Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-01-07
ADDITIONAL LOCfLS.
Court Proceedings.


An argument court was held on the 3Oth
day of December last.
In the case of Samuel Paunebaker vs..
John Coffman and John Cefimau, Jr., the
J rule to open Judgement was discharged.
, In the ca.e of Wm. Oles IS. Gideon Sic
Der, the motion for new trial was over
ruled
In the case, of the bill in equity and de.
murrer, Oalando Msthers vs.. Stewart Nc
CullOch, David Wilson, Joseph McCuloch
and William McCulloch the Court rendered
an opinion dismissing tha bill at the cost of
plaintiff.
It was ordered that the regular Orphans
and Argument Court. for the year 1885 be
held at the following timss.
On Tuesday the 10th day Of March.
On Tuesday the 9Th day of June.
On Tuesday the 18th day Of September.
! On Tuesday the 18th day of December.
..Al freight trains over the Pennsylva-
nia Railroad stop at this station, which give
| tramps a chance to lay off for something to
eat aud TO obtain nights lodging IN Jail.
put such cost on the county that taIpay-
ers began loudly 10 complain, and their
| complaints caused the county authorities
to LOOK into the method of the commitment
of the nomad to prison. 1t was discovered
that the tramps would voluntarily 60 to the
Office OF Justice and ask TO be cOr mitt ed
to Jail for 4 nights lodging. They would |
be sent to jail on their own declaration a,
tramps. The next morning some one irsm
the Jail would take the tramps before the |
same Justice who had sent them TO prison /
for hearing, and on their osn testimony |
that they we're not making practice OF going |
obout begging or subsistIng upon aims for 1
the purpose Of living they wonld be dis
charged.
Such lrcc iings aiwavs give the COM
mit,ing Magistrate the chance to charge MP
costs Justice entry, commitment entry, mile
age. hea-i1g and diScha-go TO isiler. The
county authorities refused TO pay several
bills Of costs that were inc Irrei in that way.
Suit was brought to recover the costs and
the ease was argued before Judge Barnett,
OF the Forty-firs Judicial district, and two
days ago the Judge read an ela5ornts epin-
ion, and had the same fled in III. Prothon-
Otsry's office, against such methods OF OBJ
tanning cetts. The opinion declares that
tramps are vasrants and criminals and that
the county is not liable in the case of tr,mps
and then Afterwards sischargei
on a hearing before Justice; that it is not
discharge according to law. The opinion
money" The Judges opinion on the ques-
ton of tramp costs will be published in
those columns in full in the next issue.
4. J. Patterson was appointed CommiS :
sioner TO take testimony IN the case OF the {
application of Lewis D. Manning for di-
vorce from his wife Sarah Manning.
In the matter of the transcribing of the
induces Of the judgements of the ProthOno-
tary's office in accordance with tn, former {
order Of Court. The Court upon inspection
Of the new indices approved OF the same and
hereafter entered in the new induces. And /
1t was further ordered that the bill for the {
servics Of the Prothon otsry in tr4nscribing
into the new indices be submitted ts acom-
mit.ee of the bar, of whom the counsel to the
shall be one, the Prothono-
tsry shall chose one and the two thus nam
ed and chosen shall chose third, and the I
committee thus constituted shall report to
the court at its next regular term in Febru-
airy the bill ofthe Prothoatary for compeusa- {
ton for the work of the trauscribing OF the
judgements.
s. II. Beach was appointed to take testi-
mony in matters pertaining to the SHarner
estate.
John Bersy was appointed guardian of the
heirs of Sarah Bergy AS to the estate divis-
ed;to them by A. u. Haldeman deceased to
give bond in the sum of four hundred dol
lars.
An order of sale was granted to Jacob
Beidler, Esq, administrator OF Silas Beid
Ter, deceased, to sell real estate of sail de-
cedent.
The auditors report in the VIM. J. Kirk
estate ras confirmed.
David D. Stone auditor in the estate of
Samuel Stem deceased filed supplemental
report.
Returns to an order OF sale in the Jacob
F. Smith estate, return confirmed by the
court.