Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-20
THE SCALES UF JUSTICE.
COURT OF oUARrER sEssiors.
What the Grand Jury Has to Say IN Their
Final lRepcrt-Sentsnce OF the
Tobacco i;uyers

frtd0y dtterHOOn.-JOhn Kaufman was
indicted for assault and battery upon
Samuel Plaster, of Manheim, who testified
that on the 10Th of December. at a shoot
ing match, in Rapho township, the de-
fendant struck his son and when he
interiercd he struck him on the arm. The
defense was that Kaufman merely reached!
for the boy, who was very saucy, but did
not strike him nor the old man. The
jury rendered a verdict Of not guilty,
with Samuel! Plaster, the prosecutor, to
pay the costs.
In the cases of com'thvs Geo. Brown.
charged with false pretcnse, the jury reu-
dered verdicts of guilty.
Com'th VS.. Thomas G.. Wise, assault
and battery. The defendant is teacher o;
a school i'll Salisbury township, and it was
alleged that on the 4th of January he
chastsed one of his pupils named George
Palmer, aged - years. la SO doing he
beat him with 4 thick stick SO severely
that his back was covered with bruises
and welts for some time afterwards. The
boy, on cr"ss examination, admitted that
he had in whisper used bad language in
the school room. The defense was that
upon this day the teacher heard the boy
swearing III the school room. For that
he whipped him with 4 small stick, but
not as severely as alleged, nor more SO
than necessary.
Com'th. VS. George Kirk. colored, Of this
city, carrying concealed weapons. 1t ap
peared from the evidence that in Septcm-
| Der last the defendant went to the house
| of A. l.. kreder, on Mfflin street. and
| after creating a good deal of disturbance
drew Il revolver, in which were several
loads, and threatened to kill everyone
around him. The defense was that upon
this day the defendant went to Atglen
to attend a hearing he expected to have
to walk back and borrowed the weapon
for protection he came back III the cars,
however, and drank some and did not re
member much about what occurred after
ward until he was in the station house.
| Witnesses were called to prove the defend
ants good character for peace previous to
this charge. Jury out.
The grand jury ignored the bill charG
ing Clinton Marshall, alias keels, Will.
fornication and bastariy, with county for
costs.
In the Case of Thomas Wise, charged
with assault and battery, tho jury render
ed a verdict of not guilty with the prose.
cutor, Henry Palmer, to pay costs.
The jury in the case ofCom'th vs.. Geo.
Kirk, carrying concealed weapons, render
ed 4 verdict of not guilty with defendant
to pay one half and the prosecutor one half
of the costs. A motion was made to have
that part of the verdict, imposing costs on
the prosecutor, stricken Off.
AS there were no mO:e cases for trial by
jury, those Of surety of the peace aud de-
sertion were taken up aud the jurors were
discharged.
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and VIM. HattOI, surety OF the peace.
John Miller was the complainant. All
the parties arc inmates of the almshousc,
where Miller has charge of warl. lie
testified that the defendants threatened
to kill him. The evidence for the defense
showed that no threats were male ART,
that the prosecutor was the worst of the
lot. The court dismissed the complaint
with county for costs
Christian Sharp, convicted OF assault
and battery, was sentenced to pay fine oI
81 and costs.
! Com'th VS.. Isaiah FrineirOcl1, Of Colum.
bia, descrtiOn. This case was continued
) several times in order that the parties
might have All opportunity to live to
eether. The vito testified that she Iiat
net gone to live with her husband, rs lie
wanted her to live in the same house viii
F his mother and she could not 30 that
The defendant testified that he had ar
ranged his house 50 that his wife cOult
have :. roo,n by herself, but she still re
fused to go, and now lives in Philadelphia
The court ordered the defendant to ,,.s,
his wife 81 per week and the costs o
prosecution.
Cum'th VS.. Lvyi B. Sciina'icr, Of Eph
rata, dtsertion. Lucinda Schnader, the
wife, who resides in this city. te titled ti,a
her husband left her three years ago. IL
> has done nothing for her siuCG but pay th'
rent for one year. The defendant OiitrcC
to do what he could to support his wife
and the ease was continued tp April.
The eases against Thomas KIM stiryt,
OF the peace, and John H. Williams, dc
sertiOn, were dismissed.
Com'th vs.. Jacob p. Shir:1, Of this Cit.
desertion. Mrs. Shiris testified that lei
husband fails to support her The ease
meantime the parties will try to effect j
reconciliation and live together.
George Blown, who was convicted OF
three indictments of false prosn'lsc, vas
sentenced to three years aud two months
Imprisonment.
Immediately after the ciaci had been
disposed of the licenses wer" taken UP
All old stands, against which there we're
no remonStrances, were granted. The
new and old ones with rCmnnStraTcc>
were not taken up.
The Grand ,Jury's Final i.cpnri.
The grand jury finished their final re
port early to-day and a. 10 o'clock it wa$
brought into court. 1t was read by the
clerk as follows
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tguurtcr Sessions Of Lancaster comfy:
The grand inquest Of the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, empanneIcd to inquire
into, and for the county of Lancaster, al
the January sessions of 1889, respectfully
report that the total number of indict
ments handed TO them by the district at
torney for their consideration were i24
of which So have been returned as trl,
bills and the remainder ignored, aud not
withstanding the number of motions
: made to quash on account Of the illegal
drawing of jurors by the county commits
sioners, the district attorney informs lis
that there wepo0s Bases disposed of. The
, grand inquest visited tho different public
institutions of the county and respectfully
report as follows
The first place was Tho children
home, where we were met by Mrs. Ila
maker, who kindly conducted us through,
, the building, and we are pleased to say
that it is an honor to the county. We
: found it neat and clean and in good order,
; and the childreu-96 boys and y; girls
all seeming cheerful and happy. There is
no sickness at present and no deaths have
occurred for five years We noticed that
the esress in case Of fire would be INSULT
| ciert aud ya do carnastIv recnIupant nj