The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-12-14

DISTRICT CoURT.-A brief OF some
the more important cases disposed of
by the District Court since our former
report, together with the conclusion
Of others already noted. II all for which
we are able to find time and -race
herewith.
In the State case against Joseph
Fritz, motion for new trial was
argued Thursday evening with great
spirit by $. Y. Landt for deft. aud the
Dist. Atty. aud $. IL. Fairall for the
State. Motion overruled and judg-
mcnt on verdict for 500 and costs.
Def. excepts.
Beeman aud Newton, the West
Branch larccnists. were sentenced on
their plea rs noted last week 10 ten
days in the county Jail.
The three Louden boy-hurglars
plead mot guilty. and received trial
by jury, counsellor Feath for de'ence.
Verdict guilty" Judgment on YER
dict, coniining the two elder boys,
Simpson and Lang, to six months
each in the penitentiary At AnamoSa.
and sending the younger to the Re-
form school.
The case of Albert Bishop, indicted
for arson, was continued by consent
Messrs. Rush Clark of Iowa City and
Jno. \. Neiman appearing for the de-
fence, instead of as stated last week.
Bishop being admitted to bail in the
sum of $500.
The trial of VIM. Mcintyre, accused
by Mary Mcintyre Of attempt to COM
nit rape, occupied the court and jury
on Friday This IL the case noted at
the time ~ occurring at Mechanics
vile during the fair. The prosecuting
witness met defendent there, and find
ing they were provided with the same
name, they were encouraged to inn
prove the acquaintance by chewing
candy and peanuts and looking at the
sights together. William persuaded
Mary to stay in the evening and ac-
cept his escort 10 the theatre and
bowery dance-he being at the time in
the business, the supply of candy and
peanuts was virtually unlimited. So
was the indulgence of the young lady,
who accompanied William almost as
the lamb followed Mary. until At a
late hour in the night she was
found by the police in bunch of
weeds near the depot shrieking either
at Williams treachery or his delay
as she swore that with threats and vio-
lence he had kept her there prone for a
half hour. However, William did not
delay when the troops under Field
Ma rshal Bunce appeared. He stayed
not upon the order of his going but
went, and wa. not heard of again un-
til apprehcndei by Lanyham ~ stated
at the time. The jury heard all, in
Guiding the arguments of Smith for
then returned verdict of guilty, up
on which the Court pronounced judg-
| ment of two years at Anamo-a.
Geo. Heurst was also tried by jury
and found guilty of larceny. He il
the chap who visited Ed Rhoads' resi-
dence with the pitiful tale of a tramp,
and went away with the pitiful steal
Of one. Zone year In the penitentiary
at Anamosa," said his Honor.
The G.. A. Rockwell case has al
ready been thoroughly ventilated in
these columns. Mr.. II. plead guilty
and was sentenced to imprisonment in
the penitcntiary at Anamosa at hard
labor for eighteen months.
| In the case of Elizabeth Jayne ".
Iowa City, the nature of which wa,
stated last week aud which was atill
i'm progress when we went TO press
the Jury failed to agree and was dis
charged.
| Five divorce eases cases were dis
| posed of-the record in each and every
one of them being default of defend
"ant; trial to the Court; decree AS
"pravcd." Thus was Mary Walton
discovered from Charles Walton; Ra-
chel Graves was ridded o! stephen;
Harriet Baldwin no longer owes love
or obedience to Henry; Elizabeth
Lukenbaugh can sign n shorter name
and tell Jacob to go to the dogs;
and "what God put together In ths
case of Mary and Robert Parr has
been torn asunder. In each instance
the wife was the complainant and the
husband had furnished the cause
which doesn't speak well for the fra
tcrnity Of husbands.
Maria ID. Shalier vs.. +. II. Mink
an action for breach Of promise, wa'
on motion of deft, changed to the Dis
trct Court OF Benton Co.
Suits brought by DIR. J. +. Housel
and wife against Wilson Heald, fol
slander, were by motion of plaintiff
changed to Jones county.
| Among the many defaults. foreclos
ures and continuances, there may bt
other causes which have some genera
interest, but if so we did not notic
them.
THE most sensible Christmas pres