Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-09-16


ed liberty and then they all left the house.
Settled by defendants paying the costs.
Com. VS. Charles Parker. Two counts,
larceny and receiving stolen goods, know
ing them to be stolen. Lucien Banks pros
ecutor. Banks had q watch and other arti-
cies to disappear from his room above his
his watch was brought to matchmaker Roll
mans place in this town for repairs by 7.
L. Moore, q colored man from Port Royal.
Rolman took the watch to Banks, who iden-
tilted the cases as the ores belonging tothe
missing watch. Legal proceedings were at
once instituted against Moore but he was
released upon Moore's statement that Char
les Parker, of this place, had given him the
watch as security for twenty-five cents that
he had loaned to Parker. Having this in
formation Parker was arrested and brought
before Justice Mcdonald who placed him
under bond to answer the charge before
court. Psrker's friends would not bail him
and he was sent to Jail where he remained
till the time of trial. Meanwhile other pro-
ceedings had been instituted against him.
His trunk was searched and other property
belonging to Banks, was found in it in ad-
dition to photographs that had been taken
from the trunk OF young lady in Patterson
anu a large number Of keys. The Jury re-
tired with the case on Thursday evening
and after being out short time returned
with verdict of ''guilty in manner and
as indicted" On Friday morning he was
brought into court TO receive sentence.
He made statement, denying the theft of
the Banks property and property of Others,
that he was charged with having stolen, he
said he had received the articles IRON
Fatty Cemberling and from Philip the
Bumm. He said that he had no keys
that belonged to Banks, the collection of
keys in his possession he had gathered
mostly when Parker lived in the hotel in
Patterson. He was sentenced to a term OF
AIRY at labor by separate or solitary confine-
ment, to restore the property stolen or pay
the value OF 1t, ana pay cost OF prosecution
to stand convicted till sentence has been
complied with. There arc three other in
dictments still pending.
Com. VS.. Chas. W. Landis, fornication
and neutrality-suspicious., Maggie Bowers,
bail renewed.
Com. VS.. Fanny Stephens. d. c. Ran
nels prosecutor. Slander-settled.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Lehman Boyer was appointed guardian
of Geo. J. and L. K. Robinson minor chill
dren OF X. w. and Catharine Robinsoa.
Report of A, j. Patterson, auditor to
make distribution in matter OF estate OF Pc
ter Rumberger, deceased.
The Petition of Charolettc Snyder, guar
dian, for leave to sell real es tate OF Margaret
Ellen, and Geo. Z. Snyder, was granted.
Lucien Banks was appointed guardian of
Margaret J. Mcfarland, MINOR child OF Ma
ry Mcfarland.
Jacob Wisehaupt was appointed guardian
of Anna C. Robinson, minor child of f. w.
and Catharne Robinson, deceased.
The petition of Thomas Creighton, ad-
minIstrator OF James Woodward deceased,
granted.
Report of auditor b. T. Burc hfieId in the
matter of estate of Jacob b. Tests deceas-
ed was confirmed.
Mary Z. Miller, wife of James b. Sheets,
deceased, was appointed guardian of her
minor children, Eliza Ellen, James Harry,
Washington f., Josiah W. and W. III.
Sheets.
Petition of Robert K. McMeen, sdminis-
traitor to sell real estat. Of R. W. Robinson,
deceased.
Susanna J. Bender was granted divorce
from John Bender.
A rule was asked for and granted on the
Sheriff to show cause why the money arIs-
ing out of the sale OF the personal proper
ty Of wm. Banks should not be paid into
court.
Upon the report of the examining COM
mittee. f. NJ. NJ. PeunelI was admitted to
practice IN the several courts of the coun-
;y.
Constable William II. BIughmin, Of Fay
ette, in his return to court, stated, that IN
his opinion, liquor is sold in his bsiiawick
contrary to tho license law.
In the matter of the case, l.. Barton VS..
Elisha P. Hudson and Asttic J. Hudson,
rule to stay execution sgainst the interest
of Matte J. Hudson.
W. Sterrett, o. 7. Harris and J. X.
Robinson, appointed at April court 1885, TO
put a value upon school house lot on land
ofDr. G.. NJ. Graham, in Turbett township,
awarded one hundred and twenty dollars to
Graham, and he to build the fence.
Jerome Cassell, reter Eichmtn and ia
cob Rickenbsugh, were appointed to view
site for bridge across the Juniata river at
Thompsontown.
Exceptions we're filed to the con irmatioh
Of the Sheriff sale Of tract No. of the Wm.
Banks property to W. II. H. Kreider, be-
cause Of defective advertisement of bound
airy line and sale set aside.
Petition of John Crownover, of Patterson.
to transfer license to- Watkin Jones was
granted.
Lewis Degan, Samuel Shotsberger and O.
S. Shellenberger, were appointed to view
and lay ont road in Delaware township.
g. W. McAlister, VIM. Thompson and
Reuben Le:aafa we're appointed 20 view
and assess damages 6I q road lately laid
out through the land OF Solomon Manbeck,
in Walzsr township.