The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-15
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

Court OF Quarter sessiOns-Judge Brew
ster.-Christian Kneass, Prosecuting Attorney.
henry =. Brown PLEADED guilty 10 q charge OF
the Both of July, Mr.. Pilginton, connected with
the Market Street Railway, sent to the depot for
he was asked if he had been sent down to drive,
he accused Mr.. Pilginton of having reported
him to the President of the Company; Mr. Pill
CLINTON denied it, and the defendant then struck
him. Fined S25 and the costs.
John Malone was charged with the larceny OF
q silver watch valued at 500 The evidence was
that the defendant was one of twenty or thirty
boarders at q house. and had been staying there
about four months. On the night OF July TO-
after all the other boarders had gone to bed, tue
defendant was seen to go up stairs no one else
could have gone up without having been seen;
and about an hour after he had gone up
boarder missed his watch. The defendant re-
mained in the house some ten days after this,
and the watch was not seen upon him. These
circumstances could only raise slight suspi-
cion of the defendants guilt and hence the
jury rendered verdict of not guilty.
Patrick O'Neil was charged with the larceny
OF q set OF harness and an overcoat, together
valued at $3.50, belonging to William Dovel.
He hired himself to Mr.. Dovel on the 4th of
July, and a lew days afterwards went away.
The harness and coat were missed at tnat time.
He was arrested on Baltimore packet, and
acknowledged that he stole the harness. YER
dict guilty.
William Glider pleaded guilty to a charge of
bigRmy. Eva Howder testified that she mar
ried the defendant January l5, 1885, under his
representation OF being a single man; about
three weeks afterwards she discovered that he
had wife living, whose name was Mary
Thompson
Bernard German, Isadore QuN,n. William
Land, and Daniel Bowling were Charged with
assault and battery upon John r. Suplee, and
with robbing the same. Mr. Suplee testified
that on last Sunday night, about l212 o'clock, as
he was walking in Mervlne street, below Jeffer-
son. some men came up behind MIN, knocked
him down, and robbed him of his watch, chain,
and pocket-book. He recognized Quinn, Lane,
whom he said struck him, and Bowling but
not German. He had seen the three former in
q tavern but short time previous
Policeman Mervine testified that, from infor.
nation received from Mr.. Suplee he arrested
German in a brickyard at Tenth and Jefferson
streets, and found Mr. Suplee's watch chain
upon him; he asked where was the pawn ticket
for the watch, and he said he Knew nothIng
about il; he was then ed who was with bim1
and he replied that when he went out with
friends he would stand by them" After
wards he took the officer into the brickyard at
Tenth and Jefferson streets, and found the
pawn.ticket for the watch, by which it was re-
covered; he then said he had done the job, aided
by Bowling only, and no one else had anything
to do with It,
Policeman wadsworth testified that on the
night of the robbery he went to the Humane
Engine house to look for the three other de-
PENDANTS, and was refused admittance; after
talking with those inside of the engine house,
he was admitted, and Quinn, Lane, and Dow
ling ran up to the bunk-room; they refused to
let the officer go into this room, and ne had TO
procure the aid of another officer and several
citizens, in order TO gain admittance; that night
he arrested Quinn there.
Other officers testified TO the subsequent arrest
of Lane and Dowling.
Mr.. Suplee, on being recalled, testified that
ne was In tavern drinking Win the three de-
PENDANTS, Quinn, Lane, and Bowling, and that
when he started down Mervine street he left
them standing at the corner of Twelfth and
Mervine streets; before he got to Eleventh
street he was attacked; but he was not sure as
to Quinn; he thought he had not seen him for
some ten minutes before he left the tavern
The defense argued no evidence against
Quinn, and mistaken identity as to Lane.
The District Attorney, who prosecuted the
case argued that II all these defendants had not
been connected with the robbery, they would
have aided Mr.. Suplee when he cried for help,
for it was committed but a short distance from
where they had been left standing, and but a
few minutes after Mr.. Suplee started down the
street.
German stated to the jury that he had no.
thing TO do with the robbery, He had received
the watch from a man named George Rice at
whose request he had pawned 1t In his own
name. Jury out