Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-20
CRIMINAL COURT.
PKOCEEDINas IN 1UAErEE SESSIONS


of-A Safe Case-PrOceedinss at Last
Evenings Session.
Thursday A. Afternoon-The case OF John |
B. Dennis, charged with forgery, was |
called. The counsel for the defense asked |
for the continuance of tho case until a de
cision is obtained from the United States |
court in which Dennis will have a hearing
tomorrow morning, on writ Of habeas
corpus, when it will be decided whether
he is to be tried Eere at once or taken to
Missouri. The court decided that the
process OF tho governor takes precedence,
and if the United States court decides
that he goes to Missouri to-mOrrow, of
course, he must be given over to the au
thorities of that state. II he is discharged
he must be brought back to Lancaster on
the process now in the hands OF the sher-
if to be tried On the charges against him.
here.
Com'th Us. Mary Stevenson, larceny.
The defendant, who is a colOged resident
of Columbia, was charged with stealing
eight yards Of carpet from Mrs. Maria
Hogentogler, OF the same town. The
property was recovered in the house Of
Mrs. Devan. where defendant boarded.
The defense was that shortly before the
time of the alleged larceny Mrs. Hogen-
togler went away and asked her to take
care of her house and feed her cats, promis-
ing to pay for her services when she
returned she said she had not been as
successful on her trip to Philadelphia as
she expected she would therefore give
her the carpet in payment for her services.
The defendant accepted the carpet and
used it, never attempting in any way to
conceal it. Verdict not guilty.
The jury in the case CT John Seminar,
charged with larceny, rendered a verdict
of guilty.
Comt'h vs.. Jacob Fisher. Tho defend
ant was indicted under the common law
for malicious mischief. The evidence
showed that on the eth of January Mr..
Levi Myers, of Mountville, attended the
sheriff sale of the effects of the Fidelity
insurance company, at ElizabethtOwn !;
he purchased a safe with combination
lock for $140. The defendant had been
in tho employ of tho insurance company
and he locked the safe to show MIR. Myers
how it worked. He then tod Mr.. Myers
that he would set the lock at certain
number and send him the number so that
he would know how to open It,.
Mr.. Myers ordered the safe to
be shipped to this city; tho
locked and Mr.. Myers was unable to open
| it. Fisher was written to several times
about the safe and he replied that he
would open the safe if paid s25 and upon
no other condition. 1t was shown that the
defendant at the request of Mr.. Hacken-
berger changed the combination of the
safe. He was to have given the figures of
| the change to Mr.. Hackenberger he gave
that gentleman paper with figures on,
but afterwards told him they were not the
right ones he said no one could open the
safe. 1t was not shown when the change
was made.-REr.l To several other wit
nesses he said he would not open the safe
unless paid $25.
The defense as shown by the defendant
was that on the day of the sale he locked
tho safe at the request of Mr.. Myers he
reversed the combination, telling MIR
Myers that he should look at him he
then shut it as requested and did mol
touch it again. The defendant occupied
the room in which the safe was kept as q
place of business, and Mr.. Myers was
notified several times to remove it, as i
was an encumbrance. 1t was there for :
couple of weeks Myers wrote severa
times for the combination ; defendant tol(
him that he wanted money for storage
, W. A, Wilson, as his counsel, wrote sew
eral times to defendant, who finally re,
piled, telling him that he had forgotten
the combination and could only give ont
number. Witness does not know tin
: combination now and has made severa
attempts to open the safe, but could no
! do it.. He never tampered with it. Oh
trial.
License Trsusferred.
The tavern license of George Erisman
I at GraefTs landing, was transferred t
3 Isaac Heiney.
+ Thursday Ecening a few witnesse
a had been examined on the part of the de
fense in the case against Jacob Fisher, IL
dcted for malicious mischief, the common
=. wealth abandoned the case aud a verdie
> OF not guilty was entered.
Samuel Baily and John Green were i,
dicted for the larceny of two bushels {
wheat from the barn of Emerson Walto
in Bart township, on March II last. TIL
- commonwealth proved that tho wheat VIZ
}, stolen and taken to tho mill of j. F. Rec
r. by the accused.
For the defense number of the inen
:, bers of the families of the accused tcstifie
4 that the wheat was given TO them b
y William Eckert, hotel. keeper. Jury o,
when court adjourned.
!, Lewis Wood was convicted of fornic;
: tion and bastardy, the prcsecutrix bein
y Phoebe Roberts Killough, of Fulton tow
y ship. The usual sentence was imposed.
> G. w. Hunter, a cOlored man, W;
= charged with stealing an OvercOat on ia!
!, 90, from his cousin, G. w. Hunter, residin
on North street, this city. Tho accuse
E was given privilege to stay over night :
the house of tho prosecutor, and when 4
y got up in the morning the defendant W:
; > missing and the coat was gone. The COZ
= was recovered by Chief Deichler. Tt
20 jury convicted the defendant. Sentence
~ to undergo an imprisonment Of fOI
- months.
- Daniel Styer pleaded guilty to attemp
= ing to pass check at the Lancastt
- county national bank, to which the nam
= of John Hildebrand had been forget
!, Sentenced to undergo an Imprisonment (
n one year.
Grand Jury Return.
Il True BMs-Eien Stewart, keeping
:, bawdy house; Daniel Stye", forgery
u Amos NJ. Sourbeer, selling liquor on Su,
. day to minors John Grimley, defraudin
:. boarding house keepers Jacob 3. Coos
a ct al, forcible entry !; Henry Z. Warne
u carrying concealed weapons Hery Haa
u larceny Daniel E. Howe, felonious a
20 sault aid battery.
LqnOred-Ann Carson, assault and ba
>, terry, with prosecutor, Mary Campbell, ft
~ costs Matthias Bush, larceny Fran
70 Nestel, assault and battery, county f
- costs :: II, NJ. Tichnor, defrauding land
70 lord, with John 3. Slough for costs
IS | C.o,,o rT,o,,4 fr,n1 oounfv fOr coats