The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-09-13
Court Proceedings

Com. vs.. Henry Diener. Assault and
battery. Defendant plead guilty and was
sentenced to pay ine of $40 aud costs
Com. vs.. Barbara Raab. Keeping dis
orderly house. Jury hnd defendant not
guilty and divide the costs between defends
ant and prosecutrix Ellen wiserman.
Com, ". Max. Frick. Assault and bat
tery. Grand jury ignored the hill aud di-
vide the costs between the defendant and
Louis Newhouse. the prosecutor.
Com. vs.. F. w. Clark. Larceny. Jury
find defendant not guilty.
Com. VS.. Adam Smith. Selling liquor
without license. Continued.
Com. VS.. John PIunkard. Rape. Ac-
quilted.
Com. VS.. A. Yetter. Larceny. Jury find
defendant not guilty.
Com. vs.. Jacob l.. Custer. Larceny
Jury fnd the defendant not guilty.
Com. vs.. Frank Dott. Assault and bat
terry. Grand jury ignored the bill and di-
rected the prosecutor, Morris Gilman, pay
the costs.
Com. VS.. +. W. Murphy. Assault at bat
terry. Not true bill and she prosecutor,
George Ashton. to pay the costs.
Com. VS.. James weakland. Assault and
battery. Continued.
Com. vs.. Anna Ripple. Larceny. Grand
jury ignored the bill.
Com. VS.. Annie BeckeI Larceny. Jury
find defendant not guilty.
Com. VS.. Johh Owens. Receiving stolen
goods. Defendant plead guilty. Sentence
deferred.
Com. VS. Joseph O'Donnell. Uriah Mont
gomery and Edward Montgomery. Arson.
Jury md defendants not guilty.
Com. VS.. Adolph Graft. Assault and bat
terry. Jury find defendant guilty. SEN
fenced to pay a fine of 81 and costs and 90
to Jail for one day.
Com. VS.. Z. A. Wiiand and Frank Nc
Vey. RecognizsLce of defenda nts forfeited
/ Com. VS.. John Owens. Larceny. De-
fendant plead guilty. Sentenced TO pay a
fine OF 81. costs, and go to Jail for one week
| Com. VS.. John Gallagher. Assault and
battery. Defendant plead guilty. Sen
fenced to paw fine of $50 and costs.
Com. vs.. same. Larceny. Jury find de-
1 fendant not guilty.
| SENTENCED.
/ Edward Lafferty. who on Monday last
/ pleaded guilty to charge of biaamy. was
sentenced 10 pay fine of twenty dollars
and the costs of prosecution, and to under
/ 60 an imprisonment in the Western Peni-
! tentiary for one year.
William Broderck, who pleaded guilty to
charge OF assault and battery committed
on his father. was sentenced to pay a fine
| of $50. the costs, and to Imprisonment IN
tie county iail for thirty days.
/ VIM. J. Farrell, who pleaded guilty 10 OBJ
tanning goods under false pretences was
sentenced to restore the property obtained.
! or such of II as is not already restored, pay
a fine OF FIVE dol!aIs and the costs, and un-
| dergo Imprisonment in tie Jail for twenty
! days.
/ Victor Tomsski, who pleaded guilty to a
| charge of larceny, was sentenced TO pay a
fine OF s., the costs. and to undergo im-
pTIsOnment in the jail for one month.
Peter Lyon, who pleaded guilty 70
charge OF malicious mischief. was sentenced
to pay fine of IS, the costs, and to 20 to
Jail one week.
Morris Knox and William johnson, who
were convicted OF burning the stables of
John Ryan and Mrs Kunkle in April last,
were each sentenced to the penitentiary for
two years also to pay fine of So each and
jointly the costs.
SECOND WEEK.
Com. VS.. NJ. j. Murphy, same vs. Samuel
Hanecamp and same VS.. Samuel Ellis a
not pros. was entered. the defendants haV>
ing been drowned in the Johnstown flood.
ln the following cases nOlle proSeglties
were entered on payment OF the costs by
the defendants: Commonwealth VS.. Annie
Vielsack, Commonwealth VS.. Francis j :
Vielsack, Commonwealth VS. Henry Vonalt,
Common wealth vs.. Mary Francis, Com
monwealth VS.. James Curtland, Common
wealth vs.. Ellen Hoover. Common wealth
VS. Thomas kirkpatrick, Commonwealth
vs. Mary Vennessy, assault and battery ;
Commonwealth VS.. David Leslie, Common
wealth vs.. Ellen Baker. selling liquor with.
out license Commonwealth VS.. John W.
Warfeld, Commonwealth VS.. John Saiy,
surety of the peace; Commonwealth vs..
David W. Price, desertion Common wealth
vs.. Benjamin. Cooper. assault and battery ;
Common wealth VS.. William l.. Little, Com
monwealtn VS.. Samuel SeeIy, assault and
battery Commonwealth VS. James Felix
and Samuel Berkey bile. resisting an officer;
Commonwealth VS.. McGlade and others.
aggravated assault and battery Commons
wealth VS.. Levi Walter, assault and battery;
Common wealth VS.. jacob Kee and Leon
ard Kline; Commonwealth Us. Patrick
wealth VS.. Geo. w. Kuckeuorod, Common.
wealth VS.. Peter Re1fner, fornication +;
Common wealth VS.. Conrad Lentz, Com
monwealth VS.. Harry Bridge, Common
wealth vs.. Henry Kay and John Kay. Com
monwealth VS.. Henry Bittner, surety of the
peace and assault and battery Common
wealth VS.. ii. &. Christy, Common wealth
vs. II. e. Christy, Commonwealth vs.. Chas
fnfn lF
Bowers, fornicatIon aud bastardy Com
monwealIh VS.. Bertha PfsItfer. Common
wealth VS.. Joseph Pfeiffer, Commonwealth
VS.. Frederick Walton, assault and battery !;
Common wealth vs.. Reyden weakIand,
Commonwealth vs.. William Il. Sechler,
Commonwealth VS.. Charles Foust and 9TH
ers, assault and battery Commonwealth
VS.. William II. McMullen. furnishing liquors
TO minors Commonwealth VS.. Ezra Humm.
assault and battery; Commonwealth VS.
Clarence Evans, fornicatIou and bastardy !;
Commonwealth vs.. Bertha Ward. keeping a
bawdy house-the prosecutrix, Mary Sutton,
having disappeared Commonwealth VS..
Il. q. Kolp, Commonwealth VS.. George Far
rar and John y. Farra.. Common wealth vs.
Mary Fleming, assault and battery Com
mOnwealth VS.. Minnie Price, Common
wealth vs. Luke Bush. surety OF the peace,
defendant now in Dixmont Common
wealth vs.. Edward Rue. assault and bat>
terry.
In the case OF the Commonwealth VS.. Gal
litzin A. Christy, mol. pros. was entered on
payment Of the costs by the prosecutor;
James a. Mitchell.
The following cases were continued
Com. VS., John b. Pettigrew, resisting an