The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-07
BEFORE JUDGE EDWARDS.
Cases That We're Called Up for Trial in
Court Room No. Edwards Pleads
Chilly TO the CHARGES

Cases That Were Called Up for Trial In
Court Room No. Edwards Pleads
Guilty TO the Charges.
Judge Edwards was on the bench in
No. . court room, and when court
opened the case against Mrs. Margaret
Barry was resumed. Mrs. Barry went
on the stand and swore that she had
not sold any intoxicating drinks since
Sept. Is last. She was tried at the last
term of criminal court for keeping
tipping house and found guilty OF the
offensc. She is now serving term IN
the county Jail. The jury found Ver-
dict of not guilty, and placed the costs
on the defendant,
The next case involved two little
breaker boys. Richard Huddy was the
prosecutor and Martin Mangan the de-
fendant. Both worked in the Holden
breaker, in Taylor, and one day last
November Mangan placed hot coal III
the chute SO that Iiuddy would pick 1t
I'D. Huddy did pick the coal up, ana
it burned his hand SO badly that he
was not able to work for two weeks.
Mangau said that it was q trick COM
mon among breaker boys and it is very
frequently played. lie admitted he
fixed the coal so that Huddy would pick
it up, but he did not mean any harm BY
it. The jury found a verdict Of not
guilty and ordered the defendant to
pay three -fourths and the prosecutor
one-fourth of the costs.
The next case was that of Michael
Cassamer against Richard Richards
and Patrick Gallagher. charging as
sault and battery. The prosecutor and
the two defendants live at the Ridge
near Archibald. On Dec. last Cassa-
mer and his lGborer were on their way
to work in the mines of the Blue Ridge
Coal company The laborer had a can
of oil and both defendants attempted
TO use some of it without Cassamer's
consent When he interposed Gala
CHER and Richards assaulted him and
he was not able to work for three days.
The defense was that they took a
lamp full of oil apiece out of a can
which they had right to do and that
Cassamer tried to stop them and they
| only showed him away. The jury found
verdict Of not guilty and ordered the
defendants to pay the costs.
Edwards Pleaded Guilty.
Z. G. Edwards, the typewriter thief,
was led from the prisoners dock and
his attorneys, \. j. Colborn and II. c.
Reynolds had conference with Dis
| trict Attorney jones. The district at
| tOrney stated to Judge Gunster that
| the attorneys for the defense proposed
| to him to save time and expense by
having Edwards plead guilty to the
| indictment of larceny by bailee in case
the other two indictments were dropped
against him. There seemed to be mis-
understanding about this between the
| opposing attorneys, however, and the
! case was called before Judge Edwards
| in No. .. The defendant, who also
goes by the name of Cooper, came to
| this city boarded at the Wyoming
| House, and represented himself as
an insurance agent. He rented desk
room in the Office Of Monies & Jackson,
of Spruce street, and also hired type
writer machine from the Remington
| agency of WyckoH, Seaman & Bene-
| dict of Lackawanna avenue.
| Edwards suddenly left the town
without paying his board bill at the
| Wyoming, and taking with him the
| typewriter machine and macintosh
valued at SIS, owned by Mr.. Jackson.
| He was captured at Binghamton and
the typewriter and macintosh were re-
| covered.
District Attorney Jones left the mat
| ter of dropping the prosecution on the
! indictments charging larceny and re-
| ceiving in the macintosh case and de-
frauding a boarding house keeper in
the Wyoming House case, to the court
| Judge Edwards decided that the ends
of justice would be served as we'll by
| having the defendant plead guilty in
| the typewriter case in consideration of
| the withdrawal Of the other two cases.
| The court stated that the penalty
would in all probability be as severe as
| if he were convicted of all three cases.
The only gain to the defendant would
be that he will have less costs to pay.
The defendant was then remanded for
sentence until Saturday.
Mary Foy was then put on trial,
charged by her brother-in-law, Patrick
| Hannahan, with stealing cabbage from
his garden in Providence. The case
was to decide whether the defendant
| Is sane or not.
| VIII BE Sent to Asylum.
DIR. Lackey was put on the stand by
the defense to prove that he, with DR.
Sullivan, constituted a committee ap-
pointed at the instance of the Scranton
Poor district. That was three years
ago, and the result of the matter was
that Miss Foy was adjudged insane and
sent to the asylum. She got out some
time ago and her relatives think she
Is not safe at large. BY order of court
a verdict of not guilty was taken and
Miss Foy win be sent back for safe
keeping to the Hillside Home.
When court adjourned the case OF
Robert Alexander. charged by Mrs
Deckilnick, of the West Side, with hav-
ing committed an assault and battery
upon her, was opened, but no testimony
was taken. The verdict of the jury In
the case of Michael Padden, charged
with larceny and receiving by Gather
inc McNulty, was that of not guilty.
Peter Lentes and John SchambeI
were found guilty of an assault and
battery upon Catherine Buchert, and
Schamber was found guilty of obstruct.
ing Constable Joseph Woelkers while
engaged in the execution of lega
process.
Mr. A. y. Holland having resigned tn,
agency in this city of the Mutual Lf,
Insurance company of New York, tn,
company has appointed Mr.. Thomas j
Mcclure to be his successor. Mr.. Nc
CURE has had a long and extended ex
perience with the company and the large
body of policy holders in this city ma.
congratulate themselves on the fact tina
the Old Mutual Life 10 to have so worth,
q representative. The company's Officer
are now ready for their occupants and arr
located at No. 421 Lackawanna avenue.
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