Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-18

COURT OF QUARTER SESSION.
The Ausus Term Of Criminal Business.
Tuesday Afternoon-In the Indictment
against Jacob Ressel, charged with f0rni-
cation and bastardy and seduction, the
jury returned \ verdict of not guilty Of
seduction, with county for costs, and guilty
of fornication and bastardy.
In the case of commonwealth VS.. Fred
erick Hildebrand, charged with enticing
Anna Hallacher, minor, verdict of not
guilty was taken. the district attorney
stating that after an examination Of the
case he was satisfied that the girl had gone
with him of her own accord.
The recognizance of William Emswci-
ler was forfeited and process issued for his
arrest.
Washington Colo, a resident Of the
chill, at Columbia, was charged on two
indictments with felOnious assault and bat
terry on his wife and Constable Lyle, and
with resisting the constable when he went
to arrest him. Tho testimony showed that
on the 9th of April last word was sent
to Justice Evans's Office that Cole was cut
ting his wife's throat. In company with
Officer Fisher the squire went up to de-
fendant's house, but he would not allow
them to como near him. Constable Lyle
was sent for, and when he came into the
yard Cole threw hatchet ut him, striking
him on the head. Lyle then discharged
his revolver at defendant, tho ball going
through his coat sleeve. Defendant testi-
fled that he had a slight difficulty with his
wife, but did not intend to do her any
bodily harm, and he only threw the hatchet
after he had been shot at. Tho jury con-
victed him of resisting the officer
and of simple assault on tho officer,
and acquitted him of tho felonious assault
on his wife. He was sentenced to imprison-
ment Of six monts and to pay all the costs.
Frank Yellets, a colored boy, was charg
ed with stealing chickens from the prem
ises of Michael Shearer and Jacob s. Gar
man, farmers of Mount Joy township. The
theft was committed on the night of Fri
day, May 81, !. The stolen chickens were
found in tho pDssession of man named
Eckert, where they were taken by defcnd-
ant and young man named Cans, who is
now fugitive from justice. At the hear
ing defendant admitted the theft. There
was no defense and the jury convicted him
without leaving the box. He was sentenc-
cd to undergo an imprisonment of thrco
months.
Thos. Edward Wilson was indicted for
perjury in having sworn falsely to a COM
plant before Alderman Spurrier, on Octo-
Der 90, 1873, that ho and thes sArchey boys
had bought liquor of Job Benn, on Sum-
day in May or June, 1878. Job Bonn
testified that at tho time he is alleged to
have sold the liquor to the parties named,
he was not the proprietor of tho Sumner
house, he not having tho license transfer
rcd to him until July Sd of that year. At
the hearing Wilson testified to the same
facts as set forth in tho complaint, which
fact was proven by tho testimony of Alder
man Spurrier and w. w. Hensel. The case
was finally dismissed. George Wells, a
former proprietor of the Sumner house,
testified that the license was transferred
to Job Benn ON July 8, 1878, and up to
that date he had the keys to tho room
where tho liquors whore kept, and Benn
had no access to the bar-room. Samuel
Archcy, one of the persons sworn to by
the defendant as having bought liquor
from Benn in May or June, 1873, testified
that he was never in the Sumner house ON
Sunday. After counsel for defense had
made their opening speech, court adjourn
cd until u O'Clock, p. m.
Tho grand inquest madc the following
return:
True BiUs.-John 3. Erb, ct al, forcible
entry; Henry Lukens, alias James Will
son, Frank Montgomery, Henry Watson
a indictments,) William Watson a in
dictments) larceny, and William Madlem,
OF al, violating sepulchre.
Ignored. Walk and Charles Kurtz,
larceny John B. Nickel, assault and bat
tory, and county for costs.
Tho trio of fhO
oficommOnwealth VS.. Thomas Edward Will
son, charged with perjury was resumed.
Tho defense was that if Job Benn tho pros
ecutor in this case, did not violate the
liquor law at the time sworn to by defend
ant in the complaint made before Alderman
Spurrier, he did violate it during that sum-
mer, and Wilson should not be convicted
of perjury because ho was mistaken as to
date that the prosecutor took possession
of tho Sumner house in juno and not on
July Sd as he had testified, and that the
Archcy boys were seen coming out Of the
Sumner house drunk on Sunday in tho
month of June, 1878. The case was given
to the jury about 81 O'Clock, when court
adjourned until Wednesday morning. This
morning the jury returned verdict of
mot guilty." defendant to pay ono third
and prosecutor two thirds of tho costs.
Wednesday, M0rning-William and Henry
Watson, father and son, residents of the
Welsh mountain, were charged with tho
larceny of chickens from Mrs. Isaac Bare,
a horse blanket from Elias T. Warner, two
grain bags from Christian Musser and Il
saddle from Jacob Rachel. The goods
were stolen in April, from the parties
above named, residing near New Holland.
They were arrested on Saturday morning,
May Is, in front of the court hOuss, by
Officer Adams and Detective Sprecher.
The stolen goods wero found in defendants
wagon, with the exception of the saddle,
which was found at Williams's house on q
search warrant.
Tho defense was that accused, who were
dealers in poultry, had bought the chick
ems, also the blanket and saddle, and that
the grain bags were loaned to defendant
by neighbor to bring their potatoes to
market.
The jury returned verdict of guilty.
William was sentenced to undergo an i'm.
prisonment of one year, and Henry was
sent out for seven months.
Robert Blaco not desiring to prosecute
Jonas A. Goodman for an assault and bat
terry, growing out of tho difficulty on West
King street near Hulps drug store, OH last
evening, verdict of not guilty
was taken with county for costs.
John Sentman; a married man living in
Fulton township, was charged with adultery
and fornication and bastardy. Tho prose-
cutrix is Mary Mimm, aged but sixteen
years and living near defendants home. ]
After counsel had made their opening
speech court adjourned at "a o'clock.