The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-25
GRINDING OUT Justice.
Cases Called Up for Trial in Criminal
Court Yesterday.
TIPPLING HOUSE CASE HEARD
Verdict Of Not Guilty Taken In Case
Against Patrick Fccney and wife.
Miss Mulhcrln Pleaded Guilty.
Jennings Found Not Guilty.

bed quilt from Mary l.. Kenyon. He
was acquitted of the receiving count In
the indictment.
In No. court room. before Judge
the first case put on trial
was against Herman krichenbaum,
by Louis Feldman with larceny
by bailee. Attorney Nathan Nidavcr
assisted Mr.. Harris In the prosecution
Of the case and the defendant had en-
gagged the services of Attorney John f..
Scragg. The prosecutor stated upon
his oath that he intrusted the defend
ant with quantity of leather with
which to manufacture uppers for shoes,
and that defendant proved faithless
and kept the uppers. They live on
Penn avenue and are engaged In the
shoe repairing business. The Jury found
not guilty.
Antonio Noch. who attempted to
carve an old man named Thomas Jen-
kins. was called to answer for his blood
Attorneys Taylor and
Lewis appeared for the defendant and
Assistant District Attorney John Nj.
Harris was ON the part OF the common
wealth.
ON the Bridge at Midnight.
Jenkins was standing on the Lacka-
wanna avenue bridge between Il and
O'Clock at night about four months ago.
and Noch sauntered along in a drunk
Ell condition, and without any apparen;
he drew a stilletto from his
pocket and made a lunge at jenkins.
But before NoCh could intliCt serious
upon the old man some persons
happened along and the Italian took to
his heels He was captured near the
sas house by NJ. j. O'Toole, of the Re
publican. and j. K. Reese, of the firm
Of Reese X Long, bin posters. There
was not much evidence in the case, and
after the jury retired Judge Edwards
Voch to the custody of the
sheriff.
Voch was under bail, but Judge Ed
wards did not want to take any
chances. The jury had not returned a
verdict at adjournment. but 1t is inn
POSSIBLE to see how other than a con-
viction can be rendered.
William and Walter Hammett, the
young brothers who We're charged with
stealing brass and copper wire from a
Hebrew rag dealer on the West Side,
and selling it to another dealer. pleaded
guilty and were remanded for sentence
till Saturday, when they will be SEN
fenced to the reformatory.
Wallersfield Was Wanted.
Daniel Wallersfield of the North End,
against whom there are indictments of
keeping a tippling house and selling
liquor to minors, was not around when
his name was called and capias was
issued and the sheriff sent out to bring
him in. He is the man who ran the
hole in the wall where Patrick Kena-
han had been drinking the day and eve
ming prior to the finding of his dead
body in Leggetts creek, three or four
months ago.
Another case was called for trial be-
fore Judge Edwards in which Jasper
Silvies was charged with false pre-
lenses by II. Hoffecker, merchant of
Peckville. George S. Horn was attor
ney for the state and Hulslander &
VOsburg appeared for the defendant.
The allegation against the defendant is
that he went to Mr. Hoffecker's store
and represented that he owned some
lumber which he purchased from Mrs.
Emma Plummer, of Moscow and on
the strength of this statement Mr. Hof-
fecker furnished him with goods to the
value of $55. When Hoffecker appeared
to get the lumber Mrs. Plummer said
she never sold it to Silvies, and so he
has been forced from that day to this
to whistle for his money.
1t Was on ST. patrick's Day.
The case on trial before Judge Gun
ster, where Thomas Thomas and John
account of selling liquor over bar that
had not been licensed by the court,
went to the jury in the afternoon.
Kirby was bartender for Thomas, who
is an old man, very feeble and certainly
over 10 years Of age
The prosecutor, Albert Lepic, swore
that he went to the defendants hostelry
in Johnson's Patch, with five of his
friends, on last st. Patrick's Day, and
the crowd purchased seven gallons of
beer and a quart Of whisky and drank
this amount of refreshment without 1t
knocking a feather out of them"
Two little Polish girls swore that they
rushed the growler several times be-
tween their fathers house and the de-
fendants' saloon One of the girls re-
fused to take the Bible in her hand AMI
would not swear by 1t. Her mother
had instructed her not to do It, The
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and what they wanted to know about
was whether a bartender is as guilty
as the proprietor. Judge Gunster said
the bartender and proprietor are equal
ly answerable before the law.
Miss Mulhcrin Was the Siren.
The case of Patrick Feeney, Mrs.
Patrick Feeney and Kate Mulherin,
whose place on Tenth street was visit
ed by Constable Timothy Jones. of the
West Side. was called for trial. Strong
evidence was produced TO show that
liquor had been sold illegally at the
Feeney homestead. The commonwealth
was satisfied with dsmlssing the cases
against Mr.. and Mrs. Feeney in re-
turn for a plea of guilty entered by
Miss Mulherin. 1t would appear that
the man and his wife had been made
the dupe of Miss Mulherin, whose OBJ
ject in having Mr.. and Mrs Feeney
sell liquor was to lure young men there.
Miss Mulherin wore q blazing cravat
and seductive smile. but when she
pleaded guilty before the court she
realized that the prison Is awaiting her,
nd he. %. ~. Il