Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-25
APRIL COURT.
rnr wErK or QUARTER s.snoN.
tie smith murd,r Usse,-- rrup nIIls found
Against Thomas and Adam Baney
CurIeut Business.

sometime ago proposition was made by
Winfield aud George Smith, OF Columbia,
who are charged with murder, To outer
plea. After au examination Of the witnesses
tho common Scalth concluded that they
could not accept tho plea
Mr. Reynolds, OF the counsel for tEc
defense stated that he had supposed that
tho commonwealth would accept this plea
aud therefore they had made no prcpar
atIOns for trial uo moved for con
tiuuaucc of the case until May adjourned
conrt ou these grounds. The common.
wealth's Otlicor made no objection and tho
case was continued The court made the
suggestion that IA tho oaSO was lengthy
1t hal bSt'cr to pat on the list So as To DO
reached 90 later than Monday or Tucsdsy.
A large amount Of evidence was heard
In the case of George Bolster, of Ephrata,
charged with malicious mischief and MS
sault by Elizabeth Miller. Tho evidence
showed that tho children of two families
began u snow bail fight. Finally the
Older members Ot the family, including
parouts got into the war and al got
angry, Some were hit by snow balls and
coal and the windows of Mrs. Mtllcr's
house were broken. Each party to tho
affair claimed that the others wero the
aggressOrs. The witnesses were nearly all
.
mixed. Tho defendant was charged with
being the person who broke the windows
&c, but hct denied II. The jury seemed
to understand the case aud they rendered
a verdict Of not guilty, with tho defendant
To pay Que third and John Miller, tho
prosecutor, to two-thiTds of the costs.
COm'th vs. Joseph Sensonig, fornicatiun
aud bastardy. The prosecutor was Emma
Stetty, OF Earl township, who testified
that the defendant is the father OF her
child, which was still born. There was
no defense, aud the jury rendered yer
dict Of guilty. Sentenced rs usual, upon
the death OF the child.
Com tn Va. A6raham Roehm, assLnlt aud
battery. Miss Mary Geixes testified that
sue resided two doors from the accused In
December last. One day whilo sho was
shoVeIiug snow, ho came TO the front of
their house aud ordered her to stop shc
refused and he struck her twice with a
shovel, knocking hor down. The dc fOusc
was that the gii was throwing some snow
! in path in which Roehm was shOvGliuS.
/ lie told her to stop aud she refused Go
then threw some snow upon her, aud she
struck him with a shovel, and ho struck
her in return. The jury rendered a verdict
! Of gully.
Albert Gardner. who was convicted Of
stabbng George Crawford, was sentenced
/ 10 one year Imprisonment.
COm'th VS.. Caleb Jones, larceny. The
evidence in this case showed that defend =
ant attended an auction Of John Temple,
| IN Columbia. Ho purch tsed lot of goods
aud removed them without paying tor
! them, although the conditions were that
| no goods should be taken away until paid
! for. The defense was that Jones paid for
! all that he took away. lie purchased
some which he left in the store, telling the
clerk that he would pay for them the next
day. In the meantime he was arrested.
| The jury returned L verdict Of guilty.
The grand jury returned the following
bills
True BHLs-Thomas and Adam Bluey,
murder ; Alice Williams assault aud bat
terry Caleb Jones, larceny Thomas Cur
tbs. bigamy.
IJgOred-LauTa BroOme, perjury, with
Abraham Nolen the prosecutor fox costs
Levi smith, assault and battery.
Friday W0rHiHg. th vs.. Alice VII
liams, assault and battery. Tho prosecu.
trix was Rebecca Harmer, who allegeC
that Alice struck hor several times in q
quarrel which they had, at the aims Gus,
where both were inmates. Alice denied
having committed tho crime. The court
in their charge stated that, II there woult
be proper management at the almshouse
their people would not bo in court it is
bad enough that the county must support
them without having to pay costs in cases,
which they choose to bring against each
other. The jury rendered a verdict OF
guilty. Sentenced to pay tiue Of 81 and
costs,
There were no other cases ready fDl
trial this week and the jurors were die
charged for the week.
The surety Of the peace cases between
Alice Williams and Rebecca Ilarmer wer,
dismissed, with county for costs.
The grand jury returned the following
bills
True BtHs-D. w, Weider, perjury
Thomas Hackett and George A. Dauuer
false pretense h. Ii. Garbrick, perjury
Samuel keeler, embe2zlsment.
Ignored - Samuel Smith, assault aud
battery, county for costs John Lomon'
stein larceny.
Curront Bu,iuess.
The rule to show cause why the sheriff
sale OF the property of Daniel +. Fishe
should DO set aside was made absolute.
Additional BsI Ordered.
Joseph Strickler, who is charged with
being accessory with DR.. Bruce to tn,
crime OF abortion, which caused the deatl
OF Halle Scholl, was brought into cour'
this afternoon. The commonwealth
officers stated that they wert
satisfied that the crime was com
mitted in the county OF Philadel.
phia and they asked tho court to order
the sheriff to deliver him to the author
ties of Philadelphia. The court refused
to make the order, but the bail was
ordered to bs increased from 81, 900 tc
~, 500 for the appearance Of the defendant
at court here.
sent to the House OF Refuge.
The case Of Joseph Brayman and Jacot
N. +. Buck, two Mt. Joy boys, aged /.
and 10 years respectively, who wer,
charged with robbipg Peter DENNY, al
old mau, were heard before the Judges
this afternoon.
The evidence showed that one day il
November last these boys met DENNY OF
the road near Mt. Joy they knocked him
down and took his money, amount,
ing to about sl0, which was after
wards found on Buck. Young Buck
was put on the stand and confessed
but stated that they did not knock Dem
my down he was drunk and fell. The
court ordered the boys to be taken to the
bOuse of refuge.
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