.
Judge Pennewill, who will sit at the
present term was busy in Dover yestar-
day with Orphans Court work.
The clerk of the peace received the
lflidayits of about 40 persons who seek
license to sell Intoxicating liquors.
The new room for women witnesses
comes into use for the first time ut this
term. II opens from the rear corridor
On the second floor and adjoins the office
Of Attorney General Herbert III. Ward
Upon the application of Francis H.
Hoffecker. Horace Greeley Eastburn was
admitted to practice at the bar of New
Castle county.
William Fleming and William Bou1dcn.
indicted for larceny, William Pinkson
for assault md battery, and George H.
Taylor. Howard II. Williams, William
Jordan ard Herbert Campbell for carry
ing concealed deadly weapons all enter
I'd pleas Of guilty and were remand,d
to the custody of the sheriff until this
morning.
Other indictments We're returned by
he grand jury as follows: Frank Chap
man. two counts for assault with intrGt
20 commit murder. Eaffaelo Dclyoe and
Carmine Sencc, carrying concealed dead!
| ~ weapons.
Robert Ritchie, charged with carrying
missed.
The ease against William Anderson.
charged with carrying concealed n dead
~ weapon, WAS nolle pressed on pay
ment of costs.
On the application of William f.
Smnlley, Jr.. the filing OF the return Of
the commissioners in the divorce case cf
NUM- VI. NUM- was postponed 10 days.
Other entries were made in divorce
cases as follows:
;iheretein Y. Pyle vs. DIR. Joseph T..
Pyle postponed until November term
IN account OF denth of Peter l.. Cooper,
| Tr.. COUNSEL for DIR. Pyle.
Frank III. Chambers VS.. Emma Il.
F.. Chamber, returned postponed until Mon
lay next.
L0ttie C. Middleton VS.. James Thomas
Middleton. continued until today.
James q. A. Iioughton VS.. Josephine
VI. Houghton. continued until today.
Bertha EastburE vs.. 1bind Eastburn,
| continued to September oath.
| John II. Miller VS.. Emma ]. Miller
mtil September 90.
| Cornelius r. Short ys. Margaret s.
Short and Helen w. Jameson VS.. Char
les w. Jameson Commissioner j. ,s.
Gray made returns, and publication or
Tered.
James y. Flanagan VS.. Mary Elan
,gan. time extended to September 80.
Mary Il. Primrose VS.. Henry Prim-
"ose. time EXTENDED to November fern.
| Sibyl Ida Swartz vs.. Samuel q.
Swnrtz time extended to November
term.
Rosa pattey vs.. Robert S. i'attey,
publication ordered.
In the case of Gertrude Rock vs.. Frank
u. Rock. proceedings for divorce, the
.ourt on petition Of Franklin RrocksoIi,
attorney for Mrs. Rock, made I'm order
FOR attachment on Rock for contempt
returnible forthwith. he having failed
20 pay aiimony and expenses as ordered.
Helen w. Jameson vs.. Charles w.
Jameson, publication ordered
In the case of Lillian VI. lteeS VS.
Louis NJ. Price ct al, demurrer, the do
murrer was sustained by consent Of com.
sci.
In the case of the Guardian Savings
and loan Association vs. John Mcbride
surviving mortgagor, a rule for Il writ
of possession was ordered returnabIe
next Monday.
Returns were made in the matter OF
lnpening road in Mill Creek hundred
Favorable: changing road in White Clay
lCreek hundred. unfavorable; to vacato
Rupnu VISTA street adjacent tn th,