Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-01-20
CoUKT OF uUARTER SESSIONS.
F,rss wesk OF tno Nev Year.

CoURT OF uUAR1En SESSIONS.
:, Firss wask OF the Kew Year.
Wedaesday aftsrnoon-In the case of the
com'th W. Fr1ncis Barclay, charged with
attempting to ravish Susanna Hess, the
grand jury yesterday ignored the bill and
put the costs upon the prosecutrix. The
woman, being unable to pay the costs, was
compelled to 60 to prison. The district
attorney informed the court that the
woman has q large family and is so poor
that she is unable TO pay costs. The bill
was then sent back to the grand jury ard
that body reconsidered the action and put
costs on the county.
Com'th VS.. F. F. Caruthers. Assault
and battery. The prosecutor in this case
was Alonzo p. Cunningham. Both par
ties reside at Paradise, where the defend
ant keeps a store On November I'd, ac-
cordins to the prosecutors story, he went
into defendants store. Sometime before
this he had heard Caruthers say in his
store, during political discussion, that he
did not care for any Democratic custom ct
his store this he told to several friends.
On this day the prosecutor asked Caruth-
ers to give him his mail; the latter told
Cunningham that he had been lying about
him Cunningham said he had told the
truth Caruthers jumped over the counter
and struck Cunningham in the face, after
which he choked him.
The defense admitted having struck
Cunningham because he circulated u re-
port about Caruthers, which tho latter SAYS
was not true. The jury rendered a ver
dict of guilty sentence deferred.
The first case tried during the week by
District Attorney Davis was that Ofcom' tn
vs.. Albert Arndt. On the night of the 22d
of December Wallace Hauck, while on his
way home, at Rothsville, met man ON the
road with bag on his back. Hauck
stopped and the man dropped the bag and
ran tho bag was picked up and it was
found to contain thirteen chickens. Hauck
came to town and informed the police.
The next morning Arndt was arrested and
Eauck identified him as the one who drop
ped the bag. Andrew Shaubach, residing in
Strasburg township, identified the bag as
his property. 1t was taken from his place
sOme time within two years. Chickens
we're stNen from him. at different times,
but not on this night; several witnesses
saw the defendant in the ncighborhood Of
the place, where he was arrested ON De
| cember 21st.
The defendant upon being called to the
stand testified that he knew nothing Of the
bag he did not steal it and was not at the
place where Hauck says he saw him with
the bag on that night. Tho jury rendered
a verdict of not guilty.
The jury in the case of com'th vs. Henry
Murry and Rudolph Fry, supervisors
charged with neglect of duty, rendered a
| verdict of not guilty with county tor
costs.
THursdag Morning.-Com'th tn VS.. Bernard
Short and Peter Short. These defendants
are residents of Martic township, and they
were charged with resisting and assault :
ing John r. Erb, constable Of Martic
township, while he was serving a search
warrant issued by John Strohn, esq.,, for
the recovery of five pigs, which were on
the property of Bernard Short and which
were claimed by David 3. Eshlem:n as
belonging to him. The affair occurred
on November 49, On that day
there was q sale on Shorts property {;
q search warrant was placed in Erb's
hands I; he read tho warrant to Bernard
| Short, who took him to a pen and showed
him the hogs the constable attempted to
take the pigs, but Bernard Short told him
that he could not take them, as they were
his property and they were not concealed !;
Bernard Short then placed his hand on
Erb's breast, his son Peter picked up a
club, and they defied the officer; Erb drew
a revolver and left the premises without
tho pigs, as he was afraid to take them.
The defense was that these hogs tres
passed upon the premises of Bernard Short
who impOunded them, Short notified a
justice of the peace, who had the hogs ap-
praised. Notices were then posted up and
Mr.. Short bought the hogs at half of their
value, according to the law with regard to
hogs running at large without yokls
or rings. When Eby came for the hogs
Short demanded to see his warrant, this
Eby refused to show, but said he had
paper to take tho hogs. The defendant
refused to allow him to take the hogs
away. The defendants claimed that they
were only defending their own property
and were not guilty ofany crime. On trial.
The grand jury returned the following
bills:
True BMs-John Stively, adultery;
Jacob Miller and Frank Smith, setting
fire to a stack; same, tramp; Thomas
Meehan, assault and battery; Peter
HOffer, false pretence;
Ignored-Eliza Ann Wertz, felonious
assault and battery;
In the case of VIM. Mcpherson, charged
with embezzlement,a "a verdict of not guilty
was taken for want Of evidence.
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