Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-01
THE QUARTER SESSIONS,
OF THE ApJousNEp oorusxn rKKm


OF THE ApJOUsNED OorVBEH TENN
foiicsmea Sustained n an Arrsss-rho
Indictment OF Adam Bsbpy foP Mur~
Ger Finally Noi-frosssd.
Upon the re-assembling Of court on
Friday afternoon tho jury In the case OF
commonwealth vs. George w. Miller,
indicted for larceny, rendered verdict of
guilty
JACOB Weller and Otto smallbaoh were
indicted for committing an assault and
battery on Chritian Little, on Whit Mon.
day, at the corner OF High and Dorwart
streets. From the testimony OF the
commonwealth witnesses 1t appeared that
the accused struck Little and knocked
him down aud that Little did not give
them any provocation for the assault.
The defense was that the parties to this
suit had quarrel at the Green Cottage
park In the afternoon and Little said he
would lay for them. At the corner OF
Dorwart and High streets Little da:ed
them to fight using insulting language,
and it was only after he struck at the
jury rendered verdict of guilty. Sentence
was deferred.
PROSECUTOR FOR COSTS.
| Auulc ItSsu Wub CuetkSU WiSh ooauoAt
| ting an assault and battery on the three
| year old child Of George w. Hunter. Tss
prosecutor lives at Faegleysville, and II
was testified that on the Goth OF June
Annie Resh threw stone into the house
OF Hunter. The stone struck sink,
bounded off and hit the child on the bead
The defense was that Mrs. Resh wa,
greatly annoyed Mt the children OF the
neighborhood throwing stones into .hel
house, and on the Goth Of June, wher
Williams child threw q brick into hel
house she picked 1t up and threw 1t bacl
into Williams house, and IL the child wa
struck it was an accident. The jury
rendered verdict of not guilty will
George W. Hunter. the prosecutor, TO
costs.
POLICE OFFICERS PnosEcuTED.
William Wittick an d Michael Dissinge
were indicted for assault and battery, o
the complaint Of Henry Hatl. From th
j. testimony of the oommonwealth's VII
nesses It appeared that on the night {
{ July "a, between II and 12 o'clock Hal
' who worked in the vicinity OF Columbii
| was sleeping on tie steps In front OF b
n boarding house in Columbia, when the d.
PENDANTS, who are police officers, passe
Q along and took him to the lock up. He wi
8 kept there n few hours and then taken
Q the office of Squire Evans and given
!, hearing. Hall testified that he was pc
n fectly sober when arrested and was n
8 committing any breach of the peace.
!. The defense was that when Hall W
3 arrested his head was on the steps of b
3 boarding house and his feet were on g
% pavement. He was very drunk, and d,
70 PENDANTS claim they did not use any mo
a force than necessary in taking him to Il
1t lookup.
At the hearing Hall admitted that
was drunk, and was discharged on b
81 promise to pay the costs. Jury out VIII,
t. court adjourned.
m A WOMAN BEATER SENTENCED.
n. John Struck, who was convicted
,e Tuesday OF thrashing his wife, his moths
ID in law and sister in-law, was brought fro
of the dock for sentence. For beating |
tn wife he was sentenced to pay fine Of =
r. and undergo an imprisonment of ten day
he for beating his sistsr-in-law, a fine of
is. and an imprisonment OF three days, q
ey for knocking his mother in.law out
,le time, the sentence was 50 fine and t,
an days Imprisonment.
d, Adjourned to 7:39 O'Clock.
rd CURRENT BUSINESS.
OF Catherine E, Speidel, city, was {
ut, pointed guardian of the minor children
we Samuel Zell, deceased.
in. A license was granted to the Mamie
ir- 81 Sporting Hill turnpike company to or
an toll gates and collect toll.
aid Friday Epening. .--CJurt met at z
ler o'clock on Friday evening and the jury
he the case of common wealth vs.. Willis
RS Wittick aud Michael DissiDger, ASA
list and battery, returned verdict OF !
guilty and directed the prosecutor, HeI
Hall, to pay the costs.
Nhr Tap,vlhall inAtntal for .
np licious mischief. From the testimony
his the commonwealth it appeared q
the Campbell and John Maus are brother
laws and neighbors living in the west
' if part of the city. For some time they hi
las not been on good terms. The allegation
the that the accused on number OF occasi
md threw ashes into the yard of the pre-
its, cutor, ,ovsr his flower beds and grass pl,
ers, thereby irjuring him. On trial vi
hat court adjourned.
the Saturday Korning.-When court me-
not 8 o'clock this morning the trial OF
tax case of comu onwealth vs.. John Car
act bell, malicious mischief, was resumed,
ing a number of witnesses were called by
the commonwealth in support of their q
ries cations.
the The defense was that the alley n
of toned was public thoroughfsre for m
a than 80 years. The ashes were put
cal the alley from the prosecutors prope
eril in piles so large that it was impossible
its tho defendant to make use of the wall
eek alley and after Mr.. Campbell congu
Who counsel he threw the ashes back
hat Maus' yard. 1t was only after Camp
and had served several notices upon Maus
less to throw ashes into the alley thai
threw the ashes back into the yard.
The examination Of the witnesses was
concluded until noon, when court Rdjoul
,ra to 2:30 O'Clock.
''' Benton 8. McElwee, charged with
ssrting and failing to provide for his v
ac- appeared before the court and stated
OF he and his wife were now living toget
-, having settled their differences.
FRI court dismissed the case with the oor
ior for ofics costs.
III MURDER CASES CONTINUED.
William Wilson, Lewis Parker
re- Charles Thompson, OF Salisbury t0wrl
iVer indicted for the murder OF John Dix
10 were brought before the court and
= cases were formally continued to No,
IL ber 10.
aiis THE MURDER OF BARNEY SHORT.
AIRY District Attorney Eberly stated to
her oourt that the common veaIth does
md. desira to press the ind iotment apa
Adam BENNY for the murder of Ber