The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-23
Court of Common Pleas..frimi-
nal Term.

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The Court of Common Pleas convened
on Friday morning last for the purpose
of trying the persons indicted by the spe-
cial grand jury recently e~mpanelled,
Judge HUME presiding. The persons in
dicted are:
John NJ. Brown, embezzlement.
John Murphy and John Harper, horse
stealing.
same, burglary and larceny.
Laura Eddins and VIM. Rowe, muir
der.
The first case called was that of John
NJ. Brown, charged with embezzling mo-
ney belonging to his employer, The Ea-
ton Manufacturing Company. The de-
PENDANT entered a plea of guilty to en-
bezzling $500. The plea was accepted
and no jury was called. Sentence has
not yet been passed. The punishment
is fine or imprisonment in the county
Jail, or both.
Murphy and Harper demanded sepa-
rate trials, which was granted.
Harper was first tried for horse steal
ing, and the jury after several hours de-
liberation, returned a verdict of guilty.
A new jury was at once empanelled
and Murphy was put upon trial upon the
same indictments, The evidence and ar
gument were concluded and the jury
charged Saturday afternoon. The jury
retired and did not agree until after II
O'Clock Sunday night. After this jury
had retired a new jury was empanelled
to try Harper upon the indictment for
burglary and larceny, and Court adjourn
ed till Monday.
On Monday morning the venire of thir-
ty-six men summoned as jurors in the
case of the State VS.. Laura Eddins, was
called, and the entire forenoon was oc-
cupied in procuring twelve suitable men
to sit as jurors in the Eddins case. The
jury was sworn and discharged till Tues
day. morning, and in the afternoon the
Harper jury was called into the, box and
the burglary and larceny case was pro-
ceeded with. The jury in thei<Harper
burglary case was charged and retired
about II 80 o'clock an. on Tuesday,
and the jury in the Laura Eddins poison
ing case was at once calledinto the box.
The witnesses were called and sworn
and Court adjourned till afternoon
When Court opened at half past n we
ry available nook and orner vas occu-
pied by a sweltering human being. The
crowd was largely composed of women. .
The defendant entered the Court room
and took her seat in a chair designated
by the Sheriff. A stranger could not,
from her manner, distinguish her from
the other women present. She sat quiet
ly listening to the evidence, and her
countenance indicated no particular con-
Germ in the proceedings.
The State 30 far, has proved that she
purchased arsenic in Eldorado Oh June
4th, and that she called for arsenic at
Manchester on June 11th. saying it was
for rats. Upon the druggist suggesting
CROUCH on rats as a substitute, she said
she would take it instead of arsenic, and
did so. Proof has also been offered show
ing that the deceased, Martin Eddins,
was taken violently i'll on the evening of
the 4th of June; that he grew better du-
ring the following week until Thursday
night. when she gave him what was sup
posed to be a preparation Of soda twice +,
after which he vas again attacked with
vomiting, which continued until he died
on Friday afternoon. The result of the
trial cannot be given until next.
The Harper jury has not yet agreed
upon a verdict, Tuesday evening, the
time our forms are closed.