Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-09
COURT OF QUAKTER SESSIONS.
The December Adjourned Term.

The December Adjourned Term.
Wednesday Afternoon. the case Q
the com'th VS.. G. G. Schnader, charge
with selling liquor to minors, counsel ad
dressed the jury.
Com'th vs.. II. U. Coble, accessory t.
larceny after the fact, three cases lar
ceny. one case. In the larceny case the de
fendaut was charged with stealing guan
tity of cigars, soap and drugs from tn
store of DR.. Blaugh, of Elizabethtown
He was charged with being accessory afte
the fact to the larceny Of a fly net ant
whip from David d. Courtney, set o
harness from Abraham Kelsey and
blanket and whip from John Hertzler.
The defendant is a stone-cutter and re
sides in the borough of Eliza5ethtOwn
Allen Coble, his younger brother, who wa!
working for him, plead guilty to all thu
above cases of larceny.
By the testimony for the commonwealth
it was shown that on the night Of Decem
Der IS, 1879, the drug store of DR.. H. X
Blaugh was entered and robbed. A lot o.
soap, patent medicines. brushes, hair pins
&C., were stolen. Some days before New
Years, 1880, the store was again entered
and q lot of candy and cigars stolen. Ii
February or March DR.. Blaugh received q
postal card which stated that he could
find his goods in woods neal
the town. The doctor went to the place
designated and found most of the goods
On August 18th last tho defendant told
the doctor that he had sent him the pos
tai card. He also told him that his bro
tber had stolen the goods and that they
had taken them to the woods, thinking
that was the best place to put them on
the same day the doctor found some cigars
and candy in II. U. Coblc's shop. Allen
Coble confessed that he stole the goods.
The defendant told one witness that Allen
had stolen the goods and that he defend
anti had sent a postal to the doctor; he
also said that they (meaning himself and
father) intended paying Mr.. Blaugh for
the damage sustained.
Several witnesses were examined in rc-
gard to the accessory cases, but they were
unable to connect the defendant with
them. The commonwealth thercupon
abandoned thcI.l.
ALLEN COble was then called for the de-
fense. He stated that he committed all
of these larcenies himself without aid
from his brother or any one else. The
goods which he took from DR.. Biough's
store he had put Immediately in the hay
NOW. but afterwards put them in his room
which he kept locked and to which his
brother did not have access. His brother
finally discave,cl some lozcnges il his
pocket and he (the witness) confessed to
Blaugh, and that evening the goods were
taken to the woods. Defendant knew
nothing of the affair until witness con-
fessed.
The district attorney said that he
thought there was too much doubt in the
case to ask for u conviction. The court
instructed to render verdict Of not
guilty.
Thursday M1rning.-In the case Of c. c.
Schnader, charged with selling liquor to
minors, the jury returned a verdict Of
guilty, with county for costs, and rec
u mercy to the court The
court told the jury that they could not
impose the costs upon the county when
they found the defendant guilty. The
counsel for the defense then asked that
the jurybe polled. The first one who was
asked what verdict he wanted to render,
replied, "Not guilty" An explanation
was then made by the court in regard to
wAssI pOAIus5 tuo JURY hcstul, di1u dii IAC
dation of mercy"
A motion for new trial will he made in
the case.
Daniel r. Doner and Adam Froelicl,,
of East Lampcter township
were charged with neglect of duty, in al
lowing the refuse from the tanncry Of
Jacob S. Shirk, near the Bird-in-hand, to
How out into the gutter along the public
road. This gutter forms 4 water course
and it runs through the property
of Henry Keen, after it leaves tho
road, to Mill crccek The water
or refuse from the tanncry, it is alleged,
causes nuisance by the stencil to the
public, and especially to Henry Keen,
whose property it passes through, and
who is the prosecutor in the case. The
waste from the tanncry reaches the gutter
through an under ground pipe. A number
of witnesses testified that they passed
along the road during the summer months;
they found the gutter full Of grown weeds,
filth, and lime from the tanncry; the
smell was very obnoxious aud it was with
great difficulty that horses could bc got
by it.
After the testimony for the common
wealth closed the defendants counsel
argued that there could be no conviction as
q tannery is not nuisance per sc. This
point was argued on both sides and the
court reserved their decision until this
Afternoon.
The case of John Miller, charged with
surety of the peace, was dismissed at the
,Ost of Geo. Bertzfield, the prosecutor,
who failed to appear.
All the jurors except those impannclled
n the neglect of duty case were discharged
or the week, as that is the last case for
rial.
Thursday Afternoon.- afternoon
when court met Judge Patterson decided
hat the indictment in the case Of Daniel
R. Doncr, ct al., charged with neglect Of
luty, could not be sustained. A verdict
If not guilty was taken, with county fer
.osts.
The surety of the peace case against
caroline Greene was dismissed.
Verdict tor the Defense.
In the case of Hanover junction l.
railroad vs. Michael Moore,
which has been on trial before Judge Liv-
ngston for some days past, the jury ..rer-
lered verdict in favor of the defendant.
They were out seventeen hours and agreed
t 2 o'clock this morning.
Smorhered In Bei.
On Wednesday morning al infant
of Augustus Brayman and wife,
# Mount Joy, aged seven weeks, was
ound dead in bed between its parents.
aving been suffocated during the night.
Dr.. ]. P. Ziegler was hurriedly sent for
nth hope that the child might be re-
uscitated, but it was too late. Deputy
,oroner Henry Kurtz was notified and
mpaneled the following named jurors to
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