The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-25
SECOND REPORT OF
THE. GRAND JURY
Business Not Finished and the Jury Was
Continued This Week.
JESSUP BOROUGH ELECTION CASES
Bills in All Of Them We're Ignored.
List of True Bills Returned..lm.
portant Ruling Of Judge Gunster.
Special Writ Of Allocatur Granted.
sheriff Sales Of Real Estnte..Com.
mon Pleas Court Begins To-day.

On account of the amount of business
the grand Jury had to dispose Of 1t was
unable to complete its labors Saturday
and on motion of District Attorney John
r. Jones an order was made by Judge
Gunster continuing the jury this week.
The jury made its second report 10
court Saturday presenting forty-two
true bills and twenty-one ignored ones.
Altogether ISL cases have been passed
upon by the jury up to date
Among the important cases that were
ignored were those growing out OF the
February election at JessuD and In
which q number of the officials OF the
borough were mixed up. The cases
We're:
Fraudulent voting-Bernard Giles, John
+. Cummings. pros. pay costs, ,.,,
Bribe2.-John J. MeAndreNs. bshl1- shr
idun. Benjamin Travis. pros. pay costs.
John Byrne, Bernard Giles. pros, pay
costs. John +. Cummings. Bernard Giles,
pros. pay costs. John Pagan, Benjamin
Cttering Forged Tax Receipt-Bernard
Giles, John J. McAndrew. pros, to pay
costs.
TRUE BILLS REPORTED.
The true bills returned by the jury
We're:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Przbyllski. Rosey
Involuntary Standardization Przb-
yllski. Rosey Libudziewski. proX.
Assault ana Battery-Matthew Cawley,
Alice Gill, prox.; Mary Meholsk. Andrew
Harwin, pros; "atrick Qu!n, Ida Quinn,
prox.; Reuben Williams, Margaret Hart
prox. David e. Evans. Catharine Evans,
prox.
Assault and Battery upon Public officer
Mary Meholka, Henry Dierks. pros.
Larceny and Receiving-Joseph Pepper.
alias Toni Lodatis. L; posner, pros r !;
ney, pros; William Wall, Louis y, Ayres,,
jr., pros. Marshall Goodwin. William L.
Simpson, pros. Michael Mcclure, Martin
McLea, pros; Max Barnell Michael no.
isnslnHm KnS%an. sa% stepssn MaySs ss'H pros!
Statutory Burglary-William Kane
William 4. Simpson, pros; David Rieh-
ards, Edward Lord, John Collins. Will
lam Newey, James Saul. pros; John Bar
rett, +. &. Burger, pros.
Felonious Wounding-W. H.. Gresyes'
William 7. Simpson. pros: Arthur WHIT
ney, Susa Nilag, prox; Michael fatsko,
william Il. Simpson. pros.
Thomas Leysho, pros; Michael Fenne!,
Robbery-John Roche, Edward Ryan,
pros.
Larceny by Bailes-BerkovitZ, alias Ber-
ko Rerkovitz. Joseph Frankovich, pros
James II. Davitt, p. r. Callahan, pros.
Malicious Mischief-Joseph Beddo, Con-
rad Vernow, pros; Patrick Dolan, James
ROsser, jr, pros.
ny Cafrey, William Ruddy, pros; Patrick
Durk,n. William Ruddy, pros,
Forsery-Joseph Pepper. alias Toi LODI
a,is, L. Posner. pros, u ,,..
Carrying Concealed Weapons-Robert
| Davis, William T. Simpson. pros; Samuel
| Margel. Joseph LaEaravich. pros.
Forncation and Observation-Disclosures Mey-
ers, Richard l.: Davis. pros; Loon Matarn-
isky; Daniel Healy; pros pros. y,,vo,,o,0 u
Roche, pros: Samuel Margel, Joseph La
| zaravich, pros.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mundell. d. r.
Thomas, pros.
Obstructing Execution OF Legal Process
Mary Meholka, Henry Dierks, pros.
Feloious Assault-W. II. Greeves, WILL
| lam T. Simpson. pros.
Common Scold-Anna Helbrig, Lena
| Defrauding, Boarding House-John Ba>
| con, John Flanagan, pros.
ILLEGALITY MUST BE SHOWN.
Ex-Judge Stanton. representing the
contestants in the Dickson City cleo
| ton contest against NJ. F. Fadden,
borough, on Saturday asked Judge
| Gunster to make an order adjudgins
several voters in contempt for not
stating for whom they voted for coun-
Gilman in the Second ward at the elec-
ton in Dickson City in February last,
| when called before the commissioners
in the case appointed by the court.
| Judge Gunster refused to do so. He
said that the question as to who they
voted for was irrelevant until it had
been first shown that they had voted
illegally. If the illegality of their
votes was established the question
might be asked.
A special writ of allocatur has been
granted by the Supreme court in the
cases against the Delaware and Hud-
son Canal company, which objects to
having their tracks at Moosic crossed
at grade by those of the Scranton and
Pittston Traction company. The case
was heard in the Superior court and q
| decision was given against the Della.
ware and Hudson company. The at
torneys for the Delaware and Hudson
| then asked the Superior court for q
writ of allocatur but 1t was denied.
The matter was then taken to the Su-
preme court and the special writ grant
ed.
| SOLD BY THE SHERIFF.
On Saturday Sheriff F. H. Clemons
sold the properties of Louis Pizer. Jer-
myn. to Patterson & Wilcox, attorneys
LOT So,fVO, -. w. lHOHlpSOH. executor
Scranton, to Sarah Elizabeth Var
Loon, for $405; Benjamin S. Lewis
Dunmore. to Mary L. Lewis, for $40
Reese B. Jones, Scranton. to Sarah
Elizabeth Van Loon, for s545; Reese B
Jones, Scranton, to Sarah Il. Van Loon
for s510; Maria Mailander, Scranton, tC
Charles Fl. Welles, attorney. for $500
William Hall, Dunmore. to d. X. Oak
ley, for s31.S2; Lolita Fuess, Scranton
to Anthracite Building and Loan asso-
citation, for $50; George w. Owen, South
Arlington. to A. ID. Dean. attorney. fol
$44; George W. Jones, Scranton, to A
d. Dean. attorney. for $40; ]. A. Col.
Inns. deceased. in Scott township, tC
Philip Schmidt. for $45.
This morning a three weeks term OF
common pleas court will begin.
number of important cases are to come
up for consideration.
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