Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-26

THE QUARTER SESSIONS.
REGULAR TExM OF AUGUST cOUxr
Drswing TO . Ciose-Ths Last Day Of ths
Term-Cssss that Were Disposed OF.
Yesterday and This Aosning.
In the case Of Albert Arndt, charged
with being . tramp, the jury rendered .
verdict Of guilty. He was sentenced to nay
the 81 fine and cost and undergo an i'm.
prisOnment Of 10 days.
Frederick Leidenberger, convicted Of
cruelty to animals, was sentenced TO pay
fine Of 80 and costs.
1t was Charles Fritz-uot Fritsch-
against whom true bill charging him
with fornication and bastardy was return
ed by the grand jury. The similarity in
the sound of the names caused the error.
As will be seen from the context Of q
paragraph in Fridays paper the verdict
against Barton Yohn, tried for fornicstiou
and bastardy was guilty" instead Of
not guilty as eroneously printed yesterday.
He received the usual sentence.
Friday Aftern0on.-Com'th VI. Charles
Fritz Of this city. The defendant was
charged with fOrnicatiOn and bastardy
with Ida Ruttar.
The defense did not deny that the child
was theirs, but presented proof to show
that mol pros had been entered at tho
January session upon an agreement b.
tween the accused and prOsecutrix in which
Fritz had paid all the costs ON two in
dictments against him for seduction and
fOrnicatiOn and bastardy and had given
bonds to the poor directors that tho child
should not become . burden upon tho
county. It was also proved that tho do.
fendant's mother has assisted to support
the prosecutrix and her child since Janu-
ary. The defendant asked for an acquittal
ON these grounds. The court decided that
the prOsecutrix being under age was not
competent to give q release. Tho Jury
rendered q verdict of guilty.
COm'th VI. Cyrus Feller, Jacob Feller
and Jacob Seachrist, assault and battery.
1t was alleged by the commonwealth that
these three defendants passed tho house of
Jacob McElhaney, in Elizabeth township,
ON the % Of March, on their way homo
from q fitting. After they were past
about 200 yards they returned and going
into McElhaney's yard made assault upon
him and beat him. The defense was that
McElnaney started the fight by hitting
one of the defendants. The others went
to his assistance, when McElhaney's wise
and family came to his rescue and hit them
with stones and other things. On trial.
The grand jury returned the following
bills:
True Bals-Jacob B. Bachman, larceny;
Kate Coll keeping . disordorly house !;
Henry Doman, burglary.
lgnored-The following assault and
battery cases were ignored: Joseph
Murphy, with WIN. Nicholson for costs;
VIM. NickelsOn, with Joseph Murphy for
costs Elizabeth Bender, with Bridget
Heisleman for costs; Kate Gall, with
Emma Doll for costs Emma Doll, with
Kate Gall for costs Lille Doll. with
Sarah ]. Hinder for costs Sarah Hinder,
with Lille Doll, for costs.
Charles Herring plead guilty to assault
and was sentenced to two and half
months imprisonment.
Saturday M0rning.-In the case Of JOeS
Fetter, Cyrus Fetter and Jacob Seachrist,
charged with assault and battery, the do
fense called a number of witnesses this
morning. The jury rendered verdicts of
not guilty, with defendants to pay all
costs.
Verdicts Of not guilty were taken in
the following cases for want Of evidence
Jacob B. Bachman, larceny John SchOen-
berger, playing games of chance for
drinks Jacob Strump, fOrnicatiOn and
bastarGy.
The Case or Elizabeth nlaisci,.
This morning DIR. Geo. A. King, Robert
A. Evans and b. F. Montgomery, who
were appointed . commission to inquireintO
the condition Of Elizabeth E. Maisch, who
at the April sessions, was acquitted of
murder on the grounds Of insanity and
taken to tho insane asylum, made their
report. They stated that they had ex
amined the physicians and persons in
charge Of the hospital. and have como to
the conclusion that Mrs. Maisch's reason
has been restored and she has been OF
sound mind for two months. The report
was filed.
COm'th w. William Caldwell, cOlOred,
of Springvillc, Mt. Joy township. The de-
fendant is but eleven and a-half years old
and was charged with stealing watch
from Samuel Walter; the watch was re-
covered from the defendants mother to
whom be had given it. The defense was
that the boy had found the watch while
playing with some other children. Tho
jury ulned a verdict Of not guilty.
The above was tho last case for jury trial,
and the panel was discharged.
Desertlon and Surety Of tho Peace.
Shortly before IL O'Clock the surety Of
the peace and desertiOn cases were taken
up.
The first case was that Of William
Schum, Of this city. who was charged BY
bis wife Maggie Schum with desortiOn
surety of the peace. She testified that he
has done nothing for her support since
June 1st. On trial.
The Grand Jury.
The grand jury heard cases all forenoon
and their final report was brought in this
afternoon tor late for tO-day's paper.
A SfECK OF SCANDAL.
A married. Woman and . Youag Girl Eleps
Nl,h the diDstrels.
When Barlow, Wilson s. Co.'s minstrels
arrived in Lancaster, yesterday, two Of
the company had with them each, .
woman picked up in York. After trying
to get quarters for them at ono or moro
hotels the women were taken to q private
boarding house on Water street, whore