Evening journal., 1906-11-21
JAIL DOOR OPENS
FOR MARIA BROWN
OnviCted Of HaTbOrine Mabel
LeSsing She Gets SIX MOn.hS
In WOTkhOuSe
TO BEGIN TYRE
CASE TOMORROW

Court Of General Sessions FIRST act at
ihis mornings session was 10 sentence
Maria Brown, convicted at the last term
Of court Of harboring iI-xear-old Mabel
Lesslng FOR immoral purposes to six
months Imprisonment in the county
workhouse, to pay one Of $500 and set-
te for the costs Of the prosecution.
Mrs. Brown was represented by Rob It
C. Harman. who to-day made an EFFORT
to have the defendant give testimony in
Wow OF a mitigation Of sentence. lie en-
deavored to prove by her the charac.er
Of Mabel Leasing, and to show that sha
was girl Of immoral character. Attor-
ney-General Richards objected, however
and the court sustained the objection
In imposing sentence chief Justice Lore
said that the court had weighed the evil
dence carefully and felt that the penalty
about to be fixed was a reasonable and
moderate one. lie warmed the woman
never TO appear before the court again On
a similar charge.
Immediately after sentence was passed
Mr. Harman presented TO the clerk OF the
Supreme Court al Dover an appeal for
"a writ OF elNor and the case will be OPEN
ed before that body.
The necessary papers in the case viii be
brought to Wilmington by the sheriff or
his deputy OF Kent county. who will IN
person present them 20 Attorney General
Richards. lie in turn viii bring them
before this court and Judge spruance. as
member Of the Supreme Court, viii be-
asked 20 flx bail.
The ground for Mr. Harman's action
are based upon the fact that the court
before which the case was tried refused to
permit him 70 introduce testimony shows
ing that Mabel Lcsslng had misrepresent-
ed her age when she first approached
Mrs. Brown for admission into her house.
Tyre Case Tomorrow.
MIR. Richards announced that the case
OF the State vs. Abram l.. Tyre. charged
with completely In the shcllpot election
frauds, would come up for trial to-mor-
row morning. There are 70 witnesses in
the case. the subpoenas for whom were
made out yesterday afternoon and are
4 being served by sheriff Gnlis to-day. J..
Frank Ban represents the defendant
Announcement was made OF the settle
ment OF the cases Of George I. Williams
vs.. the p, b. & W. railroad and Cassie
l.. Wright vs. Peoples Railway Company
Assault With Intent to Kill.
Lewis Wilson, a peg-legged negro, was
placed on trial upon the charge OF as
sault with intent to kill Charles smith.
also colored. by shooting him with re-
] .f.-t
ing OF July i6 az Smiths home, in Centre
Vile. Wilson came to his house on tho
night in question with a woman and spent
some time After they had gone She man
and woman engaged in fuss and tho
woman returned to him (Smith's) house.
10 be followed a few moments later by
Wilson, who wanted to enter tho house.
also Smith objected and a tussle fol-
lowed. during which Wilson fred two
shots. the ball OF one OF which entered
Smiths left arm, where n stil remains.
and the other bullet found lodging in his
stomach For some time he was con-
fned in the Delaware Hospital
Detective Hawkins evidence closed Tho
case for the State.
But One Witness.
MT. Ban stated tnot thc uelence hae
} but one witness, the prisoner whom call.
ed TO the stand. He gave a detailed ac-
count OF the happenings OF the night Of
; July 16 and said that - was only after
= Smith had him down and was choking
. him that he shot. He did so IN order to
, prevent Smith from killing him. Smith
had struck him several times before he
shot
In cross examination Wilson said the
pistol went on while Smith was strug-
}. Cling with him. and ahat he was not
4 sure whether ne pulled the trigger or not.
, Later he admitted that he did the shoot
a ing TO protect his life, which he believed
;. to be endangered
Deputy Attorney-General Hastings was
presenting his argument when court took