Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-19
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
Regular November Term.

ment.
The grand jury returned the following
bills:
True Bills: Daniel r. Douer. neglect o:
duty; G. w. S Lyman Utter, fraudulently
secreting goods; Mary Beamensderfer,
VIM. Beamensderfer, John Fou,k, John
F. Sales, Louis Dickel, assault and bat
terry; John Lewis, larceny and horse steal
ing; John Smith and James Mooney. lar
ceny; William H. Reilly and VIM. Fran
ces, burglary e cases) aud carrying con-
cealcd weapons; E. 4. Kohler, embezzle-
ment.
Joshua Kahn plead guilty to the charge
of stealing carpenter tools from Urban &
Burger and others in this city aud was
sentenced to 10 months Imprisonment.
Comth vs. Paul Quigley, entering all out
house to commit a felony. The common
wealth called Officer Adams and he proved
that he got the bag containing tho shoes
at Hinkle's store. George Nauman, esq,
testified that he saw q bag containing shoes
clothing. &C., in his yard one day last sum-
mer.
The defense was that of an alibi. Mrs.
Quigley, the mother of the defendant, tes
titled that on the night Of the 18th Of
August the defendant was at home in this
city all night. Paul Quigley testified that
he bought the boots from a man whom he
met near the bark mill, short distance
east Of this city. He was very drunk upon
that day. He left town shortly afterward,
as he thought that the police wanted him
for fighting, and he went to COatesville,
Chester county, where he was arrested.
A sister of the defendant testified that the
defendant was at home on the night of
the robbery of Geiger's store. The defense
here closed
The commonwealth called Officer Ad-
ans, who testified that when he went to
the house of defendants mother she told
him that Paul had said that the officers
were after him and if they caught him ne
would get five years.
The jury returned verdict of guilty,
aud the court sentenced the defendant to
pay a fine of 500 and undergo an impris-
Onment of two years and six months.
Com'th VS.. Paul Quigley and Charles
Albright, larceny of chickens, two indict-
ments against each. John Nj. COOver, of
EphratA testified that fourteen Of his
chickens were stolen from his hennery Oh
the 18th of June last. He followed the
thieves for some distance, when they
abandoned the wagon they were driving
and also the chickens. He identified Al
bright as one Of the men who abandoned
the wagon.
John Horting, of Ephrata township,
testified that he had twelve chickens stolen
OIL the night of the 18th of June. Heard
the thieves and hissed the dog on them !;
they were ina wagon. Witness mounted
horse and followed them to John COOver's s
and woke him up. Witness corroborated
the testimony of Mr.. Coover as to the
flight of the thieves and the abandonment
of the team.
VIM. Reese, liveryman, of this city, tes-
titled that on tho 18th of June he hired a
team to Jacob Weaver, and got it a few
days afterwards from Mr.. Coover.
John Griel testified that he saw Weaver.
Albright and a man he did not know driv-
ing gray horse and covered market
wagon near the big bridge, going toward
New Holland, on the evening before the
larceny.
Aaron Baumgardner testified that he
was in Reese's employ and hitched up the
team for Weaver.
The district attorney did not press the
case against Quigley and left the matter
with the court as to Albright. The court
left tho matter with the jury.
The jury returned verdicts Of not guilty
in tho indictments against Quisley and
guilty in the Indictments against Albright
The court sentenced Albright to one year S
Imprisonment forthe first larceny and nine
months for the second, the latter sentence
to commence at the expiration of the
former.
Jacob Weaver, who had plead guilty to
the same larcenies, received like sentence.
Com'th VS.. Christian Bare, receiving
stolen goods. d. G. Kcndig testified that
he deals in leaf tobacco; that on NOvcm-
ber 1 Crias Kendig confessed to having
taken five cases of leaf tobacco from his
warehouse and sold it to Christian Bare of
Mannheim !; witness went with Capt.
Sprecher to Bare's and recovered part of
the tObacco-about 400 pounds-which
MIR. Bare acknowledged to have purchased
from Urias Kending.
On cross-examinatiOn witness stated
that the stolen tobacco consisted of three
cases of triple A., one case of A., and one
cases of binders. Mr.. Bare tod witness that
he had bought two cases of tobacco from
Urias and no more and showed witness
where the tobacco was, making no at
tempt at cOncealment.
Urias Kendig testified that he stole five
cases Of tobacco from the warehouse of
Kendig s. Co., and sold it to Mr.. Bare, re-
ceiving for it between $3.50 and $500 had
been at Bare's week before and asked
him to buy it; witness told Mr.. Bare how
he got the tobacco and Bare knew that he
had stolen it.
Capt. Sprecher testified that he went to
Mannheim, saw the defendant, who told him
that he had bought two boxes of tobacco
nj e..
it took him to the cellar and showed him
what was left of it did not attempt to
conceal it ; defendant said the boxes had
been changed because tho original boxes
were broken in being thrown into the ccl-
the cellar, but none of the pieces were
that had been on the cases.
been engaged by Urias Kendig to haul the
delivered them at Bare's barn.
Adam Geyer testified that lie worked
for Mr.. Bare and assisted in removing two
the other cases there would have seen
them if they had been put there.
Constable Kieffer testified that he had
SccH Iuo NVc CssScS III Inc D6rn Oh CnC rear
of Mr.. Barc's premises, but never saw
them in the cellar. Don't know who took
them from the barn.
For the defense the defendant was call
ed and testified that he got acquainted
with Crias Kendig in the army during the
war; lost sight of him and saw nothing
more Of him until this fall, when he met
him in Lancaster. Kendig told him he
was dealing in leaf tobacco and asked de-
fendant to buy some he said he would