The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-15
DRAWS
NEW JURIES
Old List Quashed as Mr.. Ward
Requested.
MR.. KNOWLES EXPLAINS
Judges Spend Considerable Time in
Selecting a List Of Name s-The
Boxes Are Filled and Draw
ing Completed After 6p. m.

grand and petit jurors quashed yesterday
morning drawing Of new jurors was
held in the main court room shortly after
6 o'clock last evening. 1t was directed
by the court.
Clerk Of the Peace Quigley shook ~
the jury boxes and drew out the slips
and handed them to Prothonotary Speak
man who read out the names. Deputy
Clerk of the Peace .lanvier took down
the names as did also the Judges. The
inrors are as follows:
GRAND Jury.
.Appoquinimink Robert A. Cochran,
.Iohn Il. Stats.
John w. Pratt.
Brandywine-W w. Harold Smith, George
Casey.
Observation-Disclosures Palmer, Ashton
Il. Tatum.
Mill Creek John Nevin, Joseph Der
rickson.
New Castle-John Johns, Jones Guth-
rie.
Pencader-Samuel Alrichs, Charles
Walton.
Red Edward l.. Clark, Joseph
iIeiSel.
st. Georges John G. corhit Charles
Derrickson.
White Clay Creek Richard Chillns
lanes IIossnger.
Wilmington George w. Gray. William
IT, Morris, William RettS, John J..
i,oughten.
PETIT JURY.
Appoquinimink Harris Il. Mcdowell,
William X l.. Tatman.
Blackbirl Lewis rawley, John H..
| StaatS.
Rrnndywine Harry Day, Winfield S.
| Orr.
Ghristiana James Raugh, Robert l..
| ARMSTRONG.
Mill Creek -Dntton Richards. Edward
| {. rierson.
| New castle-Challes Bildle, John Il.
| nI-u'nruwr r,urrHan paserr' ',iar"+r
;. West.
Red Lion-.Ioseph II. Pennington. J.
Thomas Price.
ST. Georges NJ. Cochran, Rich
lrd T.. Gray.
White Clay Creek-George Johnson
Iohn T.. Armstrong.
Wilmington-Ar Archibald S. Reed. Sam
| III j. White. Harry A. Brown. James
ttI. Price, Seth III. Feaster. Joseph X
i'lnnnigan. j. Smith Brennan. Thomas J
raIlcy. Charles A. Rudolph, William b
Schoiield.
The Judges spent the entire afternoon
il the Judges parlor and il is understoo,
That during the time they made M th'
ISIS.
Parliamentary Speakman and Clerk Q
he Peace Quigley We're called shorti
ftrr o'clock and the names We're the
,laccd in the boxes.
After the boxes were filled all filed int
Ilhr court room where in the presence u
few spectators the drawing took place
Chief Justice Lore issued orders a
, 10 the number of names to be draw
or each Of the hundreds.
The first name drawn out OF tn
lGhristiana hundred box for the Gran
, Iury was that Of William Z. Richardson
Some one stated that he was dea
ana another name was drawn IN u
place.
[ The name of Henry Eliason was draw
I from the pencader hundred box and /
4 10 Is Il State officer. being State Senate
e he was rejected.
: 'rhe name of Daniel b. Stewart W;
drawn from the Red Lion hundred ho
V II was stated that he was poStmast'
e lu ST. Georges and therefore eNeml
from duty on the jury. Ills name W;
Z lropped.
II The name Of Arnold Nandain WI
t lruwn from the White Clay Creek hi
II lrcd box. Ii was stated that he d
not live in the hundred and he W
d lropprd.
vi Some difficulty was also experience
g il selecting the petit jury. Andrew
Wright was drawn from the Rlackbi
lie hundred box. 1t WAS found that he W
A. , State officer. being Il member of t
in legislature, and he was dropped. !
e. lname Of Amos Sharpess was draN
S from the Ghrstiana hundred box. Soi
;" one said Sharpless lived in Pennsylval
md he was dropped.
d: From the Mill Creek hundred box We
nj lrawn the names of Amos NandeN
8, i,Iohn w. Dcnnison and William
he Backus. all of whom We're reject
w Nanlever and Backus don't live th
IL md DenniSon is dead.
es 1--WE names from the Wilmington n
x larcd box were dropped. They W
t'harles +. Thomas, member of Dep;
IL ment Of Elections and Charles Phllli
s. lNho resides outside the city.
mt Sheriff Mcdaniel at once started
lot his deputies to summons the jurors
be- appear in court on Thursday morn
81. Al 10 o'clock.
Chief Justice Lore ut the morning
sion Of court ordered that the panel
ri grand jurors be quashed on the gro
Try that the special session of the ].
at Court on April Goth at which. the
ion were finally prepared was Illegal.
es: Horace G. Knowles representing
am Levy Court presented the following Y
to Attorney General Herbert II. wa
motion for Gnashing the panel:
The answer by the Levy Court for
Who county OF New Castle to the petition
on Herebrt TT. Ward. attorney general
my the State of Delaware. respectf
will represents:
That in filling the jury hoXes the !
II. Court followed longstanding Gus
and placed in the boxes about the S
number of names placed therein by f
n a or levy Courts.
,ife. That Immediately upon the after
rate of the levy Court being called to
bail statutory requirements MS to the nul
IL, nf names to be placed In the jnry bt