Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-12
COURT QUARTER SESSIONS.
Adjourned April Term.

CONT vs.. the city of Lancaster for main |
tanning the fish market nuisance, was re-
sumed, and after argument by council and
a charge by the court, the jury returned
verdict of not guilty, county for costs.
Samuel H. Reynolds, esq, gave notice
to the court that owing to a difference of
opinion between him and the prosecutor
as to the conduct of the case of Louis Sow
ers, indicted for murder at Mount Joy, he
(Mr. Reynolds) had withdrawn from the
case and had returned the retaining fee.
The Dennis Case.
In the case of the com'th VS.. John B.
Dennis, charged with dissuading witnesses,
the commonwealth filed a paper, part
replication and part demurrer to the de-
fenda1t's supplementary plea. In that
condition of the pleadings the case would
have been in no position to go to trial.
Judge Patterson suggested to the COM
mOnwealth's counsel to move to strike off
the supplementary plea. They took the
hint, it was struck of, and the case went
to trial. The following named gentlemen
were sworn as jurors, after each side had
exercised their full limit of striking: d. C.
kieth, Charles Green, John B. Denlinger,
John Click, Samuel Long. John Diehm,
Henry Palsgrove, Samuel Hambright,
Philip Dornes, Harry Edwards, Edwin
Elser, David B. Graham.
The district attorney offered in evidence
the Indictment No. 66, against Dennis,
charging the selling of liquors to minors,
and the Indictment No. 67, charging him
with selling liquor on Sunday.
A. J. Dunlap, sworn Was in Office of
district attorney during April sessions,
| 1879. (ShOwn Indictment No. 81 witness
wrote the names of the witnesses on said
Indictment, probably OH the 24th of
| April, 1879 copied them from the COM
monwealth's subpoena, which had been
returned by the constables think the Off
GERS were Geo. Cramer and Sam. Swenk !;
court of quarter sessions.
| Geo. w. Eaby, sworn: Is deputy clerk
of quarter sessions as such has custody
| of papers of the court has looked dill
gently for the subp9nas in indict-
ments Nos. 66 and 81, and can
not find them; looked everywhere for
them where there was any probability of
their being Mr.. Urban, the clerk, says
| they could not be found when they were
wanted to re-tax the bill of costs.
Frank B. Boyle, sworn : (Shown in
dictment No. CD wrote the name of MIR.
Eli G. Reist on the indictment copied it
from the subpoena.
| w. II. Bates, sworn : Was prosecutor
against Dennis in April, 1879, for selling
liquor to minors and on Sunday. Eli G..
Reist, w. c. Bates, J. H. Schlegelmillich,
Joseph Schlegelmillich and Jos. Haldeman,
were witnesses in those cases. Witness
was subpenaed by Capt. Sprecher he pro-
| duced the subpoena and it was read to
witness it had the seal of the court OpOn
it and ordered witness to attend before the
grand jury took Capt. into the shop and
heard him read the subpoena to Haldeman
and w. c. Bates came to Lancaster in pur-
suance of that subpoena the grand jury
found a true bill !; the subpoena was not
served on Sunday; Dennis told the witness
after he had been subp9naed but before
being before the grand jury that if he would
go before the grand jury and testify that
| he had brought the suits through malice
and would see him (Dennis) through,
if the costs were put upon him (Bates)
| Dennis would see that they were paid he
had $50 for that purpose to indemnify Bates
| if he was stuck for the costs.
X: Lived in Springvilie; boarded at
| Denniss; had been there seven or eight
! weeks witness and Dennis were at one
time bad friends but became good friends
afterwards did not make this complaint
and was never asked to do SO by any one !;
never told Dennis that he (Bates) had
brought the suit for violating the liquor
laws through malice.
Joseph A. Schlegelmillich, sworn Live
in Springville was subpGnaed as witness
| in the case of cOm'th VS.. Dennis, for sell
| ing liquors Dennis knew that witness
had been subpGnaed had several CONVEX
sations with Dennis he wanted Haldeman
to play off sick, get a certificate from DIR.
Harry to that effect, so that Haldeman.
who was a minor, could not be called upon
to testify that he (Dennis) had sold liquor
to minors and on Sunday he said DIR.
Harry was good fellow and would do
anything for him that he would get MIR.
William Bates, another witness, to go to
Cumberland county and stay till after the
court witness heard Dennis tell Halde-
man that he would give him s. and pay
him for his time. and get certificate from
DR.. Harry. After we came to Lancaster
heard Dennis say the grand jury was fixed
and that if Mr.. Bates would go before the
grand jury and swear that he brought the
suit through malice, if the costs would be
put upon him, he (Dennis) had $50 with
which to protect Bates from loss.
x: Dennis said sue have the grand
jury fixed ;" the conversation took place
back of the court house heard him tell
Bates to swear before the grand jury that
he brought the suit through malice; Den
mis- did not request witness to stay away
Haldeman was not sick when Dennis
wanted him to feign sickness; the reason
Dennis wanted him to stay away was that
he was a minor, and had got liquor from
Dennis witness refused to permit Halde-
man (who was his apprentice) to feign
sickness.
w. G.. Bates, sworn Was subpGnaed to
attend court as witness in the case of the
com'th vs. John B. Dennis, indicted for