The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-04-13
Court Proceedings,

anu ASSO'lulcS NelllL ana LeOnaru
e The constabes of the several boroughs and
townships made their returns.
! The newly elected constables were sworn,
b and their bonds approved.
t The Court then appointed II. P. Levan
e. H. Mcdaniel, John Conway, John Stroll
. and John Painter tipstaves.
The Grand Jury were then called and
sworn, as follows Daniel Esser, foreman,
! David Arner, Mich. Becker, John Beynon,
William Burke, Andrew Bayer, Dan. Christ
man, Paul Danner, Elias DeFrehn, J. r.
Dimmick, Solomon Freely, Jacob uinkle,
|, Dan'l Kerns, John il. Keiier, Aaron miller,
Thomas Mcdonnell, a, C, Struthers, Anth-
ony Snyder, Harrison Wenta. organ X.
Jones was excused, Ills Honor then charr-
ed the Grand Jury and they proceeded to
the Grand Jury room.
Hon Judge Dreher then delivered an
opinion ON the Stay Law, which was filed
for reference by the attorneys.
The applications for hotel and restaurant
licenses now occupied the attention of Court.
All the applications, with one exception,
were granted.
The following accounts were approved aisi
by the court:
First and final account of A. II. Tobias,
administrator Of John Beltz, deed.
First and final account of VIM. Reed,
guardian of Mary, Bridget, Anna, Michael
and Francis Tree, children and heirs of
Lawrence Tree, decd.
| First account Of George Eichoff, Executor
&c., OF Frederick Schulenberg, late of the
| borough of Mauch Chunk, deed.
First and final account of Adam Merk-
ham, executor of Andrew Zegenluss, decd.
First and final account of William Mo.
Laughlin, admir- of John C. Mclaughlin,
decd.
First and final account of Henry Boyer,
admir- of the estate of David Snyder, decd. |
First and final account of Caroline Greens
sweig llate Buchman), Executrix, &C., of |
Peter Buchman, decd.
Second and final account of Thos. D. Ross |
executor OF the last will and testament of |
John W. Dink, decd.
Widows apprasement of the estate of
Anthony Schneider, decd. Approved.
Widows appraisement of the estate of |
Frederick Schebel, decd. Approved.
Widows appraisement of the estate of
William Williams, decd. Approved.
TUESDAY MORNING.
Court opened at o'clock. The first case
called was
Com. VS.. Phineos Kibler; the charge being
wife desertion. The defendant was given
an opportunity to do better. and was held in
Com. VS.. Charles Carroll assault and
threats. Carroll was sentenced to pay the
cost of prosecution and enter into his own
recognizance in the sum of $500 to keep the
peace for one year. -.
Com. VS.. William Koons; fornication and
bastardy, Defendant plead guilty. Usual
sentence.
Com. VS.! Moses Coyle; fornication and
bastardy' Defendant plead guilty. Usual
sentence. |,
Com. VS.. Frank Kline; assault and bat
tery. Not guilty, prosecutor to pay 1ds of
costs and defendant other third.
Commonwealth VS.. james Lynch; bur-
gary, was next called. In this case T! D.
Clauss, Of Lehighton, is prosecutor The at
torney for defendant made motion TO quash
the indictment, but the Court over-rued {
the motion, and the prisoner plead not
guilty. A jury having been impaneled the {
court adjourned until
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
T. D. Clauss sworn: Live in Lehirhton;
keep merchant tailoring store on Bank-st.; ,
awoEe about o'clock ON the morning of
March 9th smelled fire, and went down in
store; saw that store was on fire, and that a
shutter was broken open the iron part of a :
pick was found outside the shutter showed
that it had been pried open an attempt had !
also been made to pry open the door. After
the fire had been put out, it was found that ,
some Jewelry-slecvebutto studs, eto.,-
heckues, gloves, coats, vests, pants, etc, were ,
missing; altogether what was missed was y
worth about $40; search was made for
traces Of the robbers, and some old clothing -
and pair of pants of Chuss' manufacture
were found at the Lchighton Stove Works; =,
lew days afterwards | learned that some of
The goods had been found at South Bethle-
hem by officer Griffin; my son then went q
% Bethlehem, identified the clothing, and y
he prisoner was brought to Lehighton.
q. ~. CLAUSE sworn His evidence was n
mainly corroborative; the only new feature !
vas in reference to witness trip to South y
Bethlehem for the purpose of identifying =,
he goods found in prisoners possession "
rriycd at South Bethlehem, hunted up Off :.
er Griffin, who said he had paid the costs a
II an assault and battery case in order to a
ecure the supposed burglar. They then H.
proceeded to Easton, got their man in Jail :, -
here, and returned to Lehighton, and prison. =
n was committed to answer by Esq. Beltz. -,
Several other witnesses were examined, "
heir testimony being chiefly corroborativc. -
The case being given to the the Jury, they u
hortly returned Il verdict of" Guilty" 4.
The case of the Com. vs. Henrietta Frei- ~ ~
ag, larceny, next claimed the attention of ~
he court. ~
L. IL, Snyder being sworn, said he lived :.
II Lehighton and was merchant; that in -
he last week in October he missed shawl ~
rom his store kept the affair quiet that W :"
n Sunday week March 81 he learned that y,
he shawl had been seen on a woman in W W
hurch next day had a search warrant is F.
led the house of Mrs Freitag was search Ii
Il, and the shawl found in her possession.
Jos. 5. Webb testified TO the finding of the Ju
hawl in defendants possession. az az
Henrietta Fretag, the defendant, being y, 81
worn, told were she lived said she bought II
he shawl from a travelling peddler about 2
lonths ago; paid $500 for it, Said, in lu
ross examination, that the last time she had W.
cen in Snyder's store was in January. eA
Verdict OF guilty."
A. p, Blank, Jos. 5. Webb, Mrs. Blank al
nd David Ebbert testified for the common @l o.,
ealth, and John Schroeder, Nathan Drum ~
lre and David Ebbert for the defence, in Sg
om' vs. John Schroeder larceny Court k kl
fought, after hearing the testimony, that it IN m
as not Of such a nature as to convict, and OF
'e jury, without leaving the box, rendered a''
verdict of acquttal