The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-13

SpOnsler ana smiley Tor tOm. bhruttb
for contra. The third caae called VIVA
Com VA. VIM NIez charge deherton,
etc. No prospcutrlx nor witnesses ~.
pearlng, the District Attorney asked for
the discharge OF the prisoner, anu he
walked forth ngain u free citizen OF our
glorious Republic, greeted with the glory
Of the sunlight and the melody OF the
English sparrOws which inieet the Court
House, and drop their compliments
from the tops Of the pllnstera and the
over.hanging cornice with democratic
simplicity alike upon rich and poor,
without distinction OF sex, color or pre-
vions condition of servltude. District
Atty Willis for Com Selbert for def't.
On Tuesday morning the first case on
the civil list was George Martin and
Jacob Wentz vs. Cynthia A. Adams,
Jacob Smith, Elias Hollenbaugh, Simon
=. Kern, David s. Kistler, John Wentz,
John Harman, Thos. Seager, Catherine
Adams, Jacob w. Miller and VIM. Sea-
ger. Some years since plan originated
for introducing water In pipes TO the
Borough of Blain, from spring above
the town, and by the original plan any
citizen could obtain water right by
paying a certain stipulated sum. Subse-
quently an attempt was made to form a
corporation to be called the Blain
Water Company" which was not an
entire success. Extra expenses incurred
by the contractor were paid by Jacob
Wentz who sought to have the defend
ants make contributions. The defences
of the different parties were different in
their character, q number claimed that
they agreed to pay stipulated sum for
water right and having paid 1t they
were not bound either In law or equity
to pay anything additional, and Others
haI at,t ttn eta IN %
limitation however INTERVIEWED as bar
to recovery and the Court ordered a non
suit. Sponsler for plH. Barnett and
Smiley for deft's.
The nextjury was sworn to try the case
of The Peoples Freight Railway VS.. Sol
omon Beistline. This remarkable cor
poration has been so long and so promi-
nently before the people of the county
that any dissertation upon 1t would
only be giving the readers of these pro-
ceedings another instalment of ancient
history. 1t Is only necessary therefore
so say that the defendant was sued three
times for separate instalments of his
subscription before q Justice of the Peace
and each time he appealed. All three
appeals were tried together and In each
case the jury returned O verdict for def't.
Sponsler and Junkin for plff. Barnett
and M'Intire for deft.
After the disposal of this case the
quarter sessions were opened, and jury
was empanneled to try whether Jacob
Bowers was the father of about fifteen
pounds avoirdupois of infantlle humani-
ty that Sarah Agnes Sheaffer brought
down from Madison twp, to find its
father. The prosecutrix was conspicu-
Gus mainly by reason of her being
enveloped in large sunbonnet and her
refusal to answer the necessary pertinent
questions. The respective counsel look
ed down the long calico lane which
ended at her face and endeavored to get
her answers but they were few In num-
ber and unsatisfactory in their character.
The defendant looked meek and uncon-
cerned as the man in the old Biblical
picture of Daniel in the lions den, and
when he had his say positively denied
that the little waif was flesh of his flesh
and blood of his blood. The evidence
was meagre on both sides, and the jury
rendered verdict of not guilty and the
county to pay costs of prosecution. Dist.
Atty. Wallis for Com. Seibert for deft.
Com. VS.. Adam Rahm was case
which seemed to excite more than the
usual amount of interest manifested in
such matters. The deft. was lad of
apparently about 16 years of age and
was charged by the Rev. G.. w. Kiracofe
with disturbing religious meeting at
Snyder's church in Wheatfield twp, a
short time since. 1t seems that in this
portion of the church militant there has
been misbehavior for some time past by
portion of the congregation, and the
reverend prosecutor resolved to take
upon himself the responsibility of bring
ing the sons of Belial and young viola
tors of the church regulations into
conformity to the orthodox rules an
nounced by him for the government of
his protracted meeting. On the night
of his arrest the deft gave offense by his
alleged misconduct. The pastor had
him arrested and appeared as his chief
accuser. The jury found the boy not
guilty and directed the prosecutor to pay
costs. Dist Atty. Wallis for Com.
M'Intire for deft.
Com. VS.. Daniel Ebert was case in
which deft. was charged with having
gotten watch from Jane Gibbs by rep
resenting himself as matchmaker from
Blain named VIM. Woods and thus
committed the statutory offense of False
Pretense. The explanation given by
deft. was that he had gotten the watch,
giving the address of VIM. Woods as the
place where letter would reach him,
and that in accordance with an arrange
ment made at the time, he left the watch
at the store of Samuel Smith at Sher-
mansdale, who was to receive the pay
for services rendered, and deliver the
watch when called for, This statement
was in the main corroboIated by Mr..
Smith and after discussion of the legal
status of the case by counsel, the jury
were instructed by the Court that the
defendant should be acquitted.
not guilty, and County to pay costs of
prosecution. Dist. Atty Wallis for Com.
Seibert for deft.