Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-21
NOVEMBER COURT.
OYER AND rEnMiNE sEs.
StONS
a Lot of MlscoIInnsou- matters Disposed
Ot-.Tho Oase ot the Fight oI tho
Eakirs Ended.

limo Thompson, charged with adultery, tho
jury rendered a verdict of not guilty, with :
county for costs.
In the case Of Nv. Eiscnbergcr, charged
with fornicatiOu and bastardy, the jury
rendered a verdict of guilty Of loruication
only. llo was sentenced to pay lino of
Si0 and costs.
Com'th vs.. Frederick Buchanan, false
protcusc. 1t was alleged that on the ith
of October last defendant, wao resides
in Philadelphia, went to tho grocery |
store of John Spangler, on Columbia ave.
nue., this city, and stated that ho had been |
sent by Miller \ Hartman to ask him for |
rs many packs OF sapOliuo as ho could |
spare, as they were out OF 1t and needed |
few packs, which they would return next
day. Ca that representation Spaugler |
gave him 81 packages Of the SapOine.
John !. Hartman testified that he had |
| not authorized defendant to make any
such representations.
The dclcuso was that buchanan made
no representations Of tho kind alleged, but
borrowed the sIpolluC on his own rCsHOn-
sibility, promising to return il. Before ho
could do 50 ho WAS arrested. Tho jury
rendered a verdict of guilty.
| Tito Tragedy at tho Iair
COmth VS.. Samuel Sproul, lOlonious as
sault and battery. Defendant, who is n
takir or sdeskOwmau, aud resides ia Bal
| timOrc, was charged with having struck
| Charles Ii, Bryan, another man OF tho
same class, with u hatChCt at the fair held
| in this city, on September Goth. The
man who was injured was not present ut
the trial, he having gone to Baltimore
after his recovery, and the commonwealth
relied on other witnesses TO make out their
case. Il was shown that tho two men had
rival games on this day thCy had some
words, whereupou Sproul threw tho
! hatchCt AT Bryan, striking him ON tho
head tho latter fell iuscnsiblc, with his
skull SaCturCd, and was taken to the
| hospital where no remained Tor some time
| IN = critical condition. Spyoul was arrested
and locked up
! The defense WAS that on this dag Bryan
! lett his stand and went over 10 that II
! SprOul who ho began TO curse, telling the
crowd 10, to patronizo him finally he
took hold Of Spruul aud turo his shirt
sleeve OIL ~ the t.mc no reached his hand
| in his hip pocket and said, "IIl fix You ~
defendant 70 save himself picked up the
hatChet and struck him as Bryan dropped
a long b!adCd Enifo fell from his hand.
The jury rendered 0 verdict Of not guilty.
miscellaneous Gases.
m'th VS. Clara smith, colorud. The
defendant was charged With stealing au
apron and bonnet from Rabccca Aston,
another CJl0rCd woman, who resides on
Low street, this city. When arrested the
defendant was wearing the stolen prop
crty. The defendant claimed that she
lived with Mrs Aston and took tho cloth
ing with the consent 0i that wOman's
husband. for the purpose OF going out 10
get HIM some alcohol. ShS did no. return
10 the house because she did not want the
man TO drink any moro she did not intend
70 keep the articles. The ju.y rendered q
verdict Of not guilty.
Com'th vs.. Joseph Stewart aud Mary
Aun Green alias Stewart, CuluTel. The
defendants were charged with perjury
and the facts OF tAG case as shown by the
commonwealth were as follows : At the
October term OF court Mrs. Green (gr
Stewasl) vas tried On the ChaTgeof adul.
tcry and bigamy. II vas alleged that she
had been married TO Henry Green and
Joseph Stewart. Both defendants were
called and they swoIc that they were not
married % each other. Il was shown by
the w0man's first husband that she was
married % him and after tho trial. and 4
verdict. OF not guilty had been rendered, u
was ascertalncd that tho defendants had
been married by Rev. Mr. Kiencr of the
Reformed church, this city. These facts
. were all shown at this trial. Ga trial.
Joseph Brocbeck plead guilty TO steal.
! ing some clothing from Amos DambaCh
and Was sentenced 20 fifteen monthB i'm.
prisOument.
John Meyer plead guilty to stealin5
: SONS Chickens from Adam Casper and
was sentenced 70 six moutha imprisOn
7 meut.
Henry Williams plead guilty TO assault
and battery on John Sluber laGd was SEN
, fenced to SIX months impisOLI.lnt.
. Rosa Dostor plead guilty 70 stealing
$ goods from tho Pennsylvania railroad
: cars and was sentenced 10 eleven months
imprisonment.
7 II. 5. McNair, esq, member Of the
! York bar, was admitted to practice in our
} courts. Ho is ono of tho counsel for the
4 defense ia tho case Of cOm'th VI. Edward
D | Getz.
= Wednesday H0rHiHg Last evening w
E +. Hess, OF Eden juror in the case OF
D Samuel Sproul was not present when the
" verdict was taken. This morning no was
S brought before the court by Tipstafl
Il Nauman. Mr. Hess explained that his
d nose commenced blecdnC aud no went out
It not knowing that he wsS doing anything
: wrong; he returned soon aftcrward wher
o the verdict had been taken. The courl
Q stated that if tho verdict had been guilty
it might have been set aside on account o
MS absence. MIR. hOaB was fop-ilAaauou
and then discharged from custody.
In tho case o. cOm'th vs.. Mary Anr
y Green and JOSEPH Stewart, charged with
u perjury, the dofeud9uts were put upon tht
y stand and both again swore that they were
" not married in February o. Rev. PeterB
a . as alleged by tho commonwealth. The
i jury found both guilty with rccommen
dation of mercy. Each were sentenced tC
y eighteen months imprisonment,
70 Com'th VS.. Frederick Eater and Martin
u McGraw. These defendants, who reside
% in Marietta, were charged with cruelty
J. to animals. 1t was alleged that on thu
d 29th of July Eater hired horse, from
Edward McElroy, u liveryplan in MariCtti
=, to drive to Lancaster. He took McGrav
u with him aud they remained longer thar
v they agreed to; when the horse wa
, brought homo he was found to have boel
70 driven 80 hard that McElroy was unabl
to use him for three weeks, The bugg!
~ was also badly broken, aud both men
40 were intoxicated.
20 The defense denied that they drove thu
horse hard and further claimed that the.
, kindly treated him they drove from
- Lancaster at a moderate rate, but in con
~ sequence of tho darkness had AL upset Oi
y the way Eater alone hired tho team an'
~, ~ satisfied McElroy for all that was dc
~ manded. 1t was not shown that McGra7