Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-20

OA Lomufl Dachlcr. Hc was ordered to
pay the costs and enter into his; rccocniz.
ancc to keep the peace.
COmth vs.. Lcmucl B,chler, surety of
the peace. Anpic kissinscr charged the
defendant with making threats against
her. The defendant denied having made
any threats. The court ordered Bachler
to pay the costs and to enter into his
recO.nzancc to keep the peace.
the peace. ii. L. CAN'T. Of Mt. JOY town
charged the defendant with having threat
ened to cripple him. The defendant
swore that lie just said he would whip him
if he did not stop talking about him.
Staubbs was ordered to pay Gusts and to
enter inio his rccosnizance to keep she
peace.
COm'th vs.. Samuel Taylor. colored, dc-
sertion. Amanda Taylor, the wife of the
defendant, testified that her husband failed
to provide for her sufficiently. Samuel
was willing to take his wife home with
him and provide for her. The case was
continued until January.
lhc complaint against John KeScl,
charged with dcsertion, was dismissed, AZ
the parties a:e living together.
COmth vs.. Winfield Buciit,s. "f thi,
city, surety Of the peace. Frank Wilmer
testified that the defendant threatened to
cut him with an axe. The defendant was
ordered to pay the costs and to give bail to
keep the peace.
In the csse Uf Peter Buas and Philip
Dickel, two small boys, charged with steal
ing money from the store of John Weaver,
Dickel plead guilty and Was ordered to be
sent to the house of refuge. \ mol. pros.
was entered in the case or Boas on &c
count of his youth. and his father became
his surety for his future good behavior.
John Recser, the young boy who wis
convicted of stealing watch from Bcni,-
min Virgins was ordered to be taken to
the house Of refuge.
Crias kendis. who plead guilty 30 ste al
ing severa! eases oftObaccc, was sentenced
to Is months Imprisonment.
The grand jury returned the following
bills
True bills Thomas Houston, tramp
VIM. Mcpherson, embezzlcment John
Spindler, assault and battery.
Thomas Houston plead guilty to being
q trampan WIS sentenced tp nine months
imprisonment.
Grand .jury's Report.
The final report Of the grand jury was
returned at 20 O'Clock. 1t was as fol-
lows:
To the Hono,'ot,e. the J",tgtS oj Jac 1oa,f of
Oyer 0h'a Tcrpincr Ond .j0R deiircry and
quarter session oT The Ic0cr Of I1vRc0gtef
County.
The grand inquest cmpanclcd to in
quire into aud for tho county Of Lancas-
ter ut the November sessions, 1880, re-
spectfully report that VIC have acted on la3
bills presented to- us by the district at
tOrney, Of which 1OS were returned true
bills, and II were ignored. OF the bills;
! acted upon there were for larceny 30, fOrni-
| cation and bastardy &, cmbcZZlement 4,
/ assaultins an officer | trimps II, assault
| and battery II, attempt to ravish I, OBJ
| structinS legal process !, resisting an OIL
Ger ., selling liquor to minors I, cntcrin.
| an out house with intent to commit Il fcl-
Ony 4, accessory to larceny after the fact 3,
libel 4, recclvin. stolen goods 5, false pre-
tense 1. dissua,ling witnesses /, breaking
Jail !, frautln!cntly sccrcting goods I, nc
glect OF duty ?, burglary ), carrying con-
cealcd deadly weapons :, horse stealing |,
| entering dwelling house to commit felony
| 1, malicious mischief I, disordcrIy house 1.
The grand inquest concur with many of
their predecessors in directing the Uttcn-
tiOn OF the court to the large proportion
of petty cases with which the LEGAL admin
istratiOn of justice is veXcd. Too many Of
our constablcS and cOmmittin" magistrates;
exercise their offices for the multiplied
| ton Of their fees instead of the enforce
mcnt oc law and order. Complaints are
| made and encouraged to be made for
the purpose of making Il ease. Cases are
sub-tlividetl to afford Il multiplicity
| of complaints. warrants, subpmnls, i'll
dictmcnts and multiplied fees at every
| stage OF them. Innumcr,ble unnecessary
| witnesses are :,ubptrnacd because their mum
Der increases the fees eontiiiuanccs from
| court to court increase the expenses until,
| in the end, whether borne by prosecutor,
defendant or the county, their outrageous;
| and excessive amounts bring the admins
] tratiOn of justice into disrepute. Reform
| is necessary, and We urgently recommend
legislation, il needs be, as will cut existing
abuses by the root. The grand inquest
! was subjected to mach Inconvenience and
delay by the failure Of witnesses toprOmpt.
ly answer when called.
In the further discharge Of our
duties as instructed by your hon
Orable court We visited the public
institutions. In the home fOr fricndlcss
l children VIC found 94 inmates, II females,
| 6S males, , cOlOre.l females and ) cOlOred
males. We found them all in good health,
under the efficient management of Mrs.
I lIamakcr and her assistants, who seem to
be doing all in tlicir power for the moral,
intellectual anil physical trainin. of these
wards of the county. We found the build
ins in :. neat and clcanly condition through
out AMI apparently in good repair. We
next visited the almshOuSe, under the
! management OF NJ. John Brock. WHO rc-
ported 193 inmates: 137 males, ~ females,
female children and 4 male children. We
also visited the new barn lately erected by
the county III place of the orc recently de-
strOycd By fire, and found it to b. u neat
and substantial structure and reflects crcd-
it on the contractor. We also recommend
fire plug as has been recommended bya
former grand jury. We next visited the
hospital. in wb!cs, under the management OF
MIR. 3. F. Cox VIC found 2'0 inmates. We
found both al:nshOusc and hospital nca;
and in excellent order. In the further
discharge of our duties we visited the
prison in which VIC found 1ij convicts, 81
undergoing .licir respective sentences,
40 for trial aud 21 for drunken and disOr-
derly cnndvct. In obedience to the i'll
structions of the honorable court, VIC made
most careful examination of this institu-
tiOn, and inquired particularly about the
matter to which our attention was specially
directed in The charge Of his honor Judge
Livingston. We found the institution
clean, wclI-or.lcrcd, the inmates provided
for as directed by law, and the sentences
of the court in separate and solitary con-
fincment carried out as far as they eau pos
sibly be with the present accommodations.