Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-11

LIS pounds Of -four were stolen.
The principal witness for the prosecution
lived in one part Of . house In Earl town.
ship and the sccused in the other. On the
evening Of the robbery he overheard q con-
verDation between Patton, his own son and
Calvin Davis. IN which 1t was agreed to rob
and he was rewarded by seeing those three
men leave Patton's house, 60 to the mill and
return TO Patton's house with the foHr stolen
there, which was divided between them.
The accused went on the witness stand
and denied all Of Marshail's allegations The
CASE was submitted without argument totte
Jury and they rendered verdict OF guilty,
after brief deliberation.
Lewis Felser was indicted for forging the
the name OF William Dyer to Judgment
note for ga The note was dated March II
1895 and was payable in sixty days. Execu
ton wns issued on the note, Dyer's personal
property was levied upon by the sheriff, and
Dyer then paid the note, but on the same
date entered suit against Felser for forging
his name to the note. The note for S2i was
submitted 10 Dyer on the witness stand, and
he pronounced 1t forgery, his name not
even being spelled correctly. The defense
was that Felser and Dyer had a horse trans
action In which Dyer Was to give so and
his horse for Felser's horse. In addition
Dyer owed him 81 balance due on a sewing
machine and In payment OF this Indebtedness
Dyer gave him this judgment note for s2i, In
.no PIcsenoe y, "Isuesses. = S1lie usys sl'et t,E
w ,s,t s"so a,,, a "o,et ,osa no'e ea, w W.
could get the money out of the Mt Joy bank
and when he got the money he was TO return
sne no.e. wen, W ,,Sa Siie os ~ -,
,ha no,s ua asa,,adS sor,a 80 a. No. g e.
pay him the Judgment note and finally
issued execution on IL, and after pyer's prop
cry was ie'ieo uPon' 'ne ho'S was paul
Jury ou~
Friday Epenin9.-Court re-assemoled at
7:30 o'clock and the jury in the Lewis Felser
-rorpery case rendered a verdict Of not guilty,
rttb comfy for costs
u.nr, SairorI,po MAS nh, o,, trial y, q
.i. 20 va
cnarge Oh emoe1eiAen- ~ rom lne .eu
mony on the part OF the commonwealth !!
appeared that James Resm, a cigar dealer of
Vogansyille, employed the defendant in the
summer OF 1855 to sell cigars for him. AL
moneys above sl2 per thousand received by
Seiverling was to be his The defendant
was furnished with 10, 400 cigars which he
sold, He returned to Ream {i9.li and ap.
proprsted the balance to his own use.
The defense claimed that Seiverling
sold only 4400 cigars on commission
and the balance of the cigars were
purchased direct from Ream aud he was
unable to pay for the same by reason Of
losses In business 1t was difficult TO get the
defendant To give an Intelligent account OF
the transaction between the partiss and the
impression from his testimony was that he
was not of sound mind. ON trial
Saturday MorntnC.-Court met at Q O'Clock
and the Seiyerling embezzlement case was
argued, The fury rendered a verdict of
guilty and recommended him TO mercy.
In the perjury case against John Miller a
verdict OF not guilty was entered, the district
attorney stating that the case could not Toe
made out
A verdict OF not guilty was entered IN the
horse stealing. This case was tried at the
last session and the jury, after deiiberstion
ol 81 hours, rePofteu tnAt they were unau!e !"
%fd no, ,hinE ,bera oonIs ~ ,rnS nrf",,r, n
nnder the testimony. on account Of the doubt
as to the Identity Of the man who hired the
horse
A aimilsr disnosItion WAS mazda Of the
seduction case In which LYMAN Bitter was
the defendapt
Abraham s. Kaufman WAS mt on trial
for committing an assault and battary on ].
n. Randall The prosecutor testified thai he
was getting a drink of water AT the pumn I'm
the rear OF the Franklin house this CITY, on
the evening OF july Sd, when kaufman
drove into the ward Witness and some
friends aid not get out of the road as 1uick
as Kaufman thought they should and that
made him angry, and after he nut his horse
awsv he walked to where prosecutor was ard
struck him.
The defense was that after the horse of
Kaufman WAS put aWay, kaufman Wa ed
towards the hotel and Randall spnroached
him with an uplIfted cane in his hand and
Kaufman belieyinp Randall was going to
strike him knocked him down, A dozen
witnesses who knew kaufman for many
wears gave him a good character Tor reacs
The tTry rendered. a verdict OF NOT vniItv
and divided the costs equally hetgasn the
prosecutor and the defendant-
SURETY AND DEsERIloN CASES
Leah Conner yss charged bv Sarah Star.
ratt ,r,,, hs,,na thraa,sn.d 80 IT,.
damnation - out of Sarah Sterrett In June
last. The parties at the time lived In the
neighborhood Of Christiana and Mrs. Sterrett
was tenant OF Mrs Conner. Dismissed with
Lean conner Tor costs
mary oohner, daughter oi the defendant
IN the previous case, WAS charged by the
same prosecutriX with making similar
threats on August 18th. The case Was
dismissed with costs divided between the
parties.
Mrs. Sterrett, the prosecutriK in the above
Of M,s Cpnner Tha rrnseaU,rine e,antIinS env 80
that Mira Sterrett on a number OF occasions
said she would kill her, II she had 10 hang
,9 loI ~ Inns case the court dismissed and
crdsr % 10 Grs Stan,at, - p' aIe,SST" .e
Five bsr an onnortnni,H " 80 Its u'it W
5ert Satnrdsp ~ S-e 'o''' y
The surety ~ tho neoca oosas ar,ai,,.. tJo,,-.-
Scbied and HsnTv HiISeSrsnS ,.a,a ny
missed with connty for oftica cnsts "oio "'
The desertion case spsins, WuIia,, y
Christ was continued m Siys the nar,ins
opnortunitv IN reconciIe tbsiy GifraPrences "n
Joseph Miller was charged by Samuel
oi d-apey quate, Win haVlhg
for attemptinp to burn his fstbsT,s harn Tha
accused denied having made the threats The
court directed him to enter bail In the sum Of