Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-23
NOVEMBER COURT.
THE MILL OF JUSTICE IN OPERATION.
Grinding Out business With Fall Head
Water

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Grinding Out Business With a Fail Head of
Water.
Tuesday Atteraoon.- Jury in the
cases Of com'th VS.. e. F. Davis, ct. al,
charged with being tramps, found all Of
the men guilty, and each was sentenced
to six months imprisonment.
Henry Palmer plead guilty to breaking
into the lock factory Of J. F. Stautfer, il
this city, and stealing a lot of locks. and
Was sentenced to six months imprison-
meEt.
Henry Smith plead guilty to the charge
of breaking into Dana Graham's comb
factory, this city, and stealing some combs,
and was sentenced to eleven months i'm
priscnMent.
Com'th VS.. Henry Flagg, of this city.
larceny. The defendant was charged with
stealing $50 in money from William Seda,
stranger in this city, on the night OF
September Sd. The evidence showed that
Oh this night the defendant fell in with
>;eda, both were drunk, and they went to
F'lasg's boarding house on Harrisburg
avenue. The stranger left the house the
next morning ard soon found that his
money was gone. Flagg was arrested and
considerable money was found Cu him.
The defendant was called and admitted
having taken the man home. The next
morning after he had left he found a lot of
money under the carpet. He did not
know 10 whom it belonged and lie came
down street and got drunk, hired car
ria.c and spent some Of the money what
remained he gave to a policeman. The jury
rendered 4 verdict Of guilty. Sentenced
IN iftcau v,,n thcs -
Con,'th vs.. Alice Gerber, larceny. The
defendant, a pretty girl about 10 years of
age, was charged with stealing il dress.
necklace and gold ring from the house of
Edward Fraim, on Lemon street, this
city. The evidence showed that some
time during October Mrs Fraim left her
house to make 4 call, leaving the defend
ant, who was employed as a domestic, in
charge OF the house. When she returned
in the evening she found that the defend
ant was gone the house had been ran
sacked and the above mentioned articles
We're missing. The girl was afterward ar
rested in Columbia, and the goods found
in her possession.
The defense according to the girls testi-
mony was, she took these things with the
permission of MIR. Fraim, who told her the
day before to help herself, as he had no
money to give her then. Several witnesses
we've called who testified to the defend
ants good character previous TO this
charge. One of them stated that she had
heard stories OF her dishonesty before.
After the defense closed Mr.. Fraim was
! recalled and he stated that he offered the
girl her wages every week. She refused!
to take it, saying that she wanted it when
she had earned sufficient to buy dress
4 dress was finally bought and given her
witness never told her to take any of the
things in tue house. The jury rendered !.
verdict of guilty with 4 recommendation
of mercy. Sentence deferred.
Michael Mullen, one of the gang tried
this morning, plead guilty to being a
tramp and was sentenced to six months
imprisonment.
Com'th VS.. Edward Faeaiey and VIM.
Hinder, larceny and felOnious entry, and
VIM. Hiuler, assault and battery. The
evidence of Il number witnesses for the
commonwealth showed that sometime
during October the lock shop of J. F.
Stautier was broken into by some one, who
stole a number Of new locks. Some time
afterwards these defendants and Harry
Palmer were found selling locks at prices
below their value in the neighburlood Of
Paradise and GordOnville. They were
arrested and Mr.. Stauflcr identified the
locks which they had sold to different
parties and which had been thrown away
by them when they sold tho locks they
told some that they had bought them.
Henry Palmer, who plead guilty to
breaking into this shop Was put upon the
stand and he testified that he broke into
this shop and stole the locks; he met de-
PENDANTS and told them to help him to sell
tho locks. They asked him if he had
stolen them and he told them lie had not.
They then went to the country and each
sold the locks. The money was all placed
in the hands of the witness who paid the
defendants for helping to sell them after
wards he told them they were stolen.
Constable John l.. Miller testified that
he learned that the defendants were SELL
ing locks and followed them when lie
came up to them they still had some locks;
he attempted to arrest them, having no
warrant, and Hinder hit him with lock
the men then escaped and run Hinder
dropped 4 lock and both ran along fence
where locks were afterwards found.
The counsellor the defense here asked
that Hinder and Facgley be discharged Oh
the larceny and feloniOus entry cases, as
the commonwe alth had failed to show that
they had any guilty knowledge, as they
did not know that the locks had been
stolen until they had been disposed Of
The court directed that the two defendants
named be discharged and verdicts of not
guilty bc taken on those charges.
In the assault and battery case Hinder
was called He testified that Miller had
no warrant and no star he said he was q
constable, but witness did not know that
he was, and as he had two ugly tramps
with him defendant was afraid and struck
the officer. Jury ont.
Jerome Stouter plead guilty to the lar
ceny of a pocketbook containing $50, the
property of E. p. Sloat, of Terrc Hill.
Sentenced to sixteen months impiison-
ment.
The grand jury returned the following
bills
True BWs.--John KaloId and Harry
Bair, forncation and bastardy Jacob
Buzzard, feloniOus entry.
Lnored-Geor.e Weaver, larceny
Amos Albright, larceny and felonious
entry Amos Heisler, larceny Caroline
Thompson, robbery James Smith. carry
ing concealed weapons Edwin b. VIII
helm, fclonious entry.
Wednesday, .Norning.-In the case charg
ing VIM. Hinder with assault and battery
the jury rendered a verdict of guilty; YER
diets OF not guilty were rendered iE the
other cases against Hinder and Facgly, as
ordered last night.
COm'th VS.. John GaHsen, larceny (two
caseS), The defendant was CHARGED with