The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-25
Cases Against Bateman and Luce
Continued Until September.
l.. N. GRAVES WAS CONVICTED
lie Stabbed Ills Horse In tho Neck DC.
cause lie BnIkcd-Jamcs Jordan Tried
for Threatening TO Kill Mrs.
Luckas s-Othcr Cases Heard.

trlct Attorney Jones said the prosecu-
ton was ready to 20 To trial, but the
| defense asked for u continuance on the
ground that Major Everett Warren. tne
of the attorneys for the defendants. had
been called to Harrisburg and would not
return until Wednesday. AS 1t Will take
decided that 1t would be too late to take
up the case at that time and 1t was con-
| tinued
District Attorney Jones called up the
cases against the late Detective
Anthony Scanlon in which Alex Dunn.
! jr., was prosecutor The costs will be
| paid by the county.
| l.. NJ. Graves. who resides in Ray
mond court. was tried for cruelty to
animals. Chief of Police Simpson being
| the prosecutor. The testimony for the
| commonwealth was that Graves was
the owner OF a halky horse and that on
May Is, TO make him move with the
speed he desired he proded the horse
In the neck with the blade of Il knife.
one of the wounds he inflicted was
three inches long and one and a half
inches deep.
said II Wns Ills Friend.
Graves. who was defended by Attor-
ney ii. Nj. Hannah. stoutly denied that
he had stabbed the horse, and said that
the wounds were inflicted by friend of
his who became angry at the baking OF
the horse. The wounds were little more
than pin scratches. he said. The case
was tried with much vigor by Mr.. Han
nah and District Attorney Jones. A
verdict of guilty was returned.
James Jordan. who lives on Luzerne
street, this city, was next put on trial
charged with committing an assault
and battery on Mrs. Mary Luckas, a
tenant in 4 house owned by the de-
fendant. The testimony for the COM
monwealth. as developed by the ex-
was 10 the effect that on Sunday, April
%. Jordan struck Mrs. Luckas in the
face and then knocked her down with a
blow in the breast. She tainted, and
while lying on the ground Jordan tried
to hit her with an axe. but was re-
strained by her husband.
The defense was that the Luckas
family maintained hennery under the
porch OF the house they rented from
Jordan. which was a nuisance. They
promised to abate 1t, but did not do SO
and on the Sunday in question Jordan
with an axe was demolishing the coop
when Mrs. Luckas appeared upon the
scene.
She Fell Down.
Jordan alleges that Mrs. Luckas ac-
cidentally fell down and in that way
received whatever injuries she suffered.
The case was submitted TO the jury
without argument by counsel. A YER
dict had not been returned when court
adjourned.
When court adjourned James B.
Faulkner, for many years a constable
OF Carbondale City. was on trial be-
fore Judge Edwards, charged by Spe-
cial Officer Henry p. Willis with steal
ing coal from cars of the Delaware and
Hudson Canal company at Carbondale.
The defendant is represented by Attor-
ney c. L. Hawley.
The case Of John Drake, charged
with assault and battery by George
Penack, went to the jury just before
court adjourned. The trouble occurred
at Winton and was the ouigrowth of
a christening. Attorney f. c. New
comb looked after the interests of the
injured commonwealth, and Attorney
Joseph O'Brien conducted the defense.
Court allowed a continuance until the
next term in the case Of John Murray,
charged with assault and battery upon
q public officer; Henry P. Willis, prose-
cutor.
Heard Before Judge Peck.
Judge Peck, Of Towanda, was on the
bench in court room No. 2, and the first
case called for trial before him was
that of the commonwealth against John
A. Barron. who was charged with as
sault and battery on George Eppleys
son at Priceburg last April. The prose-
cutor said that his son and Barrons
brother were quarreling and the de-
fendant in separating them hit young
Eppley three or four times with a piece
Of flooring. Barron conducted his own
defense and said that he simply separ-
ated the boys, who were fighting, and
in doing 90 he gave the Eppley boy a
few slaps. A verdict Of not guilty was
returned and the costs divided equally.
A. L. Sanders was next called to the
bar to answer a charge Of assault and
battery preferred by p. J. Martin. The
prosecutor alleged that the defendant
without any cause whatever hit him
one day at the American house at Car
bondale. Ir. Harris conducted the
case for the. commonwealth and Attor-
ney w. X. Lewis for the defendant, who
denied that he struck Mr.. Martin. He
acted as a peacemaker, however, in
fight that had been stirred up by the
prosecutor. He was corroborated by
several witnesses and the jury re-
turned a verdict Of not guilty and placed
the costs on the prosecutor
Charged with Stealing Coal.
John Peterson was arraigned on
charge of stealing coal from the Della
ware and Hudson cars at Prlceburg.
Detective Michael Moran was the prose-
tor. Mr.. Harris presented the common
wealth's side of the Gaze and Attorney
]. Elliot Ross and Attorney Nathan
Vidaver the defendants. The latter
swore that he never took any coal from
the cars Of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal company, but admitted that he
took coal from the culm bank. as many
Others were in the habit OF doing. A
number Of witnesses were called to
prove the good character Of the defend
ant for honesty. A verdict of not guilty
was returned by the jury
No defense was offered in the case of
James T. Gerrity. of this city, charged
with being the father Of the 2-year-old
child of Mary T.. Lotus. The prosecu-
trix went on the stand and made
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