Evening journal., 1906-11-20
HEAVY SENTENCES
FOR OFFENDERS
General SESSIONS Court
Judges ose Sey,..e Pen
aItilS EARLY in the Term

aItilS EARLY in the Term
The FIRST hour OF yesterday afternoons
session OF court was consumed by the
first call OF the trial list. nearly all the
suits ready for trial N which the VIII
mlngton City Railway or the F.. Is. & w.
railroad figure. counsel asSing for special
jurles. At the conclusion Of the reading
~ the list it was announced that the court
would make the nnai call OF all passed
cases at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing
An Italian named Luigi Fraguldaidi,
was sentenced 70 serve twenty days and
pay costs. having pleaded guilty TO a
charge OF carrying concealed deadly
weapon.
The second case WIS that of Alfred
Sparks. colored. accused OF carrying con-
cealed deadly weapon lie pleaded
guilty and was fined .25 and costs.
TWO years for burglary
Raymond Howard, oolored. having
pleaded guilty to a charge Of entering the
store of John O'Nen, at No. ais King
street during the night time. was sem
tenoed 10 servo two years in the work
house
William Postles. colorsd.' pleaded guilty
to an indictment charging him with the
larceny Of four chickens, and as he was
an old offender. he was sentenced to re-
oeive ten lashes and undergo an imprison-
mont Of one year and TO pay the costs OF
prosecution.
Having plead guilty 90 the larceny OF
two feather busters from the Delaware
Trust Company, Charles Darling was
sentenced 70 serve six months and pay
the costs OF the case
Joseph Palmer coiored, who nleaded
guilty 20 stealing pair Of shoes and a
pair OF trousers from another colored
man. was sentenced 10 six months inn
prisonment and to be whipped with ten
lashes,
Edward Moody, colored, pleaded guilty
to the larceny Of a hreastpin valued al
81, and was sentenced 20 six months inn
priaanment and ten lashes.
Two Jury Trials.
The nrst case to be tried by jury was
that Of John Watkins, charged with the
theft Of a coat pochctbook and si4 in
money from George Ncinon, of Twelfth
and Tatnan streets. Vernon was the first
witness and testified tlat defendant had
come to the side door of his home and
asked for FIVE cents. and when refused
had sneaked into the front door and
stolen the coat and its contents from the
hall rack later disappearing in an alley
Also that defendant had feigned drunk
enness when found, aud that the coal
and IFS contents were recovered and re
turned later by the uolce.
The prisoner. az the conclusion OF tn
o1mplainants testimony, subjected him 4
sruollng cross-exan'nation strongll
resembling that of an sltorney, but falling
to shake the evidence against him.
Charles A. Moore. OF i-22 Tatnall street
testified 20 hearing calls OF Vernon 70
! aid and the sound of running In the allie
next his house. Called fer his revolve
ana went with two other men 10 IN
, Vernon homc finding the defendan
''scrcoched' up IN "a corner. pretending 4
be drunk and kept him theie until Oni
Ger snyder arrived ana arrested him.
Watkins took the stand and told
rambling story of having come from New
ark and getting drunk While IN thi
condition he lost all knowledge OF any
thing and woke up next morning in
cell, on cross-examination he denie
hcing a tramp or ever having been 4
jail before.
After an impartial charge by Chief Ju,
tioe Lore. in which he defined larceny an
the bearing on the case before them 9
tho defense Of drunkenness set up by IN
prisoner, the jury reached a verdict
guilty without leaving their seats.
Watkins was then severely reprimande
: by Chief Justice Lore and sentenced /
be whipped with ten lashes and to ser,
= two years Imprisonment.
4 John Gergusky, charged with stealth
forty pounds OF signal material iron froi
= the p, b. & w. railroad last sepiembt
!, answered through an interpreter pleadin
: guilty. but not 10 taking so much Of III
property. This plea was not acceptab
= 70 the judges and jury was ordere
! drawn and the case brought to trial.
l. Attorney Richards outlined the case
the jury. claiming that the quantity take
Z d'd not figure concluding by calling WI
liam J. Gilmore TO the stand.
Gilmore who is a railroad man, swo,
that he had seen the prisoner last mont
, in the West Yard in Christlana hundrs
G. taking away signed material In a ba
mixed with coal. Witness described N
material stolen as part OF the interlocl
Ing signal system. He also said that II
=. defendant slowed away some iron In h
shirt front. Witness later called on
Mr. Webb TO IDENTIFY the iron after takln
Il from the prisoner.
Z Other witnesses gave similar testimony
= The jury found the defendant gull
with a recommendation to mercy viii
= out leaving their seats and the defendar
was sentenced to two months imprisor
II ment.
: indictments Found.
s The grand jury presented the followir
indictments:
d Assault. Aaron Cammomile and Jon,
n Reddin-
!. Larceny. John Mccullough Charles
n Hammond. Frank Postles, John o, stoke
Harry Risenbach, Charles Bush and Joh
( Haney
: Carrying concealed deadly weapol
e John Mccullough.