Milford chronicle., 1911-06-30
SUSSEX COUNTY COURT NEWS.


attention BY the Deputy Attorney Genera
from MONDAY morning until TUESDAY af
ternOon were discharged, returning the
following true bills for this term of court
State VS. Thomas Short, colored, o.
Georgetown, charged with assault and
battery on Charles Nelson, also cOlored
State vs.. Paul Anderson of Georgetown
indicted for assault and battery with in
tent to commit murder on Benjamin Viii
son, white, also of Georgetown State vs.
Benjamin Conway of Bridgeville, for
merly of Georgetown three indictments
bribery State vs.. +. " Timmons, white,
of near DagsbOro, assault and battery OIL
William Murray of Dagsboro State VS..
Frank Timnons of Dagsboro, assault and
battery on William Murray of Dagsboro
State VS.. Henry Fuchs Of Staytonsville.
indicted for wife-beating State vs.. Selby
Kitchens of Georgetown, wife beating
state VS. Wayne Williams, alias Nine
Fingers, colored of Seaford, assault
with intent to commit murder on Ezekiel
Coulbourn, white, of near Seaford State
VS.. Paul Cullen, nine indictments for
false preteuses, by issuing bogus checks
through his agent, William 0. Hudson,
of FrankfOrd to farmers in that vicinity
TO buy berries for the Eastern Shore Pro-
duce Company of which he is alleged to
be the manager State VS.. George Jack
son, larceny; State VS.. Arthur Cannon,
two indictments, one for false pretenses
and the other for carrying concealed
deadly weapons State VS.. Levin Hast
ings, Delmar, six indictments, selling
whisky State VS.. Silas W. Hynson, sell
ing whisky. Two bills we're ignored, one
against George Burton for larceny, and
the other against Charles Nelson, colored,
Georgetown. indicted for entering store.
The following cases have been disposed
of by retiring, discontinuance and CON
tinuing Arthur DAMS, assault and bat
lery, retired James Davis, larceny, nolle
pressed James King, driving off horse
without consent Otowner, retired George
Clendaniel assault and battery, capias to
October term Dennis l. Wood, obstruCt-
5ng public road, continued until October
term Johnsie Carmen, using female
child, continued upon application of de
fendants counsel until October term /
Charles Jones, selling liquor, continued /
until next term Thomas Short, assault
and battery, continued, Walter Roach of
Georgetown entering on his bond in the /
sum of $500; Paul Anderson, assault and .
battery with intent to commit murder, /
continued and held in $500 bond, John /
town entering on the bond Henry Fuchs.
wife beating, continued and released on .
bail in the amount of $1,000; Levin Hast
ings selling liquor, six charges, all con-
ninued until October and defendant placed .
under 500 bail in each case.
At the conclusion of the Walls murder
trial, the other cases will be disposed Of
The first case to Be taken up at this
term of court was that of Robert Wheat
ly, colored, who has been indicted by the
Grand Jury of this county for murder in
Ehe FIRST degree alleged to ohave been COM
mitted on one Olin StOckley, white, re-
siding near Laurel, on Saturday night,
April lst of this year The mortal wound
alleged to have been inflicted with the
pistol in the hands of Wheatley was in
the center of the forehead just above the
nose. Deputy attorney General Frank
M Jones conducted the case for the State
while James NJ. Tunnell who had been
appointed by the Court, was defending
counsel. All of the morning session was
taken up in the selection of jury to try
the case. Out of fifty-hve that were called,
6fteen had scruples. nineteen were chal-
lenged by the defense and ten by the
State. The following were finally select
ed: Curtis 5. Rogers, Harry + Hudson,
Cove +. McCabe, Charles NJ Tatmau,
Edward w. Ingram, Chester Townsend,
Willard B. Hatfield William T. Bryan.
Joh7 k Kinder, former Sheriff Elijah J. /
lynch, and former Sheriff Joseph B. /
West. After DePuty-Attoruey General /
Jones had opened tile case a recess was /
taken until Tuesday afternoon h
The FIRST witness called by the State !
was Victor r. Wright who said lie lived
Il I'll. Na-. -.
or mob of men and boys were on the (
Wright said that Wheatley a
was making advances toward them and 6
ras about twenty yards from his house. [
He said that his little girl who had been .
Down town came running into the house Il
Ind told him that the whites were running
a1e colored men and boys and that they f
srere throwing bricks and sticks at them. h
he said he and Mrs Wright went out on II
The porch, when they saw Wheatley who Il
ia a very short time fired three shots in "
he direction of the crowd of white men Il
and boys With Wheatley at the time t
were John Collins, colored, who is now II
serving time at the New Castle County p
Workhouse for carrying concealed deadly /,
weapons, having been convicted at the Il
April term of court, and Albert Hitch. Fl
g1ite, who IS a notorious character Of h
taurel and has also served time at the a
aud in the Jail at Georgetown. r
Ali three of the men seemed to be COM b
ing from the livery stable of Howard C
Whaley where Wheatly worked or from /.
that direction. Collins, the witness test- "
fed, asked Wheatley to sh OF and went +
On to say that he lCollins) would then fo
lake his turn Il
On cross examination Wright said it Il
was an impossibility to say that the shots "
fred by Wheatley killed Stockley because c.
there was so much firing going on at the o
time. Mrs Wright and her little girl,
Jennie, bore out the statements of Mr.. t'
Wright Mrs Wright testified that when n
Hitch, Collins and Wheatley came near a
her house she took hold of Hitch S should s.
er and told him to keep out oft (mean- h
ing the trouble) as he was always in p
trouble and would get into that She K
also said 1t was an iinpossibility to tell
whether or not the shots fired by Wheat ol
ley killed Stockley, as there was consid- e.
erable shooting at the time. She said she 10
,ould not tell whether he was shooting at a'
X above the crowd, but was positive that =
hree discharges were made from his re-
lolver The first thing she saw after
oming out of her house on the porch
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