Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-09-11
Court PrOceedlpes.

SNP. 1AD$T q, 1850, VIII
President Judge Lyons and Associat
"ichersiia.n on the bench. Asscciat
Judge Barton not having recovere,
sufficiently from bis last innoss to oc
-cupy his usual place.
The constables made their returns
Tha Grand Jury was sworn an,
charged. Two bills were ignored b,
the Grand Jury. That of the Cou,
va. Joseph Warner for fornieation en-,
bastardy. Prosecutor, Maggie Eb
right. Aud the Com. VS.. Emm,
Hers:etter. Charge assault and bat
terg o. Lemuel Kinsloe.
The following cases were Mol
!f'sequ'a upon motion of the Distric
Attorney, the costs having been pait
~ tbs parties:
Commonwealth vs.. Martin Greer
-ad harry Louder. larceny; Com
nonwealth vs.. Philip Ranck, assault
Nc; Commonwealth vs. Ira Hing
fornication, snd Commons ealth va
James J. Horning, cruelty to animals
nnd Ionimopwesith VS.. James Zim.
nisrnan, rape.
Gem. vs. W.n. Leach, assault with
intent to kill. Prosecutor VIM. Kep
Ter. Recognizarce renewed
Com. vs. James Pannebaker r &
B. Prosecu:ris, Naomi Hagie. Rec
ogDiZance renewed.
The first case called for trial, fer
that of the Commonwealth vs. Mich
ael Dress'er, charged with surety oi
the peace. The prosecutor was Da
rius Mcdaniel, end he claimed Dress.
ier bad made Serious threats against
him. The Ceult after hearing the
evidence decided both parties were
to blame and divided the costs be-
tween them.
Commonwealth vs. Emma Kerstet
ter. Assault and battery. Prosecu
trix, Ada Knisely. The evidence in
the case was very conflicting aad the
jury rendered o verdict ot not guilty
aid esch party to pay their ow n costs.
Commonwealth Us. Clayton Lands,
obtaining boarding and lodging at
the Monroe House in Ricbfeld by
false pcetense and fraudulent repre-,
sentation. Prosecutor. J. Z. Van
forn. THIS was what tho CoIrt
termed close case, that is, that it
was extremely doubtful If the repre-
sentatiCn Were such as could legally
be termed false ana fraudulent.
Verdict, not guilty, and each patty
to pay one half the costs.
Com. VS.. Maynard Snyder: Assault
with intent to Kill and wantonIy
pointing revolver. Prosecutor,
Samuel Ines, aad Com. VS.. Samuel
lines: AssauIa and battery and as
sault. These cases were cross suits
and were tried at the same time by
the same jury. lines and G. W.
Snyder, father of Maynard Savder,
had a quarrel in which much sui
phurous language was used and Sam
uel lines admitted he struck at the
elder Snyder, who informed him he
had a son who could DO him up, if be
would go down on the pubic road
bstWeon the houses of Ines and Snv-
der. This lines did, when MAYNARD
Snyder appeared with a revolver and
fired two shots at lines, none of which,
fortunately for all concerned took ef-
feet Snyder was found guilty of
wautoniy pointing a revolver eud was
fined S25 90 and costs of prosecution,
while lines was found guilty OF as
sault, and was sentenced by the court
70 pay o fine of S25 and to pay the
costs Of prosecution.
Cons. Vi. George A. Leland alios
,lohn Z. Bacon, charged with assist
Ing Frank Evans anu Jos. West, two
OF the Hertzler store robbers with
ping from the Jail. Bacon in
t'E.ned the court that he did not wish
1ouusei to try his case, but that lie
1ould conduct-it himself. The evi.
ience showed he WA with Evans,
West and Parker, the Hertzlsr store
Ea5ters in Huntingdon, the day after
TIE robbery; that he was seen loafng
about the outside of the Jail a few
days before the prisoners escaped,
and that part of towel was found in
the escaped prisoners cell the morn
l.S after the escaped, the other part
Of wtlch was found in Bacon's pock-
ct when arrested. He was found
guilty and sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment in the Western Penitep
tiary.
Commonwealth Vs. Edward Parke ker
indicted with Frank Evans and JOS
eph West for rcdbing Hertzler's store
at Port Royal last April, the two last
uamed having escaped from the jail
In July. 1t was proven that among
the valuables taken from Hertz!er's
store were SO 90 in new 1895 pen
nies, which were in the safe at the
time it was bl wn open and that they
must be powder burned. 1t was al
so shown that Parker vas with West
and Evans 7han they were arrested
nesr Huntingdon, and that they
threw packages containing pennies
into the river, and that they scatter
ed loose pennies along the bank of
the river where the officers were pur-
suing them prior to their arrest and
that the pennies were powder burnt.
In all seven hundred pennies were
found on the three men. It was al
SO shown that Parker made two at
tempts to escape from the Jail. The
defense was an alab,. It was shown
that Parker's name was Owen Nc
Cabe OF Altoona, and that he was
staying with a man named Bill Dorm
at the home CT John Short in Altoona,
and that they remained in Shorts
house from the 10Th to the 2Sth OF
April. One Of the five witnesses es
tab!ished the a!tbi, swearing he had
slept with Parker every night be
tween the 10Th and 2Sth, The wit.
nesses identified The picture of West,
Opa of tho ocoaroJ nr;oonerr oa P;l1