The sun., 1901-09-18
BUSY Time IN
COUNTY COURT
Grand Jury Returning Many In
dictments.
PRISONERS ARE SENTENCED
Criminals to go to New Castle Jail
Instead of to Workhouse. Com
mitted to Custody of
Sheriff.

i'm the county courts yesterday. Inc |
grand jury returned a big batch Of in
|dictments during the day and in the |
Iaftcrnoon Il number Of prisnncrs wnrr
lsentehccl. II Mah expected that tile |
lcourt wUhltl decide tho matter of whether |
spi.t TO New Castle Jail or the county !
lwOrkho,lse but 10 decision was an
nounccd.
From the action Of the court in impnS-
ling the sentences II looks ils though tli,.
prisoners nrr tu br sent to the Jail until |
the matter Of transferring the prisoners
to the wurkhotse has been brought into
court and passed upon.
The first man sentenced WAS ltlffaelO
Drlyoe. who pleaded guilty to the chhrsa
of cnrrsing concealed n deadly weapon.
In his case The court said: THE sentence
of the court il that you pay Il fine of $50
and the costs of the case, Or IN default
of payment that YOU be imprisoned for
ten days. You aie committed to the
custody of the sheriff until this sen
fence is carried out"
In none Of the eases in which SEN
!, tences were imposed was il stated
where the terms of Imprisonment are Ia
be served. In several eases the sen
!. tpnces included lashes, Saturday being
set as the time for the whipping to take
III place. Wher asked. Sheriff Mcdaniel
? said the whippings would take place IT
= New Castle jail. Judging from this
, statement by the sheriff he is not going
to comply with the notice of the work
, lh0use trustees as the time specified i'll
. the notice for the transfer of the prison
ers expires on Friday.
! The first trial of the term was that
u of Henry ii. Giles. colorpd. on the charge
n of stealing hen from Mrs. Benjamin
i Sake of No. 121 French street Giles
was acquitted.
. Carmine Seuce was fined S25 and costs
a for carrying concealed IL deadly weapon.
. William Fleming was sentenced 10
: receive ten lashes and he imprisoned
. six months for the larceny of brass
Z from the Augustine Paper Mills.
For carrying weapons concealed Geo.
4 Taylor. who also made threats TO kill,
Y got thirty days; William Dorsey, colorc,i.
II ten lashes; William Campbell, colored.
Howard f.. wnnanIs, coIureu. 9"
Twenty days for assault.
y William pinksol, colored, was SEN
u fenced to br imprisoned for six months
u for assault
L. William Boulden pleaded guilty to the
10 larceny Of Il silver watch and other
a. articles. H. was arraigned on TWO
~ counts. His sentence on the hrst couht
was ten lashcs and six months imprisois
=, ment. and on the second, ten lashes ;tn'
= imprisonment for one year
rs Walter Osler, Chester Gillon ala
m George Welch pleaded guilty TO tn
ry charge Of stealing brass Journals, thi
ar property of the b. K O. Railroad Cora
ct |pany. Oscr and Gillon each received
nc sentences OF fifteen lashes and two year
90
- lashes and six months imprisonment
81 II. Il. Tucker was present representin
- the rairoud company.
ms Henry AIaccy, colorcd. arraigned on ~
on charge of assault on William Browi
er colorrd, with intent to commit murder
ted pleaded guilty to plain assault but san
md The had no intention of committing mn
der. in IN alteration short time NJ
,r. Macey cut brown with a razor. He vi;
-, sentenced to two years imprisonment.
20 John H. Watson, colored, peaht
rai guilty to the charge of stealing mons
NJ. from Thomas Watson, colorrd, ard ";
our sentenced to three months imprisonmei
ere III. w. Fish pleaded not guilty to Il
,clt charge OF shooting Thomas Mullin WI
the intent to commit murder At ms ~
fni. he will be represented by sylvester
~ Townsend. Mulli VAS shot sever
pe' OF death in the Delaware Hospital ]
ehe some time.
lwn Edward Lang pleaded not guilty to t
heir charge OF larceny.
lrty Charles II. Lynch pleaded guilty to
ling charge Of stealing milk.
syl. John King, charged with assault vi
,,,aa intent to clmmit murder, pleaded !
.tv guilty
SIN Henry Irons, colored, pleaded not gni
iusi to the charge OF larceny.
lead In the ease of Joseph w. Shcppards
} as coloren, charged with assault with
and tent to commit murder, the wrong u
was arraigned. The Indictment Y
emn read to the man in the prisoners
so,. who responded to the Tame. WI
, 20 -, asked what his plea was he said;
-. aiE't the man.
their Are you Joseph w. Sheppallso
TUT asked the court.
was NO. sir. | am Philip Sheppards'
The respnnded the prisoner.
cred, Baliff Smith informed the attari
,ilent general that the wrong prisoner had !
brought over from the jail
Susie Sheppardson was called
: sand the prisoner was not the man
e the struck her with a tiatiroi.
9th Andrew Jackson, colorcd and Hast
e SUI Applegatc were arraigncd on the cha
COM of stealing Il chain ana q lhahtHA
Q fu- brass from the Wilmington City
,stant way Company and parts Of an clc'
Etc DYNAMO from the Wilmington st,
- NV. boat Company. Both pleaded guilty
iiioua Other indictments returned by
'fhciai grand jury were ms follows
overn- Frank Conner, Charles Jefferson
roces- vim II. Clarkson, Henry Sidell. |.
resen- Punell and Samuel Bradford. lare
Fem James Carmichael, emDezzlemcnt.
nc ~ ferson and Clarkson pleaded not g
: ~ Purnell and Bradford pleaded gnllt
~ ~, The grand jury was dismissed
u the 10 o'clock this morning.
lhdfla, Frank H. Chapman. who was ma
triotic on charges of murlerously asat
of the Bessie Fernandez and George NJ. 10
cieties at Rrandywine Springs Park plead"
, city. guilty. His counsel, Henry Z. 20
renre- asked tl,at the case be postponed
at,n,,, FRIDAY The court set the trial for I
club. p';,,,r,o, tha ,,t, nm was made apf
X citv ,;a..t;nn ,vas ordered.
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