The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-28
is DIFFICULT TO AGREE
Hewitt Jury Gave Up Effort at Il
O'Clock Last Night.
HOLTHAM CASE NOW ON TRIAL
An Effort Was Made to Secure a Con
tinuancc but II Was Unsuccessful.
Mrs. Mary Robb Sat by tho
Side of the Accused.

After court opened yesterday morn
Ing the closing scenes in the trial of
the case of the commonwealth against
Il. II. and w. II. Hewitt. charged with
maintaining a public nuisance, was en-
acted. EX-District Attorney Kelly ar
gued to the jury that the establishment
or the Hewitts was not a public nui-
sance and assistant District Attorney
Harris followed with an argument to
the effect that 1t unquestionable was a
nuisance. Judge Peck charged the
jury and at 11.3O 1t retired to deliberate.
verdict had not been agreed upon at
sought their cots.
Patrick. James and Thomas Nc
Gowan. brothers, and Henry Murray
were arraigned in court room No. ..
charged with assault and battery on
Joseph j. Sheeran at Dunmore on the
night of April .. 1t was alleged that on
that night the defendants assaulted the
prosecutor and two friends named
Langan and McDonough. During the
conflict Sheeran was stabbed In the
thigh by one OF the defendants. He
Was Hit In the Mouth.
In their behalf 1t was alleged that
they Were walking along Chestnut
street, Dunmore, on the night of the
trouble when one of the Sheeran
crowd hit Murray in the mouth and
perciptitated the trouble which re-
suited In the stabbing of Sheeran. All
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a knife. At AIS the jury retired to
make up its verdict in the case.
william Morris, Of Blakely, pleaded
guilty to being the father of the child
of Lena Myers. which was born in Feb
ruary last. He will be sentenced Satur-
day.
Mary Gaffney and Hugh Gaffney
We're before Judge Edwards. Mrs. Gaff-
ney was accused of hitting Mrs.
Rachael Taylor, Of Park Place, on the
arm with stone and her husband,
Taylor's husband on the head with an
iron bar. Verdicts had not been agreed
upon at adjournment.
Thomas Brennan, an Olyphant huck-
ster. who was arrested In March for
having attempted to burn down a
house owned by r. J. Gallagher at
Olyphant. which he rented, yesterday
pleaded guilty to having attempted to
commit arson, and to having fired a
building with intent to commit arson.
He will be sentenced Saturday.
Won His First Criminal Case.
Yesterday morning the jury in the
case of Il. Il. Grener, of Peckville,
charged with assault and battery, re-
turned verdict of not guilty, and
placed two-thirds of the costs on the
prosecutor and one-half on the defend
ant. 1t was the first criminal that At
torney Y. V. Powderly defended, and
he had the satisfaction Of having him
acquitted.
The cases against w. A. Maloney
charging forgery and embeZZlement,
were continued until the next term.
William Edmunds, of Mayfield, was
tried for carrying concealed weapons
On May IA, during the strike on the
Electric road, Edmunds had trouble
with Hartman and other employees Of
the road, and during a scuffie with the
drew dirk knife and attempted to use
1t on Hartman. The defendant and one
or two witnesses positively denied the
testimony about Edmunds having the
dirk knife. At 3.45 the case was given
to the jury, which had not agreed when
court adjourned.
Thomas lIOltham on Trial.
The case of the commonwealth
against Thomas Holtham was called
before Judge Edwards in the main
court room at o'clock. He is charged
with criminal acts with Mrs. Mary
Robb, and that lady's husband Is the
real prosecutor, although the name of
Special Officer John Tierney appears on
the trial list in that capacity. Richard
Busted, attorney for Mr.. Holtham, en-
deavored to get a continuance on the
ground that he expected that the case
against Mrs. Robb would be tried first.
as 1t preceded Mr.. Holtham's on the
list. He said he had been informed
that the case against Mrs. Robb was
not to be tried and he thought it un-