The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-12-28
COURT.

Tuesday morning, December 25th, at 10
o'clock A. NJ. The Hon. j. NJ. PORTER,
President, and associates LEvERING and
STORM, all present
The commission of John Edinger, Esq
Prothonotary and Clerk of the several
| Courts was read. The commission OF H.
D. Shafer, Esq. Sheriff elect, was also
read. After which the Constabies OF the
several townships were called ana MADE
their respective returns,
The Grand Jurors were then called and
Felix Storm, Esq. of Chesnuthill, appoln-
ted foreman, when his honor, Judge Por-
ter. delivered to them very able and lu-
cid charge, defining all the duties devolv-
ing upon them as Grand Jurors, as we'll
as the various offences that were likely to
be brought to their attention. His honor
read the various Acts of Assembly upon
the subject of Lotteries and the vending
or sale of Lottery Policies and Lottery
Tickets. He also called the attention of
the Grand Inquest to the Act of Assem-
| bly, passed at the last session Of the Leg
islature, prohibiting the sale of spurious
liquors to drunkards or insane persons,
urging upon them the importance of a
strict observance of said law as a remedy
for the various evils of intemperance.-
The concluding part of the charge was
devoted to the subject of conspiracy, In
which be gave succinct history of the
law upon that subject, applying it to all
secret societies for political purposes, Civ
ing it as his opinion, that wherever such
societies exist-as be describes in his
chargc-they are indictable for conspir-
acy.
The first case called was the Common
wealth as. Supervisors of Stroud town
ship, for not repairing the roads in said
township. The road in dispute is the Fox
Gap road. extending from Cherry Valley
across the Blue Mountain to Northampton
county. \ number of witnesses were ex-
amined as to the condition of the road
They differed somewhat in their state
ments, yet all agreed that the road in
question was very bad one to keep in
repair. The difficulty complained of was
caused by heavy rain that fell sometime
during harvest, 1854. Verdict not gull
ty. Barry, District Attorney, for Com
monwealth, ,-Dreher and Davis for de-
PENDANTS.
Court adjourned until Wednesday morn
ing Q o'clock \. NJ.
Wednesday morning 9 o'clock A. NJ
) the first case taken up was the Common
wealth rs. Nicholas Roth.-Surety Of the
peace, on complaint of Mary Roth, his
wife. 1t appears that Nicholas had been
in the habit of imbibing strong pctations
of Lager and Otlter spirits, coming home
late at night or early in the morning, in
state of beastly intoxication, abusing
his wife and threatening her life. The
Court, after hearing oil the evidence in
the case, sentenced Nicholas to enter into
recognizance, with one security, in the
sum of 500 for his good behavior for Is
months, to pay the costs of prosecution
and stand committed until sentence was
complied with. Barry for Commonwealth,
Walton and Davis for defendants.
Commonwealth rs. Monroe 4. Cool
baugh Indictment for malicious mis-
chief True bill. Verdict guilty in man
ner and form as indicted. Sentenced tc
pay fine Of $50, the costs of prosecu-
, ton, and to undergo an imprisonment in
the County Jail for 80 days, and enter
, into rccognizance for his good behavior
for one year. Barry and Davis for Com,
monwealth, Burnett for defendant.
Commonwealth rs. Jacob Frederick
Indictment for Rape. Bill ignored
Commonwealth rs. Supervisors of Par.
adise township.-Indictment for not re.
pairing the roads. Continued until next
] term.
> Commonwealth rs. Thomas Christman
! Charge of arson. Bound over for his ap-
nooropnn 81 povf form
Commonwealth at the suggestion of los
Kicfer as Charles Ii. Heaney, ct. al
t Heaney was the assignee of Samuel b
f Kiefer, and as such entered into bonds
with sufficient sureties, upon which thi:
suit is brought. Verdict for the plaintiff
S6e Is. Dimmick and Dreher for plain
tiff Davis and Barry for defendant.
Commonwealth rs. Thomas Sgingham-
mer-Indietment for keeping a tippline
house.
Commonwealth rs. Supervisors of To
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