Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-09-12
LEGAL NEWS
BALANCE OF GRAND jury FISDISGs.

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The Grand Jury of last week did not
finish their work until Friday evening:
The bills they acted upon, not reported
last week, are as follows.
| Commonwealth vs.:
Conrad FieGer, indicted for selling Ii
| quor without license. Not true bill and
county to pay costs.
Henry Knauff, selling liquor without IL
cense. Not true bill and county to pay
costs.
VIM Mcbride, David Wilson, Samuel
Fox and unknown parties, Illegal fishing
True bills.
G. W. and Sadie Hare, a&b. A true
bill
Daniel AdderholI, film g up an airway
of a coal mine. Not true bill and Jos
Reith to pay cost.
Austin P Mcconnell, seduction and t&b.
A true bill.
Frank Mangel, fab. A true pill.
Jacob Bowers. fab. A true bill.
JW Edmondson, rape. Not true bill.
John NJ Roth, a6b. Not true bill and
county 20 pay costs.
VIM Barr, a&b. A true bill.
Charles Kain, assault A true bill.
John Rvne, being a tramp. Not true
bill and county to pay costs.
JOS Shebunk, being tramp. A true
bill.
Mrs. Hattie Williams, keeping bawdy
house. \ true bill.
Evan Gibson, larceny A true bill.
TRIAL LIST FOR THIS WEEK.
Commonwealth VS.:
Garfield Heckathorn, indicted fof mali
cious mischief-case settled.
5 n Glenn, public nuisance, found
guilty.
VIM Dixon, public nuisance, settled.
Horace Wise, felonious assault, pleads
guilty and is sentenced to work house for
months.
Evan Gibson, larceny, not guilty.
VIM Stafford, horse stealing, piead DIS
guilty and is sent to wo-khouse for six
months.
Herb Stewart, assault and battery, not
guilty but to pay costs; and directed to
enter recog. to keep the peace.
Ed Mcintyre ABB. directed TO give bail
to appear Dec. IA 1895, and recog TO keep
the peace.
&c Hinaman, s&b, pleads nolle conten-
DIRE. ard is sentenced to pey costs and
fine of $40.
Jos, alais Blake Donaghy, la-ceny by
bsilee, not guilty.
Geo Stepp ct al, breaking into a store,
plead nollc contend-e, Q, lot sentenced.
Jos. alais Blake Donaghy. larceny by
bailee verdict guilty, and is sentenced to
to pay costs, a fine of $23, return property
and sent TO the workhouse Tor nine months,
Jos Sherbunk, being tramp, sentenced
to all for 10 days.
Stephen and Fannie Mcbride, keeping
d:sorderly house, settled.
Chas Cain, assault, pleads guilty and is
fined So, costs and sent to Jail tor lO days.
Amos, Kearns, a&b, not guilty, but 10
pay 2 3D. costs and prosecutor l-3 costs.
Sidney. Benign, selling liquor without
license, plead guilty and is sentenced to
pay costs, p fine of $4,000. and be imprison
ed in Jail for six months.
Frank Mangel, i&b, not guilty and coun-
ty to pay costs.
Geo Hare and Sadie Hare, a&b, settled.
VIM Heron and Benz Rankin, neglect
of duty as overseers, not guilty, but to pay
costs,
VIM Mcbride and David Wilson, illegal
Fishing, plead guilty and sentenced to pay
costs and fine OF $40 each to the Com
monwealrh.
Harry Bauman, fab, guilty, sentenced
to pay 500 to Commonwealth, costs, $50
to pros and So per month until child Is
years old
All the cases excepting that against
Mrs Lou Cunningham, were disposed oil
by Wednesday evening, and the jury ex-
Getting one panne., discharged. The
Cunningham case is being heard today.
NOTES.
Margaret Hutchison was grant cd a di-
vorce from Joshua Hutchison;W 5 Dobson
from Margaret Dobson; Annie PEBBLES
from N Beebles; Christina Simpson from
W w simpson; David j Roberts from Jen-
ME Roberts.
Louisa May Shryock of North Hope reg
istered as practicing physician.
The third Monday OF October is Supreme
Court eturn day for writs
The pamphlet laws for this year are
here, and can be secured by the Justices.
The Grand Jury of Armstrong county
found true bill VS. Garvey Doyle of Buff
talo twp, last week.
Letters OF administration were granted
to o. X. Waldron on estote of Cornelius.
Suodgrass.
The personal property OF Mrs Wuller
was sold by the assignee, Wednesday,
and bid in by Dan, for 1870.
w B Miller ct al had summons in eject
ment issued vs. w W Dunbar for two acres
| in Middlesex.
Ed ziegler had a"fraudulent attachment
| in assumpsit" issued VS. certain parties.
This is a new procedure, under new
law.
IA Heydrick brot suit in ejectment vs
d Durken ct al for IL acres in Fairyiew.
Annie Hanlon has sued for divorce from
Lawrence Hanlon.
| An important step was taken by the
grand Jury of Allegheny Co. last week In
| gnoring several petty complaints, with
| the recommendation thas no costs be allow
| ed the returning aldermen. The action is
| in accord with suggestions of the courts
70 discourage petty litigation, and is in
the same line as Judge Whites precedent
in admitting the pleas Of prisoners with
out the furmality OF grand jury return.
| J. +. Clarke of Butler, wanted by the
Union News company, on charge of en-
| bezzling $50, was arrested on Twentieth
street Pittsburg, last Thursday. He vol
unfairly told the officer he was innocent.
| To await an investigation he was locked
up. Pittsburg Times.
Ten suits for damages, aggregatinE
$20I 900 were begun N one day by Phil
adelphia lawyer representing "claim as
| sociation." They were mostly the names
of people who had been injured in various
| 1ays by trolly cars, but one woman want
ed $50, 900 damages because her boy, who
| was stealing ride on a lumber wagon,
was hurt in jumping off after the wagon
| bad stopped; while father and son, con.
| iuintly. asked for $50 900 from the owner
OF team which knocked the latter down
and ran over him. 0ne Of the troly suits
| was in the sum of 81 000, for two calves
| killed IN "a collision. aud from this they
| ran up TO SAC, 900, claimed by the passen-
ger who was injured in a car which was
run into by another
A married man named Acker of Hol-
lidaysburg, was arrested at the Nixon
| House, a few days ago, for deserting his
family. The girl he had with him said
she would 90 home.
In the case of the Commonwealth
against Frank Mangel, the jury were not
long in bringing in verdict of not
guilty.