The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-03
MANY WRONGFULLY
ACCUSED IN COURT
AT Least That Is the Finding Of Yester.
days Jurics.
SEVEN VERDICTS Of NOT GUILTY
Not Single Conviction During the
Whole s.AccusatiOns Of
Thcft..GOt Into Trouble While
Visiting His Rccreant Wit'e..Other

seven VertlctS Oh not guilty were re-
turned in criminal court yesterday and
in three instances the prosecutor was
directed to pay the costs.
Emily Griffin, charged with stealing
$50 from caller, Arthur Lambert, of
Clark's Summit, was returned not gull
ty. Another jury declared Patrick Gil
bride innocent Of the charge of as
sault and battery preferred by James
Murphy, jr., and directed the prosecu-
tor to pay the costs. BromitZwOv
Kevitski was adjudged not guilty of
assaulting and battering William Tar
raskavitz and the jury directed the
costs to be divided.
A verdict of not guilty was taken
without evidence in the case of +. III.
McGreever charged with assault and
battery by Thomas McCabe, the prose-
cutOr agreeing to pay the costs. 4
verdict of not guilty was taken in the
case in which David Fl. Jones charged
Henry Richardson with assault and
battery, prosecution being withdrawn
upon the defendant agreeing to pay the
costs. A jury directed Phoebe IL.
Quick to pay the costs in the case of
assault and battedy. which she failed
to prosecute against James S. Quick.
HE PLEAD GUILTY.
Patrick Crolly pleaded guilty of steal
ing boots from his employer, c. l..
Teetea, and was sentenced by Judge
Gunster to one month in the county
Jail.
Anthony StockOwitz was tried on a
charge of larceny and receiving pre-
ferred by John c. Heffron, but the
jury believed the story of the defense
as outlined by Attorney M. j. Walsh
and acquitted him. Stockowitz and
Heffron worked a chamber together in
Connelrs mine. When they dissolved
partnership Heffron missed the bit of
his drill and suspecting his partner of
having taken it went to the partner s
tool box and removed therefrom a bit
which he identified as his own. He
then had Stockowitz arrested and cast
into Jail where he remained for Il
month. In court yesterday Stockowitz
swOre that the bit which Heffron took
| from his tool box belonged to him
(Stockowitz) and that it was Heffron
and not he who was guilty of taking
his neighbOrs property. District At
tOrney Jones was assisted in the prose-
cution by Attorney M. j. Donahoe.
Carbon G. Palmer, the aged pension
agent, well known figure about the
| city, was prosecutor of charge of
assault and battery against Frederick
Shuman, of Carbondale. Palmers wife
| left him last August and went to live
in house in Carbondale where Shu-
man was staying. Palmer went to see
his wife in the hope of inducing her to
return to his heart and hearth but she
refused and when he avowed he would
not leave without her. the occupant of
| the house had recourse to certain
measures to compel him.
HE WAS LED OUT.
He says he was fired out bodily by
| Shuman. Shuman says he was led out
| gently. The jury concluded that he
was led out gently and acquitted Shu-
man, placing the costs on the county
| CITY Solicitor r. d. Stuart. of Carbon
dale, defended Shuman.
Daniel Farrell and Thomas Judge
| the former of Throop and the latter
Of Priceburg. We're on trial. at adjourn
ment for assault and battery on q
peddler named Jollecls Rosenberg. The
prosecutor alleges that on the night OF
the 21st of August while he was driv-
ing home from Blakely with a wagon
load of apples Farrell and Judge jump
ed aboard his wagon at Priceburg and
assaulted him with the evident inten-
tion of robbinE him. His cries for as
sistance drove off his assailants and
| also Drought TO the scene q number
OF parties who identified them.
The defendants allege that they
neither assaulted him nor ATTEMPTED
to rob him, but merely jumped on his
wagon to get a ride part of the way
home and that he slashed them with
his whip and commenced yelling
thieves" they then jumped off. They
allege that Constable Richard Barron
has spite against them and that he
melted Rosenberg to swear out war.
| rants for them.