Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-23
AUGUST COURT.
1hE REGULAR 1UAkr.s: s;ssIOss.

1hE REGULAR 1UAkr.': ssssI"ss.
Proceeding" "f the Court Yesterday After
noon AND TO-dsy-Ths Various Gases
Disposed Of-1he Grand
Jury's kepor..
Wednesday 4ftsrnoon-Iu the case Of
B. Good, ct al, charged with forcible
entry and detainer, almost the whole of
the afternoon was taken up by the
argument of counsel The jury retired at
half past five O'Clock and returned in q
half hour and rendered verdicss Of guilty
with a recommendation for mercy.
COm'th vs.. Jonas B. Good and jacob B.
Good, resisting an officer. It was shown
by the commonwealth that on the 24sh of
May Officers Swenk aud Burns. Of this
city, went down to Pequea township with
warrants for the arrest of tho defendants
on the charge of fOrcible entry, and in
tended to arrest them ; the defendants
refused to 60 along, although the officers
endeavored to persuade them !; hnally
Jonas said, "NOw the best man for it )"
Swenk and burns then caught hold Of
Jonas, who resisted, and Jacob ran mp and
hit Swenk On the head with his fist /; the
handcuffs were finally put ON the men and
they were taken.
The defendants testified that they made
no forcible resistance they claimed to
have q right to be there, as jacob Good
was part owner of the property, and en-
deavOred to explain this to the officers
they also objected to handouts being put
on them aud finally went along peace
fully. Verdict not guilty aud county for
costs.
Thursday M0rniny-Com'th vs.. Lewis
Kershbaum. The defendant, who is big
strong looking German, was charged with
| assault with intent to ravish Celia Spsug-
Ter, an eight year old daughter of John
SpanSler, who resides at 937 Columbia
avenue, this city.
The circumstances Of tho case were fully
published in the daily papers at tho time
| of the occurrence. After hearing some Of
the evidence tha com mnon wealth stated
| that they We're willing to take a verdict Of
| assault and battery only, as they did not
have suffi :ient evidence to sustain the
| other charge. The defense were unwilling
| to do this as they claimed that the prisoner
bad been guilty of no offense whatever
With the consent of tie IA her of tho child
| a verdict Of not guilty was taken.
COm'th Va. Thomas Kaut, assault and
| battery with int mt to ravish the evidence
showed that Oh last Saturday the defend
ant went to the bOuss Of man named
Brandt in RaphO township; Mrs. Braudt
and three daughters were present and
Kaut asked them for something to eat
which was refused he then caught hold
| of one Of the girls named Agnes and acted
indecently shs rcta!i:,te.l by hittins, him
with brush. All Of this occurred in the
presence Of the other members
of the family ami in tho day time.
| At this juncturs tho court said that the
squire who returned this case should have
had better sense, AZ tiiere was not the
| slightest evidence Of rape. Ii there was
any crime it was assault and battery, pro-
vided that the jury believed that X ant had
| rudely taken hold Of the girl. the de
feudant upon being c;silcd stated that he
merely took hold OF the girl in Il joking
way. The jury found him guilty Of assault
| only. Sentenced to pay costs of prOsccu-
ton.
Com tn vs. Sebastian Stober. Th, Ge-
fendant was charged with felon,ousiy
entering the house of Ezra Slellinger, in
Ephrata township. on the Goth of July last
| The crime was com mtted in the day time,
while Mr.. MeIlenS er and family wcIo away
from homo, and tho parties entered by
breaking window. Several handker-
chiefs, necklaces, rings and 4 raZor were
stolen. Uriah Henry testified that On the
day of the crime he was picking raspbcr-
ries near the house of MIR. Mellinger and
did not know the family was away. lie
saw the defendant with Chas. Dull and ID.
| WeiDhOld at the house; they were talking
aud did not see him after time be heard
the window glasses breaking and saw one
boy, but he could not toll which, crawling
from the window. Doll has plead guilty
to the charge and WeinhOld has never
been arrested-Rep.] Constable Jones
testified that he recovered some of the ar
ticles from Miss Jennie Cramer. and that
young swOre that she received them from
Doll.
The defense was that upon this day the
defendant fell in with WeinbOld aud Doll,
the former treated him to beer and whisky
until he became very drunk be went
with the men to Me'liDger's home, and by
the time tley reached it, defendant was
helplessly drunk he took no part in the
robbery of the house and if anything was
taken Doll and WeinhOld were the guilty
parties he knew nothing of the crime
until he reached home he laid in n field
for several hours, unable to move. Gu
trial.
Mr.. Fogle plead guilty to assault and
battery on Michael Carey. Of this city,
whom he beat with q club. He was sen
fenced to nine months imprisonment.
The grand jury returned the following
bills
Ignored John johnson. larceny and
felOnious entry Gurney Costello, bur-
g'ary Lizzie Smith, larceny.
True Bills Jerry DUNCAN, arson John
| Brimmer and George Gerlitzski, malicious
mischief II. II. Green and Isaiah smith,
| malicious mischief and arson Lorenzo
McCracken, fornicatIon and bastardy
Joseph Miller felOnious entry George
FOgel and August Hummer, assault and
battery Sallie Blair, receiving stolen
good and accessory to larceny Christ
Franciscus, felonious entry and receiving
stolen good Zach Booth, felonious entry,
burglary and receiving stolen goods Geo.
NJ. Ayers, felOniOus entry, larceny and
accessory to larceny Andrew Hauck and
David Hauck, feloDiOus entry and lar
ceDy.
POfro Uases.
His honor the mayor had soven cases