Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-12-20
LEGAL NEWS.

] etbir property auu ft 44up4lH'iANt iA Auf
We tern penitentiary for one year aud -IE
months
Chaa Henry Who plead guilty to Lar
| CeuY, was sentenced u pay costs. restore
| property. and be Imprisoned ia the Penn Ia
| Industrial Eelormatoy at Huntingdon.
The term al this Institution depend on the
! behavior vi the prisoner.
George Halt found guilty Of larceny
| was sentenced 10 pay costs uHI Be inprs
| Cnel ia the jail of Butler Co, ioT ole It1.
VIM. Suauick. found guilty of attempt
| ing to commit a misdemeanur was sen
| fenced 70 pay costs and be confined in the
| Allegheny wOT6h0use at Claremont i0rtwo
months
II l. Ross, was found guilty Ot larceny,
! the proseoutriS being Mrs. Ann HStkles5
of Butler but the Court set aside the vtr-
! dict and granted q new trial, deft 10 give
| reCoenizance IN 500 and upon payment
| of costs, and return Of alleged stolen pro
perty, a mol pros to be entered IN this
! ease.
.Ino adams, found guilty ID ielouiCus-
| ly stsbbing jacob BlecElie was sentenced
TO pay costs, and be imprisoned in the
! Allegheny Go. warh0use for one ytat and
| aiZ months.
! 1T IN thls case lltc court also ttthCAcl t4ial
| Adam be indicted for FAB, on the e1pif
alton of his term. he having acknowledged
| while OH The Uitn5s stand that Fanny
Wa= not his wife,
Jacob Hoffman indicted tar djulteV
did not appear when called aud bis Iecog
was forfeited
Tho ease IS Frank Brown tor assault
| and battery was continued, dett to enter
into recoEnizance i'll 800
Ia Rider indicted at sept term ior FAB
on oath of Lizzie Group. was sentenced to
pay costs, a ino Of ten cents and pay Miss
Group $50, for lying in expenses, the child
having died soon after its birth.
LEES SENTENCE.
Quite a crowd assembled III the court
room Friday evening to hear what The
Court would do in the Lee ease. The young
man was brought in. and the record Of the
Court was read 60 him Judge McAhchael
then said that after due conadera-
ton he had fixed tho degree Of crime at
murder in the second degree" and asked |
Mr. Lee If he lad anything to say 0a tu
why sentence should not be passed upon
him, whereupon his leading counsel, Col |
Thompson, went over the principal eyi |
dence of the case aud made some points |
for the deft The Court then wrote the |
sentence, committing Lee TO the peniten |
tiary for six years and aE months, pay |
costs, etc. Lee j. the second young man |
who has lately come from Allegheny City |
to Butter county, and got into bad cOmpa |
ny first and trouble next At the dance at |
Evans City that night, one drunken row |
followed another; Lee went there from
Renfrcw with Harry Fair, and thought he
yl,o efa ItrI FrIa Dar f4aTr rrgvrrl |
was probably in the minority, and when |
Lee ran to the fence and pulled off pal |
ing he probably thought that he needed |
some weapon with which 10 defend him
self lie used the weapon and struck Ne
Call on the left temple as he says, ia self
defense; Mccall being armed with a sini
lar weapon. The force Of tho blow and
possibly an unusual structural weakness of
the skull, caused McCalls death. Lee was
arrested for murder by the advice Of his
counsel, he pleads guilty, aud six years Of
his life is worse than wasted Lee had
only been working at Renfrew for twenty
five days, and in that short time, bad com
pany, with the aid Of liquor, wrecked his
lie.
NOTES.
An old man named Samuel Cotron, an
Engliahman, who has been boarding with
ullDtltE Lu4ltatIlEAu utliitd bht. W hhlll-
son in Springdale, is in jail on a charge of
tempted rape, preferred b. Wilkinson.
The WilkinsOns have a daughter Ellen, but
fourteen years years Of age, and che alleges
that twice during the temporary absence
of her parents Cotron attempted to take
advantage OF her. The story got out and
some men got after COtron with the inten
ton Of abusing or lynChing him, but he
took refuge in a boarding house aud lock
cd himself in till an officer came ana res
cued him
Col. Redic had a litle fun all to him
self last Friday night. lie is a light sleep
er, aud always leaves the door of his bed
room opening into the hall open, and be
tween l. and / o'clock Of that night, he
heard one Of the prisoners chucklGg as
though there was something very funny
going on. lie watched and looked around
and found that Henry and Grover were
saving away at the back window, while
Suawick and Adams were keeping guard
Then he stepped their work and locked
them up. 1t was Srawick who ala the
chuckling and gave the crowd away. lie
was feeling so good syer escaping, that he
couldn't contain himself aud was heard 10
say, "What will they think in the nom
ing" All the prisoners were taken 10 The
places 10 which they were committed next
day
The will Of Jacob Held ga3 probated
last week 1t Is dated Sept ., 1897, aud
gives his wife Margaret one third of the
estate during her lifetime, and possession
Of the dwelling house. 10 his son John lie
gives the homestead and fam aud the
ROYALTY aud income thereof, subject to the
rights Of his wife, and on her death the re
naming estate not disposed OF by this Will |
to he divided in four equal parts between |
his sons Jacob and Martin, his daughter
and his step-dauehter Sarah Brcll. An
other clause provides that the money shall
be divided Immediately, and the last
clause reads rs follows: II hereby appoint /
my friend August Bchm, sole executor Of
this VIII, who ahall in all matters consult |
my attorney, John NJ. Thompson, 10 whom |
l give one thousand dollars in fees.
In witness whereof / hereunto set my |
hand and seal this 9th day of Sept. 1857.
CASPER FEnL, 1oo, No..
JoHg ". THOMPSON,
There was some talk Of the will being |
disputed but we understand that the mat
ter has been settled.
Letters Of administration were granted |
to ]. c. Moore on eatate Of John II. Davis |
of Centre twp.
Tho viii Of Jacob Held ol Forward twp |
was probated and letters granted TO A. II |
Behm, also viii of George e. Drake of |
Worth and no letters.
Six hundred names are to be placed in
the jury wheel for next year.
Ii. n. Marshall, Esq. was appointed |
Court Auditor for 1891
r. H. Harper was DISCHARGED from jail |
under the insolyent lave.
Al Glenn is in Jail agaiu for trying 10
commit q felony" Samuel C0tron for at |
tempted rape, l.. G. Arnou for not paying |
his board bill
Martin Wahl, one of the overseers of
Evans City, petitioncd for a commission in
lunacy rs to Fred Nonnmgcr, and Dr.
Brooks, John Wilson and Adam Ripper
We're appointed.
The Foos case was up in Court last week,
but no changes were made in the original
order The old lady is said te have gone
back 10 live with the old gentleman
LATE PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
w Phillips TO Geo W Zeipler 1917 acres
in Brady for 1880
Williams TO L II McAboy lot in Pat
Ter for $500
n L Shaner to John Shaner so acres in
Centre Tor 5000
Sarah Fry To Hannah Weigand lot in
Butler for $40.
Jas Borlaud TO s Eindley lot ia Butler
for $3.50.
Geo puryiance TO John S MoCay lot in