Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-10-09

| mortgage
/ The cases of George Welsh VS. W II
1 Alexander; W III Alexander VS. Geo Welsh;
| W Reed VS. A Craig; r b Duncan VS.
Jno A. Steel and Hundred-Foot Oil Co.
| were settled.
| SENTENCE OF ADAM MIYIYGBR.
On Monday afternoon of this week Judge
| Hazen sentenced Adam Mininger on his
| conviction for shooting with intent to kill.
| as follows-A fine of $50 to the Common
wealth, costs of prosecution and be i'm
prisoned in the penitentiary for the term
| Of three years. Adam was Immediately
| taken to Jail and on Tuesday was taken to
Riverside.
THE BRIBERY CASES.
| The Supreme Court has at last made a
| decision in the bribery cases, and it hand
| ed down its decision in same, Immediately
after the opening of the Court in Pittsburg
\ last Monday.
The cases taken up were the appeals OF
| Tate, Downing and Shaffer from an order of
| Court made by Judge Hazen, committing
| them to the county jail of Lawrence Co.
tor refusing to testify against VIM. d.
Wallace Esq. of the Lawrence Co. bar,
when he was on trial for bribing them.
The opinion in Tate's case reads as ioi-
lows:
I'm December, 1890, William d. Wallace
| was on trial in the quarter sessions court
| of Lawrence county on an indictment
/ charging him in the second court with
/ Offering John X. Tate, Edwin Shaeffer and
| Thomas J. Downing, electors and delegates
to nominating convention, money as
| bribe and in tho third court with soliciting,
| encouraging and requesting the same men
to receive money as bribe to influence
| them to make and join in nominating q
| candidate for congress.
| The relator was sworn as witness on
behalf of the commonwealth; was asked
| certain questions, refused to answer on the
| ground that it would tend to criminate
| himself The court told him to answer
| and that his replies would not be used in
any criminal proceeding against him. He
| still refused to answer and was committed
| to jail for contempt of court. The follow
| ing day he was brought into court again
and still refused to answer saying. II still
| claim my privilege" He was sentenced
| to pay 5000 and undergo an imprisonment
until the tenth day of March. He was
| committed.
| He was afterwards released on bail to
have the supreme court take eognizance of
| the case.
The opinion reeites further: 1t is not for
| US to state now whether the acts in the
| indictment of Wallace are indictable ones,
| but if not criminal no time should be lost
in making them highly penal. The relator
| appears to have thought such acts as
| criminal because of his fears of eliminating
| himself by testifying His refusal to testi-
| fy was wrong. If it was right the courts
would be at the mercy of contumacious
| witnesses.
| The decision then devotes considerable
| length to a review of the effects of bribery
| and of the laws governing conventions, and
| says "a fraud upon the ballot is n crime
| against the nation and the relator not
| having complied with the sentence of the
| court below he must be remanded into the
/ custody of tie respondent, and it is ac-
| cordingly ordered that he surrender him.
| self into the custody of the sheriff of Law
renee county to the end that the sentence
| of the court of said county, pronounced
against him December IL, 1890, be execut
| ed, and it is further ordered that he pay
the costs CT this proceeding.
| Similar decisions were rendered in the
| cases of Thomas J. Downing and Edward
| Shaffer, who were sentenced for contempt
| with Tate.
| JNo. NJ. on THE RAMPAGE.
| Ever since the Jury failed to convict
| Mrs. Susan Mininger. John has been out of
humor and has been talking ugly and act
ing ugly. On Monday he took possession
| OF the Jail room, and drove all the other
prisoners to cells, broke up the chairs, etc.
| and after the Sheriff put him in his cell
tore up the closet, water pipe and bedding.
When Adam was put in Jail after being
sentenced he asked to be locked in a cell
| as he feared John would kill him. Jno. is
in Jail on the surety of peace charge and
can be kept there, as we are informed, for
the two years for which he was sentenced
to give bail to keep the peace.
Morris Boyd has sued John Sherman
for slander.
9orcie Fox has petitioned for divorce
from r W Fox.
The petition of Josephene Arras for her
separate earnings was granted.
J Leo McShane, committee of Ellen Gal
lagher was granted permission to sell real
estate in Butler Co.
John Mckinley, q native of Scotland SO
cured his final papers last Saturday.
Letters of admin were granted to Will
liam Snyder on estate of W S Snyder, of
Middlesex twp, also to Jas NJ. and VIM b
Davis on estate of Jos " Davis, of Frank
lin twp, also to Mrs Sarah Gumper, on es-
cape of G III Gumper of Butler.
LATE PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
A o Hepler to Geo McJunkin 81 acres in
Oakland for 800.
Il Goehring, Ex'r, to Annie Fox, lot in
Evansburg for $2500.
AT HARRISON to Jno Glasgow 10 acres
in Middlesex for $780,
CF Goehring to G W G Bull lot Zelie-
nople for $7l50.
L Lindsey to Amos Rape acres in
Jackson for 1925.
| G J Marburger to Amos Rape Al acres
in Jackson for $500.
A Mininger to A Snodgrass lot in But
ler for $3.50.
A Mininger to Ii Bochman A acres in
Jefferson for $4,000.
G Rebhun to b Hazlett lot in Butler
for $4,000.
Thos Nolan to Lew Eckner "a acres in
Jefferson for $3.50.
Jno Staff to J P Ripper lot in Evansburg
for $401.
Heirs of r Ii Kinnear to l. Ripper 4
acres in Forward for $1,000.
Jno Brandt to X Cypher lot in CT Belt
for $475.
Special train to Pittsburg Exposition,
Thursday, Oct. 18TH For time and fare
see bills or enquire of nearest p, s. g. L.
Il. agent
Excursion to Bradford-Thursday, Oct.
18th.
On above date, the P. & W. Ry will sell
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