The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-04-04


During the second week of last Gourt on the
18th Uitimo. 90 man named George Nar4Uc-
d8ut" arrived in town UE horseback and stop
ped at the Foster House. He remained
throughout q portion of the day, and had his
horse fed When hc came 10 settle his bill.
which was twenty-five cents he rendered
bogus silver fifty cent piece. and received
twenty-five cents, goUG money a~ change.
The bin Eya~ paid IA Air. Michael Weiss, the
ho~t!TI at the hotel. who subsequently dis
covered thut lie had been yictimiZcd. \ let
ter was written to AiaTVUaiIUtc, whose post
Office address was JunHStoWu. requiring him
90 redeem the coin inside ten days but He
paid no attention tuJHC notification y WtI-
rant for his arrest was thrrcUppU made out
10y Esquire kinEead and entrusted to Officer
WHEREBY. who Went TO jnhu~towH ON Friday,
aut the same night. assisted 10y Oiticer llar-
ri-, of that place. succeeded i'm captWin" his
man. He was brought here Saturday morn
inc. and at O'Clock in the evening was ac-
corded a hearing before Esquire kmkcaj
lie had uo defense to make except general
denial Of knowledge that the coin he had
passed on Weiss was bad, and when inter
rOgatvd as To WLE he had failed 10 redeem
it as required, lie plead poverty. saying Re
could not even raise three cents To pay the
postage on an answer to the letter In de-
fault Of 500 bail he was remanded to Jail
Aiarquciautc j. q Pennsylvania Dutchman,
and halls from Lebanon county. lie lived
faT some years in Jackson township, but
few months since removed with his family
have ua personal knowledge of the individual.
hut this extract from Mondays J1imStOWn
Tribune VIII give SOME idea UT the estimate
I'm which Eo is held 10y his new uciChboTS
The prisoner has had uJvi~jble means of sup
port since hc took up hi., residence IN this
place and his HciZhBUr~ have often wonder
eel how he gained livelihood. a. he never
worked and Vet always seemed a. have plenty
of money" The charge against MaTqUedautc
is d most serious one, and, when tried, must
of course come up before United States
Court.
ON Wednesday, by agreement effected 10y
and between the prosecutor and defendant,
the charge against Narqucdaute was with
drawn and ne was discharged from custody.
ARGUMENT CoURT PEoCEEDINGs-A
meut Court met at o'clock Wednesday
morning with his Honor Judge Dean prcSi-
ding. aud Associates Flanagan and Thomas
thanking him on the right and left The list
down for argument, which cpmPrehcnded
twenty cases. was heard between that hour
and $50 at night when Court adjourned fl
naIIy. The only business transacted of an
interesting character To the general reader
was the case of the commonwealth versus
StiHeInan which is elsewhere adverted to,
and the ease included in the rule of the Court
allowed at March term to show cause why
the boarding Of prisoners per head In the
county iail should net be reduced from 20
cents the prevailing price when Sheriff RYAN
was elected to the position be now occupies,
to - cents q day. The point was raised by
the County Commissioners through counsel,
and the latter figures were adjudged 10y the
Court to hold good throughout the balance of
the current year. =. c. lldSsOn, Esq. was
appointed to audit certain accounts existing
between B. MColgan, eN-ProthonOtaTy. rs
plaintiff. and Cambria county as defendant.
\ special Court to hear and decide on certain
applications for sites for a roadway nOticcd-
biV one for lateral roads I'm White township,
viii be held ON the 18th of May, to which
date Court was adjourned.