Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-21
THE QUARTER SESSIONS.
xEeuLAm NuvsmssR TERM woRx
a Lot OF Larceny ana assault ana Battery
Gases Keceiv. Jooicisi Dtspo.it,os-
Tue arspd Jury ssesusaa

a Lot OF Larceny ana Assault ara Rattery
Eases Kecsiv. Jaoicisi Dispo.it,os-
Tue ar~nd jury ssesuras.
7hursdsy afternoon. Upon re -assem
bling OF court the jury In the cases Of |
va. Charles +. Bair re
turned a verdict of not guilty. On the in. |
dictment charging malicious mischief, |
they divided The costs equally betw |
the defendant aud the prosecutor, Henry |
Fisher
Clarence Parrish was indicted for lar
ceuy. On the 18th Of October the do
feudant went to the house Of Mira. Louisa
j. Blackson, in Columbia, aud engaged
board. Shortly after dinner Patr sh left
the house and soon after nickel watch
belonging to Mrs Blackson was missed
One of the boarders went In search of the
thief and caught up to him on the rail-
road about one and half miles east of
Columbia. When charged with the lar
ceny Parrish admitted having il in his
pocket and handed it over. He said he
had been drinking or he would not have
committed the theft. The accused was
put upon the witness stand and he de.
clined to answer the question AZ to
whether he had stolen the watch. He
admitted having been under the influence
Of liquor on the day Of the larc sny. One
witness from Virginia, the former home of
| defendant, and second witness from
Philadelphia, testified that the reputation
| of accused for honesty was good. The
jury rendered verdict of guilty, aud
recommended the defendant to the mercy
| of the court.
| Barton Eichelberger was charged with
having committed an assault and battery
on Herman Bollinger. The prosecutor
testified that he was iuveigls1 into Miller's
s. ore and kept there examining suit of
clothes while the defendant was getting
out a wal rant for his arrest on charge of
rape. When Eichslberger returned with
a warrant, witness was told to throw up
his hands and he did so. He alleges that
without any provooation Eichelberger
pushri him ono 3 and struck him twics in
tho faoe. The position of the common
wealth was that the we rant was not direo
ted BY the justics to Mr.. Eichelberger,
and he had no authority to make the
arrest,
The defense was that Mr.. Eichelberger,
knowing that Bollinger was charged with
rape, went to the offic, of Squire Kraatz
aud procured . warrant. The warrant wa,
directed to the constable of tho township
who could not he found, and the defen
dsut then served the warrant on Bollnger
telling him he was under arrest, Bollingel
|
believing that he ipte ded to use the knit,
on him struck MIN once. Jury out.
Harry F. Resh was indicted for assault
and battery on his wife. She testified tha
be struck her several times on the night o
Noveu ber 10 and knocked her dow
stairs at the time he was under the in
fluence of liquor. Several of Mrs Resh'
peighbors went back on her and testitie,
that she had fallen down stairs and wa
not knocked down by her husband. Thes
witnesses also testified that Mrs. Resh'
reputation for peace aud quiet was no
good.
According to the husbands statemen
he is q badly abused man. His wife b
claimed was continually quarreling wit
him and her neighbors. la order to hav
peace he changed his residence ten times 1
seven months He denied having struc
= : his wife on the night in question or at an
| other time. Several witnesses testifle
that his reputation for peace was goo
while his wife is very Quarrelsom
woman. Jury out.
William Henderson Marshall, q colore
man, was charged with assault. VIM.
Fryburger, the prosecutor, testified thi
= in August last he purchased the propert
of the defendant at sherif's sale, aud O
10 sepeember II he went IN the premises
j, | huEu sDult W1tDc6B WAS OTubEe
lie off, aud before he could get of he vi
'e assaulted by Marshall.
n The defense was that Marshall was
= possession OF the premises bought
70 Fryburger when he came there to bur
i some brush, and that although Marsha
20 had received notice to vaoate the prems,
B. the time specified therein had not expire,
It and Marshall believing that Fryburg,
& was trespssser, merely pushed him Q
IL the premises, using no more force tbs
& necessary in doing so. The jury rendere
u a verdict of not guilty, and directed Il
10 prosecutor to pay the costs.
y Harry Crswley pleaded guilty to Il
n loniously entering the dwelling house
le Isaac Bender and stealing an overcoat al
ID umbrella. The theft was only commits
Of on Wednesday.
v 7hursday Epening -Iu the case
ID common wealth vs. Barton Eiohslbsrge
Of assault and battery, the jury rendered
to verdict of not guilty and imposed Il
to costs on Herman Bolliuger, the prosecute
II In the assault and battery case again
p Henry F. Resh, brought by his wife, Il
Jury rendered verdict Of not guilty al
lie divided the costs equally between 4
es husband aud wife.
in Ellis Clark, . boy 10 years old, v
or charged with committing an assault a
battery on Mary Strabsr, girl Of sbo
the same age. The parents Of the oh
dren live on Beaver street and CLARK, 1t "
alleged, struck the girl In the face II
." quarrel growing out Of the right of I
4, boy to pass through private alley. T
Il 4 boy claimed that the girl first slapped hi
~ and be then struck her. The court
no. charging the jury said the case oug
~ never been returned to court, and il tn
,is had the power they would impose
av costs on the magistrate who had sent
~ The jury rendered verdict Of not guilt
I'd with county for costs.
an Arthur Green was indicted for pointing
.pp pistol at John Johnson. This was the min
I'd case from the Welsh mountain, growi
n out of an old banjo worth "a. Dave Pete
az was the owner Of the banjo, and he ow
ss John Johnson q small sum OF mon,
a. johnson took possession of the banjo
ra the debt. Peters resisted this and tn,
"a friends got into wrangle which result
,a In Ia ge number of suits, and an 0xpeu
~ to the county thus far Of several hundr
-, dollars. Counsel for the defense said tn
q, had no speech to mako on this case,
ha desired to call the attention of the col
'rs to the fact that this was the ninth o.
az growing out Of the banjo. The ool
ha replied that 1t was painfully aware of I
IN fact. The jury seemed to think th
y johnson was not justified In bringing I
- suit for they returned . verdict of q
. | uuiltv vvith Jnhnaon for oosta