Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-01-13
tReported by A. n. BRIcE, Esq
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Court proceesfn~s.
sUSnrrr Janurry o, 1870
The ceee Of Com. VI Patrick O'Garrn. TO- not
opcnne rood In Zcrbe township, was Iaii over
until next term. Tie was found golltv. but the
Judge dld not sentence him. becnuec he had
donbts that nm Indictment worrd lie under the
Act Of Assembly. He viii render an opinion
next Court, and Patrick was bound over tothht
term. %
In tho cese Of Com. vs Mrs. G. A. HanIcct. of
Northumberland, for assault and rescue upon
Thomas London, High Constable Of that town,
| who was arresting son Of the defendants upon
warrant. When the case came to trial the war
rant upon which the constable had made the mr.
rest was called for as an evidence of his autbori-
ty to make the arrest. It was not sent over by
Esq Little, and therefore was not put In evidence
A mol pros. was entered, and that stopped the
proceedings.
f. k. Hill, Esq, a con of Geo. Hill, ESQ.,, was
! admitted to practice in our Courts, last week.
He was examined by Hon. Alexander Jordan, S.
Z. Woverton and L. II. Kase, Esqs. We wish
him success in his new field as q practicing At
torney.
Com. VS. Lemuel Moode.-Larceny of pistol
in Mt. Carmel. The defendant was found gnilty
and sentenced TO fourteen months in the Peni.
tentiary.
Com. VS. VIM. Plummer-Assault with intent
to kill. This case occurred in Trevorton last
summer. One Charles Lamb, while in an intoxi-
Gated condition, ran against the defendant, who,
considering he had sufficient provocation, fired
two shots from n revolver mt Lamb. 1t seemed
to have been the outgrowth of bad feeling be-
tween the Union miners ahl those employed by
Mr.. Rathbun, growing out of the question of
wages. Lamb recovered from his wounds and
was present in Court as the prosecutor. The
trial lasted about two days. The jury returned
verdict of not guilty, but defendant, Plummer,
to pay the costs, and he was sentenced accord
ingly.
On Saturday a jury was called in the Perry
| Haas murder case, for the killing of Mattin
Oberdorf. The jury was selected and sworn aud
held over until Monday, when the trial com
menced.
On Saturday jury was also called in the case
of Com. VS. Charles White, for committing u rob
berry in Sudbury upon old Mr., John limerick, Of
Jefferson county, who came here on the train at
midnight on the first of November last, ana was
being taken to Drumheller's hotel by three men
who took him past the hotel, and when near
Sheeta's tavern throttlcl the old man and robbed
him. \ bill was fouLd at Nov. term against
White, who had been found and arrested, but it
was qnashed through some techuicality in the
indictment. He was bound over to this term of
Court, and in the meantime the case was appa-
rently settled but the Commonwealth would
not allow it to be settled in that way, and MIR.
limerick was seat for ana the prosecution was
continued. "A true bill WAS found ut this Court.
The jury was empanelcd on Saturday, after con-
siderable delay, occasioned by legal objections
being made by defendants Attorney, 5. b. Boy
er, Esq. His objections were these, that the
Grand jury had not been properly summoned
according TO law-that the jury Commissioners
had not performed all of their duties according
to law, &C., and the objections We're well found
ed. The jury were sworn and held over to Mon
day, when the case coming up for trial, Mr..
Boyer iuterposed the objection to proceeding be-
cause the prisoner had not been arraigned aud a
plea put in when the jury were sworn, Thi,
was also a solid objection, and fatal. The Cout
then, after some discussion, ordered the prisoner
bound over and committed TO March term, and
the Indictment quashed. An attempt will now
be made in the supreme Court, believe, to have
young White taken out and discharged ON a wit
of haJeGS corpus, on the ground that he has twice
been put to jeopardy.
The trial of Perry Haas for the murder of
Martin oberdorf, of Upper Augusta township
will occupy most of the week.
Argument Court will be held next Monday.