Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-23
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.

COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS
The August Term Of Criminal Business.
Saturday Afternaon.- re-assem-
bled ut q o'clock.
The case of cOm'th VS.. Frank Bender,
charged with the larceny Of pigeons from
Mr.. James II, Marshall, and small sum Of
money and chickens from other persons,
was continued until next Saturday, as the
boy is but 13 years Of age and bail will
then be entered for the good behavior Of
the boy.
Robert Gochcnour, a boy, aged IA years,
was charged with larceny of 25 cents from
the money drawer Of a store OIL James
street but was acquitted ON the ground Of
being Teak-minded.
William and Robert Hartman were
charged with the larceny Of four fish nets
from Albert Brenncy, Of Manor township.
William is a blind boy and Robert is =
small boy. The defense allcge that Will
liam had put out some nets in the river
and going to where he had placed them, he
could not find them and coming across
those of prosecutors, he took them believ-
ing them to DO his own. The jury ac-
quilted the defendants without leaving
their seats.
In the case against Haldeman Jackson,
William Frew, Jacob Read, Noah Keesy,
George Sheets, Frank HOsentOsel, Henry
Duck, Matthew Johnson and George
Fisher, the jury rendered verdict OF
guilty, but recommended the defendants
to the mercy of the court They were
half goes to the infOrmer), pay costs of
prosecution, and undergo an Imprisonment
of six months.
Harriet BOtlie, convicted at the last scs-
sions of assault and battery on Henry f.
Leman, esq.,, and who was refused Icw
trial, was brought before the court and
sentenced to pay fine Of s., costs Of pros
ecutiOn, and undergo an imprisonment Of
"a hours.
Cornelius Sellair plead guilty to ca"ry ing
concealed weapons. AS he had already
been in prison 46 days, he was sentenced
to undergo u further imprisonment Of 10
days.
Philip Dickcl, who was charged with TIC
larceny of pigeons, was held in 5000 bail
for his good behavior for the next ten
months. Ills father entered the rccOGni-
Zancc and the case Of larceny waS cOntin-
ued until it is asccrtaincd how the boy be-
haves.
n verdict Of not guilty was taken in the
case against the city Of Lancaster for main
tanning 4 nuisance by keeping North Prince
street i'll an impossible condition. The
city pays the costs.
Ecrdicts of not guilty were taken in tho
case of commonwealth VS.. Charles and
Henry Blumc, indicted for false pretensc,
| and in the case of commonwealth VS.. Her.
man Blume, ct. al, conspiracy to dcfraud.
There being no other cases ready for
jury trial, the jurors were discharged from
any further attendance, and the court pro-
ccetled to hear surety of peace and leser-
ton cases.
Louis Dickel, city, was charged by his
| wife, Margaret, with failure to support her
and the children. She testified that for
the last seven weeks he failed to support
her. His defense was that his wife left
him without cause. AS lie intended to keep
the children, the court directed that
he pay s2 per week for the maintenance OF
his wife as long rs they remain separate
and apart.
Abraham G.. Brubaker, of Rapllo town.
ship, was charged by his wife, Fanny, with
,lesertion. The complainant. who is &c
years of are, testified that her husband
was worth ut least $1,000 and has done
nothing for her support since April. She
not being in physical condition to 90 to
the domicile provided by her husband.
For the defense it was testified that Mrs.
Brubaker could go to her husbands home,
where she would have no work to do, hut
ut present she vas not willing to so to her
husbands home, although he wanted her t.
80 with him. The court held tho matter
under advisemcnt until Saturday next.
The remaining descrtion and surety OF
the peace cases were continued until next
Saturday. The following is the
Report of tho Grand Jury.
To the Honorable The Jutiges Of the Court Q,
OUGIier &'SsiOHs of the Peace IN UAd for the
| County Of Lancaster:
The grand inquest Of the commonwealth
OF Pennsylvania to inquire into and for the
said county of Lancaster do respectfully
report: That we have acted upon 13S
bills presented to us by the district attor
ncy, of which number 119 were returned
true bills and 10 were ignored.
The Oilenses charged were, as y general
rule, Of the lowest grades Of crime, and
the justices of the peace and the cOnstablcs
in returning them to court. This practice
OF many of our county officers Of multiply
ut the expense of tho public cannot be too
strongly condemned and if possible should
be stopped. We sec 10 reason why many
of the cases brought before us for petty
larccnics and other slight Offenses, should
not have been finally disposed of by the
altlerilmcn or justices of the peace before
whom they were brought, nor why offences
| committed at the same time by several
nartics cOull not hc incl,lded in ono inCct-
mcnt. Much expense might be saved our
taxpayers and the same result attained, and
il there. is any law to put y stop to such
| extravaganza We earnestly hope your hon
orable court will enforce it.
In further discharge of our duties rs iD-
structed by your honorable court, tlr
tions of the county. In the children's hOre
All were in good health, under the cxcel-
efficient assistants, who VIC believe are to-
ing all in their power for the moral, intel
lectual and physical training Of these wards
Of the county. The building is in clcsnly
condition throughout, apparently in god
repair with the exception of the tlOOi OF
the boys play room and the wash rom,
which will soon require repairing or pos
sibly renewing. We next visited the ans
house under the management of Mr.. John
Brock, who reported $50 inmates, as fol-
lows 1913 men, As women and chiltlcn !;
also the hospital under the supervision Of
Mr.. Il. F. Cox, who reported 224 inmates.
The condition of both these institutions
and their surroundings rs well as the
county farm, and tho energy and ability
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