Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-07
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
Tho Dece,ubor Adjourned Term.


MOnddv Aftern0On.-COmmOnw vs..
David and Farmer Hauck, felOnious as
sault and battery. The commonwealth
called several additional witnesses to prove
the assault ON Warfel. DR.. John testified
that he dressed his wounds.
Tho defense was that some time before,
Farmer Hauck and Warfcl had u quarrel.
On this day they met and had some words,
which ended in Warfel striking ut Hauck
Warfel who was armed with Il pistol then
received a whipping. The defense en-
deavOred to prove that Wariel had offered
several parties s25 to whip tho Haucks.
1t was also shown that several of the COM
mOnwealth's witnesses made different
statements ut the hearing from those made
in the court house.
As there was no felony in the case tho
district attorney waived that. The court
in their charge told the jury that they
did not think there was any felony in the
case, but they we're to judge for them
selves. The Jury found Farmer Hauck
guilty Of simple assault and battery, and
David Hauck not guilty at all.
In the case Of cOm'th VS.. Slater Greer,
charged with cmbezzlement, verdict Of
not guilty with county for costs was taken
for want of evidence. The same disp0si-
tion was made of the case against Jacob
TrOstle, charged with assault AMI battery,
the officc costs only to be paid by the
county.
Com'th vs. Z. II. Kohlcr, Of this city,
embezzlcmcnt The defendant resides in
this city and was employed as driver of
beer wagon for Dryden IL Co. II was his
business to haul beer to hotel and saloon
keepers in the city and surrounding cOun-
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tween August Is, 1879, and April Z, 1880,
the defendant embezzlcd about $500, be-
longing to his employers, in the following
out in the morning his employers would
give him certain quantity Of beer, Of
which they kept al account. The
defendant kept book in which he made
his charges when he returned
home he was obliged to turn over the
money which he obtained from tho sale of
the beer if he was not paid by the hotel
keepers he would make All entry in his
book which lle would show to the firm.
All beor that he did not dispose of he was
obliged to bring back. Some time in
April the defendant stopped working for
Dryden & Co. They then examined his
book and found that number Of persons
had been charged with beer. The firm
then set about to collect these bills when
they did this they asccrtaiued that the
parties had already paid KOhler for the
beer, which was yet charged against them.
Tuest,ay .Norning.-In the case Of COM
monwealth VS.. f. II. Kohler, charged with
embezzlcment, the commonwealth called
several additional witnesses to prove
what they alleged.
After the testimony had closed for the
commonwealth, the defendants counsel
asked that he be discharged as the case
had not been made out. The district at
torney objected to this, saying that the
case was with the jury. With him the
court agreed. The defense then asked the
commonwealth to elect which three per-
sons, Of the number defendant is alleged
to have received money from belonging to
his employers and appropriating it to his
own use, they proposed going to the jury
with. The commonwealth stated that
they try him for collecting money from
Christian Herr, John W. Frantz and Jacob
Lehr. It was charged by the common
wealth that the defendant collected $3.50
from these parties and kept it.
For the defense the defendant was
called and he testified that he never en-
bezzled any money. Allthe parties whom
AAS A0o Ss" "ltA hA'ISbUy Stsh VwO sANOS
amounts to the firm; witness sometimes
took small sums of money to pay his rent
but he u ways informed his employers and
told them to charge it; after he stopped
workin. for Dryden & Co., they never
asked him for any money.
A number of witnesses testified to the
good character of the defendant previous
to this charge.
Down Stairs. .-
In the lower court room before Judge
Livingston, the case of the Hanover juno
tion railroad vs.. Michael Moore was again
taken up Yesterday afternoon. The evil
dence closed this morning and the counsel
began speaking this morning. si
Motion for New Trial.
In the case of Elizabeth Brown, admin
Of Daniel Brown, deceased. VS..
Levi Sensenig, which was tried last week,
q motion for new trial was made