Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-11
WORK OF THE COURT.
rsK AvJounssp QUARTER SESSIONS.
s"mo Petty srlmina Bu-inssS Given 'ts
fiDAI Disposal "A Fti"rinu- Assault

s"me Petty criminai Ba-iness Given sta
FINAL Disposal "A reI"tinu- h,sault
and BSttc'y Crsc
Monday Afternoon .-Tte Jury In the case
OF commonwealth vs. William Costlow,
rendered verdict of puilty. Sentenced
was deferred until Saturday.
The trial OF the assault and battery case
against David Weller was resumed aud
number OF witnesses were called by the
accused and testified to the facts as out.
lined by counsel in the opening speech.
The jury rendered verdict Of not guilty
and divided the costs equally between the
prosecutor and defendant.
The next cases called were those of
commonwealth W. James Waters, eolorcd,
of Columbia. The accused was charged
with committing an assault and battery on
Ellen Lawrence and Ellen Lively, residents
OF Fifth street, Columbia. The common.
wealth's Witnesses testified that Waters
and a companion were walking on Fifth
street, on the evening of May 3ld, and
without any provocataon Waters struck
both Of the prosecutors.
The accused denied having struck tho
women, His story was that ~ he passed
the step on which Mrs Lawrence aud
| Mrs. Lively were seated. one Of them
| made an insulting remark. lie stopped
| and Mrs. Lively struck him. The case
was submitted to the jury without argu
| ment, under the charge Of the court The
jury rendered verdict Of guilty az to the
| assault and battery on Elizabeth Lively.
| and not guilty as to the assault and
| battery on Ellen Lawrence with the prose
| outrix Tor costs.
| George Miller, ir., was indicted Tor
adultery. The accused is the young man
who elopsd with Saraa Bauer, wife of
| I,,hn a NE tk. E,g,hN
| ward, iu July last. The couple went from
this city to Philadelphia and after remain
ing there a few weeks their money run out.
they came back to this city aud were ar
| rested, Miller left behind him a wife and
child and Mrs. Bauer husband and
several children. When Miller was on the
road 10 this city in the custody Of Officers
Shay aud Ritohey, he admitted that he was
guilty OF the otiense charged. On trial.
THE HosrETTER FORGERY CASE.
Counsel for Amos Hostetter, indicted for
forgery, asked leave of court to tle plea
In that case. 1t sets forth that the
alleged forgery was committed in a pro.
ceeding growing out of q suit between John
K, Barr and the executors of tho
estate of William NJ. Wiley, pending in
the United States court, that said suit has
not yet been determined ard that an in.
dictment will not mold good until after
that suit has been adjudicated. The plea
was fl ed and an early decision Of the
court on the question raised is looked for.
1assiTy Morning. Court met at . a. IN.
and tho trial of the case Of commonwealth
vs. George w. Miller was resumed. Mrs,
| Bauer, the party with whom the adultery
was alleged 70 have been committed, was
called as a witness by the defendant. She
denied ever having committed the offence
charged in Lancaster county, but admitted
having elpped with Miller aud lived vita
, him In Philadelphia for several days. The
jury rendered verdict of guilty. Sentence
was deferred.
Herbert Dorsey, Benjamin Devonshire
and William Scar borough, were put on
trial for having committed a felonious as
sault and battery on Alfred NJ Brown.
The testimony on the part of the oom mon
wealth was that on the 26th of July,
Brown, Henry Haines and Sias Herr
were driving cattle on the road near
Wakefield, when they were overtaken by
the three defendants who were in buggy.
Devonshire got out OF the buggy aud
, walked alongside of Mr.. Brown tor a dis
|, taEce of Is or 20 feet, talking to him.
Scarborough was heard to tell Devonshire
, to strike Brown. Dsvonshire did SO
several times, after which Slas Herr
pulled Devonshire away and Mr.. Haines
G /
/, about the face and was unconscious.
The defense was that when the parties
met, Devonshire got out of the buggy and
said to Brown that he had not used him
rightly in not giving him certain work to
! do which he had furnished Br,wn became
, greatly excited, swore AZ Usvonshirs,
. raised q club as If to strike him ard then
!, DevOnshire struck him several times in
|, , the face and knocked biu down Several
witnesses called by the defense testified
that previous To this charge the reputation
, of defendants for peace aud quiet was
! good.
The common wealth abandoned the case
as to Dorsey and the court directed the
jury to render a verdict of not guilty as to
. him. Jury out when court adjourned.
The court decided that Amos B. Hos
letter, indicted for psIjury would not be
tried until the Barr Wiley SUIT has been
disposed Of
James Waters. convicted on Monday
', ', afternoon of assault and battery. was SEN
, tenoed to pay a fine Of $40. o,sts of prose
cution and undergo an imprison nent Of
four months.
The case Of the commonwealth vs.. j. X.
Boldly, indicted for adultery, was attached
at Eoon, but before any witnesses were
examined court adjourned to $50 o'clock.