The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-30

shofer and Samuel Taylor, attachments. Frank
lin Howard, burglary; plead guilty, penitentiar
for one year. George W. Countryman, larceny
continued by agreement James Quinn, larceny
I jury's verdict, "not guilty"
}, Ann Mcdonald, alias Mary J. Doyle alias Mary
J. Ford alias Belle Smith, larceny, plead guilty
This gushing female has taken lodgings will
McCay the Tailor for so days; and for another lar
Iceny the same buXom sylph with numcrou,
aliases hides herself from the cold, cold world fol-
GO days longer.
Thomas, Peter and Philip Shelton, Thoma.
Plmer and Byron a. Wiley riot u jury trial and
verdict OF "not guilty as to Wiley" guilty" as
to the others. Motions for new trial and in ar.
rest of judgment oyerrulod and appeal taken to
the Appellate Court.
John and Charles Lomassncy, Andrew Roberts,
John and James Mclaughlin, James Larkin and
Byron A. Watson, riot; recognized for appear
ance. John and Charles Lomassney and John
Mclaughlin, resisting an officer, same.
Valentine Ulrich, setting fire to straw stacks
ljury's verdict mot guilty" George Gay, at
tempted rape; jurys verdict, guilty" and one
year in the penitcntiary. Chas. lIackett, larceny,
five years in penitcntiary. W. Hector Gale, run.
ming off mortgaged property; mol pressed Ann
and Thomas Kerrigan and Thos A. Fox, larceny,
Ijury's verdict "not guilty" John Huntsman
selling liquor, &c, name wrongly spelled in.
dictmcnt quashed and defendant discharged A,
Bernard, same; jury's verdict mot guilty"
Heman b. Chapman, ENLIGHTENMENT Of $4,000
Set for Monday next.
Isaac Haas cmbezzlement OF 5000 belonging
to Jacob Miller, OF Mendoza a cigar manufacture
er, for whom Haas was travelling agent. Haas
claims to have lost the money. Trial has occu.
pied all Of this week
VIM. Daily and Charles Hendern and wife
have dispute about the guardianship of child.
A writ Of mbeas corpus was ordered that the child
be brought into court, not yet returned.
THE JAIL AND STEWART.
John Stewart, for larceny, plead guilty and
was sentenced to the county Jail for 30 days. He
having already served 60 days in the hole, by
custom and courtesy called Jail, his Honor
thought the boy this age is about 10 had re.
ceived punishment in proportion to his crime-a
petty pick-pocket scrape at the Wenona Union
Fair Of this fall. After administering few
words Of wholesome advice to the culprit, Judge
LELAND observed, in substance. that it is deeply
to be regretted that our jail is in so cramped
condition that it is impossible to carry out the
plain provisions Of the statute which requires
that adults and minors shall not be confined in
the same apartments. As our jail Is constructed,
this cannot be done Young boys and even in
nocent witnesses are locked up with hardened
criminals who by their onversation--recias of
daring exploits and violations Of the law, inname
the minds Of the young and interrupted, or those
who have but taken their first lesson in crime, |
and ncite them 10 perform similar acts of villainy
thus gilded into performances Of heroism. He
sincerely hoped the day is not far distant when
this digrdce-as jail-will be replaced by a
structure adequate to the needs OF this prosper
Gus county