Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-18
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
of the Adjourned Ter

COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS.
Proceedings of the Adjourned fern.
Tuesday Afternoon.-In the case of
com'th VS.. Geo. Cunningham and Henry
Stoler, charged with assault and battery,
the jury rendered verdict of not guilty,
with Cunningham to pay oue-half Of the
costs and Daniel W. Dreamer, tho prose-
cutor the other half.
Com'th VS.. Harry NJ. Shaub, fornication
and bastardy. The prosecutrix was Mary
Frinefrock, Of Quarryville, who testified
that the defendant is the father of her
child which was begotten in April, 1880.
The defendant denied the paternity of
the child, and it was claimed that he was
never with tie prosecutrix except when
others were with him. The jury rem
dered a verdict of guilty. Sentence rs
usual.
George Stein plead guilty to the charge
of stealing some goods from Mussleman' s
warehouse at Winners station. He was
sentenced to four months Imprisonment.
COm'th VS.. John NJ. Rowe. larceny as
bailee. The prosecutor was Al. ROsen-
stein and tho court ordered the jury to
render verdict Of not guilty, as from Mr..
ROsenstein's testimony there was nothin 6
to substantiate the charge.
Com'th VS.. Henry Brum, assault and
battery. There were two cases against
the accused, the complainants being Chas.
Rothwe;ler jr., of High street, this city,
and Mrs. Rothweiler, his wife. Roth
weller testified that he went into Mrs.
Diehl's saloon on the evening of the 23rd
of July defendant was there and he i'm
mediately walked up to the witness, and,
after few words, struck him; witness
then went home and was sitting on his
step when the defendant came along and
struck him and his wife. Several witnesses
corrobora:ed this statement.
Defense was that ROthwilcr was the
aggressor in this fight; he bantered de-
fendant several times and as the latter was
taking off his coat, and before he had both
hands loose, Rothwiler ian up to him !;
defendant pushed him away, but he ran
up to him again, and then defendant hit
him. When he went down street Roth
wilcr jumped from his step rs if to hit de.
fendaIt, who then struck him; he did not
hit Mrs. Rothwiler. Other witnesses tes-
titled to these facts. The jury rendered a
verdict OF not guilty. prosecutor and de-
fendant each to pay One-half of the COSTS
Hall Nash, colored, of John street this
city, plead guilty to the charge of iorni-
cation and bastardy with Rebccca Ward.
He received the usual sentence, with the
exception of being obliged to pay the ly-
ing in expenses as the defendant had al
ready paid them.
Tuesday Norning-Henry Myers plead
guilty to the charge of larceny and was
sentenced to four months Imprisonment.
He was a partner of George Stein who was
sentenced yesterday. They stole quan-
tity of goods from Musselman's warehouse
at Winners station.
In the case of Frederick Struck, con-
stable of Columbia, charged with forcible
entry, a verdict of not guilty was taken
with county for costs, it appearing that the
defendant had lawfully entered the prem
ises.
Com'th VS. Frederick Wingart,
assault and battery. The defendant was
at the almshouse for time last summer,
and on the 4th Of August he made an at
tack on Stephen j. Hamilton, striking him
with his fist and cane. The jury found
the defendant guilty without leaving the
box. Sentenced to four months impris.
Onment.
Com'th vs.. William and Elias Divcler,
assault and battery. The prosecutor was
John Ehring, who testified that OH the
18th of March he was walking along the
road near Ephrata, when he met the de-
PENDANTS who made an attack upon him.
They knocked him down, cutting his head
and pulled out some of his beard. DR..
Hacker testified that he dressed a wound
above Ehrings eye; it was cut which
looked rs though it had bccn made with q
blunt instrument.
The defense by the accused and others
proceeded to show that on this day the
prosecutor passed through field where
the Diveler boys were working he COM
menced abusing them about an old mis-
understanding without any provocatiOn
he struck Elias on the head with a. stone
and with stick Elias then seized the
prosecutor by the beard and struck him
several times William did not interfere
or did he do anything to Ehring.
In rebuttal the commonwealth called
several witnesses who swore they would
not believe the Divclers on oath. The
defense then called witnesses to show that
the defendants character for veracity is
good and they would believe them on
oath. On trial.
In tho case of John Peiffer, charged
with fornication and bastardy, a mol. pros
was entered and costs paid.
Divorced.
Milton G. Swami, Of this city, was di-
vorced from his wife, II. Louisa Swami,
on the grounds of desertion.
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