Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-09-17
LEGAL NEWS.
GRAND JURY PRRsRSTMRgT.


BALANCE OF GRAND JURY FINDINGS.
Common Ee alIh VS.:
Bryon Pugh, larceny. Not t"ue bill
and county 10 pay costs.
VIM ! Fisher, rape. Not q trne bill and
entered into recog to appear at next term
on the f&b charge.
Chas Kane, tab. A true bill.
Johu Young, f&b. Continued to next
term.
Robert P Bergman a&b with intert to
commit rape. True bills.
Joha Green, surety of The peace. Sept
10, sentenced to enter into recog IN S3OO TO
keep the peace for one year.
WM Aggers. malicious mischief a
true bill.
VIM Leithold, surety of the peace. De-
fendsnt discharged upon payment of cos.s.
Da'e Barnhart, ABB and malicious mis-
chief Trde bills.
AT Mckee, ABB. A true bill.
Jas Hogan, surety of the peace. De-
tendant discharged and prosecutor to pay
the costs.
Frank Fink, assault and ABB. True bill
Timothy Kavenaugh and James Kaye
naugh. assault, agg. ABB. True bills.
Pat Fiizsimmons, sdaltIy and f&b. Set
item ent approved and filed.
Harry Swartzlsrder. f&b. A true bill.
Bert Patterson, assault and ABB. True
bills.
Percy Wick, rape and fab. True bills.
Palmer Kratzer, obtaining money under
false pretense. A true bill.
Jos Best, abb. Pleads guilty and is or
dered to enter into recog in $500 to keep
the peace for one year.
WI White, a&b. A true bill.
vU ~ ;nir IL
sance. A true bill.
Jessie Kearns, f&b. A trae bill.
Thos Page and Jennie Duprey, keeping
q gambling house. Continued to next
term.
Patrick Kelly, breaking into and enter
ing dwelling house. Defendant discharg-
ed.
VIM McMurray. assault with intent to
rob. True bill.
James McGeasy, assault with intent to
rob. A true bill.
VIM Craw ford. f&b. A true bill.
Charles Armstrong, f&b. A true bill.
Fleming, fab. A true bill.
Orval Hutchison, i&b. A true bill.
TriAL LIST.
John Weller, assault and a&b. Sept IA
jury returns verdict and finds defendant
guilty. az luOlcteu. .
Cnes Kane, f&b Sept IA, pleads guilty
and is sentenced to pay costs, flne OF so
$50 lying in expenses and ST. 80 per week
for maintain2nce Of child for years.
Dale Barnhart, malicious mischief. Sept
IA. jury returns verdict OF not guilty and
prosecutor TO pay costs.
Dala BarnIart, ABB. Sept 10, jury re-
turns verdict of not gd1ty but to pay
three fourths costs and prosecutor one
fourth.
AT Mckee, ABB. Sept Il, jury returns
q verdict and find the defendant not guilty
and prosecutor to pay cos's.
William Burns, two cases, ABB. sept
IA, jury returns verdict OF not guilt and
the costs TO be divided between plant |
and defendant.
Jessie Ke. ls, fab. Sept Is, jury re-
turns verdict of guilty.
Jury returns verdict of not guilty and
prosecutor to pay three fourths OF costs
and defendant One-iourth.
James McGeary assar't with intent TO |
rob, Sept 16, Jury returns a verdict OF
guilty.
W. @. Hswn malicious mischief Sept 10. |
Jury relnrned verdict of not gritty but
pay one half the cost and prosecutor one |
half
DIR. S. A. Johnston, violation of the
liquor laws, on ti.sl.
Mary Winterstein has petitioned for a |
divorce from Manvil! Winterstein.
John Il. Jackson has registered as law |
student.
DR.. s. d. Bell, P. w. Lowry and Newt |
Walker, c0mmitte appointed on the alleged |
lunsncy of Sophia Russell, reported her to |
be of unsound mind and recommend that |
she be placed in some hospital for weak |
minded persons.
Lett RS of administration were granted |
to Geo r Eaton on estate of Dora Liebold |
OF Butler; also TO Frank Grossman on es- |
tate of Nancy Bennett of Cherry twp.
In the matter of the petition of L Cl
Wick for the appointment of viewers to as |
sess damages vs. the B. d. P. railroad the |
following were appointed, James Hum |
phrey, Robert Krause, John Ray, George |
Maxwell, Henry Bauder, VIM Dick and
Hugh Sproull.
Last Thursday the final hearing was |
heard on the application Of the citizens Of
Valencia for incorporation Of borough |
and the application grsnie ed.
The following officers were appointed to |
serve until their successors are elected and |
duly qualified: Burgess. J d Magee; Men, {
bers Of Council, Edward Cowan. J d Perry |
G F Harrobin, J A Cox, G Barr, P Z
Cooper and W Craig; School Directors,
A l. Cooper, d Sioup, VIM Aldrick, w
T Anderson, f A Rhodes and NJ Phillips;
Constable, VIM Hoffman; High Constable,
G Bowersox; Tax Collector, Wm Hof- |
man; 0verseers of the PoOr, John Hays |
and John Boone; Judge of Election, Elmer |
Smith; Inspectors, Frank Pollack and VIM |
Garner; Borough AudiiCrs, A Anderson. |
J Z Craig and W Ii Smith. The place of
holding elections is the store room of Barr
d. Stoup.
On the same day Connoqnenessing, form
erly the village of Petersville was also in
corporafed as borough. The officers wi"
be as follows:
Burgess, J T Purviance; Council, W A
Purviance, Thomas Grah am, John WATSON
Lewis RAIDER, Fl K Dambaugh, Conrad
Nicholas and Rev + A Richards; School
Directors, y II Black, W Hilliard, ] N
Mckinney, Robert Barnhart, II II Stern
and L Christie; High Constable, j w
Walters; Constable, Andrew Fehl; Tax
Collector, Andrew Fehl Overseers of the
Poor, join NJ Rose, Robert Mckinney;
Election Offices, Barnhaft. Fred Barn
hart, S Henshaw; Borough Auditors, FL
Vorner, p Barnhart, George Henshaw.
A pa. tial hearing on the rule made by
Judge Greer on Jos Mckee of Saxonburg
to show cause why his license should not
be revoked. was heard in Court last Friday.
Patrick Kelly was sworn and examined
by Col. Thompson and Judge Gteer. He
said he lived in Pittsburg, and has a fam
lily there. Came to SaxOnourg for the first
time in his life ON Monday OF that week,
slept in McKee's BAN. got liquor at both
hotels, was stupidity drink all day, and
had nG.hing to eat until after his arrest for
making fuss at Mathesons
Two men who had treated aud drank
with Kelly, testified rs to his soberness
during the day. and Phillip Burtn0r, Con-
stable Shelly and Esq Wilson said he was
sober when arrested that afternoon.
Mr. Mckee said the man came into his
house early that morning, said he was
chilly. and got drink. Kelly also said he
had slept in the barn. and Mckee told him
he would rather have given him bed for
nothing. Mckee also testified as to his
house being crowded since work began on
the new II ilroad.
Greer said that no man who had slept in
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