Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-14
THREE COURTS GOING.
Criminal Cases Being Heard and Dis
posed of at a Rapid Rate.
RUNNING OUT OF PETIT JURORS.
Application for the Revocation of Two
Liquor Licenses.
THE NEWS OF THE COUNTY COURTS

The third branch of the Criminal Court
was put in operation yesterday with Judge
Porter on the bench. A large amount of
business was cleared up and it is intended
to keep the three branches running for
about two weeks District Attorney Bur-
leigh did not try many of the cases yester-
daY, but was kept busy looking after the
business and seeing that it ran along with
out interruption. He called into service
various attorneys to try the unimportant
cases, while Assistant District Attorney
Goehring looked after the more important
ones before Judge Kennedy.
Once or twice during the day the Jury
panel was exhausted, and talesmen were
selected from the crowd of spectators to fill
up vacancies in order to keep the courts
in motion.
The case of Charles Strain, the Pittsburg,
McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad
engineer, charged with the murder of fire.
man named Stewart, was to have been put
on trial, but owing to the absence of impor-
tant Commonwealth witnesses it was post
poned. 1t is claimed Strain forgot orders
and collided with train near West New
ton, and his fireman was killed.
rive 4 ears To tno hOrkhOuse.
Henry Palmer the man who ran the
fence on Penn avenue and who was charged
with the larceny of buggy robe and set
of harness from DR.. Buchanan, was con-
victed and sent to the workhouse for five
years. Palmer was convicted last week of
stealing typewriter from the Pittsburg
Phonograph Company, and got year for
that
An important case is on trial before
Judge Kennedy. Frank Shay is indicted
on two charges of burglary, one of attempted
burglary and one of felonious assault and
pointing firearms. On the night of August
u the stores of Herman Rohrkaste, South
Twenty-third and Carson streets, and Samuel
Vereick, Carson street, near Twenty-third,
were robbed, and while defendant was in
the act of breaking into Louis Manning's
place at 2901 Carson street, the police dis
covered him and started in pursuit of him.
1t is alleged that he shot at the officers but
was afterward arrested. Attorney Porte is
defending Shay.
J. w. Ansel and his sister, Lida Ansel,
who were charged with the larceny of 81, 40
from the house of Ben Breese, at Green
Tree borough, were acquitted. The prose-
cution broke down and asked Judge Porter
to instruct the jury to render verdict Of
not guilty.
Costs Put on the Committing Magistrate.
A case was tried in which Squire
Mellinger, of McKeesport, again got
worsted Charles Reed was charged with |
being implicated in a larceny" He was
acquitted, and the Court made an order that |
neither the Squire nor his constable be paid |
any costs. Last week the grand jury dis
covered that Squire Mel1inger was the
prosecutor in a case he had sent up. The
bill was ignored and the costs put on
Mellinger
Mike Hotener, charged with stealing
lot of tobacco and cigars from Mike Sam
berg, in McKeesport, was acquitted.
Matthew Elliott, charged with maintain
ing nuisance on oath of r. T. Reineman,
of Solo, was convicted.
Pierce McCabe, charged with the larceny
of 81 so from Geo. b. Lott. of Clarksville,
pleadad guilty.
VIM. Shumacker pleaded guilty to the
charge of assault and battery on oath of
VIM. Pakulski and was sent to the work
house for year.
Jerry Cahill, charged with the larceny of
q turtle from James Devinney, was
acquitted.
Fred Beymer, charged with assault and
battery on Dan Hatfield of Troy Hill, was
found not guilty and the prosecutor ordered
to nav costs