Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-10-08
QUARTER SESSIONS COURT.
kus ouAReE AGAINST CONSTABLE
.srrrERsuN KIEFrER DISMISSED
ursss Chausibriand Fsils 10 Produce Evidenc'
& Against nim--sure,y Of Psace Cases Dis-
posed of-rhs 1riai OF the Alleged Un-
suiy Appreciates again Postponed.

6afxvday Afternoon -Uoon the re.
lrSom bling of court ct 2:30 o'clock the
Gooersion and surely OF the peace cases on
- list were heard.
1rhe dssertion case against Levi Sicily
EWGe dismissed with county for coeis hs
maintain his wife.
y Tps hearing Of the suits against william |
q. Dittman and VIM. Ii. Manly, Jr.,
0Aarged with being unruly appi entioes, on
oomplaint OF Superintendent Bitner' OF tne
Wutch factory, we're continued until Sstur'
S Horsce Il. Brepdle, of vogansville, was
k6nrd on . charge Of desertion. His vile
eootif,ed that che was obliged TO leave his
Z home, on scoount Of III treatment, ana oe-
G1use ne did not properly support her.
Opnn being asked whether she would go
Hi<k and live with him, she said che
Vruid never 60 back to bis home.
He denied having refused to maintain
NJ f.miy, and claimed that she was dis.
onsis fied with her home becauee 1t was not
= elegant "a the one ehe lived In before
her marriage. He said he was willing to
sske his wife home and provide for her rs
we'll "a he couid with the wages he earned,
which were mt large. Tne court ordered
him TO pay S2 per week for the msinten.
once OF his wife and child.
Constable Jefferson Kiefier, OF Mannheim
borough, was heard upon charge of surety
Of the resce preferred by Bruce ChauA
BRAND, who claims 20 be superintendent OF
3 Dover, Delaware, detective sger cy The
Testimony was thai knfier aud come Read
ing officers were at the house OF tho father
in-lsw OF prosecutor, in Rapho township,
and while searching the house his mother
in.law raid "I wonder what Bruce would
say II he was here, and Knffsr replied that
3 he would shoot him some day. In conse.
quence Of those threats Chautibriand s~ore
tuas he was afraid that the defendant would
harm him.
The defendant testified that he assisted
the Reading ofiicers in making search OF
prosecutors house for stolen goods, which
Y h was supposed were In the house. The
\ conversation at the house between Chauti-
hriand's motberin-lsw and himself was
very brie!. She said Bruce WAS terrible
man snd might do witness harm, and all
that be replied to that was that he would
take care OF himself The court did not
thin X case hsd been made out and dis
Z missed II, with county for costs.
Hugh Mccall, who was convicted earlier
in the week OF assaulting Jacob Woolhafe,
Of Columbia, was called for hearing on
charge OF also thresteninRto kill him. TIE
threats were made month before the rs.
oAuit was committed. After q consultation
bsswecn the parties It was decided TO allow
N the case to be settled upon pay ment OF costs
~ the defendant. Sentence on the assault
eod battery case was postponed until Tues
Leopold Bender, city, WAS charged with
y doeertipg his wife and two children. Mrs
Bender testified that on August 2, 1887, she
LETT him, without provocstion, sinoe which
time he has contributed nothing to her sup
port sho said she could not live with bin
any more because he was too rough In his
4 treatment OF her.
The defense was that his homo was made
% unpleasant by his wife that he was
obliged 70 leave It. He said ho was willing
& TO live again with her and provide Q
home for her. The court ordered the dc
fendant 10 ray 50 per week for the main
tenance of his wife and children.
Rev. Fenton NJ. Harris was charged by
Augustus DommeIl with threatening to do
him bodily harm. The prosecutor had a
stand at defendants csmpmeeting in Provi.
7 dence township. On July 3lst, and alter o
& dispute about the pay ment for tho privilege,
Harris approached him Ia threatening z
manner and said he would do him harm.
On cross examination 1t WIS shown that
Harris had euod Dommeil for false pre-.
sn1ssy .snss osss aSs mas Ss
denied havlpg ghsde any threats, the court
QeolQefH9N no threats had been proved
I'D dismissed the com Dplaint, with prose.
Cut0x, An zustus Dommeli, for costs.
The cases, GROSS actions of surety OF the
y peaoe. between John AllOman and Peter
McGarvey, growing out OF row In Florin,
\ In which Alieman was convicted OF assault
and battery we're dismissed With Alieman
"a 6OT costa, FOR tn0 assault AnU DaVeTy case
he was sentenced to pay fine OF $40 and
costs.
CURRENT BUSINESS.
o. w. Fetter, OF Penn, and w. Phillip
Of Warwick, were appointed qua, disns o
the minor children OF Levi Books, OF Peri
township.
Amos Gilbert, OF Eden, was sppoints'
4 guardian of the minor child of John h
Gilbert, deceased.
John T. S,ains, city, was granted q re
neWsl Of his soldier slIcense.
a rule was granted TO show cause VIII,
- much OF the verdict OF the jury ss i'm
& posed costs on Bernard Eaik, In the assault
sapd battery case brought against him b,
Jacob Baker, shall not be stricken oil. Johi
4. C0yle, altorc ey for Falk, takes tho posi-
non that the previous settlement OF the case
and the payment of costs by Falk Is u com
plste bar TO q second prosecution.
Xhs Biemsderfcr Trial Resumed.
Court met at 10 o'clock this morning, an,
the trial of Horace ". and Jerome ]
BtemsdeTfer for conspiracy to defrsud Wa
resumed. All OF the morning session wa
taken up 10 the examination In. chief q
Samuel Biemscerfer, who purchased tn
ID tobacco from the defendants At its con
clusion court adjourned until $50 o'clock
when this witness will be subjected to
cross-examins,iop, which will las. all th
afternoon.
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