The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-12-15


CoURT PRoCEEDINGs.-Web brouob. o,r
report Of the doings in Court last -. V"1 ~,
A"uISiay noon, at which time the 6n,l
80 80 on the criminal calendar that of lanes
'ahah charged with the feionious kiIIiu,,
ra..I''' Go" boast at Lilly's Station, was
nsu. Ihe particulars of this unfortuu
' me aHdlr are SO well known to our rea,Iers
q. "a. we need not repeat them here. Sufiics
~ 10 say, then, that during an altercation
"eei me defendant and the deceased on
caiS SnCo OF september 21st, Mr. Boast re-
celVed injuries, alleged to have been the
result OF several severe kicks iuflicred mon
iiih oy Caiiahan, which resulted in his death
TWO days afterwards. The trial of the casa
~, o'tt'ieu 'he attention of the Court during
the greater part of Thursday afternoon al
at Its conclusion the iurv reiirad f,r ,,,s.
tasioh' ana all the civil suits having been
continued, Court adjourned unit Nordav
morning, with the undurstandiuq that il ,ha
Jnn' uecideu upon their verdict on or be fore
- CLOCK that night the Court House baII
should be rang and the Court vonld rom x-.ra
10 near and record the result In nureuanca
oi inns arrangement the bell peaIed forth ira
summons about 10 o'clock H. m auI ore
lons the jury hled into the Court room and
soon AFTER announced that they had founH
'hc prisoner mot guilty" This verdict ,s
may well he supposed, had n very cheering
eject on Callahan, whose coun tenauca wbil,.
NWai'inS the hnal result plainly eviuced the
intensity of his fear that a decision much
SECOND WEEK.
Court reassem mhled at11 \ M n, ,yo,d,v
iast and although it has been busiIy al work
ever since, comparatively little progress ha.
thus far been made in reducing the number
ot clvil cases on the list. Following is "A re-
port OF The doings up TO yesterday at noon
Ermne Peth vs.. John ID. Wentrotb-f,igred
sigs. i P''''i''i III 'he SUM Oh
Cambria Iron Co. VS.. John Fisher and others
Ern tt.,ht I,xrt ha
piaintihs To recover possession of one hundred
anu anu ~ eight acres of mineral land in Stony
creek township, adjoining aud partly lying in
Johnstown bor"ugn, which they claimed was a
portion of Il larger tract known as the Fur
mace lands The case occupied the attention
OF Court from Tuesday morning until Wedncs-
day evening and resulted in Il verdict for the
Mary Flattcry vs. william Flattery--lihel in
dlxi rec Taken up on Wednesday evening a nd
noon.
SENTENCES.
On Tuesday evening thirteen of the pris-
oners convicted of various crimes in the
Court of Quarter Sessions last week were
brought before j Judge Dean who after dwell
ing az some length on the Nervousness of the
several Offences for which they Stood con
victed and itppressing upon their minds the
great Importance, temporal well as ex-
iernal, at leading better lives in the future
provided To impose the sentence of the law
III each ease as follows:
WIN. Lewis ana John C. stewart the two
| trarnps found guilty OF the larceny of two
puirs OF boots and Il coat in Johnstown on Sat
urday evening, Dec. 2d. and John Sullivan, also
Il participant IN the same offence, aud who en-
tered q plea OF guilty. were each sentenced TO
pay fine of SO To tho Cum mmunweaIth cor the
use OF Cami,tIa county aud undergo separate
and solitary imprisonment OF one year and
three .noutns in the Western Pcn;tcr tiary-the
hrst two IN addition to pay the costs OF prose-
cuiiOn.
Thomas Dougherty. convicted Of seducing
under promise OF marriage sixteen year old
girl named Ellen flarlin, was ordered q Day 4,
me OF So as above and the Gusts of prosccu-
ment in the W Westcrn Pcnitentiary for the period
OF one year aud three months.
John Brown-fornication and bastardy; So
nne, costs OF pre- ScciItOn, SO lying experises
aiO 81 per week Tor seven years, the same q be
secured by bond of $500 duly filed.
Juhu sutton same offence and same sent ence.
Simon Wcakiaud larceny $50 fine, COSTS
ana one year ana three months in the Peniten-
tiary.
john Roam and Jordan S. Rager-larceny :
FOO fihc and costs of prosecution, to be paid
Jointly, and each to undergo separate and suii-
tary confinement Tor two and three
months IN the western Pcniteutiary. John
Culbert, one of the same party, who plead gull
~ Rnd was used as Il witness against the other
two. was nnCd 500 and ordered undergo "
like confinement Tor period of one year aud
six months.
VIM. D'D D'DOnneiI-aggravated assault and bat
terry go ine, Gusts OF prosecution, and thirty
DAYS in county jail.
VIM. Williams assault and battery: go and
costs, and 10 stand convicted until tue same is
paid.
Bartiey Butts--larccny; eco and costs and six
month"; In the county Jail.