Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-21
CG;;Hr OF QUARTER SESSIONS.

Tho Au.u>: Term OF Criminal Business.
Fiday 1iEcrnoon.--Thc jury returned 4
verdict OF not guilty in the case of cOm'tII
VS.. Herman Ehrhart, indicted for rccciv-
ING stolen go'tis.
The grand jury returned an Indictment
against u ChnaInan, name unknown, for
entering the OutliOuse of John King, Of
Cacrnalvvn township, with intent to COM
nit felony. 1t having been ascertaincd
that s!cter.,..t is insane by the testimony
of the p:is,, watcliman and 4 certificate
from DR.. ". H. Herr, the prison physi-
clan. a verdict "! not guilty was entered
on the ground of insanity. 1t is supposed
that the Chinaman escaped while being
transferred from the insane asylum ut
Philadelphia to the new insane asylum 1T
NorristOwn. The defendant will bc sent
20 the insane department of our county
hospital.
Charles Wright, for loud talking in the
court room, was brs;Igiit before the court
| and fined 81. Not having the requisite
amount of cash to pay the fine he was
placed i, Ia. luck.
Jack ::,ai., ..,i.ss Jack the Rover, was i'll
dictcd for fcioninus assault and battery OH
James Watson, by cuttin. him with Il razor
on Saturday, July eth. The difficulty be-
tween these people occurred Oh the Phila-
dclphia pike, near !.amlis's woods, and
was rcportc,! in full in the lSTELIIGENCER
Of Monday, July "i;h. Jury out when
| court rose.
James and Rose Gibson, Samuel and
Mary Craig, John and Mary Ryan, were
| charged with being tramIE. These parties
were arrested near Lan,iis' woods shortly
after the stabbiii: aiiray between Jack
Ryan and James Watson. Upon reading
the act of Assembly the district attorney
asccrtaincd that the tramp law did not ap-
| ply to females, and the women were at
once discharged from custody. The testi-
mOny for the commonwealth showed that
Craig was disabled soldier, and the case
against him was abandoned. The defense
of Ryan was that he is 4 pctldlcr and as
to Gibson that he worked whenever his
health permitted him. The jury returned
Il verdict :cIuitting Gibson and Ryan, but
directed that they pay the costs.
John Myers was indicted for fclOniO,is
assault and battery on Daniel Miller in
Edward Kaui,man's corn field OH Tuesday
night. Tic particulars are still fresh il,
the minds of our readers. The testimony
was substantially tic same us that report
cd in the paper on the evening after the
occurrence. The jury had not agreed upon
their verdict when court rose.
| William Wainwright Plcad guilty to
the larceny Of four shirts from the loom
Of Aldus Patterson, near Intercourse, and
was sentenced to undergo IN Imprisonment
of q months.
John Temple plead guilty to burglary
in breaking into the house OF Nancy VIII
mcr and John Johnson of Eden township,
and stealing tllcrcfrOm clothing ard
icweIry. lie was sentenced to undergo an
imprisonment of one year ut hard labor.
Eriddy Ecening.-COurt met OH the ring
ing of the bell to receive the verdict of the
jury in the case of commonwealth VS.. John
Myers, charged with ielonious assault ana
battery on Andrew Miller. They rendered
Il verdict of guilty of simple assault, and
the court sentenced him to- ono years i'm
prisOnment.
Saturday MorainJ.-Court met ut nine
o'clock. In the case against Jack Ryan,
alias the Rover, for fcloniOus assault and
battery on James Watson, the jury ren-
dercd IL verdict Of guilty Of simple assault
, and battery. He was sentenced to pay 4
! fine OF - and costs Of prosecution.
/, Jacob Reed, Henry Duck, lIaldemar
> Jackson. William Frew, George Fisher
Noah Keesy, Frank p. HOgcnt0gel, Mat
, thew johnson and George SheetZ (twO in
, dictments) were charged with violatide
! the fish laws. They were indicted under
the following section Of the act Of june,