Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-13
Court Proceedings

Court Proceedings.
Court convened on Monday the
4th inst, and closed on Tuesday, the
18th inst, with an in.ermission of
Sunday.
Commonwealth Va. Charles Gar
rett. Fornication and bastardy.
Jennie Jacobs, prosecutor. Settled
Commonwealth VS.. John McDon-
aid. Threats. Armstrong Kinsloe,
prosecutor. Settled.
Commonwealth VS.. James P. John
son. Assault and battery. G. b NJ
Kepler, prosecutor, and common
wealth VS.. same. Threats. 81. X
Spangler, prosecutor. Settled.
Commonwealth VS.. Charles W.
Buckwalter. Statutory rape. Cath
crime Shelley, prosecutrix. Settled.
Commonwealth vs.. VIM. Howard
Cross. Fornication and bastardy.
Mary J. Leecb, prosecutrix. Settled
Commonwealth vs.. Harry Nichols.
Threats. Ida E. Burris, proscutriz.
Tried and defendant discharged.
Each party to pay their own costs.
Commonwealth VS.. James B. Car
penter. Indictment-Forgery. Jas.
Carpenter, prosecutor. Verdict not
guilty and costs to be paid equally
by prosecutor and defendant.
Commonwealth vs.. George F. Dau.
herman. Indictment - Forgery.
Phoebe A. Keely, prosecutrix. Not
true bill and county for costs.
Commonwealth VS.. Edward Bart
ley. Assault and battery. Not
true bill and Tillie NJ Loudon, pros
ecutrix to pay costs.
Commonwealth VS.. Sarah r. Bart
lev. Iudictment-Maliciously cutt
ing down fence. Samuel Loudon,
prosecutor. Verdict not guilty aud
prosecutor to pay oil the costs.
Commonwealth VS.. VIM. Donahey.
udictment-Assault and battery.
Prosecutor, Hattie Carpenter. Tried
not guilty and prosecutrix to pay
costs.
Commonwealth VS.. James Kauff-
man. Indictment--Furnishing in
to1icating drinks. Tried aud found
guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of
S75, thirty days in the county Jail
and to pay the costs of prosecution.
Commonwealth VS.. George f. Dau-
herman, George Kuhn, Benjamin
Zeiders and Daniel Amich. Indict-
ment-Conspiracy to defraud pen
sioners. United States Pension Ex-
aminer Sidman, prosecutor. Ben.
Zeiders had not been arrested, con-
sequently he was not on trial. Yer
dict, guilty as to Dauberman and not
guilty as to Kuhn and Amice. Mo
lion for a new trial.
Commonwealth VS.. John Kepler.
Observation-Disclosures and bastar-
dy. Prosecutrix, May Bonsall. Case
continued as child is not born.
Commonwealth VS.. Frank Watts.
Observation-Disclosures and bastar-
dy, Prosecutrix, Eva Lauver. Case
continued and recognizance renewed
VIM. G. Smith was appointed an
overseer in Delaware township vice
J. B. Musser resigned.
In the assignee estate of Ezra
Smith, order of sale of real estate
granted.
VIM. Groninger, Wilson Calhoon
and VIM. NJ. Hertzler were appoint
ed to view road in Spruce Hill and
Beale townships.
Samuel A. Thomas, John Sieber
and B. F. Burch6eld were appointed
viewers of a road in Delaware town.
ship.
In the matter of the petition OF
voters of Fermanagh township elec,
ton district to change the voting
place of the electors of said election
district from the court house in
Milf ntown to Cuba school house in
said township, the court directed
that notice in writing Of said peti
ton be given the county commits
sioners and that Tuesday the 19tn
day of September the said petit on,
would be heard and decree made.
Perry Carstetter vs.. Kate Carstet.
ter subproena in divorce awarded
for desertion.
Report of viewers approving tc
change road in Fermanagh and
Walker townships approved nj ST.
Report of viewers approving to
change road in Tuscarora township
approved nj 81.
Viewers appointed to report on
the division of Fayette township, re.
ported against dividing said town
ship.
Report of viewers approving
change of road in Delaware township
confirmed nj 81.
Petition for an order to sell real
estate of James N. Dunn, late oi
Milford township, deceased, granted
as prayed for.