Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-21

been burned. There is possibility that
the bed; may have taken fire from the
stove tpe.
i UpgRr PROCEEDINGS.
The Irs. Week Of Quarter Sessions.
Wednesday afternoon cases against
Charles ID. and George A. Triple,
charged with emoezzlement, were cOntin-
ued to the May adjourned term.
Cont til vs.. David g. Shaeffer. irscsivipp
stolen goods. accused testified that
the goods were BROUGHT, to, his house BY
told him, they had bought them in Lam
defendants good character previous to
COm'th VS.. Christian Sharp, larceny as
bailee. The prosecutor was e. A. Reece,
who formerly Kept shoe store in this city,
tilted that on February IA, 1881, Mr.. Sharp
came to his store for a pair Of shoes for
his wife :; they were given to him ON con-
did not fit, and if they did he would pay
nor were they paid for, and this suit was
brought. .5-r.s -.
The defendant testified that he took the
shoes home with the understanding that
if they fit he was to keep them they fit
his wife aud hs concluded to keep them !:
in about an hour sfberward Mr.. Reece's
boy came to his store and asked for the
shoes or money he then gayo the boy a
pair of shoes which he had bought at auc-
tiOn and which did not fit and 25 cents in
payment; the boy refused to take this; in
an hour the complaint was made and wit
ness had a warrant served upon him.
In rebuttal MIR. Reece testified that he
gave the shoes to Sharp in the morning
and did not send for them until O'Clock
and did not bring suit until an hour after
that. Henry G. Demuth, DR.. III. b. Parry
and WIN Gumpf testified that from what
they knew Of defendants character they
would not hQieve him ON OATH.
The grand jury returned the following
bills.
True Glls-John Scherff, pointing q pis-
toll Walter Marshbank, Albert Reiden-
bach and George Kemp. malicious mis-
chief; John B. Slough, assault and bat
terry; john NJ. Rowe. larceny as bailee;
Charles Lewis, seduction, fOrnicatiOn and
bastar(ly Isaac Hauck, assault and bat
terry; ID. &. Fleming, assault and bat
tory and selling liquor ON Sunday; jacob D.
Warfel, feloniOus assault and battery and
selling liquOr 10 minors Thomas Smith,
assault anil battery John Hood, mayhem
and assault aud battery.
ynored-A. e. Welkhemer, assault and
battery, with the prOsecutrix, Charlotte
StOner, for costs; Manuel McShane, as
sault and battery, with county for costs.
Isaac BuZzard, who was convicted Of
burglary at the houses OF BENJAMIN Fritz
and Joseph Gensemer, was sentenced to
| five years imprisonment in each case,
making a total Of ten years at hard labor
in the county prison; William Weider,
convicted Of breaking into the house Of
Joseph Gensemer, was sentenced to four
Years. imprisonment in the county prison
ut hard labor.
Charles Lewis plead guilty to fOrnica-
ton and bastardy with Mary Fisher and
received the usual sentence. A mol. pros.
was entered in seduction case against
the same defendant for want of evidence.
Thursday lMorning.-The jury in tho
case Of Christian Sharp, charged with lar
cenO as bailee, rendered . verdict Of not
guilty. p. ..
Verdicts Of not guilty were taken in the
following cases Com'th vs.. Horace
Reynolds, John Meyer, Christian Wallace
and John X. Weiker, fOrnicatiOn and
bastardy; Theodore House, larceny !;
Jacob BlOcher, adultery and William
Caldwell, false pretense. These cases
were returned during the term of Ex-
District Attorney Brubaker it 1863. 1869,
1870. The accused were never arrested
on the process issued for them. They
abscOnded at the time and statutes Of limi-
tations now prevent their prosecutions.
Com'th VS.. Henry Resh, Frank Dyer
and VIM. Burns, Of this city. These de-
PENDANTS were charged with stealing
pigeons FROM Casper Weaver in December
last. VIM. TrOst and Frank Dyer were
also indicted Tor stealing Is carrier pigeons
from Milton J. Ruth in january. FROST
and Dyer were also indicted fos being &c
cessOry to the larceny of tho pigeons from
Casper Weaver, and Burns and Resh were
indicted for bcin. accessory to the larceny
| of Mr. Ruths pigeons, Some Of the stolen
birds were bought at the store Of Mr.. VOn-
dersmi:h. That gentleman was unable to
identify any Of the boys as being the ones
who sold them to him. A few Of Mr..
Ruth's pigeons were found at the house Of
frost. Officer Shay testified that Resh
and Burns admitted that they had stolen
pigeons from Casper Weaver. Frank Dyer
told George Ochs that he was in q bad
scrapc, as Ruth's pigeons had been stolen.
He offered the witness key of beer to
swear falsely against him.
The defense was that the boys pur-
chased the pigeons on market, for shoot
ing matches, and also some from q young
man named Reamsnyder, who is now =
fugitive from justice on account Of these
cases. Burns denied that he told the Off
Ger that he took pigeons. Two of the
| witnesses said that Ruth offered to settle
the case for $50 Defendants also proved
good character previous to this charge.
The jury found verdicts Of no: guilty.
COm'th VS.. Robert GOchenOur and
Frank Bender. These defendants arc
two boys, and they were charged with
stealing money from the money drawers
of John +. Herr and Reuben Bowman, in
their market stands in the central mar
ket, this city. It was shown that the boys
were seen near the stands Of the prOsecu-
tors one day in February last. They saw
considerable money counted and 2 short
time after they went away the money was
missed. Ono witness saw the boys at Mr..
Bender's stand. Bender crawled under
the stand and Gochenour stood guard out
side. When Bender came out th0y went
away. The money was missed soon after
wards. Several witnesses testified that
GochenOur often acted strangely. No
other dsfer,s': was offered. lThe jury
found the boys guilty. Both Of these boys
L., vx<<x. I-H.~ e. n