The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-03-07
PROBATE COURT.
List of Cases and business Done Before
This Tribunal.


Probate Court convened on Monday
morning in the east basement OF the
Court House, Judge s. Meyer presiding,
and Prosecutor Henry A. Harter In at
tendance.
During the forenoon the several jurors
reported, but were informed that Attor-
ney HarteT, having had his time so great
ly taken up during the past few weeks
in the -MeAlillen- mnrdeT-trtal, he was
not ready to proceed with the cases now
before the Court, 80 the Judge deemed 1t
eSpedient to adjourn until next Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock, at which time
the docket willsbe-takeR up and dispOs-
ed of. The following is the
LIST OF CASES.
The state in each instance being the
plaintiff which will be for trial, al
though no assignments have as yet been
made. Jas. ". Coulter, libel; John G.
Garrison, libel; John Duffy, assault and
battery; VIM. Bagley, Louis MOOnshOwer
Wm. SwOpe and VIM. MesSmer, malici-
Ously destroying property; Joshua Brad
ley, petit larceny; Albright Kassler, as
sault and battery; James Thompson, OBJ
tanning property under false pretenses;
John NJ. Reese, assault and battery; VIM.
B. Burns, obtaining property under false
pretenses; Jos. Grouse and John Q. Strea-
ter, assault and battery.
PLEAD GUILTY.
The following cases from Alliance
plead guilty, and were disposed of: Hem
ry Holm, while drunk struck young
Simeon Jennings in the face, cutting a
deep cash under his eye. For this ruff
fianly conduct he received IS and costs,
fiue and days in Jail. He was quite
clipper, aud gaily bade his friends good
bV az he went into tine ing,
Harry Gillespie ts a mOuldtr from
Cleveland, and bOnny ScOtchman, who
came TO Alliance to take a floor, but be-
fore doing 30 ne stopped in at a saloon,
where the fluids fiOOred him so com
pletely as to totally obscure his moral
perceptions as to meum and teum, so
he stole box of cigars valued at
81, 10, for which he has been lying
i'll Jail here for the past seven weeks.
In view of this fact the Judge impose d
a fine of S5 and costs and let him go to
earn it. We await his return with
anxiety.
The next case was that Of Kate Miller
charged with stealing ring from
Harry Caus, and George Baker with
cOncealing 1t. Kate has been in jail
for two months, and IL her story Is true,
she suffered gross injustice in being
imprisoned, and so also thought the
JuuRbs Olt 5dlll LIlhb but WAS WOA hAuk
at the hotel and Harry came in drunk,
and slipping the ring on her finger, ask
ed her how she would like 10 have 1t.
She at first refused, but he said she
should keep it until he became sober,
that it belonged to his sister and some
parties were trying TO get 1T away from
him. SO she kept il, and did not see
him again until he had her arrested, and
he was drunk when he did 1t. She had
lent the ring worth $4) to Baker a
few days before the arrest and had no
intention of keeping it. The judge re-
marked that this was evidently a case Of
oppression and, at once, discharged both
from custody.
Patrick Burns, plead guilty to assault
and battery, in beating his wife, said he
had been in Jail since Christmas. He
states that he Is a railroad man at $1.25
a day, has wife and children, and that
on the night before he wanted to go up
street was sober, but his wife stood in
the doorway and would not let him pass,
80 he showed her to one side and went
out, but did not strike her, said his wife
wanted to go out herself and leave him
with the children. Before the Mayor be
plead guilty, but that official paid no at
tentiOn to the plea and bound him To
Probate Court in the sum Of 800. The
judge commented severely on the con-
duct Of Alliance officials In thus depriy-
ing persons Of their liberty and putting
costs on the county. Burns was fined
$3'and costs and discharged.