Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-21
AUGUST COURT.
THx REGULAR QUARTER SESSION.
Charged with Unlawfully Selling Iiq1or~
The Sentman Larceny Oases-CharEed
with Stealing Turkeys.

with Stealing Turkeys.
Monday Afiernoon-The first case at
tached vas that of Com'th vs J. 8. Gray.
bill. The defendant is the proprietor of .
hotel in West Hemp6eld township, and he
was charged with selling liquor to minors
and on Sunday. A number of witness
testified that they purchased liquor from
the defendant at different times. Several
of the witnesses were under age. No
defense was made and the jury rendered .
verdict of guilty with . recommendation
of mercy.
A verdict of not guilty was taken in the
case of John Il. Mohn, charged with forg.
cry, and Jacob D. Warfel, larceny. Ver.
diets of not guilty were taken for want
of evidence.
Comt'h vs. John Sentman. The defend
ant was charged with stealing turkeys
from Robert Rea, Charles Ward and
Thomas johnson, residing in Bart, Eden
and other townships, and he agreed to
plead guilty. Verdicts of not guilty were
taken in another larceny, felonious assault
and battery and malicious trespass against
him. Sentence deferred.
C0m'th vs.. Jefferson Sentman. The de
fendant was charged with stealing three
turkeys from John Groh, who resides near
Strasburg. 1t was shown by the common
wealth that on the night of the Gath of
October the turkeys wero missed. They
were afterwards found in this city by
Chief of Police Deichler who took them
from a wagon driven by defendant. They
were placed in the station house among
number of turkeys, some of which were
proven to have been stolen by defendants
father. Groh identified the turkeys when
they were recovered. The defendant upon
being sworn denied having stolen any
turkeys from Groh three which were
found in his wagon were never identified
at the station house, but were brought
home again John Sentmen testified that
his son loaded all the turkeys found in his
pOsses.on at homo; witness had bought
them, getting some of them from John
Morrison. In rebuttal the commonwealth
proved by Morrison that Sentman had
never purchased any turkeys from him.
Frank Bender plead guilty to the
charge of stealing So from the till of E. G.
Harding, in the Northern market. He
was sentenced to two and half months
imprisonment.
Com'th VS.. Emanuel Carpenter, selling
liquor on Sunday. The defendant keeps q
hotel in Lititz, and several witnesses testi-
fed that they purchased liquor at his
place on Sunday, but always received It
from the bartender. s. II. Dundore, tho
prosecutor, was unable 20 tell whether
defendant was present when he received
liquor or not. On cross examination he
admitted that defendant had brought sew.
eral suits against him before witness
brought this one.
The defence called George Bair, who
was defendants bartender. He testified
that MIR. Carpenter always gavo him
strict orders not to sell on Sunday, and he
never disobsyed them. Another witness,
a bOarder in the house, never saw liquor
sold.
Henry Walford plead guilty to feloni
ously entering the house Of Zuriel Swope,
this city. Sentenced to two years.
imprisonment.
Lizzie Demsey plead guilty to the
larceny of some towels from Addison Eby,
of fElizabethtown. She was sentenced to
one months imprisonment.
Divorced.
Hannah NJ. Fritz of this city, was di.
voroed from her husband John Fritz, on
the grounds of desertiou.
Grand Jury Return.
The grand jury returned the following
True BMs.-Daniel Loudenberger, Noble
Groome, Andrew Henry, Samuel Stiles.
John johnson alias Hiram Lloyd, Lizzie
Demsey, Thomas Green, John Williams,
larceny Michael Coover and Thomas
Larkin, robbery H. Halford, burglary
and felonious entry; Henry Lloyd, hOrss
stealing John Welsh, robbery.
Ignored.-Dan;el Loudenberger, Hiram
Stern, Samuel Stiles and Robert Ferguson,
entry, etc., Samuel Shoenber- |
ger, larceny and Ephriam Myers, sodomy.
Tuesday Morning. jury in the case |
of Com'th vs.. Emanuel Carpenter charged |
with selling liquor on Sunday, rem
dered verdict of not guilty, and the |
8. H. Dundore to pay the |
costs.
Com'th vs. Caleb Jones, colored. The |
defendant was charged with having stolen |
. martingale and collar of a set of harness
from D. K. Burkholder, keeper of the |
Lancaster county prison. The defendant |
had been working as an hostler at the pri-
son, before the theft, which occurred on
June Goth. The harness was Afterwards
recovered at the house of Fred. Grotwald,
, junk dealer on the commons, where, |
Grotwald testified, they had besn sold by
the defendant. The defendant denied
having stolen tho articles, and testified
that GrOtwald, had purchased the harness
1t the prison and was familiar with
the place where the harness was kept.
The jury rendered a verdict of guilty.
Sentenced to two months and ten days
1t was found this morning that the in.
iictments against John Green, Thomas
Green and Frank Mccormick could not be
in this county, as the postage
tamps, &c, which they arc charged with
tealing were taken from the postofice at
oeIkisee, Bucks county. Tho accused
we're given into charge of Joseph F. Rob.
rts, constable of Rockhill township, who
vas in court with warrant for the men.
Com'th vs. John Welsh alias Lee. The
defendant was charged with stealing .
amp, the property of the Pennsylvania
abroad company and an umbrella from ,
Alice Akers of 329 North Christian street.
here was no evidence whatever to convict .
he man with the larceny of the lamp. As ,
o the umbrella it was shown that the
walked into the house of Mrs.
Akers on the day that Forepaugh's circus
Inhibited here, and took an umbrella, but ,
pom seeing the lady he returned and hung ,
up in it's place. The lady who lost the !
mbrella stated that she did not bring this ;
nit, but it was the alderman who conduct. !
the affair. She was merely subpGn ned !
D appear at the bearing as witness. In I
harging tho jury the court took occasion 1
D severely criticise the alderman for en-.
the bringing Of patty cases just
)r the purpose of making costs for them i
slves and officers. The jury rendered s
erdicts Of not guilty. :