Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-23

HE GU lRTER SESSIONS.
@sa.xA@. ., AUGUST ooO.,.
The H1ok-Rssehnsn Forgery Case Occu-
pies the Entire 1osnssg sessios-
TssslneDy O Bssh Sldes.
Thesday AfssrsooS.-Bessie F. >Spicer,
s;Ii 21sad fre% e Z. s.Sse & 49, : HsasS =
man, this city, and VaS sentenced 70 two
John Roberts alias Francis cOl0red,
ses RSasas sIsl; Il ..sss ssa and a's
watch from Henry Winner. He was sen
tonoed to six and half months imprisOn.
ment.
In tho case against Edward E. Beck,
VIM. Clark and George Watkins, charged
nth les1}ifei hca4l sO@ t4s Ao@sI Of
5qsa = s%|;tE k3o s &c 1T 4: 1:sods13 ,srsiss q,
fenced to four years. imprisonment.
James Ryan plead guilty to the larceny
Of some money from Kirchnor's hotel, this
city, and was sentenced to six months i'm
P'ssouI"s'
Comtn W. bepJamin r. Markley. Of
SAFE daroor, assault and battery, Tho
pr9c9d0teI vas nPPg@Hi3 en-
SS s,'sssS y. .hot ,h" ssa
down md sfpd hip ON July IS. Tho de-
fenso GaS that Ddokherty came to defend.
ants hotel on this day and was very dis
orderly. He was ordered to leave. but he
bs ana os "a him. him.
selI: The jury rendered. a verdict Of not
guilty, with prosecutor to pay One-third
and defsaSanf two-tAirdf II the costs.
Irwin Sineer, convicted Of forhication
aad esst;Idy; va sersenced e nsssl'
James MCMAHON plead guilty to the
nroeny q vese and go from Jacob
pontz, OF this city, and vas sentenced to
two months and two Weeks. The property
had been restored BY The defendant,
Com'th W. James Murphy, larceny.
The defendant Vas tSfrested BY Officer
Mercer Of tho city police force for drunk
ennsD some Weob ago! I When arrosted q
lot Of goods WeTo found on him, lpclud-
ing coat. vsse, bla6kss slippers and
a gold pencil. Thesa, goods. were after
wards 1ntentned ny Mrs. Mary Shultz,
from whom they bad SeAn stOleh- The
defense was that the gOOds were given to
Murphy while her was drune. The jury
rendered - verdict OF guilty, and the de-
fepdanl was sentcpSeh t0 sevsp months
imprisonment.
, tfhe grand jury resurued the following
bills
true BtHs-WE. krug, larceny Jacob
= Bachman and DIR, Cyrus Frick, forgery;
'J0hb nrk. hreeDy Harry H. Green,
burglary an'IlatceDy; Vim. Monroe and
Edward Wagner. rape Martin Foreman,
fOrnication and bastardy Christian Ris-
ser, alas DeNIle Strauss, forgery ;
w. W. 'Shrun; aaSdltssy Ind carrying
concealed weapons. Er9legickI Rlptz, ST.,
and frederick Bletz, jr., violating auction
laws. Adam Diehl, fOrnicatiOn and bas-
tardy. Mary Metzyer, defrauding laud-
lord.
Ignored NJ. Sawyer, violating liquor
law, county iOr COST III. Reap. Lemon
HOrne,, Levi Is Smith and EllswOrth Ur-
ban, malicious mischief, with county for
costs; Clinton Hubs and Philip Lefever,
larceny.
COm't! vs.. DR.. Cyrus s. Frick, forgery.
1t was c''aIgel by the commonwealth that
the defendant forged the Aamcd of John
NJ. Bachm,n, a carpenter residing at West
Willow to an order for S. ON Amos Harm
isb, a farmer. From the testimony Of
John Il. Bachman, son Of tho prosecutor,
u boy aged between IA and Is years, it ap
pcared that ne purchased q watch for s.
from Dr. Flick some time in May last !;
on the goth, Ot THAT month the
doctor STOPPED the, 8 witness and asked
him to pay Tor the watch; he told
him that he had NO money, whercupOn the
doctor proposed that ho should write
=" soresd GSf for tho ss 70. "s"sss did id
write part Of such ap order, and refused
to write any moro the doctor then wrote
the order himself and signed it with the
boys fathers name and gave 1t to the Wit
ness to collect in order that the watch
might be paid f0f the witness presented
the order and obtaiDed the money from Mr..
Harnish. Witness further testified that
defendant admitted having written tho
body Of the order but did deny signing
MIR. Bachman's name to it. On cross ex-
animation the witness admitted that he
did not pay the money to the defendant,
but spent II, as he did not think the watch
was worth what was claimed: Witness
admitted that he told Mr.. 'Harnish his
father had signed the order the order
was not presented to the prosecutor for .
month after the money had be obtained.
r. The order was O6eredyi in evidence to
al,N~ that ikf,o ~fifinv N tho Aauno and