The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-01-11
tReported bv John G. Want,, Esq.l

Court Proceedings. - At Court of
Common Pleas, Court of Quarter Ses
sions, and Court of Oyer and Terminer
and General Jail Delivery began and
held in Bloomfield for the County of
Perry on the Sd day of January, A. ID.
1881, being the first Monday in January,
before the Hon. b. f. Junkin, President,
and Samuel Moss and William Grier,
Esqrs., Associate Judges, the following
proceedings were had, viz
The Sheriff made return of the Tenirs Fdscias.
The Conetables made their returns.
The Grand Jury were sworn.
The Commission of ]. w. Beers, ESQ, as
high Sheriff of Perry County, was read In open
Court.
SURETY OF THE PEACE CASES.
The Com. VS.. Samuel l.. Bomgardner.-
Charge of Threats. In this case the defendant
was accused of having threatened Mr.. Daniel
Power, the prosecutor, in body and estate, and
on the trial 1t was proven that he said on one
occasion that he "would break the prosecutor
up" and on another occasion that he "could
poison the prosecutor with drop of blood"
etc. The parties hailed from the classic shades
of Fishing Greek and were mutually at logger
heads with each other. The Court ordered the
defendant to pay the costs of prosecution.
seibert and Dist. Atty Wallis for Com. Bar
nett for deft.
Com. VS.. John l.. Beigh. Charge of deser-
tion of wife and child. Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Beigh, prosecutor. This was a proceeding
under the Act of 1867 by the wife against her
husband for support and maintenance. Mr..
Beigh, who is q boatman living at Liverpool,
sometime last spring married the young woman
who prosecuted him In this case, and took her
to his fathers house to live, where she alleged
she was Ill treated so that she was unable to
stay there, and, consequently, went home to
her mother, and has been living there since
August last with her little child. She testified
that her husband had given her only couple
dollars and a dress and yard or SO of muslin
during the whole period of their marriage, and
that these gifts were somewhat insufficient to
support woman and child for eight months,
and that she ought to have more liberal
allowance than that to live upon. 1t appeared
also that Mr.. Beigh had told witnesses that he
wouldn't do anything for his wife, and that he
didn't intend TO support her. There was also
some testimony showing that he earns fair
sum Of money every year by boating, getting
$l4 month months out of the year. The
Court, after hearing the evidence, sentenced
the defendant to pay to his wife 500 year in
semi annual installments, and costs of prose-
cution, and to stand committed till sentence is
complied with. The defendant went to jail:
Dist. Atty Wallis for Com. M'Allister for deft
Com. VS.. Frank j. Smedley. Charge of de-
scrtlOn OF WIG. h1Tbs MaIy Tie Cutul6J prose"
cutor. This was an action similar to the last.
The parties were married in 1866 and lived in
Marysvile for several years and also in or near
Newport, but their married life was unhappy
and they separated by consent in 1874 and the
husband went west after providing for the
support of the wife by securing her the sum of
four dollars week until they should again
re-unite. Mr.. Smedley while in the west pro-
cured divorce in Utah,-on of those double
action, duplex, patent divorces furnished by
Utah Courts on demand, and sent to any part
of the world, and to the State of New Jersey,
on receipt of the price,-and returned to this
State couple years ago and took up his resi-
dence in Union County where he went into
business and-married another woman. He
was arrested by his first wife for desertion last
summer and the case was ready for trial at
the October Term 1880. Before the term of
Court at which he was to be tried arrived he
made an offer of settlement to his wife which
she agreed to accept and the case was contin-
ued in order to draw the papers of settlement
and have them executed by the parties. But
it seems that Mrs. smedley had spasm of
Indignation and disgust, and, after reflection,
refused to consummate her agreement TO settle,
and insisted ON getting satisfaction through a
public trial of the case, and accordingly the
case was tried at this term of Court. The
proof disclosed q most distressing state of
affairs between the parties. After hearing the
evidence the Court refused to order the de-
fendant to pay anything for the support of the
prosecutrix aud directed the wife and the
husband to pay their own costs. The Court
advised the woman very properly that If she
wished her husband to live with her and
maintain and support her she must act like
,Oomdn and behave herself SO that man can
live with her and not like a creature that
would be.devil the life out of a saint. The
defendant just before the trial had offered the
woman 80 month as long as she lived, which
she refused and demanded the satisfaction of
trial in Court. 1t is to be hoped that the
satisfaction" she received is more satisfactory
to her now than the money would have been.
M'Allister for Com. seibert for deft.
CRIMINAL TRIAL LIST.
Com. vs. Jos. NJ. Harmon. Charged of For
nlcation and Bastardy, ON the oath OF Ellie
Gallagher The parties were from Duncannon.