Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-02-06

William Dugan, who pleaded not guilty
to the charge of larceny Of wire from
the Diamond State Steel Co. The
evidence was conclusive. The defendant
had no attorney. The jury, after de
liberating 10 minutes, returned
verdict Of guilty.
Dugan was sentenced to pay 81 30 |
restitution money, and on Saturday |
next he whipped with 10 lashes and to |
serve six months.
General Sessions Court had the |
unusual experience at jury trial
Tuesday afternoon of a man on the
charge Of carrying concealed a deadly
weapon. Generally such persons plead
guilty; not so Alexander Boyer,
colored, on whom was found pair of
brass knuckles. He admitted that
the brass knuckles were found on him,
but he claimed that they did not be-
long to him and he did not know how
they got there. He was represented
by Horace G. Knowles.
After both sides had closed, Mr..
Knowles raised the question as to
whether the brass knuckles were
deadly weapons. but no authorities
were offered. The jury acquitted Boyer
and he was discharged.
Charles WALSH was acquitted of q
charge of stealing 81. Walski is a Pole,
and had an interpreter, but when Chief
Justice Lore told him that he could
60, he understood the English, and at
once left the box.
For the larceny of curry comb and
brush, Michael fully was sentenced to
receive 10 lashes and nine months i'm
prisonmenU
The trial of Edward Mulvey, Jr., and
| Leroy Dillman on the charge of steal
| ing 40 pounds of brass from the Pull
man PALACE Car Co., was continued in
General Sessions Court yesterday.
They were found guilty. Chief Justice
Lore said they had been before tho
court before and it would be good
thing to put them whore they could
work. He sentenced them to receive
five lashes and one years imprison
ment. The light corporal punishment
was on account of Mulvey's poor health.
James Tomlinson, who had pleaded
| guilty of the same charge of larceny,
was said to have u good character. His
father, James Tomlinson, said he had
been good boy. He had been in the
reform school five years for breaking
an arc light. The prisoner told the
court that he took the brass from tho
Pullman yard after being told by Q
man that he did not know whether o.
not it was any good. The other boy:
met him afterwards. William l.
Lyman, representing the Tomlinsor
boy, offered George McKelvey al
security for him for two years troba
ton. The court accepted Mckelvc,
and told him that if Tomlinson mis-
behaved himself to bring him int
court.
Arthur johnson, colored, was triet
on the charge of stealing watci
owned by Joseph Lichenbaum of 81
Tatnall street The watch was misse'
after he left Lichenbaum' clothing
store and Lichenbaum accused him o
stealing it. The prisoner gave tn
, watch back Johnson's explanation
, was that he bought the watch from
, man at Fourth and Orange streets.
! The jury found johnson guilty. Fl
, was sentenced to receive five lashe
and be imprisoned six months.
/ James i. Davis and Isaac Sisco, bot
colored, were put on trial on the charg
i of stealing 100 pounds of scrap iro
r from the Delaware Terra Gotta CO
. John Fisher, colored, swore that Sisc
and Davis brother had secured
r wagon from him 10 haul iron, and
r. was taken to Lutz's iunkshop. Will
/ the men were there, Officer Erne'
Dutton came along and recognized IL
a iron as belonging to the terra colt
company for which he had worked
: Albert Beggs testified to identifyir
q the iron.
q ]. Frank Ball, representing the pri
. oners, asked that the jury be instructe
q to return verdict of not guilty, b
n cause the State had not connected IL
prisoners with the taking of the goo'
q from the property of the terra cot
4 company. The court so instructed Il
n Jury and the verdict of not guilty W
returned. Davis and Sisco were di
J., charged.
II Upon the application of John
~ Rodney. his son. John IL. Rodney, il
l. was admitted to practice at the bar
II New Castle county, upon the payne
Ie OF the usual fee, and taking the usu
/ oath. Chief Justice Lore express
n pleasure at the continuance of d
4 name of Rodney upon the list of attic
A, neys
10 L. Irving Handy brought to the {
m tention of the court the case Of col
M missioners to lay out a road in NJ
No Creek hundred Their return had be
an set aside by the court, and they b
al never been paid for their services. N
n Handy desired the court to allow {
d. payment OF the men. The col
Id ordered the costs paid
s The grand jury ignored a bill chai
n ing Joseph Clark with using a femi
bn for immoral purposes, and bill cha
en- ing Howard Gamble with larceny.