Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-22


Thursday 1ternoon.-COm'.h vs.. Thos.
Smith. aseeait and battery. This case
grew out Of = riot at kauffman's hotel. at
ROhrerstOwn, some time ago. 4 full ac
count Of which appeared in the INrELLI.
GENCER. The prosecutor was John Hood.
colored. He testified that on this day he
was Mt kauAinan'S hotel : SmitA' and a
friend named KilcOyne came to tho hotel
and raised Il row !; the bartender asked.
witness to remain there and assist him to
keep order after that Smith bantered
him f6s fight @nd atfqck him in the jaw
several tines., The defense was that this
night the prosecutor made an attack ON
Smith, who was seated on a bagatelle
table; Ho,.i hit him several times and bit
a portion Of his safOG.' Several witnesses
testified that the defendant was peace
able man.
The commonwealth in rebuttal called
witnesses to prove that Smith was a quar-
relsome man when drunk. The jury rem
dered verdict Of not guilty with tine costs
to be equally divided between the parties.
COm'th vs.. Walter Marshbank, Albert
Reidenbach and George Kemp. The de-
fsndantss were charged with malicious
mischief. 1t was shown by the testimony
that he old bark nb6lt which 4 situated
short distance east Of the city, and is the
property OF the WOrkinsman's building
and loan association. has been greatly in-
jured by buys breaking the windows, sc.
Two boys testified that they saw Marsh
bank aud Reilenbach throw stones at tho
windows and against the doors Of this
building.
The commonwealth abandoned the case
as to Kemp, not having sufficient evidence
to sustain it. The defense Of the other
boys was that the injury to the building
was done by tramps and not by them.
The jury. found Marshbank and Reiden-
bach guilty, but recommended them to the
MERCY Of the court.
COm'th VS. John Scherif. The defendant
was charged with pointing pistol at
Mary BOokmyer. The prOsecutrix testified
that on March II, the defendant came to
where she WAS living At No. 210 Lime
street. for the purpose Of dispOssessing her.
He pulled i pistol without her having
done anything to him and pointed it at
her. She screamed MURDER" aud Schcrff
then put the pistol back in his pocket
Another witness testified that Scherff tried
to get in the house and when he did 30 the
prOsecutrix struck him in The face he
then pulled his revolver but did not
point it.
The defense was that the accused was ut
the hoase tor u lawful purpose, having
writ to disppssess her he only pulled his
pistol after being assaulted for the purpose
Of frightening Mrs. BOOkmycr. The jury
rendered Il verdict Of guilty.
Com't! vs. John Hood, cOlOred, may
hem and assault and battery. This case
grew Out OF tho ROhrerstOwn fight also.
HOO' was charged with biting y piece Of
Thomas Smiths ear Oft on the 7th of
March. Smith testified that upon this
day he went into Kauffman's hotel when
he was Knocked OFT a bagctelle table by
Hood. who bit Off u piece. If his ear.
Hood was ais" charged with assault and
battery by augustus kilcoync who swOre
that he Knocked him down and beat him.
The dcfense was that Hood did not
Of Smith off. kilcOyne received his in
jurics from Tie hands Of the bartender.
On trial
Friday N3rHing.-T'ha trial OF John
Hood, charged! with mayhem in biting of
an ear OF Thomas Smith, and. for assault
and battery upon Augustus Ki!cOyne, was
resumed this morning. The defense Of.
fcred additional testimony to show that
| thC pIoSSSuUtlS lAC HUM
denied having bitten the car Of Smith and
claimed that the two men received t:leir
other injuries from him (fiOo,D while he
was protecting the house. The jury rem
dercd IL verdict Of not guilty in the may
hem case with costs to be equally divided
| between the prosecutor, Thomas Smith,
| and defendant. In the assault and battery
case Hood was acquitted and the prose-
cutor, Augustus kilcoyne, to pay the
costs.
CONT vs. David lauck, burglary. The
evidence showed that tine smoke house OF
David Croft. iQ Earl township, was broken
open on the night Of April Oh when four
shoulders and five hams were stolen. The
thieves effected an entrance by removing a
| sash from the kitchen window. Constable
| Bowman testified that he had warrant to
| searcl, FOX meat which was stolen from MIR.
Croft he employed Jacob LOwery and
| Martin Buzz.rd to watch around tho
Welsh mountains as he thought the meat
| would b. sccreted by the thieves Buzzard
watched Hau:k and he saw him carry
something from his house and hide it un.
der a stone in the Welsh mountains; he in
formed the officer and they went to the
place and found shoulder which Mr..
Croft identified as his property.
The deGe,,se called the mother of Hauck
who testified that upon the night OF the
burglary her son was not ut homo. The
jury rendered verdict Of guilty. SEN
fenced to two years Imprisonment at hard
labor.
Thomas iIechau, Job Bcnn and Lewis
Wiltmyer, who were in prison for costs !;
were discharged under the insolvent law.
The cases of Eliza Donneliy and Harry
Rogers charged with keeping 4 bawdy
house, were continued.
A verdict of not guilty was taken in the
case Of James Hays charged with false
pretense, the statute: Of limitations bar
ring out the prosecution.
The grand jury returned the following
bills: ..,., r ~ o.. ,l;s -
True 6iNs-Wm Z. Finney, first count
involuntary mahslaushter, second count
voluntary m.,nslaushter II. Coleman
Ku-tz, adulary; Jonas Minnich, false
pretensc Wm. Lowery ct al., conspiracy
to break Jail! John Goodhart and Daniel
:E. Buchter, fornication and bastardy
Nathan Athouse, fraud John Moran,
tramp.
Ignored-Jessie Miller, keeping a dis
orderly house, with county for costs.
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