Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-22
NOVEMBER COURT.
OYER AND TEnmisER-oUAnrEK sEs-
stpNs.
Tho Legal business Continuing various
Cnsos Endod--urand Jury's Return OF
True and Ignored BifiH.


Wednesday dGernoon-ln the oaso o
Frederick Eader and Thomas McGTaw
charged with cruelty To- animals, tho former
was found guilty aud tho lattor was ac
quilted.
Com'th Va. Israel Smith, colored. Tho
dotendent was charged with malicious
trespass In going on tho grounds OF Mifir
Russell, in East Earl township, without
his permission and picking black berries.
Tho court ordered verdict Of not guilty,
as the justice in returning tho case had not
proceeded according to law.
Com'th VS.. Emanuel Weaver. The de-
fcndant, who h an old man and resides Ia
Marietta, was charged with open lewdness
IN exposing his person, and ho denied it,.
The jury rendered a verdict of guilty.
sentenced to five months imprisonment.
Com'th W, GcOrgo Rapp, selling liquor
On Sunday and without license. IL was
ahown that the defendant, who resides In
Salisbury township and has no license
from court, has been ceiling somo kind OF
liquor not only at his home but at picnics,
aud on Sundays. Mono of the witnesses
could tell whatith0 liquor was, but il made
them drunk. Tho defendant in his own
behalf, testified that ho purchased keg
OF cider in this city aud sold IL at picnic
no also snid somo on Sunday, but did not
want 10 tako any money for IL those who
got drunk bad bccu drinking liquor be
foro touching tho cider. Frederick
SohGenbergUr, bartender for Arnold Haas.
of this city, testiiion that defendant pur.
chased q kog oC cider from than. Tho
jury rendered yGrdcts OF guilty.
COm'th va. II. II. Snyder, libel. The
defendant is tho agent Of tho Prudential
insurance company Of Newark, and this
suit is brought against him by VIM. Nir
gin, an agent OF tho Metropolitan company
OF New York. Both Of thcso agents are
stationed in this city and arc rivals in
business. IL was shown by the common
wealth that recently the defendant rad q
bugincss cirouiar printed and distributed
all over tho county, which set forth that
tho Metropolitan company had protested
claims TO tho amount Of $50 SEQ, while they
really have none. Il was claimed that
Snyder dill this in order 10 iujuro tho
business ug tho Metropolitan
Tho last report ui the insuI anco COM
missioner was offered and IL showed that
tho MCtrug pl,lan company had no
protested claims; tAoy had SEQ, 800 of un.
paid claims. q. y. Reyuuils, an insur
auco agent, explained that u 10 was a
difference between tho terms aud . claims
may be unpaid bc,dus" thoy have not yet
become due
George TshuIv, of this city, plead guilty
90 assault aud battery upon his wife aud
'Cntcnccd TO six months Imprisonment.
Tho grand jury returned the following
bills
True BUs Henry 4. Young aud
Franklin HOptou, fornication and bas.
tardy William Shay, fraud.
IhVrsddg HorHiRg. tho caFD OF
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libel, the commonwealth called witnessed
10 show that the circulars were circulated
at the instance and by tho direction CC tho
accused, and people were asked to give up
their policies in tho Metropolitan and
insure in the Prudential.
Tho de'"us' proceeded TO show that tho
statement .n tho circular WAS based upon
the report OF 1899 If any orrOr had been
mado .t was In putting ia tho words pro
teSted CLAIMS instead OF unpaid losses (thc
report says unpaid lOssos). It was also
cpntcndcd that this prosecution was only
brought 90 bring iutO disrCspeCt tho Pru
CcuJial company as the stalomOut IN the
circular was based upon tho sworn state
ncut Of tho Prudential officers to the
I.. uriucc commissioners. The; jury rer-
dUycd a verdict Of guilty.
Tho grand jury utU:ncd the following
bills
True T1n-lalIIa Corbott aud Samuel
Gibson, adultery and higamy Clarence
Warfci and Merty sullivan, fclOnious as.
sauit aud battery benjamin L2aman,
assault and battery: Arthur Green,
malicious trospaTa; Horace Westwood
malicious mischief; George Schaum,
malicious trcspaag aud assault aud battery
Whitfield smith and Geo. Smith, murder /;
Samuel Turner, receiving stolen goods !;
Henry Zen, false pvotcEsc.
9a0rCd-pdtscy Burns, assault and
battery, ard Elizabeth Myers, iornicrljon,
with county for costs.