Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-15
Court Of Quarter sess,o,.

Friddy Afternoon. .--Comth VS.. II. Lint
ncr liens OF this city. The defendant was
charged In an indictment Of two counts
with violating the auction law aud hawk.
ing aud peddling without n license. The
evidence for tho commonwealth showed
that some time IN July tue defendant went
to otrasburg and sold goods In the street
Tho sales were made in the following mau
ner defendant would take au articlo aud
offer 1t for sale at 81, picking mp another
article he would offer tho two for the same
sun. In this way he added articles ono at
u time until ho had eleven which he offered
for Sl. In case this was sold for the
amount other packages, containing a
similar number Of articles, would DO of
iercd for the same price,
The defendant drnted that he had vio
lated either tho auction or prddiat's law |;
he claimed that before he went To sell la
this way, he had notified tho mercantile
appraiser To appraise his stock to SEQ II no
was not liable for a storokeeper's tax In
that way he continued to sell In Strasburg
but admitted ON GROSS examination that ho
had sold in other little towns. The jury
acquitted him of violating the pc eldlnr's law
but convicted him OF traDsg gresstng the auc
ton law.
Saturday NOrniHg The case Of Peter
Wtnoberger charged by hiS wife with do
ssrtion, was dismissed with county for
Office costs.
Com'th VS.. Charles NJ Graham, surety
OF tho peace. Mrs Miunie Spence, rosid-
ing on Columbia avenue, this oity, testi.
tied that defendant threatened to kill her.
| Tho court ordered him to pay the costs
aud give bail to keep the peace.
Henrietta Moore a colorod woman from
| Columbia was charged with surety OF the
peace by Lucinda Carey alias Moore.
Both OF these women are wives Of James
Moore who on Moudly was sent 20 jail tor
eleven mouths for enjoying this luxury,
| Lucinda uud her witnesses woTo very
demonstTativo ou the stand aud they swoIe
that Henrietta threatened to "bust" the
brains out OF prosccutrlx IL she did not
| quit town aud the husband Of defendant.
The court ordered each woman to pay her
own costs and enter into her own recogni
Eance to keep the peace.
| Comth Va. Daniel Rise. The defend
ant who resides in Paradise township is 8.
years Of age aud partially Of uusouuC
mind. Ho was charged with DESERT ns
and falling TO support his wife. Tn,
court ordered him to pay his wife sS pc
week as long as they remain separate.
Application has been made to the couT
1
cd a luuatlo but as nothing has been rc
ported yet 1t could not be taken iuto CON
sideration.
Benz ujimin Steip who plead gully q
stealing lot of rope from RATS in tn
Susquehanna river, was sentenced to min,
months imprisonment, For taking n silve
watch from q. Station, the same defend
ant was sentenced to six months imprison
ment.
rh- Suisauos Case.
Tue jury Ia the case of Herman Miller
charged with nuisance, retired yesteTda ay
forenoon and Just before noon To day ren
dered verdict OF guilty. Sentence wa
deferred in this case and the number O
witnesses was 30 large that II was dIfIicul
To secure the time OF each. They wi
meet on next Wednesday at II o'clock il
the quarter session Office when the cost
will be taxed.
Motion uverru,ed.
The motion for arrest of judgment |
the case Of the supervisors Of Manor tOwr
ship, who were convicted, was overruleG
Sentence was postponed uutil January
Saturday Afternoon Court met at ?:2
this afternoon, whom somo current bust
ness was transacted.
| Elizabeth Schoenberger was divorce,
from her husband, Leonard Schoeuberger
OF EiizabethtOwu, on the ground of dCser
ton.
This ended the quarter sessions cour
for this year, aud at 8 o'clock court ad
jourued until Monday morning at |
O'Clock, when the argument court con
mencrs.