Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-17

that their ancestors threw off the yokes of
avaricc and selfishness. under which their
fathers labored, and allowed benevolcnce
and humanity to influence and direct their
acts. They shall see the poor wandercr OF
the forest. not prosecuted and DETAINED be-
cause of his ignorance, but enjoying with
us equal rights and privileges, the COM
mon gifts I" all men from their Creator.
COURT DF QUARTER SESSIONS.
Regular November Term
Tuesday AfiernOon.-Thc grand jury re-
turned the following bills:
IrHc Bills: T.. T.. Schnader, Sellin.
liquor to minors Allen Coblc. larceny q
cases., entering OuthOuse to commit
felony e cases.: Adam Gembc, fornica-
| ton and bastardy; Ii. L. Coble. larceny
and accessory after the fact to larceny q
cases.; William II. Wright. assaultins and
resisting an officer.
Ignored: ii. L. Coble. accessory to lar
ceny after the fact e cascs).
Comth VS.. Amanda Taylor, culorcd, as
sault and battery. Tho prosecutrix was
Mary Ann Fressbury, who testified that
on the 2Oth of August last, while she was
in 4 small alley near the Summer house,
which is OH Middle street. this city, the
defendant struck her on the mouth. The
defense was that Mary Ann began the
fight. TIL: defendant did not recOllect
striking her. jealousy seemed to have
been the cause Of the fight. The jury
rendered y verdict of not guilty, with
costs to ts c.iually divided between the
parties.
| Il. A. KEnS. convicted o; attempting, to
ravish, WIS sentenced to- Is months i'm
prisOnment.
In the case of John NJ. EbcrsOlc, charged
with resisting IN officer, u demurrer w;'s
filed to the Indictment.
Allen Coble, of ElizabethtOwn, plead
guilty to live charges OF larceny rs fol-
lows horse blanket and net, the prop
erty of d. Courtney; y set Of harness from
Abram Kelsey horse blanket and whip
from John Hcrtzlcr; 6 pistols, 6 knives
and 4 sum of money from Jacob Dyer, and
a blanket, !. quantity Ofcisars and two dol
lars in money from 4. X. Blau.h I'LL Of
the nciIhborI,ood of Elizabcthtown. Sen
tence was deferred.
Another Indictment was preferred against
the same defendant for stealing Il set OF
harness from Joseph BUNNY, but in this
a verdict Of not guilty was taken for wan:
of sufficient evidence to convict.
Com'th vs.. Adam Gcmbc, lOrnicatiOn
and bast;roiy. Nary Miller was the pros
ecutrix she testified that her child, of
which defendant is the father, was born OH
September II !; it was be.otten in January,
1880, IN York county.
! For the defense Gcmbc was called and
he testified that he was not the father of
the child he knew nothing of the affair
until lie was arrested. Another witness
was called to prove that the prosecUtrix
| said dc.ci!tilr! WIS not the father Of her
child.
| William II. Wright, the colored boot
| black who is better known a.; "TObe,'
plead guilty to assau!ting and resisting
Officer Leaman, Of the city police force.
He was sentenced to IN imprisonment of
four months.
Wednesday Noraing.--The grand jury
returned the following bills
Truc Ellis: Henry II. Good, fornication
and bastardy; Eliza Wasson and Richard
Cummings, libel Urias Kendig, larceny;
Joseph and Mary Goodcndorf, receiving
stolen goods; Peter Boas, w. +. II. Am
wake, Ellsworth Willard, alias Pcytof,
Philip DickeI, Uriah Willburn, John Nc
Cormick and William Phillips, larceny.
! The jury in the case of Adam Gembe,
charged with foruication and bastardy,
rendered a verdict of guilty. Sentence as
usual.
| Henry II. Good, rcsidiG. near Mount
Joy, plead guilty to Il charge of fornication
and bastartly and lie received the usual
sentence.
Com thvs. Eliza WassOn, libel, two cases.
1t was charged that on the 9th of last June
the defendant wrote two letters defaming
the character OF Martha Anderson and
| Isaac Anderson. her father, Of Salisbury
township. It was shown thai two libclOus
letters had been received. one by Martha
Anderson and another by Squire Slay-
maker. The commonwealth were unable
to cOnU.c: The defendant with the letters,
however, and the jury, under the instruc-
ton OF the court, rendered 4 verdict Of not
guilty with county for costs.
| COm'til VS. Richard Cummings, libel,
| This case grew cut Of the same transaction
as the one preceding it. Il resulted in
the same way and the same verdict was
taken.
Com'th vs.. Ellsworth Willard a,,as
Peytor, larceny. Some time in April last
two 80 pound pigs Of lead were stolen from,
shanty on the grounds of the city rcser-
! voir. The lead was afterwards recovered
at the house of Ii. X Furlow on North
Queen street, Mr.. Furlow's boys having
found it in analley. The commonwealth
| NCic w CChhCCt "iSh
the theft an,! Il verdict of not guilty was
taken.
Com'th VS.. Joseph Goodcndorf and
Mary Goodendorf The defendants re-
side in this city and they are charged with
receiving stolen goods. On the night Of
July 2a, 1880. the store Of George w.
Steinmctz, in Clay township, was entered
by thieves. About 5000 worth of cloth
ing, calicos, delaincs, shoes, jewclry, &C.,
were stolen. Some time afterwards the
house of the defendants was searched. il
lot of good; consisting Of ready-made
clothing, jewclry, shoes, &c, were found.
| Mr.. SteinmctZ identified same calico, de-
lainc, .i:we!r7 and other property as bcin.
his goods When the house was searched
by Constable McDcvitt and Bowman
Mary Goodcnlorf was alone at home. She
first denied having any stolen goods;
! afterwards she told Officer McDeitt that
the ecods were brought to her house by
Abe Buzzari she also said she had bought
some vi the goods GOodendorf after
wards told the officer that some goods
| were brought to his house when he was
away. Il was shown that Abe BuzZard
| has been convicted at different times Of
larceny and that GoOdendorf was ac-
quaintcd with him. On trial.
Judgment.
Judgments by consent were entered in
favor of the plaintiffs for s., ,64l.3O, in the
several suits tf Smith, Shaub & kitch VS..
the city cf Lancaster, with stay of execu-
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