Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-25
LEGAL NEWS.


and Wm. Malley for same not guilty.
Com. VS. j D McCurdy. indicted for agg.
A&B, was put on trial, but the Dist Atty
asked for noll pros on lst count, and deit
plead guilty on I'd.
Com. VS. Andrew Dardis, indicted for fur
nishing liquor to a drunkard Verdict not
guilty, and Butler Co. to pay costs.
Com. VS. Thos Ramsey, indicted for lar
ceny, tried and verdict not guilty.
Com. VS. Howard B. Whitmire, indicted
for false pretense, on oath Of Antony
Thompson. Verdict guilty in manner and
form as indicted.
The case VS. Jno J Irwin for false pre-
tense on oath Of G " Campbell and p ii
Burchfield was continued on account OF
Burchfields sickness.
The case John McClintock was settled.
The case VS. John Bariat was settled.
SENTENCES
On Saturday afternoon Judge Hazen pro-
nounced the following sentences:
Howard Whitmiro was sentenced to pay
| a fine of $500 to the Commonwealth and costs
of prosecution, and be imprisoned in the
Allegheny workhouse for TWO years from
Sept. 10, 81.
RA Krape was fined so and costs, and
sent to the penitentiary for two years.
JD McCurdy was fined $40 and costs,
and sent to the work house for two
months.
| Amos Christie was fined $40 and costs,
and directed to enter his recognlzance IN
800 to keep the peace for one year.
August Charles was sentenced TO pay
| fine of s. and costs, and sent to the work
house for two months.
Ed McNallen was fined $40 and costs, Is
to restore the stolen property and be con
fined in the penitentiary for two years
John Wilson and VIM Hawkins were
each fined $50 and costs, ordered to restore
stolen property, and be confined in the
| penitentiary for three years
| At Leach was sentenced to pay 70 and
costs, restore stolen money, and be I'M
prisoned in the Reformatory at Hunting
don, until discharged by its officers.
JH Coyle was sentenced to pay tine OF
S. and costs.
| Sylvester Kirk was sentenced to pay
fine Of $50, costs, restore property, and
sent to the Reformatory until discharged
James Kelly was sentenced to pay fine
| of 81, costs, restore property and be inn
prisoned in the penitentiary for three years.
James f. Conn, was sentenced to pay
| the costs in the surety peace case, and was
sent to the Reform school at Morganza.
Edward Murphy agreed to return to his
wife and was sentenced to pay costs IN the
| desertion case.
THE MINIHGER CASE
Court convened, Monday afternoon OF
this week, with Judge Hazen presiding
| The Mininger case was called, and but lit
| tie trouble was experienced in securing
| Jury, as follows, VIM. Mccullough, j. ii.
| Wick, J. NJ Louden, W A. Rosenberg,
j. d. Sloan, II. q. Mccullough, Austin Nc
| Candless, j. A. Turk, Jno. Montgomery,
| W. G.. Sedwick, Fred Helser, Harry Will
Jams.
John Mininger the prosecutor, was the
| first witness He passed Adam place
that evening on his way from Butler to his
| home in Great Belt, and stopped IN to see
! Adam and feed his horse. Adam told him
| TO get out and he asked "Whats the mat
| terg' and Adam said ''take this, you son OF
a gum, and began shooting, and followed
him into Anderson's field, where he kicked
him. lie had stopped at Adams house
that morning, and Adam was IN good hui
| NOR. Had a keg of beer on the wagon and
a bottle of whisky in his pocket, but drank
of neither: had had glass OF beer and also
of whisky in Butler.
| Mrs. Margaret Wilt, of Allegheny, SIS
ter of the Mininger brothers, and who was
visiting Adam at the time was the next
witness. She said that Adam had said
that morning that il John did not stay off
| his place he would put a bullet IN him.
The men were close together when Adam
began shooting and she had her hand on
| Adams shoulder; Jno. fell when Adam
shot him and got up and tried to get away;
she heard five shots; Jno. had threatened
to Kill Suse; Adam told John to stay out.
| Maggie, the 12-year.old daughter OF
Mrs Wilt, was on the witness
stand for quite while Iney
went to Adams on a visit three days De-
| fore the shooting was done; Adam told
John to stay out, John SAID he wanted to
talk to Adam and feed his beast Adam
said, "take this" and began shooting;
Aunt Suse said to "fire away" she was IN
the BARNARD too; mother said don't
| fight; John went to Anderson's; John was
| saving nothing when Adam began shooting;
John had been there that morning and had
asked his mother to wash for him and his
mother had refused; John said he would
follow Adam and Suse and slip up behind
them and blow their brains out; she told
Aunt Suse about it,
/ HDWhIu W llLmlIct VIM JON W hNA
| Adam was there, and heard him say that
John was not dead yet, but ought to be.
and if he could not kill him he would send
him to the penitentiary again.
DIR. Headland testified as TO extracting
the bullis.
The other witnesses for the prosecution
were David Stewart, VIM. Anderson, Mrs
| Wm. Anderson and Antony Allen, and
the prosecution closed.
Messrs. McCandless and Greer were the
attorneys for the prosecution, and Messrs.
Bowser Thompson and McQuistion for the
defense.
Adam Mininger was the first witness for
the defense He and John are brothers
and John is the elder. John was at his
LONE on the 11th of July last, he came in the
morning and asked his sister 10 wash but
she would not do it; called his wife a damn
ed bitch, he did not say word because he
was afraid of him; John went away and he
hitched up and went to Butler for lumber;
saw John on the street, got back home
about 6 D. IN; John drove up while he was
closing the the gate and ordered lin to
open it; told John to go the Belt to feed
, his horse; John said he wonld feed his
horse there and opened the gate and came
in; his wife was milking in the barnyard
he called her aG-D-pretty bird, and G-
D. bitch and told her to shut her CD
mouth as she had no business to speak;
! John grabbed him by the throat and said
he would do him up now, he believed his
life was in danger and shot as fast as he
could, but did not follow John out of the
barnyard, went to Butler to have John ar
rested and was arrested himself, his wife
told him Of Johns threats; John had
| threatened to kill him off and on; John
once chased them both out of the house
with butcher knife and took possession
of the house, and had said he could murder
them both John once came to their house
fried some fish and threw the skillit at his
wife and he was too afraid of him TO re-
monstrate; John had often beaten him; Jno
could and did unlock the doors oftheir house
: with q shoe -buttoner and he and his wife
! took turns sitting up nights, etc.
D Mrs Adam Mininger was the next wit.
ness. She corrobarated Adam in the
shooting and gave other particulars of the
: affair. After John came back from the
J penitentiary he lived with them for about
, six months in peace and then he took pos
session OF the house and held it till he left.
She also went over the fish-frying butcher
knife and other episodes their family lie.
The other witnesses for the defense Were
VIM Cooper, Calvin Crookshanks, Henry
n lift, James Caldwell, o. &. Mechling, John
q HARRISON, John Wright, VIM. Sweeny,
= Joseph Barr, Sam'l Caldwell, Isaac Burt
ner, Samuel Emrick, Ollie HARRISON, Mrs.
Lizzie Anderson, Mrs. John Wright, Ell
! Graham, Wm. HARRISON.
/ The case was completed, excepting the
Judges charge Tuesday evening. The
, charge. which was considered a very fair