Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-12

think it was week before the court met:
was before the grand jury at the April
court. Dennis neve: offered witness any
inducement to stay away. Witness is the
prosecutor in the present suit brought it
of his own free will bore him no malice;
he had sued witness two or three times.
One of the suits was for malicious prose-
cution and another for conspiracy these
suits grew out of suit brought by witness
against Dennis for the larceny of buggy;
but all these suits were amicably settled.
He did not bring the present suit through
spite.
Adjourned.
Wednesday Morning.-Court met at Q
o'clock, the case of com'th vs.. John B.
Dennis, dissuadins witnesses being re-
sumed.
John HOssler being recalled testified that
he had been subpGnaed to testify before
the grand jury, but he had not been called
before that body ; witness denied having
employed special counsel to prosecute the
liquor cases against Dennis, but had en-
plOyed counsel in the conspiracy case in
which he was defendant.
Captain T. l.. Sprecher testified that he
served 4 subpoena for the commonwealth
in the liquor case against John B. Dennis
in April 1879, on William III. Bates, Jacob
E. Haldeman, John Hossler and William
G. Bates he had been paid for his services
at the sheriff's Office witness returned the
subpoena to the district attorneys office
after it's service 4; the only memoranda of
the costs was endorsed on the back of the
subpoena and it must have been taxed from
| there.
The commonwealth here rested, reserv-
| ing the privilege Of calling the clerk of the
| quarter sessions to prove the taxation of
| costs.
| John Hassler, being called for cross
| examination, said he had not employed
E. X. Martin to prosecute the liquor cases,
but did say that he would see that MIR.
Martin would get his fees.
| j. B. Amwake, esq.,, Of counsel for
defendant, made the opening speech, and
called John b. Dennis, the defendant,
who testified that he did not at any time
after the witnesses had been subp9naed to
attend court in the liquor case against
him, dissuade any Of them from attend
ing; he denied having any such converse
tion as detailed by Mr.. Schlegelmilch
in reference to getting Mr.. Haldeman to
play off sick, and further denied
that he said he would pay him.
for his lost time; denied having
said to any one of the witnesses, either
at Sprinsville or in Lancaster, that he had
the grand jury fixed witness did have
conversation with William II. Bates about
ignoring the bill !; witness was not on very
good terms with Bates about the time this
liquor suit was brought; the suits between
witness and Bates had been amicably az
ranged, but the liquor cases against wit
ness was pushed by either Martin or
Hossler; witness did tell Bates that if he
the truth-that this suit was brought
through malice-he would pay the costs
rather than 90 into court if the grand jury
would impose them ON Bates. Witness
was not cross examined by the common
wealth's attorneys.
Jacob E. Lorah, ]. W. Roland, John
oyer, LabOriOus Shuttee, Ephraim Kline,
Amaziah Good. Michael Cover, Daniel
Bender and Jonas Z. Riser, residents of
Mount Joy and Springville, close by to
where John Hossler, the prosecutor in this
case, lives, testified that they had known
him for many years, and his reputation in
their neighbOrhOOd for truth and veracity
was not good; and from what they heard
people say they would not believe him OH
oath.
William Sellers testified that Hossler's
reputation for veracity was not good, and
further that he offered him $40 if he would
come to Lancaster and testify in this suit
as he (HOssler) would tell him; HOssler
said he had some other witnesses all right,
and witness ought to be on the right ride.
In rebuttal the commonwealth called
| County Commissioner COble, Samuel Nj.
Myers, of Myers & RathfOn Henry
Bechtold, real estate agent I. N. s. Wells,
commissioners clerk ; Ephraim S. Hoover,
Eli Reist, John NJ. Stehman, Jacob X.
Nissley, Benjamin b. Brandt. ID. K Burk-
holder, w. II. Bates and Israel L. Landis,
who testified that they had known Mr..
HOssler for many years and that they had
never known his character for veracity to
be questioned.
The examination of the witnesses was
concluded about III o'clock, when District
Attorney Eshleman addressed the jury
until adjournment time. While the dis
trict attorney was commenting on the tes-
timony of Jonas E. Risser, that gentleman
called out in loud voice IF you say that,
you lie." Judge Patterson had the offender
brought before him, and saying that it was
such contempt of court as could not bo
passed unnoticed, he would impose fine
of S.. The fine was paid at once. The
witness was evidently under the influence
of liquor at the time.
Current business.
The recognizance of Braynard Stewart,
charged with larceny, was forfeited, and
process for his arrest placed in the hands
of the sheriff.
Philadelphian In Court.
Prof. WormIey, of the University of
Pennsylvania, is in court to-day attending
as witness in the Julia Hoover poisoning
case.
Trouble Among ths Sevsnth-day Baptists.
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