The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-04-22

Ahe race W mere the star Eyed GuudeasN
weiEhs the Good aud Bad Of Those who
are Called up Front, for One Thing or
Another.
From the NJ. G., Times
JamesMcElvain andFrankHerron the
two young men from Audenreid, who
we're accused of stabbing John McHugh
at No boiler,house at Audenried one
night last January, got off quite lucky.
McElvaine was acquitted and Herdon
got oue-third the costs. The other two
thirds were placed on Chas. w. Tanner
the foreman of the Colliery, who hap
peued to be the prosecutor. The case
against the two boys was not as serious
as reported at the time of the occur
renee
Edward Sweeny Jr., of East Mauch
Chunk, plead guilty to the charge OF
stealing pedestal brasses from the Le-
high Valley round house at East AIaucb
Chunk. Five dollars fine, restored the
goods, and eight months i'm the county
Jail was the sentence. The Sweeuy
case was followed by the trial of John
Hass, "a rag dealer in the Second Ward
who was accused of having bought
the brass knowing that it was stolen.
He swore that he did not know the
brass was stolen, and the jury took
him at his word and acquitted him.
lass had a narrow escape, however,the
circumstances againt hlm were very
strong, yet not sufficient to make clear
case. 1t is likely that the rag dealersof
this vicinity will be quite careful for
some time TO come as to the brass they
buy.
Com. VS., Roman Balkosk. iudict-
ment, assault and battery prosecutor,
Thomas Oska. This was a trivial affair
Roman paid one-third of the costs and
Thomas two-thirds.
The "white-capn cases, of Weissport
are continued to next term of Court.
When Uhey were called for trial, Attor-
nev Craig moved to quash the indict-
meats for the reason that the defen-
dants we're refused a hearing before
the Justice Of the Peace a right given
them under the Constitution and the
Act of Assembly of 1887. The point is
a new one, and Judge Dreher adjourn
ed the cases to the next term in order
to gain time to examine into the autho-
rites quoted by the Attorney.
The last trial of the session parted
in the middle at ten o'clock this fore
noon. 1t was a sort of family affair by
parties residing near Lizard Greek
Junction, and is known as the RehriC
case, After hearing the larger portion
Of The testimony Judge Dreher told the
Attorneys interested that the best thing
their clients could do was to come to an
amicable settlement. After a short
eOntab each side agreed to pay half the
pAGfg nnH fhn
cluded, with the approving smile of
some OF the jurors.
The following Administrators re
ports we're read confirmed nj 81. Est
ate of George Kline deceased, Summit
Hill; estate of Morris W. Lunger, de-
ceased. Mauch Chunk township; and
the estate of Polly Kresge, deceased,
Franklin township. Ia the estate of the
late John G. Frey an alias order of sale
was granted upon the same terms as
the former order,
Joseph Hollehbach was appointed
constable for the East, Ward Lansford
and Charles Cunningham was appoint
ed for the West Ward
The bill of costs for holding an in
quest on the body of Edwin Loch, in
in East Penn township, was not approv-
ed. The inquest was held by Charles
Rehrig, Justice of the Peace. The re
fusal to approve was because the facts
do not show any necessity for the in
quest
Franz Mackl, of Nauch Chunk, J. >.
Hawk, of Kidder, and John ID. Bittner.
report upon the necessity of the coun-
of Packerton,w appointed viewers to
ty bridge across Laural Run, in Laus-
anne township.
The wholesale liquor license of Jo hn
f. Weller, at Lehighton, was ira nsfer-
ed John II. Aoons.
John G.. e. Boettner, of Packer
township, was discharged as an insol-
vent debtor. Hugh McDade, of Allen
town, and Charles Costenbader, of
Lower Towameusiug, made petition to
be discharged at the June term of
Court. All were d defendants in +. and
b. cases.
The Grand Jury acted upon sixteen
! bills of indictment, of which thirteen
were found true and three ignored
The members visited the Jail, which
was found clean, but the plumbing in
some of the cells and water closets is
out of repair and the roof is also in
| bad shape The canal bridge at Weiss
| port Is again condemned, the roads in
Penn Forest are not what they should
be and the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey is reported to have planted a
siding in public road bed at Lehigh
Gap. As to the canal bridge, the Dis
triet Attorney stated, when the report
was read, that he had the promise of
the Lehigh Coal a Navigation Com
pany that it would be rebuilt by June.
As TO the repairs needed at the jail,
the Court directed the District Attor-
ney to place that part of the report be
fore the County Commissioners