Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-24
THE QUARTER SESSIONS.


what Occupied AttensiOn Yesterday After.
"OOn and this MOrning-Cssss Mostly
| ot Minor Importance.
Wednesday xiftcrnoon-Adam Dichl WAS
charged with fnrnicatiOn and bastar,ly by
Elva Palm. he made very short de
fence denying the charge aud was convict
ed. Ho was sentenced ~ usual.
William Daw pleaded guilty to tho
charge Of assault and battery on Superin-
| tendent Spurrier, Of tho county hospital,
and IN assistant named JOhu T.. Drum
mOnj. lls was sentenced to two months
and half imprisonment.
hEille Strauss, pleaded guilty to tho
charge Of forging note Of slOO, using tho
names Of Christian Riser and Samuel
Roger. No money was obtained ON tho
note which was On tho Lancaster county
bank. lie was sentenced to six months
imprisonment.
In tho case Of Reuben Bat.lorf, charged
| with horse stealing, u verdict of not guilty
was takon, III it has since been discovered
that tho man was part owner Of tho
horse which no Was allo,s,l t" hav.
stolen.
COm'th vs.. Joseph Leman, assault m.
battery. Susan Scars Of this city testified
that the defendant slapped her mouth an,l
~uSSASs uNA Ou SuIy SttUs uC
PrOsccutrix lived in tho slino house on
Locust street this city with I.sn,an, sh.
having ono room.
The defense was that Lcman hal for
bdlen this woman to ~ into his part oi
| tho house. Tn this day he caught her in
tho house and they had words the woman
CURSED and swOre aud ran to pick up stones
Before sho succeeded in throwing the
stones the defendant slapped her mouth.
Tho jury rendered a verdict of not guilty
with county for costs.
COm'th vs.. Jacob Shell. fel,nio,,s en-
try and larceny. Tho defendant WIS
charged with having broken open school
house INVEST Donegal township and taken
therefrOm u clock. The clock which was
stolen belonged to Miss Matilda Kuhr.
Some time afterwards, f. =. Daveler pur-
chased . clock from tho defendant Tor 80
ccnts and pie. Afterwards Miss Kuhrs,
(whO is now in Pittsbursh), sail tho clock
was hers, but she was not under oath. The
defense offered IO testimony, but argued
that there was not sufficient identification
Of tho property. Tho jury rendered :,
verdict "f not guilty.
John Clark plead guilty tn tho larceny
OF Il coat and vest belonging to DR.. Brack
bill, from the drug store Of Chas. Hem
itsh, this city. He was scn,cuc-,l to sin
months imprisonment.
Thursday M0rning.-Cum'th VS.. W. ".
Schum, adultery. This case was attached
yesterday, when Maggie Schum. the wife
of tho defendant, WAS called. Sho testi.
lied II the marriage and also L" the
charge. Before any other testimony WAS
offered this morning, MIR. Brosi,is. cnuu
sci for the defense, made u motion tn
strike out tho testimony III Mrs. Schun,.
rs neither wife nor husband in such eases
arc allowed tn testify against each other.
except to prove the marriage. The cour,
allowed the motion. \ juror WAS with
drawn and the case was continued.
In this case no objection Vas made to
tho wOmau's testimony yesterday. and she
told long story. Why 10 objection WAS
then made is not known. but II number
Of members uf the bar who were prcsen,
ut tho timc seemed to be surprised that
she was allowed to go ou without otjec-
tion. She WAS the principal witness. au.l
tho only one by whom the crime cnu.i
have been proven, ii ut all.-REr.l
In case against tho same person III
which he was charged with carrying con
cealed weapons. the commonwealth did
not press the case, ~ it was not clearly
proven. Tho jury WAS ordered I" dispose
Of tho costs and they put them "n the he
fendant.
Com'th vs.. Henry II. Green, fcIoninrs
entry. Tho defendant was charged with
having entered the tobacco shed of VIM
McEalls, in Providence township. on July
IL. and taken therclrom small quantity
Of tobacco valued about ~ cents. Mr.
McFails met tho defendant rs he Wa
coming cut with tho tobacco. The dc
fenSe was that Green went into the shed
and took several pieces of Tobacco" fer
chewing. lle gave it over tN MIR. Me
Falls when hc SAW him. The jury req
dcred vcr,iic: Of not guilty.
John CoOney plead guilty to the
charge Of assault ami battery preferred hr
James Dunn, who was knocked down aud
had several teeth broken out by tho ic
fen,lant. The crime occurred ut the
county almshouSe, while both parties
were inmates. Tho prisoner was sentsnc-
ell to pay a tino Of $40 and costs.
Michael Kelly. u tramp pe,l.ller. WAS
charged with felOnious assault AMI battery
ON u six year old boy named John Ewing.
Of Locust street this city. 1t appeared
that on tho i2,h Of June Michael was
drunk and u lot Oi boys wcrc plaguins
him. Tho littlo fellow WAS not saying
anything, but Michael attacked him and
beat him with u stick. Michaers defense
was that ho WAS drunk and party "i
boys, among whom was young Ewing.
were throwing stones ut him upon this
day. lie did have Il cane but did not
touch this boy that no knew Of. The jury
rendered Il verdict cf not guilty.
In tho case Of cOm'th vs.. Robert T..
Thornton, u verdict Of not guilty WAS
taken with county for costs, rs the com
mOnwealth ,lid not have sufficient evidence
to convict.
COm'th vs.. Charks Bryer, assault and
battery. Tho defendant is u bOotblack,
assaulting Samuel Eddy, brakeman
on tho Pennsylvania railroad. The,
evidence showed that on the "Sth Of MaN
Buyer was riding on y freight train "n the
Pennsy lvanil railroad near MOuntvilIe
Ho was put oil the train, wbcreupon be-
threw stones at Eddy, one Of which
struck him on tho hip. The defenss Was
that tho brakeman first threw at Bryer,
who in self defense returned tho fire.
Bryer admitted that no was stealing Il
= ride and the brakeman put him oil,
which made him angry. Jury rendered 4
verdict Of not guilty with costs to be
equally divided between the prosecutor
aud defendent.
AMMO Sipo plead guilty to fornica.
tiOn, and was sentenced to pay fine Of
$40 and costs.
Harry Mctzgar plead guilty to the
charge of defranding John Ii. Slough, "f
The Black Horse hotol, this city, and was
sentenced to six weeks imprisonment.
Frank Clark plead guilty to the larceny
Df pockotbOOk, with 40 in money and =