The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-05-26
pnocEnDrNes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Trial and Aequittal of WINS. II. Phillips.


Trial and Aequittal of VIM. II. Phillips
The case of VIM. t. Phillips, charged with
persuading and enuicing from her home, fol
purposes of prostitution, Man;iella Yingling
a female under the age of eighteen years, was
called for trial on Saturday last AT the No
vember term of court this case was tried be-
fore jury and resulted in verdict of guilty.
Mcssrs. Seabrool1 and Bond, counsel for the
prisoner, took the case to the Court of Appeals
and a new trial was granted. AT this term
the case was tried before the Court, Judges
Smith and Jones on the bench. The whole
of Saturday was occupied with testimony on
the part of the State. Miss Yingling told her
story of her intercourse with the prisoner, and
his solicitations to leave her home and 90 with
him. his sister and her brother to Harrisburg;
of his coming with a buggy to her father S
house on the evening of the Oath of August,
1882 that after much persuasion she went
with him and stayed all night with him at a
hotel in Union Bridge, but did not leave there
because her father came the next morning and
caught them before they could leave on the
train. Uriah Yingling, father of Mandella,
testified that he did not consent to his daughter
going away with Phillips, and relating the cir
cumstances of his finding them at Union
Bridge on the morning of the 25th of August,
1882. Lydia Lugenbeel testified that Phillips
asked her to go with Miss Yingling and him
self to Harrisburg. John Humbert testified
that Phillips told him in February, 1882, that
he intended to get five or six women and open
a house of ill-f;lme, but did not speak of any
women in particular that he did not mention
Mandela Yingling. Joshua P. Fitze testified
to similar conversation. Thomas Harris,
David Masonheimer and John Marquart tes-
tilted as to conversations they had with Phil
lips, and that he had never told them he in
tended to open a house Of prostitution. Mrs.
Elizabeth Yingling testified that she never
gave her consent to her daughter leaving home
with Phillips The State then rested its case,
and David f. Phillips, father of the accused,
was called for the defense, and testified that
on the morning of August 18th, when he was
upbraiding his son, Mandella Yingling said
''Don't blame Bill; he did not persuade me to
90 away; it was my fault; | went of my own
Accord" that she told him that she was going
to keep house for Phillips and her brother Ed,
and that if Ed did not go she intended to hire
out. Mrs. Louisa Phillips testified that she
had a conversation with Miss Yingling on the
dav they were caught, in which Miss 1ingling
told her that Phillips did not persuade her to
90 away. that she went of her own accord;
that on another occasion Miss 9ingling said
to her: ''Did you hear what an overgolng
Bills wife gave me for running after Bill?
She is a dirty, Jealous stomp, and Bill is going
to leave her; often told him would not stay
with her if | were in his place" Almar
Phillips the prisoners sister, testified that
she was going away to marry George Stone
sifer, when they were caught at Union Bridge,
and that she heard the conversation to which
her father had testifed that Miss 4ingling
told her in Westminster in August last that
she pitied poor Bill; that he ought not to be
in iail for it was her fault that he took her
AWAY; that witness then asked her why she
was going to swear against him if that was so,
and She said she would not have gone back on
him if her father had not made her do 1t.
Chas Lugenbeel testified that Miss 1lngllng
told him two or three weeks before they LETT
that she was going whether Phillips took her
or not and that he 1.-THE witness) was gong
also. but could not because he did not have
the money. The prisoner then took the stand
and in detail related his intercourse with Man
della Yingling Bud Himiller testified that
Joshua Fitze had said to him last November
that he knew nothing about this case.
number of witnesses were called to lmpeach
John Humbert, and the defense closed. In
rebuttal the State called several witnesses who
fully established Mr. Humbert's reputation
for truth and veracity, and the case was then
submitted to the Court without argument.
Judge Smith at once announced the verdict
of not guilty and discharged the prisoner
other Proceedings.
Charles Sykes vs. Andrew j. Houck, tried
before jury leave granted to amend mar;
Jury withdrawn and case continued. Pear
son for plaintiff; McKellip and Hayden for
defendant.
William Fl. Lamotte VS.. Lewis L. Haines,
earnishee. attachment on Judgment, was tried
before the Court; verdict for garnishee. Bond
for plaintiff; Henning for defendant.
State of Maryland VS.. j. Daniel Bloom, as
sault and battery; tried before the Court; YER
diet guilty and sentenced to jail for 80 days.
On Saturday last Messrs. Roberts and Sea-
brook. as counsel for Henry Rhuebottom
Ccolored), sued out writ of habeas corpus in
behalf of Rhuebottom, who is charged under
the Act of 1882 with being the father OF an
iIlegitimate child, whose mother is ooored
woman. At the hearing OF the matter the
counsel for the accused contended that the
Act of Assembly never became law, but that
the enacting clause was stricken out by the
House, and in support OF theirp position offered
in evidence the House Journal and the testi-
mony of member of the Legislature of
1882. The Court held that in view of the fact
that the Senate Journal records that this bill
was returned from the House to the Senate
endorsed "Passed by yeas and nays" the tes-
timony offered was not sufficiently strong to
contradict the published law, and remanded
the accused to Jail.
In the trial of the case the state was rep
resented by its attorney, David n. Henning,
ESQ. Rhuebottom will be indicted by the
grand jury, and then the matter will be thor
oughly sitted.
Jacob H. Babylon VS.. Jacob Heindle, as
tried before jury, began on Wed
nesday, still on trial yesterday noon. Nickel
flip and Maulsby for plaintiff, Roberts for de-
lendant.
Hanson Dorsey, colored, has been indicted
by the grand jury as the author of the incen-
diary fire here last month. The names of the
three other colored men charged with the of
Tense are on the indictment as witnesses.