Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-15
THE COUNTY COURT.
many Prisoners Arraigned and Plead, d
Ihia MornInr

=: -, "ao resumed this morning i
III ene Court of General Sessions.
4, AZ z. 80 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
I, Sne superior Court reviewed the trial |
tis1 as preliminary stop to making |
W eue court calendar. There promises !
~ oe large number of special jury
casesi ana greater number of the
SiNii causes than usual were marked
Tor trial at this term.
IN General Sessions Court Frank
az ai93nulno' an Italian, was fined S25
ahI ia COSTS Tor carrying a revolver.
Dohlnick de Bastoni, an Italian, be-
ing unable 10 pay fine, was sentenced
offence.
ing true bills:
Lsafceny-Robert Nickerson. Joshua
SSoilihan, William Matthews, Ward
3plai' Josephine Mando, James =.
butler, Chester Mclntyre.
carrying concealed deadly weapons-
" ,liillan H. Brooks, James Dawson.
no charges of larceny against Annie
9uoQQrg and Henry Han were ignored
10y the grand jury
MANY PRISONERS ARRAleNFp.
ms morning William Logan, white,
! pleaded guilty TO stealing coat. He
| proved previous good character and
! promlsed the court that he would CON
| quot himself IN a proper manner, when
he was released. The lashes were re-
mitted and he was sentenced to 6
months imprisonment.
! Robert Nickerson, colored, pleaded
not guilty TO the charge Of stealing a
/ pair of rubber boots.
Andrew Blackson pleaded not guilty
to the charge of carrying concealed a
deadly weapon. Through his counsel,
George l.. Townsend, Jr., the plea was
changed to guilty with q view 10 ask
ing for his parole on account of his
being only 10 ye ars old. Sentence
was deferred.
SAID HE TOOK GUN FOR MONEY ADVANCED.
Joshua Coifman, colored, when ar
raigned upon the charge Of stealing a
| gun, pleaded guilty. He said he was
employed by Walter Burris, a farmer,
IN the lower part Of the county. Il
bought a horse from Mr.. Burris and
paid him $40 on it, " said CofIman,
and We had a fuss and l left. lie
took the horse away from me. l took
the gun for what paid him on the
horse. -
Mr.. Burris testified that Coffman
did pay him $40 on a horse and witness
took the horse away from him because
Coffman still owed him $50 on il.
The court said it was technical lar
ceny and that he must not try to col
lect money in that way. A light SEN
tence Of three months Imprisonment
was imposed, but the lashes were re-
mitted. Chief Justice Lore told Golf
man he should have gone to a magis-
trate to try to collect the money in
stead Of taking the gun.
STOLE hot STOVE.
Josephine Mando, colored, pleaded
guilty to taking and selling a cool
stove belonging to George Manlove,
colored. When asked why she tool
the stove she told the court that Man.
J love got her to come from Philadel
phia to keep house for him and theI
? failed to pay her any wages. g / sole
| the stove to get what he owed me,
she concluded. The court sentenced
her to four months imprisonment.
STOLE FOUR TONS OF IRON.
Ward Gray, charged with stealing
three tons OF iron water pine from tn
Water Department and 1900 pounds o
scrap iron from +. Blumenthal & Co.
pleaded guilty. He was sentenced t.
pay Sl20 restitution money to the city
, receive five lashes, and be imprisone,
! one year for stealing the pipe and il
the other case he was ordered to pa.
IS restitution money, receive fiv
lashes and serve one year.
William Matthews, of Boston, pleadei
guilty to stealing hat and was sen
= fenced to six months Imprisonment
I and 10 lashes.
\ Chester Mcintyre pleaded guilty t.
\ stealing a pair Of trousers. He wa
. sentenced to six months Imprisonment
: and to receive 10 lashes. The cour
u reformed the sentence and omitted tn
3 lashes.
Robert Nickerson, colored, pleade
= guilty to stealing a pair of rubbe
boots. He was sentenced to fou
2 months imprisonment
= James p. Butler pleaded guilty {
Il the larceny Of a watch from Wllliar
Murphy.
!, Murphy said the prisoner met hir
q on Front street and told him hard
q luck" story. Il took him with m
IS and treated him several times, T." h
explained, "and then | sat down an
y fell asleep. When l awoke ! foun
"a that my watch had been stolen.
ibid you recover your watchY
asked Mr.. Richards.
No, sir.
er 'Where is itp'
rs "At Harris pawnshop."
er "Why haven't you recovered you
ce watch?n
ssI was told that could not get
until paid what that man borrowe
7e "Well, you don't" concluded Nj
at Richards.
% Chief of Police Black informed Il
o court that Butler recently stole
watch from another man and took 1t
PHILADELPHIA and pawned it. The ma
refused to prosecute. The court sci
is tenoed Butler to Is months imprisoi
~ ment and 10 lashes. ,. a.
: The following we're indicted tn
,et morning and arraigned; -,
- Henry Honey pleaded not guilty
~ carrying concealed deadly weapon.
T. Samuel Lote entered plea of n
IN! guilty to the charge OF assault al
rse battery.
res lanes Holmes pleaded not guilty
ig- the charge of assault with intent
commit murder. When arraigned
tbe charge of highway robbery, Ihom
Muller pleaded not guilty
MUST KEEP FLOOR CLEAN
chief Justice Lore announced tn
il had come to the notice OF tne s.',. 90.
\ that persons outside the ralilng .1 ;,S SSSst' -