The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-18
Matters IN court
William Reese and Daniel Mshon Not Guilty
Of Highway Robbery.
JOHN EARLY'S TORMENTORS GUILTY

But They We're Recommended to the
Extreme Mercy ofthe Court-Judge
Savage Takes a Case from the
Hands of the Jury-David Tinsley
Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced.
Other Matters Before the Judges.
The highway robbery case OF John
Flock against Daniel Mahon and Will
liam Reese was ven to the jury yes
terday morning at II o'clock. District
Attorney Kelly, on behalf Of the COM
monwealth. spoke to the jury in
manner that it seemed the conviction
Of Mahon and Reese was inevitable 1t
required all the logic OF that eloquent
pleader, Attorney John r. Jones, to
counterbalance the arguments Of the
prose Judge Sittser delivered n
clean cut eharge to the jury aud the
case. which seemed blue for the de-
PENDANTS, was ended.
When the jury sent iu word that
verdict was agreed upon court room
No. became us silent as the tomb.
The defendants. to whom the conclu
sion OF the jury meant liberty or n long
term in she penitentiary. shifted nerv'
ously in their chairs and gazed with a
sardonic expression on their counte-
nances into space.
DEFENDANTS WELL PLEASED
When Clerk Daniels read tho verdict
they started eXultantly and were barely
able to control their cxuberation.
The next case before Judge Sittser
grew ont of drunken brawl at the
Ridge" in Archibald. Michael Duffy
and Thomas LOTUS, shortly before
Christmas, went one evening to the
pool room Of John Roth, intending TO
pass the evening away at Il game OF
pool. They were drunk and the pro-
prietor refused 10 let them play. Leav
ing Roths hotel they went to the saloon
of man named Walton. On going
home that night Duffy swore he was
assaulted by three Of Roth's friends,
Felix Petulas, Enoch Tabor and John
Berhinsky. The jury found the de-
PENDANTS not guilty and divided the
costs
Joe Kederis and Adam Nekavitch
were on trial the remainder OF the NJ.
ternoon in court room No. for pound.
ing the upper story OF Auto1y Mikul-
ski. their boarding boss. They lived
on Breaker street, and Lieutenant
| SpellmRn testified that he went to the
house on the night Of the row aud
found the prosecutor IN an extremely
tum Ole-down condition
YOUNG MIN FOUND GUILTY
The case in court room Nc. 2 Of John
Early against Edward PudGsn. John
| Boylan. Patrick Walsh. Michael Walsh,
Anthony Doucy. Patrick Nsary an
William Grier went TO the jury at
noon.
The young men were ably defended
BY Attorney Joseph O'Brien, hut their
own testimony WAS conflict ting ant
worthless. The jury founi them guilty
Of both counts in the indictments.
sault aud battery and malicious mis-
chieff-and recommended them 10 the
extreme mercy of the court.
George Highfelj. Of this city. who
was tried nt former term OF court for
EN- be zzlemeut. found guilty and sub
sequsntly granted q new trial, was put
on trial again yesterday The sut was
brought by K. l.. Stone, Of Kansas City,
n stock -jobbor in mules, horses and
cattle He shipped stock to Highh-ld
in this city. the total value OF which
was $l64 427
Hikhi.ld sold the stock aud In squar
Sing his accounts failed TO answer for an
item of So GG5, II ia alleged
Judge Savage instructed the jury to
return verdict OF not guilty In so
ordering he explained that the suit
ought to be brought In civil court.
TWELVE MIN BECOME CITIZENS.
The next order Of business before
Judge Savage was the naluraliziug Of
dozen citiZinL
They were all OF Welsh extraction
and the court, in signing the papers,
remarked that the Welsh make very
useful citizens and are seldom called to
the bar to answer for infractions OF the
law.
The case against Georg' Prokopo-
witch, indicted on three counts for un
lawfully rehlling registered bottles.
was, on motion Of John X. Jones, ut
Iorney for the defendant. continu ed
until next term through the unavjids-
bic absence of very important witness
in the case.
David Tinslny. another bother,
charged with the same offanses by ?.
F. Leonard. II. s Brink, and A N
Morse, plead guilty.
Judge Savage In passing sentence
warned Tinsley to buy his bottles in
the future. aud said he would inhst
what might be considered very light
sentence, which WAS fine s. and
the costs in each OF the three cssrs.
The case Of Haley Stone, also charged
with approprIatinR beer bottles, Ia
which A. w Scbrader was prosecutor,
was put on trial few minutes before
adjournment.