Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-19
THE QUARTER SESSIONS.
wiuism Youn 9 sentenced TO Eieven Mouths
ImPrisontnsut--A Lot OF Minor Busi.
ness summariiy Disposed Ut.

wiiiism Youn q Sentenced Co Eleven Mouths
Imprisonneut--A Lot of Minor Busi.
ness sunmsriiy Disposed Ot.
Tdesidy afternoon. Upon the re-
assembling ot court, counsel for Henry
Young, convicted of picking tho pocket OF
Henry X. Keller, withdrew tho motion
made in the morning for an arrest OF
Judgment and Young was brought before |
the court for sentence. Council made q |
plea for the mercy OF the court, Young |
having large family dependent upon hts |
support. The court sentenced him to
| undergo and imprisonment Of eleven |
| months in the Eastern ponitentiary.
Tho jury in the cases Of commonwealth
VS.. VIM. Orr, Thomas Hughes and John
| Browning, Indicted for tho larceny of
- 90, returned verdict of not guilty.
In the cases against David Warfel, the
| jury acquitted him of stealing the horse
but convicted him of stealing the bride.
| Sentence was deferred until Saturday.
| Robert Brown and William Brown,
colored, pleaded guilty to stealing sT5 and
| q number of articles from @. s. Chapman.
| The theft was committed at Bridgeport,
Cumberland county, and the accused were
arrested in this city, after they were
seen to divide the stolen money. They
we're each sentenced to undergo sn in
prisosment of eleven months.
Hall Anderson, q Marietta darkey, was
indicted for carrying concealed deadly
weapons, and the testimony of the com
monwealth's witnesses was that on tho
night of September II, the accused flour
ished revolver, during parade i'll that
borough.
The defense was that the accused did
not have 6 revolver on the night in question,
that he is not the owner Of pistol and
never carried any.
The jury rendered s verdict of not
guilty and divided the costs equally be
tween the prosecutor, David Moss and the
defendant.
David Peters, colOred, was indicted for
feORiOus assault and battery on John
johnson, also colored. Both parties are
residents Of the Welsh mountain. The tes
timOny of the commonwealth witness
was that Peters met Johnson on the road
ON August 10. johnson was carrying
, away a banjo belonging to Peters He
was asked to return it aud he declined to
! do so until Peters paid him certain sum
, he owed. Peters said he would not do so
$ aud that he would shoot johnson if he
, did not give him back tho banjo. John
5 sou paid no attention to the threat and
q drove off. Peters fired at johnson, the
| ball struck bim in the hand and he brought
+ this suit.
Q The defense was that when Johnson and
{ Peters met on the road, Peters saw thai
y Johnson was carrying Oft his banjo. He
Q demanded it, johnson refused to surrender
q ! il, and after soma further words johnson
struck Peters on the head with a Cub
after which Peters shot at Johnson in sci
defense. The jury rendered verdict o.
guilty of simple assault and battery.
John Bessick, a young oOlored man from
!, Columbia, was indicted for assault SnI
q battery. The prosecutrix was his mother
and she testified that on the 22d of Octo
/, Der, he struck her on the head with 8
- pitcher. She also testified that at times b,
q was of unsound mind aud when excitac
~ was very dangerous. A number OF othel
q witnesses called by the commonwealth
!, testified that the accused was of unsouuc
- mind and on q number of occasions haC
20 given the officers of the law great trouble
- The court directed the jury To render
verdict OF not guilty on the ground of in
4 sanity. He will be sent to the insaui
-o asylum for treatment.
n David Peters pleaded guilty to. carrying
! concealed deadly weapons. Tho weapon
=, was the pistol with which he shot Joh
"a Johnson in the hand.
nf Arthur Green was Indicted for carrying
= concealed weapons. John Johnson ais
in appeared as the prosecutor in this sui,
"a which grew out of the wrangle for tn
n
"a tain. The part Green took in the rumpu
~ was to stop at Green's house, pull out
Z pistol and threaten to blow johnson
"a brains out unless h9 returned the banjo I
"a David Peters, Several witnesses testifie
that Arthur was in the habit of carrying
q loaded pistol. The defense was denial q
70 the commonwealth allegations. The jur
a rem dered verdict of guilty.
a. Verdiots of not guilty were entered /
q cases against Charles Fisher, Henry YOun
and Charles Z. Taylor. These are tho dt
fendents who were convicted OF robbin
Mr. Keller. The indictments, on whic
is the above verdicts were taken, charge
or them with having picked the pockets {
I'd Philip Stauffsr, but on investigation it wa
o. ascertained that the robbery WAS com
ne mitted 10 BeTks county.
he GRAND JURY RETURNS.
u. True BHls-Willian Marshall, larceny
a' John Z. Dennison and Frank Albrigh
conspiracy to defraud John Z. Dennisor
" false pretense, (two indictments) Davi
ns Peters and Arthur Green, carrying COL
"a cealed wea pons.
ia Ignored Blls--CharIes Zech, felonior
" y assault and battery d. Wallace Evan
y, rape.
aas Wednesday Morning. Henderso
40 pleaded galty to stealing two billiar
Ualls auu oo& Oi cigars from T Feu6ric
Maulick, of Marietta. The accused sal
~ he was drunk when the goods were taken
lo ~ The billiard balls, he thought, were har
% boiled eggs and he did not fad out tn
~ difference until he became sober. Th
o. o. court thought four months Imprisonment
~ ~; would be reminder that billiard balls al
40 not hard boiled eggs.
IL William Marshall, an aged colored mai
was indicted for stealing a three-sprin
y, wagon from Adam g. Hurts, Of Wei
" COcalico township. The wagon was take
= on July 81 and recovered on August 81, o
n the defendants premises on the Wells
! mountains. When the wagon was stole
the running gears were painted yellow an
~ when found they were painted black.
- The defense was that two we'll dresse
men called at the house of accused on
of night in the month OF August and offsre
!, 10 sell the wagon to him. He declined I
~ ~ buy it, but eventually advanced $50 to th
strangers, and they left the wagon a
-. security. The strangers gave MAJ shall
!, writing to the effect that they woul
~ redeem the wagon in three weeks and tw
/, days, Marshall denied that he conceale
n, the wagon at any time that it was in h
possession. Tho jury rendered verde
y / nf not untltv