Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-03-15
Court ErOcecdinEs.
ieported by n. M brlce. Esq.
summary, March 10, 1873.

Court convened at 10 o'clock A. M-tho
Judges all present. Judge Rochefeler's Charge
to the Grand Jury was mainly to The question Of
7 disclmrgeof duty as the Grand Inquest of the
county, and a congratuiation upon the fact that
the criminal business before the court was not
near as large as heretofore, Several of the con-
stables rcturdod liquor yenders for selling with
out liccnss,- for selling on shnday, &c True
bills werS found during thedayin these chscs,'
1t is a matter of graduation that the business
Of thei several courts Is ,progrcssing so lHelya
With q decrease Of crime and criminal indcB-
mcnts, of course the expenses of maintaining tho
court, costs, &c.. are less 1t Is the aim OF the
Court to bring up the cases for trial as speedily
as possible, and in this way render satisfaction
to nll who have cases to try. and satisfy at the
same time the people, whose taxes will bo re-
duced on account of prompt discharge OF dis
posal of the criminal and civil lists. ...
|" Mr., Rohrbach aided in his duties as-Prothou-
otary, Clerk of the Quarter Sessions, &C., by
Sam. Knowles, and now by our young friend
George y. Buchcr, is rendering entire satisfac-
ton to the public as well as the attornies. There
4 is matter, however, in the Prothonotary's of
lce which could and should be remedied. The
last index Lien Docket IS a great, biz, ponlerous
thing, which can hardly be handled IL should
! be split and bound In two books. The cost
would be slight and the convenience great The
man who made that book ought TO be fed on
onions. I'D l.-, u 81. . d..
The first case for trial was that of the Com
monwealth VS.. George W. Iieim. charged by la
lvma Kissling with fornication and basLarly.
She testified to the charge before the Jury with
l.h. r.
/ who,cft Uniontown, ,Dauphin county,about year
ago for this place. The girl and her sister, to-
gether with father and mother, have been living
in Purdytown. Their repute for virtue has not
been as good as might be, and yet Cleopatra and
! Mark Antony were more guilty than she, be-
cause the poor girl is ignorant and knows moth
ing above the sensation produced by Illicit in
tercourse. The jury returned verdict of not
guilty of bastardy, but guilty Of forncaton.
That is to say, Helm was guilty in their opinion
ofthe deed but somebody else of the result. The
child now has no father, but the world, and more
particularly Upper Augusta township owes it a
home. Helm was sentenced to pay fine of s75
and the costs of prosecution.
Commonwealth VS.. Martin T. Shipc.-Larceny.
T. 5. Shannon prosecutor. This matter occurred
on the 17th Of December last. Shipc was the
employee Of Shannon IN q iewelry store in Sun
p bury. On the night of the 17th, considerable
amount ofjewelry and watches clupg to the fin
gers OF said shpe, and he and they went togeth-
erto Philadelphia, and stopped nj the Allegheny
House. The prosecutor took out warrant and
pursued the young man, and found him at the
house named. in possession Of several watches,
&c. He was brought to Sunbury next morning
and committed to jail, where he has since re-
manCd. At The trial this week, the boys father,
mother and sister were present, and wept bitter
tears of sorrow and hope His counsel, Mcssrs.
Zicgler and Malick, plead earnestly for the
young man, and the sympathy of the Jury was
SO enlisted that a verdict of not guilty was
brought in. 1T was urged that this was the first
offence for the boy, and that wien the act was
committed he was intoxicated. The defendant
, was also indicted for burglary. BY leave OF
the Court a mol. pros. was entered ON this charge
aud the jury directed to find n verdict Of acquit
tai.
Commonwealth vs.. john Brown Icolorel). -
/ Larceny os-a stove WHiFm i.esh6t PROSECUTOR
This ease halls from Chillisquaquc. The colorcd
man rented from Lcsher house in said town
ship last June, an in said house was left an old
cooking stove, which the prosecutor said was hi,
own, and the defendant coutended was his. How
ever, Brown took the cd stoye apart, haulcd il
to the Lewisburg foundry, and received So for. H.
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