The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-07
NUMBER OF minor Cases.
Disposed OF at Yesterdays Sessions
Of Criminal Court.
THE vERDIcTS or NOT GUILTY
Returned In the Case Against Young
Men Charged with Stealing Geese
and In That Against Liverynan
ConucII for Assa ult and Battery.

Jurors to fll the panel and adjourn
ment was taken until this morning.
The case was tried at the last term or
court and the jury disagreed.
These are the young men charged
with burglarizing the Stewart Memoir
ial Methodist Episcopal parsonage at
Rendham on the night of August u.
1885, The pastor of the church. Rev.
w. X. Cochrane and wife were sleeping
and the intruders entered the bedroom.
bound and gagged both. and carried
away everything of value they. could
find The burglars wore black masks
on their faces. but the preacher claims
to he positive that he recognized his
unbilden guests. even though they
were masked. Attorneys ]. II. Burns,
NJ. J. Donahoe and A. A. Chase repre-
sent the defendants.
Stanley Gabolinski was acquitted of
the charge Of malicious mischief and
the costs We're equally divided between
him and the prosecutor, George Sos
nowski. In the case where Superinten-
dent Theodore Wolf. of the Lackawan-
ma Iron and Steel company, was cha rged
with assault and battery upon Tommy
Green. the South Side fifteen year-old
youngster. who got a slap because he
deserved II. the jury returned verdict
of not guilty and divided the costs
equally. And In the case Of Joseph X.
Osgood. of Moscow. charged with false
pretencss by Charles II. Clause of the
same place. a verdict Of not guilty was
returned and the costs were disposed
of in equal proportion between the par
ties.
Charged with Larceny and Receiving.
John Horan. John Finnegan, and
Patrick Padden We're tried before
Judge Gunster on the charge of larceny
and receiving Attorneys Hulslander
and Nosburg appeared for the defend
ants. and Assistant District Attorney
John NJ. Harris represented the COM
monwealth. Mrs. Maria Brady was
the prosecutriX. 1t was alleged that
on August II last the trio of defendants
went by the house Of Mrs. Brady on
keyser avenue and after they passed
there was one goose Less In her poultry
yard The value of the biped was 81.
The defense denied the allegation and
claimed to know nothing about the dis
appearance Of the goose. The jury re-
turned a verdict Of not guilty
Thomas Connell, OF, Duryea. was next
tried. charged In the indictment with
aggravated assault and battery upon
Newton Williams, of Moosic. Attorney
George $. Horn represented the COM
monwealth and Attorney Joseph
O'Brien the defendant. One Sunday
morning last September the two men
got into an alteration at MoOsic nea,
the LuZerne county line. They are i'm
the livery business and when the
MGosic street car line was opened they
put on 'busses plying between the
Moosic line of the Scranton and Pitts
ton Traction company and the ter
minus of the Duryea line of the Wyom-
ing Valley Traction company. Con-
nell and Williams met on the morning
In question and engaged I'm a war of
words. WILLIAMS had tive canopied
spring wagons to transport his patrons
and COnnell had large band wagon
with no overhead protection frOne the
rays of the sun.
The most of the passengers went to
Williams and that was the cause of the
fight. The prosecutor was struck on
the head with a stone and received a
very painful laceration from which the
blood flowed freely. The common
wealth did not press for verdict on
the charge of aggravated assault and
battery. but strong case of simple
assault and battery was made out. The
jury brought in a verdict Of not guilty
and directed each man to pay half the
costs.
IIyiund Entered a Plea Of Guilty.
Michael Hyland pleaded guilty to lar
ceny and receiving and will be sem
fenced tomorrow. He was charged
with stealing from the store of the
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co. George
w. Okell was the prosecutor.
In the main court room before Judge
Archibald Mary Wram was tried for
assault and battery upon Stephen So
linsky. Attorney +. II. House with
District Attorney Jones represented
the commonwealth and ex-Judge W.
II. Stanton appeared for the defendant
The parties live in ThrOop borough and
at christening last summer the in
Nited guests partooli freely of the elixir
of hops and rye. They naturally got
into u quarrel and the result was. as
alleged. that Solinsky. who Is diminu-
tive in size. and puny. got severe
thrashing at the hands of Mrs Wram.
who tips the scale at 200 pounds. The
story Of the defense was that there was
conspiracy among Solinsky's rela-
tions to trounce her husband and she
as dutiful wife only used as much
force as was necessary In repulsing the
onslaught made upon her liege lord.
In this way Solinsky came against her
fists and got worsted. The jury ac-
quilted her and divided the costs.
John and Mary Lukan were put OH
trial before Judge Archibald to answer
the charge of selling liquor without a
license. Albert Bucta was the prose-
cutor. District Attorney Jones repre-
sented the commonwealth and Colonel
F.. j. Ftizsimmons was attorney for
the defense, The defendants were tried
on the same charge at the last term of
court and the jury disagreed.
Bought i'cer by the Bottle.
Several witnesses swOre they bought
beer by the bottle and paid for il in
Lukans place on Lloyd street. When
the defense opened the story offered
was that in the first place the prosecu-
tor, Bucta. not long ago got out of
Jail after u term spent for keeping a
tippling house and possessed of the
idea that the Lukans We're responsible
for his imprisonment, he brought ac-
tion against them on the present charge
and that IL is all spite work.
on Lloyd street and used to give his
customers bottle of beer as a present
when they paid their bills at the end
of the month. He is now serving a six
months sentence in the county Jail
for assault and battery upon u man
named August vockrOth. Mrs Lukan
corroborated her husband and while
she was on the stand District Attorney
Jones made an objection to a question
put by Colonel FitzsimmOns. Judge
Archibald ruled that ii was a proper
question and she turned around and
commended the ruling. The court had
a good laugh and she Joined in heartily
herself. The jury went out at adjourn
ment and will bring the verdict into
court this morning.