Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1902-02-07
Little Girl Gives Damaging
Testimony Against Uncle
WANT LICENSES WITHHELD
Joseph Adams Must Serve six Months
in The WOrkhOHSe and be
Whipped

Judges Pennewill and Boyce sat in
the Court of General Sessions this
morning. Chief Justice Lore having
gone to Baltimore.
Joseph Adams was found guilty OF
larceny and was sentenced to six
months imprisonment and be whipped
with ten lashes.
l.. Irving Handy. counsel for Rob
ert Cook. asked that the indictment
charging his client with toying with a
female child. be Quashed on the ground
that II did not specify any distinct act.
The court denied the request and Mr..
Cook was put on trial. charged with
toying with Grace Ellen Candy, an IL
lyear-olu girl.
The witnesses In the Vansant case
were discharged until February "a.
Clara Benton. colored, who was
charged with the larceny OF an UNI
brella. was dismissed Mr.. Ward ex-
Dlained that he had doubts Of the guilt
of the accused.
Remonstranees Against Saloons
There was a meeting OF the Law and
Order Society held yesterday, and at Il
circumstances We're made against
Joseph Brown. Fifth and Spruce
street; Joseph McCullen, Fifth and
Iatnall. and Lawrence Taylor, No. Z
East Eighth street
Vansant Indicted
Frederick Vansant, who was a witness
FOR the defense in the Lynn case. was In
dcted by the Grand Jury for "wilful an,
corrupt perjury"
Nansant aJ the trial testified that be
tween October 10 ard 12, 1900. he calle,
ht the house of Lynn. in Eismere, AM
then and there saw Lynn pay 10 Law
renee NJ. Whiteman the sum OF $50. tha
being the amount drawn from the count
/, treasury on a bill presented in White
= mans name by Lynn. Nansant swor
: tnat Caleb Johnson was present when th
money was paid. Whiteman, however
, denied being at Lynn's house, and sal
ne never received the money. The fine
ing Of the jury was based on Whiteman'
testimony.
The witnesses for the State in this cas-
will be Court Stenographer Edmond {
Hardesty, Clerk Of the Peace Winfield s
Quigley, j. Harvey Whiteman. Patric
fahey, G. w. Duncan, John Hintor
William II. Duncan and G.. ID. Duncan
1t is said that the Attorney General wi
endeavor to prove that Vansant was no
at Lynn's home during the period mer
toned, but at work for Patrick Fahey a
another place several miles away.
The jury ignored charges against Cor
stable w. T. Colmery and BailiH Joh
Chalmers. Of Newark. who were accuse
} or assault and battery by Joseph Petit
/ hos 0
which the officers arrested Joseph Wa
son ON the Petit property also containe
direction to bring Petit 70 Newarl
Chalmers and COlmery We're held for th
upper court by Magistrate Hollis recen
ly' on the ground that there was no wal
rant FOR the arrest Of Petit produced.
Practically all the criminal cases fc
this session have been disposed OF by tl
Grand Jury and that body is discharge
until February "a.
Today the Grand Jury inspected III
New Castle county wOrkhouse and III
Ferris Industrial School. The State Ho
pital and the County Hospital at Farr
hurst were visited by the jurors recent,
Between now and the oath, there ma
be other cases that will have TO be DIT,
sented to the Grand Jury.
, James ). Tate, who was charge
with stealing an overcoat and pair {
shoes from Thomas Jacobs. was acquii
I ted by the Court Of General Session
I yesterday afternoon. Horace Greele
. Knowles was counsel for Tate, an
made an eloquent appeal in the boy
behalf.
Harry Stout, Of Dover, was convicte
/. OF obtaining money under false pr,
ltenses. Amos Walton was sentence
to six months in the worlShouse for oil
4 tanning money under false pretenses.