Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-22
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Grinding Out Business With Full BEAD of
Water

Neffsville, charged with assault aud battery
a verdict of not guilty was taken, as Chas.
Smith, the prosecutor, who is tramp can
not be found and the case could not be
made out without him.
In the case of CONT tn VS.. Jacob Axe,
charged with felonious assault and battery,
the jury rendered verdict Of not guilty
Com'th VS.. W. Bewley, assault aud bat
terry. In this case Jacob Axe was the
prosecutor, and the evidence was almost
the same as in the case which proceeded,
except that in this case the evidence was
turned around aud heard iu a different
way, that Of Axe being heard first. The
jury rendered verdict of not guilty with
costs to be equally divided between both
parties.
Jacob N. Neiss plead guilty to the lar
ceny of pair Of chickens from E. A. Ran
sing, and was sentenced to three months
imprisonment.
George Parrish plead guilty to the lar.
| ceny of piece of iron from the Penn iron
| company, and was sentenced to three
| months Imprisonment.
Samuel Worner, of Mt. Joy, plead guilty
to the charge of stealing pair of cassi-
mere pants, and was sentenced to four
| mcnths.
Com'th VS.. VIM. Deaner, o; this city,
larceny: The defendant was charged with
stealing brass couplings and branch pipe,
the property of the Humane fire company,
and a dozen beer glasses and lot of Sill
yer spoons, the property Of j. C..
Spaeth. All Of this property was taken
from the Humane engine house in
July last Two officers of the company
testified that these articles were stolen,
! Officer Harman searched the house where
Deaner boarded and found dozen beer
glasses. George Snyder, a boy, testified
that upon onc day in July last Deaner
gave him one brass branch pipe and two
other pieces of brass and told him to sell
| them he also told him that if he took
them to sell he should tell the purchaser
| that they had belonged 20 his father. The
| witness took them to VIM. Hennecke, a
junk dealer, and offered them for sale
he refused to take them because they had
on an inscription he then took them to
HeDlE Shirk's shop and he bought them !;
witness gave the money to Deaner, who
gave him 20 cents. Messrs. Henneekc and
Shirk corroborated the boy.
J. G.. Spaeth testified that Officer Han
man gave him the beer glasses, which he
! found at defendants boarding house he
identified them. Mrs. Snyder testified
that the defendant brought basket of
glasses to her house where he boarded be.
fore going to where the glasses were
| found.
William Simon, of the Humane company,
testified that Oh one Of the couplings was
the inscription: /" Presented to the Uu.
name fire company by the Shiitier COM
pany.' Another witness testified that
Deancr told him he had got two brass
lamps at the engine house.
The grand jury returned the following
bills
True B7ls-John White, Benjamin F..
Davis, Thomas Demon, VIM. Marion,
Thomas Pickel, Joseph Munson, Henry
FOldy, Thomas Maxwell, VIM. Findley,
Thomas Gordon, Joseph Queen, Thomas
Bennett, Francis Barry, Michael Murray,
VIM. Taggart, tramp; Henry Flags, VIM.
Deaner, Joseph Bullock, John Donkey,
Arthur Boots, Elmor Houston Boots. lar
ceny
Hnored-Jacob Rush, Geo. Fisher and
Marion Chambers, larceny,
| Current Business.
VIM. W. Wcinho!d, who was arrested
recently on charge of forging note on
the Mannheim bank, was released on his
furnishing bail in the amount of $500.
The court granted an amendment to the
charter of the NJ. E. church of Marietta
relative to the election of trustees of that
church.
| Monday Erening.-Com' tn VS.. William
Dcaner, larceny. The defense opened
when court met. 1t was to the effect that
at the time of the larceny Of these articles
defendant was janitor of the Humane
house. He had charge of the glasses and
he took them homo with him, in order
that they would be safe he kept them
somewhat longer than he intended as he
wanted to use them at a wedding which
he was to have had he did not take them
with any intention of stealing them and
was never asked for them until the officer
came for them as for the brass he knew
nothing about it. as he never stole it or
had anything to do with it he never gave
it to the boy Snyder.
A number of witnesses testified to the
defendants good character for honesty
previous to this charge. The jury ac-
quilted him Of stealing the couplings and
pipe, but convicted him Of stealing tho
! beer glasses. Sentenced to three months
imprisonment
Com'th VS.. John White, VIM. Marie n,
Thomas Demon, Benjamin F. Davis,
Joseph Queen, Thomas Pickel, VIM. Find
| Icy, Thomas Maxwell, Francis Barry,
Thomas Gordon, Henry Foldy, Joseph
Munson, Thomas Bennett and William
Taggart. All of these defendants were
charged with being tramps. Officer
Leman testified that lie was one Of the
officers who arrested tho above men on
Dram Brubaker's farm, near Smoketown
! Springs, in September. A fire had been
| kindled and the men were lOuhging around
it. Nearly all of the men were identified
by farmers, living in East Lampeter, as
having been at their houses begging at
| different times. All were identified by
police officers of the city as having been
arrested at different times for vagrancy.
For the defense eight of the men were
called they all swore that they were in
search Of work, and did not tramp for a
living. None of them claimed Lancaster
city or county rs their place Of residence.
On trial.
Taesday INorning.-John Seachrist, of
this city, plead guilty to the charge Of
stealing an overcoat, the property of Eu-
gene Richards, and was sentenced tn an
Imprisonment of six months.
In the case of com'th VS.. B. +. Davis,
ct al., charged with being tramps, the de-
PENDANTS who were not called last evening
testified this morning, their evidence
being to the same effect as that given last
evening. Jury out.
In the case of Martin S. Croft, charged
with selling liquor on Sunday, mol. pros.
was entered on payment of costs. There
was not sufficient evidence to make out the