Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-25
NOVEMBER COURT.
THE MILL or JUSTICE IN OPERATION.

THE MILL or JUSTICE IN OPERATION.
Grinding Out business with i Euil Head Oh
Water.
Wednesday, Atternoon.-Com' tn VS.. Jas
IL. Messenkcp and Henry Snyder, assault
and battery and malicious mischief, and
! Wayne Shay. assault and battery.
For the defendants and several others
! defense was called.
! It vas claimed that OIL the part Of Shay
that he took 10 part whatever in the AZ
legged assault on Rochm, and did nothing
but attempt 80 pacify McsSenkcp.
! For Snyder IL was claimed by the de-
! PENDANTS and several other witnesses that
he was not ut RoeIm's q. all during the
| fight, and took no part i'll 1t lie was IN
another part of town with 4 number OF
| friends, and did not throw any stopeS HIS
| brother John was in the ba:rOom during
the fight.
James MeSsenkop testified that he went
into ROehm hotel and had several drinks
on this day he had !. littls, dog with him.
too small tc fellow him, and he placed it ON
the bar. RoshIn demonstrated with him
and finally knocked tho animal from the
bar. Witness picked up beer glass
whercupcn Ruehm drew pistol and then
picked up club. with which he beat W.T.
ness OH the head, iniuring him 3" badly
that he was CONF e'led 10 stay in bed ior
two weeks. Harry SUydcr WAS not there
when the fight occurred and h;'d hoth'hs,'
to do with it.
Other witnesses were called 10 cofr'"
crate what the accused had test. .9eu 10.
Vim. Hinder. who WAS convIcte.a o' as
sau!t and battery on Constable 10. III l..
Miller, was sentenced to SIX months uh
prisOnment.
Hugo Nickel plead guilty to the charge
: of larceny as bailce, in selling 4 violin
belonging 20 Jacob kafroth of Lincoln, land
was sentenced to All Imprisonment Of three
month.
In the following cases mol. pros. was
entered Thomas n. Steely and Henry
Temp!eton, fcrnication and bas!ardy; Har-
rison Rischel. bigan'y Tobias W. Nisslcy
embezzlemcnt; iutiIcw Wen.er, larceny.
The cases against Christian ShOff and a.
Wayne Wecblcr, charging them with
surety Of the peace, were discharged "n
payment of the cost.
The grand jury returned the following,
bills
True Bas-iiary Taylor and A.nano:
Taylor, assault Jacob B. Collins and
/ Herman Astrirl, larceny as bailsc John
Farrick and Charles Sweigert, fOrnicatlon
: and bastardy Nathan Hartman and Scott
Valentine, assault and battery.
| Lyn0red-ilepry Dcrr. icioniOus assault
and battery benjamin Shultz, asS;suls
. and battery, with county for costs.
| Ff,9ay .uorning.-In the cases of james
l Ii. Messenkopand Harry Snyder, charged
, with assault and battery and malicious
mischief, and Wayne Shay charged with
assault and battery, the jury rendered vcr-
= diets this morning. Messenkop was con-
, victcti on both charges, and Snyder of MI
licious mischief. Both Snyder and Shay
, wero acquitted of assault and battery with
VIM. Roehm, the prosecutor, for costs.
Com'th vs.. John \. Huber, ilega!
voting. The defendant is d resident "s
this city, aud it was CHARGED that 1T the
. election held in this city On February 10
last, he voted bot, in tie Third and Second
wards of this city. 1t Nas found by the
election officers :hat tho defendant voted
at both places. No defense was offered
and 2 verdict ~! guilty WIS rendered
: The counsel for tl,. defense made u motion
in arrest of ju'lctnnt on the ground that
: there is no olcEsc charged in the indlss-
mcu:. rs it was not stated IN the ii.,iict
mcnt at what election or what kind OF an
election the alleged crime was committed.
The case viii come up fnr argument IN
: December.
Com TIL vs.. Herman Astric,, larceny as
bailee. Edward MacGonigle was the pros
ecutor in this case ami it wa; claimed dc
icDdant gave MacGUnigle u set of harness
on condition tha: i,e (Astric;D could use
his horse when he desired 10. On the 18th
of August prosecutor gaze Ast!ich u horse
which he mad borrowed. his own being
) lame the harness waG :.I;t on the horse
and when the aniiH"' was returned the
: harness was rot on Ii y. kStrlch EaylT
: kept it.
The defense called /. witnesses, but
u claimed an acgnitta! on the ground that 1t
was a transaction in which the right Ci
propc,ty was at issue, and it should, there =
fore. be settled in a civil court. TIE court
d directed a verdict of not guilty, which was
taken.
;. Com IL. VS.. Jscob NJ. Erisman, OF Mar
: ictta, felonious assault and battery. me
. prosecutor in this case 'Vas Jonathan W.
! u Larzalcre, of Marietta, wh.' testified that
= on the 18th of October last 9 ga" eeish',
cnt driving his Uarzalere's) COWS across
the winding bridge along the liver; he
went over to him and told hin. NOT tt
abuse the COWS; Erisman told hin 'ha
Il he must keep his cows off and y. t.'i:c'
drew 4 double edged knife with which, !. J
: attacked witEcss, cutting him terribly
., about tho face, neck and legs; when wit
y ness attempted to defend himself defend
r ent struck him with q stone which stunned!
q him.
Evidence was ,'ap offered tv siio" the
i nature of LarziIrre's wounds, and to show
that Erisnan admitted having done tic
cutting, and said that he would have shot
i Larzalcre if he had had Il pistol.
Erisman, in his defense, testified that
y on this day the prosecutors COWS We're on
,, his premises he was driving them OFF
. when Larzale:c pat in all appearance and
. made an ATTACK witness. striking him
right and left and calling him all kinds of
names witness attempted to defend him l.
self, when prose3ltnT struck him with Il
+ stone, knockin, him down ; upon gaining
/ his feet he knocked tn. prosecutor down :;
1 the latter began TO XII: * at him anil he
tried to defend himself with his hanl he
= held knife in that hand at the time and
may probably have cut Larzalerc then {; il.
he did cut him that was the time it was
, done.
4 large number of witnesses testified to
y the defendants good character for peace
previous to this charge.
In rcbuttal Larzalerc was called and he
testified that the knife produced by the
c accused is not til" one with which he was
/ cut. The other was iruci, larger III tic
blade and had two edges.
4 The grand jury returned the follow iEt,
5 bill: