Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-06-04

His Sentence Deferred in Order 10 Use
Testimony In Civil suits.

His Sentence Deferred In Order 10 Use His
Testimony In Civil Suits.
Wednesday AJtcrnoon--Upon the reas-
sembling of court ON Wednesday afternoon
the case of commonwealth VIZ. Matthias
Heintzen, perjury, rendered verdict of not
guilty, and imposed two-thirds of the costs
on the defendant and one-third on Conrad
Sheaffer, the prosecutor.
The forgery cases against Jacob M. Rutt
were called for trial, and tho accused saved
the county the expense of trying four of the
dictments on which pleas OF guilty were en-
tered charged Rutt with forging the name of
his father, David M. Rutt TO four notes, the
aggregate face value of which was $1,000
These notes were discounted at the Lancaster
County and farmers banks of this city.
The accused was put ON trial on the fifth
Indictment, which charged him with forging
the name Of q. M. Rutt TO note for $75,
dated October 30 1884, payable sixty days
bank. G. M. Rutt testified that his name on
the note was a forgery, that he had not writ
ten his name or authorized any person te
write 1t. II was also shown that the accused
forged the name of his father to four notes.
The defendant denied having forged the
name of G. M. Rutt to the note In question
and claimed that the signature was genuine
and to get out of the payment of the note O..
M: Rutt swears 1t Is a forgery; number OF
accused for telling the truth was good. The
| jury after a short deliberation returned a
verdict of guilty. Sentence was deferred.
The next case called was the celebrated
Amos B. Hostetter forgery case. Counsel for
| defendant presented the certificate of DIR.
| Mccormick that Mr.. Mosser, witness mate
| rial for the defendant, was too i'll TO attend
court and asked fora continuance of the case.
| Counsel for the commonwealth said VIM. ID.
Mosser had been seen on the streets of the
city and that being so he was able TO come tC
court. The court directed that a jury be
selected and sworn and that the case would
| go over until morning when it would he de
| termined whether DIR. Musser was able tC
! attend court
Thursday Morning-Court met at O'Clock
and DIR. Mccormick, the physician in attend
ance on w. ID. Mosser, who was subpnned
as witness for the defense in tho Amos H.
Hostetter forgery ease, appeared before thu
| court and made affidavit that Mr.. Mossel
was suffering from nervous debility, aud i
| would not be safe for him To go through thu
| ordeal of an examination on tho witness
stand. On this ground the case was con
tinued.
THE HERZoG FoRGERIEs.
Joseph Herzog has recovered from hi
severe illness of yesterday, and th
morning he was brought into court b,
the sheriff. The district attorney called tn
| forgery cases against him for trial, and pie
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indictments against him. The forgerie
| were ~ follows:
The name of Milton Il. Buch to note fo
| S3i2, held by John Stein.
The name of Milton i. Buch To a note 70
800, held by the Farmers National bank.
The name of Henry Nixdorf to a note fo
| $50, held by the Farmers National bank,
The name of Jacob Bowers TO "a note fo
500, held by the Lancaster County Nationa
| bank.
The name of Jacob Bowers to note f1
$1,000, held by the Lancaster County NatiD
| bank. S0ns
Kiehl % to a note nc % for si1iSjteS Benjami
DTf%s The naaes Off. H
Kiehl to notoGe "a brallain and Benjamf
| Burns. LOT Si@3, held by Samut
! of the cs<1D'Was deferred until the next tern
can L>eblirt, so that the testimony of Hero
Nbe taken in hecivil suits pending agains
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