The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-01-21
THE COUNTY COURT.
THE DoINGs on TIRE CnrRT oFIus-
TICE


FOR our Head he.
THURSDAY.
Wilson Heilman. Lehightou youth
of lG, stole pail of tobacco from the
freight house at the Central station
Lehighton. On Tuesday he was ar
rested and Thursday morning he was
convicted. in manner and form as in.
dicted lie is a bad lot, when discover.
ed. he was out through the country
disposing of the tobacco IN small
quantities.
At II o'clock "a. m. the District At
torney announced himself ready TO try
the charge of gambling preferred by
Joseph y. Hawk against John Rehrig,
Nathan Laliler and John o. Weiss The
defendants appeared at the bar and
we're surrounded 10y their attorneys.
Messrs e. NJ Mulhearn, Fred. Berto-
lette and Michael Cassidy.
The interest in the case was intense
and the attendance large. Attorney
Bertolette asked for fifteen minutes
grace, during which he and his associ-
ates wished to examine thoroughly into
the bill of indictment. He said it was
matter of importance to the defeu-
dants and also to the court because, if
he was correctly informed, this case
was only a forerunuer of many others
to follow and it was important that
Conrt start right The request was
granted. After the attorneys returned
from the ante room. then the jurors
were selected This took some time,
but finally both sides expressed them
selves satisfied. The jurors were as
follows:
Frank Scally, North Kidder.
Ephriam Rinker, Audenried.
William c. Brown, Weatherly.
John f. Schaeffer, Weatherly
Charles Clader, East Mauch Chunk.
Francis Bobst, Summit Hill.
James Bachman, East Penn.
Amos Stroll, Towamensing.
Nathan Heilman, Lehighton.
John II. Beighe, East Mauch Chunk.
William n. Henry, Summit Hill.
B. f. Kuohner, East ManCh Chunk.
SATURDAY.
On Saturday sentence was pronounc.
ed on John Kneas, Grant, Jacob and
Milton Strauss, and Oscar Zimmerman,
all of Mahoning Valley, who we're con
victed at the January term, 1892, of
disturbing religious worship. The de.
PENDANTS were members of one of the
Dubs faction in the Evangelical Asso-
citation, and when the disturbance oc-
Cured both factions were contesting
for the possession of the church ediflce.
When the matter came up on Saturday
forenoon opportunity was offered to
the attorneys of both sides to plead in
behalf of their respective clients.
Attys. Heydt and Cassidy, in behalf of
the defendants, argued that practically
the demands of the law had been com
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the costs of the suit. and a nominal
fine should now be sufficient to satisfy
all reasonable people. Senator Craig
argued that the defendants should be
treated exactly the same as all evil
doers. The defendants were sentenced
to pay fine of 81 each Judge Dreher.
in passing Sentence. said that in this
contention he had no personal feeling
whatever. He had no desire to be Sc.
we're and sincerely hoped that until
this unfortunate split was settled by
the supreme court both sides would
endeavor to get along in peace.
MONDAY.
After hustling along with it from
last Friday. the Mike Dudor murder
trial came to an abrupt close Monday
afternoon about o'clock, by Dudor,
through ms counsel, Withdrawing MS
plea Of not guilty and substantiating a
plea of guilty in the second degree.
This change of base on the part of the
defense, was no doubt the means of
saving Dudor from a conviction by the
jury of murder in the first decree. The
Commonwealth. after a consultation,
decided to accept the change of plea
Immediately after the plea had been
entered, Judge Dreher commanded
Dudor to stand up, lie spoke of the
case and of the earnest efforts made
by defendants counsel to. prevent the
admission of statements made. The
Court had decided to overrule the OBJ
jections, and admit the statements or
parts of them. The Commonwealth
had now accepted plea of murder in
the second degree, thus closing the
case.
Judge Dreher then sentenced Dudor
TO pay fine of 500, the costs of pro-
secution, and to undergo an imprison-
ment for the term of eleven years and
nine months at hard labor, with separ-
ate or solitary confinement in the
Eastern Penitentiary.