Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-18
TRIAL OF TYRE CASE
AttOTlGy-golGlal Richards Be-
IiGYeS it Will Require
-Four Days.
TO ARGUE LOAN CASES
Will Not be Known Until Next
Week Whether Any Of
Them Will be Tried at
This Term of Court.

In trying to fix a time for the begin
ming of the civil cases in the Superior
Court for this term, the judges this
morning asked Attorney General Rich
ards if the criminal work would be
finished on Monday.
Mr.. Richards said he did not know
whether the case against A. l.. Tyre
would be tried at this term, but it, it
was it surely would take four days to
try it.
j. Frank Ball, counsel for Tyre, was
called before the court and asked if ne
would be ready to go on with the case
at this term.
81 cannot say at this time, - said
Mr.. Ball. "Your Honors gave me until
Monday to make an answer and | can
not say now. "
ARGUMENT IN LOAN CASES.
Mr. Richards also stated that there
was an argument that would take up
the greater part of Monday and that if
| the state was sustained in this argu-
ment IL charges against cerain loan
companies would have to be heard.
The court announced that there
would be no civil cases tried next
week.
TO DRAW NEW INDICTMENT.
nolle prosequi was entered, in
the Court Of General Sessions, this
morning. in the case against John f..
Dougherty, on the GROUND that the IN
diotment was defective, charging him
with stealing material from the Joseph
Bancroft Sons Co., when the corporate
title of the company IS the Joseph
bancroft & Sons Co. He was repre-
sented by John Biggs' who, after the
Jury had been drawn, asked that IL be
Instructed to bring in verdict of moi
guilty. u4.
asked to have nolle prosequl entered,
> stating that be would draw up another
indictment.
r Mr.. Biggs declared that this could
not be done, as a man coulo no. o'
I placed in jeopardy for a second tiin'
s where a jury had been drawn and IN Ih'
( indictment found to be detective Ih'
{ court withdrew one memoer OF th'
jury and a nolle prosequl was entered
The prisoner was discharged, ou
{ was rearrested by the police as DC. wa
. leaving the Court House, upon IN
7 structions from Deputy ATTORNEY
I General Hastings, who ordered a he'
e Dougherty was taken before Magis
= trate Hollis. Through his attorney
h he waived a hearing and was held J.
$500 bail for the grand jury.
Il BAYNARD WINS HIS CASE.
k Georoe Elliott, charged with assault
With intent to kill Frank Davis, wa
: cleared by Jury. He was represente
bv 4 II Baynard, who was asslgne
n ~ The court 10 defend him. DaVi
tset;Iied that he was on the south slo
of Market street bridge on April lou
when George Elliott got a gun i5oin
s man who had been hunting ana sn'
E Mary Moore, colored, SAID she @ sa
EiIiott run across the street and sho'
toward Davis. ,,l.,
Elliot said he and Davis were pla.
inc and, in fun, he picked up tnS !
and told Davis to run. lie salu 'ns
Davis was running one way anu
shot in an opposite direction, =.
George Kaiser corroborated Mnl I
r. 11lI;ott said. The case was supml1''
d 10 the iury without argument;
Deputy Attorney-General Has!lhhl k;lh
said he did not ask for yerolct nisa -
than common assault Inc jury ie
dered a verdict Of not guilty,
few days ago, before ELLIOTT ~ Z.
counsel he entered a plea OF gum
not understanding Just wnas ps W
meant. subsequently A''oiHs'