The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-09-12

/ bE Associates Flanagan and Thomas, Oc-
J cupied the woolsack. Though a special
( train to connect from the westward ran UP
/ at o'clock, and though the list down for
trial was large, yet at no time on that or sub
sequent days was the attendance of such
/ dimensions that it would incommOde the
hotels or boarding g-housas.
J The usual formula of calling the list of at
torneyS for motions and petitions was pro-
ceeded with, resulting in nothing of special
Importance after which, the case of Grif-
! nth and Davis, trading as firm, against
hleinmyer, was called and jury sworn. 1t
was scare tdcjGS, and in the afternoon, after
the testimony had been listened to. a YER
diet in favor of the defendant was returned
. The following cases were marked con-
tinued
Hopple, Bearer & Co. vs.. Hawks-appeal.
Neagley, endOrSee of Styles, VS.. Stineman
summons treSpaSs on the case,
Weakland vs.. Hopple & Bearer-appeaI.
The administrators of Thomas J. Lloyd,
deceased, vs.. Thomas Styles-scre facias.
f Wolfvs. McGough. The latter is Justice
. of the Peace in and for the bailiwick known
as Portage township, and some months since
performed the marriage ceremony between
a man and woman, the latter being an al
legged minor daughter of the plaintiff. Re
sultant damages were sought, but for good
j and sufficient reasons the case was not pres
sed to the decision of jury.
MONDAY AFTERNOON
After the Griffith & Davis vs. Kleinmyer
case had reached a conclusion, an action
brought by Doty, Parker & Co. with Louder
Tor use, Vs. Louder, was called. Scire facias
to revive a certain note, involving business
. transactions between the Louder family to
a considerable sum. The testimony, which
. was vOluminous, was in by O'Clock, when
+ Court adjourned.
TUESDAY MORNING.
Court met at Q O'Clock, when pleas for
plaintiffs and defendant were put in by Mr.
Doty and Mr.. Johnston respectively. The
verdict of the jury was for the plaintiffs in
the sum of 81 $50.
Law vs.. Klein-feigned issue. This case
fell through owing to the non-appearance of
Mr.. Klein and his witnesses, and was dis
missed.
Russell & Co vs. Leiden-feigned issue
The defendant OWLS, or was thought to own,
certain property in Chest Springs and st
Lawrence which had been levied on. Mrs
Leiden comes forward and says the property
Is hers. and cannot be touched for the debt
of another. The case was on trial when
Court adjourned.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Further consideration of the foregoing case,
beginning at o'clock and continuing until
. o'clock, resulted in a verdict for the plain
tiff.
Stemmer vs.. Cohick is case in which
certain goods of John Stemmcr had been
levied on and sold by the Sheriff to Jacob
FrOnheiSeT for Levi 3. Cohick. the defend
ant Mrs. Stemmer, Johns wife, lays claim
to ownership of the property in her own in
+ \
called and sworn, and at O'Clock, Court adj
jOurned to meet again after supper, at the
hour of 80 O'Clock.
NIGHT SESSION.
The entire session up to the hour of $50
. o'clock was occupied in the recital of teSti-
mony having for its object the showing that
Mrs and not Mr.. StcmmcT was the business
man and mOnied partner of that firm. MI
Rose opened for defendant, but on Sug-
geStiOn of the Court, deferred the introduce
tOn Of testimony 20 next day.
WEDNESDAY NORNING.
The testimony in favor Of Mr.. Cohick was
VOluminOus and it and the pleas Of counsel
on either side and the charge of the court
exhausted nearly the entire forenoon. The
jury retired, and the next case reached was
that Of HippS * Lloyd vs. LantZy. This is
question of settlement on lumber trans
action and halls from Chest township. After
the swearing Of 4 jury, Court adjourned until
p. II.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
I IIipps x Lloyd vs.. LantZy This ease was
an action OF eiectmcnt, and came from Chest
township The jury found for the plaintiffs
for certain lands described, the same TO be
released on payment to the plaintiffs by the
defendant within ninety days of the sum of
81, ,2SO.9O.
KutrufT ". Kroyes ct al. The jury in this
case, after remaining out for considerable
time, returned with verdict for the plaintiff
in the sum of one dollar
Langbein * Thomas, for use of T. r. Scan
Ian, vs.. Kutruff-appeal. jury called and
sworn, when, at o'clock, Court adjourned
to meet again an hour later.
EVENING SESSION.
Alter the testimony had been heard the
Court ordered judgment in favor of plaintiffs
in the last-mentioned case in the sum of SILL
jO-amOunt claimed, with interest.
o. The jury drawn in the foregoing case were
retained to sit in Judgment in the case of
Hipps, for use Of LantZy, vs.. LantZy-ap-
neal 4 S.i note was held ~ be still dine nv
the one side, and to have been paid by the
other. Verdict for defendant Court ad-
journed 1T O'Clock.
THURSDAY FORENOON.
The case of Ryan vs.. IIoldfelter was taken
up. The plaintiff Is Sheriff of the county,
and sold at public outcry piece OF real es-
tate to defendant for the sum of $3.50. Sub
sequently, defendant refused to take the pro-
perty, and it was re-SOld for 500. The diff
ference between the two sums IS sought to
be recovered. jury ont.
DESPERATE PRTSOSERs-Bo Plot to Break
,JutL-Jake TIawker is the name Of a noted
desDerado who haIIs from Johnstowu. and
is in Jail for one year, less one day, for gen
. eral badness, his sentence beginning last
week. There are three others among the
inmates OF said institution whose names and
sentences are as follows McDade, for
adultery, ten months SchwartZmau, for
/ rescue Of a prisoner, eight months, and Alt,
for assault and battery, three months, while
John Will, for hOrSc-StealiHg, Is temporary
lOdger inthe same institution awaiting trans
portatiOn to the Western PenitentiaTy to
serve out a three years sentence. Last
Saturday, Hawker occupied 4 cell by himself;
McDade and SchwartZman were tenants of
another, and Ait and VIII also d0uble-teamed
it in one cell. Sheriff Ryan was away from
home Saturday, and during his absence, it is
thought these individuals succeeded by some
unknown device in cutting asunder the
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