Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-19

The meeting gave three rOuSinS cheer
for Hancock and the state and local tickets
and was declared adjourned.
COUnT or QUARTER sEsslONs.
October Adjourned Term.
Monday Aftcrnoon.-In the case Of tn
com'th VS.. Christian Brackbill, charge,
with assault and Lattery, the jury rendered
a verdict of not guilty with defendants t.
paw One-tlird and Levi tIabecker, til,
prosecutor, two-thirds of the costs.
Com'th VS.. Thomas Withers, assault
and battery The defendant was charged
with striking Mrs. Amanda Myers, wife o.
Isaac b. Myers, Of Colerain township
The evidence for the prosecution showed
that on the evening Of July "a festival
was held at Mount Eden church, in Eden
township; Mrs. Myers was standing be
hind a table, where lemonade was being
sold the defendant came there and want.
ed some water: he became engaged in a
dispute with Mrs. Myers and after running
under the table he struck her violent
blow in the breast with his fist. -Four
witnesses testified to these facts.
The defendant admitted that he haG
been drinking, but denied having Int Mrs
Myers. Other witnesses sworc that With
ers did not hit her. The jury rendered a
verdict Of guilty.
COM til VS.. Thomas Withers and New
ton Bryson, disturbing religious meeting.
Withers was the defendant in the above
case and he, in company with Bryson,
were charged with disturbing the festival
of Mt. Eden church on this day. 1t was
charged that these men were drunk and
they made great deal of noise they got
inside of an enclosure for the sale of re-
frcshments and amused themselves by
knocking over a bucket containing lemon
ade when demonstrated with they began
quarrcling with all who came i'm their way.
The defense was that the defendants
were orderly upon this occasion they
knocked the bucket down accidentally.
The jury rendered vcr,licts OF not guilty,
but the defendants to pay the costs.
COm'th VS.. Thomas Withers and New
ton BrysOn, assault and battery. This
case grew also out of the festival the de-
PENDANTS were charged with assaulting
Franklin Myers, He testified that after
the festival was over Inc was carrying sew
cral buckets over to 4 wagon to have them
loaded. While doing this the defendants
came up to him and both struck him.
knocking him down.
The defense was that Myers first made
the attack Oh Withcrs, whom hc hit. Bry-
son did not hit Myers. The jury rendered
verdicts Of guilty.
Tuesday Morning.-In the case Of com tn
VS.. NJ. ID. l.. Moore ct al. charged with con-
spiracy to procure an clopcment with Mrs.
Emma Schnader, of Eparata, a verdict of
not guilty was taken for want ofevidence.
In the case of com'th against the same
defendant, in which he was charged with
fOrnicatiOn. Il verdict of not guilty was
taken, as the crime alleged took place in
Schuylkill county.
Commonwealth VS.. Paul Quiglcy, lar
ceny. In this case it was shown that two
bars Of lead. weighing 80 pounds each,
were stolen from a shanty connected with
the city water works some time in April
last. The lead was traced to house on
North Queen street. The commonwealth
were unable to convict the defendant with
the larceny of the lead and the jury. under
the instruction of the court, rendered a
verdict Of not guilty.
Commonwealth VS.. Lorcnz Noldc and
Moses Miller, forcibie entry. This case
was settled by the defendants paying costs.
COm'th vs. John Hauc!l and ESaias Lock
uff, burglary. The evidence for the common
wealth showed that on the night of the
2Sth of May The dwelling house Of David
Croft. who resides in Earl township near
the Welsh mountains, was entered into by
thieves, who effected an entrance by
breaking in window. The following ar
ticlcs were stolen A keS of mackcrel, a
lot of butter, some bread and seven gal
Ions of wine. i'm two kegs, Constable
Bowman heard of the burglary and he set
John BuzZard and Andrew Houck to
watch for suspicious persons. These two
men watched the defendants, and
they found them coming out Of the
Welsh mountains with several bottles
and jugs, on the night of May 90 after
wards Constable Bowman searched both
houses. At Hauck's house they found a
bottle of wine and some mackercl !; Hauck
that lie was one of the men who
entered the house, but refused to tell who
was with him he directed the officers to
! point in the mountain and told him he
would find some of the goods there : the
,fficer made a search there and found the
1eg containing some mackerel and wine
Iegs a search was also made at LocAuffs
house he denied having anything.
tut upon search being made, a
,ottlc of wine was found. The
legs and the wine were identified by Mr..
irOff. There was no evidence offered by
he defense, and the jury rendered a verdict
If guilty. Both men were sentenced to
i've years imprisonment.
Cyrus Resscl plead guilty to the charge
If fornication and bastcrdy with Catherine
Hoover of Providence township. The
woman is the mother Of twins, of which
lie defendeut is the father The sentence
vas made heavier than usual, therefore, as
both children must be provided for.
Died in the Far West.
Jacob Gundaker, of this city, received
clegram to. day from Denver, Colorado,
bringing the news of the death in that city
# his daughter, Ida +. Gundaker. Miss
iundaker was IS years Of age. She left