The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-24
6fiNINC OF SPECIAL Term
Cases Called for Trial Before Judges
Purdy and Mcclure.
WAR AMONG PEACE OFFICERS
Squire Slivinski, of Priccburc, Charged
with Assauiting Ills consolidating
the Particulars Of Fight between
Residents of Meridian Street.

for trial during the two weeks special
term of quarter sessions court which
begun yesterday morning. The three
local Judges were on the bench until
9.45 hearing motions, and then Judge
George Nj. Purdy. of Honesdale, presi-
dent judge of the twenty-second 1u-
dicial district. came upon the bench In
the main court room and VIII preside
there during the week. Judge Harold
NJ. Mcclure. president judge of the
twentieth district. which embraces the
counties of Butler and Lawrence in the
western part of the state, will hold court
in no. =.
The first case called was before Judge
Purdy. Justice of the Peace John Sill
vinski. of Priceburg, was defendant ana
Constable Benjamin Lewis, OF the same
hamlet, was the prosecutor Ex-Judge
w. II. Stanton represented the de-
PENDANT and District Attorney John X.
Jones was assisted by Attorney Charles
r.. Oliver. The charge was simple as
sault and battery. alleged to have been
committed August 80 in Slivinski's Of
flee. The evidence adduced showed
that between the parties there was no
love lost. Lewis swore that man
named Abram something came to him
and said that Slivinski had put it up
his back" in figuring out bill of costs
in a case that had been disposed of.
Says the Squire Kicked Him Out.
Lewis went up to the office Of the
squire to consult the fee bill and al
leges that while he was in doing so Sill
vinski came along behind without any
warning. but with much force and
kicked him out upon the street; leaving
the marks Of his boots upon him. Mr..
Slvinski is an intelligent citizen and
nj a in ic
way: That Lewis came into his Office
in his absence and was rummaging
around his papers when he found him.
and that believing he was justified he
elected the Over-zealOus constable
through the doorway. but used only the
amount of force necessary and no more.
The jury found a verdict of not guilty,
placed four-fifths of the cost on the
prosecutor and one-fifth on the defend
ant.
The next case called was one wherein
John r. Atkinson. of CarbOndale, was
defendant, and his wife, Bridget At
kinsOn. prosecutrix The charge was
assault and battery. District Attorney
Jones. Attorneys James ]. O'Neill and
George ID. Taylor represented the COM
monWealth and Attorney r. j. Stuart
the defendant. On August last At
klnson came home and beat his wife
with his fists so that her eyes and
mouth were bruised and swollen, and he
kicked her in the side, making her black
and blue
They live at White Bridge in the Pio-
heer Clty ana have been married eight
years. Atkinson is alderman of the
ward in which he lives and apnears to
he respectable man. The jury brought
in verdict of guilty, but recommended
him TO the mercy of the court
The case of larceny and receiving
against John Baldauff. in which Oscar
freeman is the prosecutor, was opened
for trial at adjournment and the testi-
mony will be heard today. In court
room No the first case before Judge
Mcclure was that of the commonwealth
against Charlotte Elderkin. Mary Jane
Jones prosecutrix. Assault and battery
was the charge Attorney Joseph
O'Brien represented the defendant and
Attorney c. Comegys the common
wealth.
Case Of Larceny and Receiving.
The case grew out Of scolding bee
which took place at Olyphant last Au-
gust The two women belonged to the
same church society and Mrs. Jones
was quoted around the neighborhOod as
alleging that Mrs. Elderkin was an en-
bezzler of the money. This led to
fsticuff encounter. A verdict of not
guilty was returned. the prosecutrix
was directed to nay two-thirds OF the
costs and the defendant the balance.
Peter Sweeney. the youth who tapped
the till in Megargee Bros paper store.
plead guilty and Judge Mcclure SEN
fenced him to pay a fine of 81 and costs
The case of the commonwealth against
Mary and Hubert Duggan, on the
charges of assault and battery and ag-
gravated assault and battery respec-
lively, was put on trial in No. 2. Bridget
and Michael Day are the prosecutors.
The case will not he finished until to-
day some time. The families had
quarrel and engaged in free fight.
DAYS arm was broken. They live on
Meridian street in Bellevue.
Bail was forfeited in the case OF ag-
gravated assault and battery against
Harry Chambora selling liquor on Sun
day and selling without license
against Joseph Kalapilo. A nolle pros.
was entered in the case of Joseph
Thomas, assault and battery. David
w. Lloyd, pros. and Henry Hoar. as
sault and battery, Annie Hoar, prose-
cutrix. Bail was forfeited also in the
cases against James COrrigan. charged
by Jennie Horn with selling liquor
without a license, selling to minors, and
selling on Sunday.