Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-25
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
January Adjourned Tern,

1uesddy AfternoOa.-Com' tn VS.. John
Harris, larceny. The defendant was
charged with stealing bag from the Sus-
quehanna rolling mill IN Columbia, which
belonged to John Paine, Of Columbia. He
was seen taking the bag by man who
arrested him. The defense was that Harris
took the bag, thinking it was of no value,
for the purpose Of carrying iron away
in it. The jury rendered verdict of
guilty without leaving the box. Sen
fenced to GO days Imprisonment.
Com'th VS.. Philip j. Fertig, of this city,
carrying concealed weapons. Mary Bent
ley testified that she had case against the
defendant some time ago. He came to
her house several times and asked her
whether she intended to take the case to
court; she told him she did he drew
revolver and threatened to kill her if she
did so this occurred three different times.
The defense was that Fertig never drew
a pistol upon the prosecutrix, nor did he
threaten to shoot her. In May, 1876 (the
time when it was alleged defendant made
one of the threatS), he did not own L
pistol; he bought one in June. The only
time the prosecutrix saw him with pistol
was one evening when lie met her at
Prince and Chestnut streets he had just
left friend who had borrowed his pistol.
and he had it in his pocket. The prosecu-
trix saw the weapon and asked him to
show it to her. He took it from his
pocket and let her look at it without
taking it out Of his hand. Several wit
nesses testified to the good character of
the defendant for peace and quictness
previous to this charge.
After being out all night, the jury found
verdict of not guilty, defendant for costs
Com'th VS.. William A. Baughman, for
nicatiOn and bastardy. The complainant
sides in Bart township. She testified that
the defendant is the father of her female
child, which was born OH March "a, 1879,
having been begOtten on June -. 1873
about dusk in thererening: On trial.
Wednesday, MorsiBg.--Com'th VS.. Viii
liam n. Baughman, fornication and bas-
tardy.
Fer the defense, the defendant was
called. He testified that he lives aboat
half 4 mile from the home of the prOsecu-
trix in Bart township, having moved to
that place in the spring of 1873 lie had no
acquaintance with her until July. On the
evening of the 18th Of June, when the
child was alleged to have been begotten.
the witness went to the blacksmith shop
at Green Tree, after supper, to have
a reaper knife fixed. After that was done
witness and young man named Lyle.
went to the house of Harrison Graham to
get a rope and hay spear :; from that he
went to Daniel McGOwan, where they got
a clcvis, and he then returned to his home
by way of Nine Points. After unloading
the things he went to bed and remained
there until the next morning. He is not
the father of the child he was Is years
old last November.
On cross examination the witness stated
that he once walked part of the way home
from his fathers house with the prOsecu
trix and another girl witness walked past
Mrs. SimmOnss house upon one evening in
June with 4 man named Pickel he did
not see Hannah Simmons seated on her
fathers porch he did not tell John Pickel
that he stopped on the way back and was
with Hannah he never was ut Mr.. Sim
mons's house on a Sunday on the night he
went to the blacksmith shop he took sup
per at o'clock he did not meet Pickel
on this evening the evening he was with
Pickel he saw Mr.. Simmons at the end OF
his lane, he also saw his son !; he was not near
the house ON that evening.
Arthur Thomas, who is the blacksmith
at the Green Tree, cOrrObOrated the de
fendant in regard to the time he was at
the shop on the evening of June 18th.
James Il. Campbell, Joseph Barclay,
Frederick Lyle, Dfniel McGowan, IIar-
vey Baughman and John Pickcl were
called and they also corrObOrated the de
fendant in regard to his whereabouts on
that evening.
Twenty-Five witnesses were called who
reside in the neighborhood of the prose-
cutrix, and they testified that from her
reputation they would not believe her OH
oath. The defense here rested.
The commonwealth then opened their
-ebuttal. The first witness called was
Cyrus Simmons, the father of the prose-
cutrix, who testified that on the evening
of the 18th of June as he was leaving
home he met John Pickel and the defend
ant they came down from the woods and
went into the lane of witness, leading to
the house this was a little while before
sundown. This was the evening of tho
house of the witness.
Joseph Simmons, son of the last wit
ness, testified that on the evening of the
18th of June he met Baughman and Pickel
between the pump and house at his home !;
witness went to the postOflice, leaving the
prosecutrix at the house, and the two men
went in another direction.
Hannah Simmons was recalled. She
testified that on the evening of June 10
Baughman and Pickel passed their house.
The former asked if the masOns had come.
They then went on and Baughman came
back about dark.
James Swisher testified that he went to
do mason work at Cyrus SimmOns's on
June Is.
John Kunkle testified that he saw the de-
fendant at Mr.. Simmons house Oh a Sum
day defendant said in his testimony that
he never was there on Sunday. Joseph
Simmons testified to the same facts.
Eight witnesses were called who tcsti-
fled that they would believe the prosecu-