Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-03-19
PIKE COUNTY COURTS.
March Term Of Court Convened
on the Fifteenth.
Licenses Grapted-Crim'pai Matters Dis
posed of-The civil list is very Light.
Divorce = Horse Stealing Case.
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Court convened March 18th at two
p. m with Hon. G.. S. Purdy and AS
sociates John d. Houck and Jacob
Klaer present.
Constables made return as fol.
lows: Lehman, w s. Van Auken ;
Delaware, J D. Brooks Dingn,an,
j. A. Fisher Milford Borough AL
mer Terwilliger Milford township,
G. Hermann Westfall, b. Q. Tot
ten Lackawaxen.F Frank Kelly Pal
myra, Ava Quick Greene, Eugene
Butler; Porter, George 7. Smith
Shohola, George J Englehart
The three constables, Terwilliger,
Smith and Englehart having been
elected at the February election
were appointed by the court for the
unexpired term
The grand jury was then called
and all but five answered. A. D..
Brown was appointed foreman, when
it was charged by the court and re-
tired.
Ali the licenses applied for were
granted:
G. o. Westergaard VS. Anna L.
Keller, Judgment for plaintiff for
$21S4
Report of viewers on road in Leh-
man township, confirmed nj ST,
when opened to be 33 feet wide.
Inspectors ON bride across Mast
Hope creek near Seaman's mill, j.
c. Westbrook, Jr., G. j. Kirkham
and Louis Doerr appointed.
Inspectors on bridge across Big
Bushkill between Monroe and Pike
at Howeytown, Frank Schorr, Sam
uel G. Peters and JAS. H. Cole APP
pointed.
Muller VS.. Muller, divorce, j. II.
Van Etten appointed commissioner
to take dispositions of witnesses.
Commonwealth VS.. James Sheri-
dan, horse stealing. The prosecutor
in this case is the father of the de-
fendant, and the evidence showed
that the son had taken pair of
horses out of the pasture field of his
father, took them 20 Scranton and
sold them to parties there. They
were recovered and brought back
and the son arrested and lodged in
Jail. The defendant took the stand
and testified in his own behalf that
his ia ther had bought the horses
and he, the son, had contributed $50
of the amount. That his father
agreed that if he would come home
and work he would give him the
horses, but afterwards refused to do
so. The son then says he went and
took them, borrowed halter of
Henry d. Clark, and took the team
to Scranton.
DIR. Emerson testified that he had
been called to attend the prisoner
while in Jail and found him suffer
ing at one time with symptoms of
convulsicns and he had an epileptic
fit in August or September.
The jailer, L, B. Nissan, testified
that Sheridan had fits and was queer
in his actions and talk, and several
other witnesses told of his running
along the road and disconnected
talk.
The jury found him guilty as in
dicted.
Commonwealth VS.. Bartlett l..
Smith. The defendant plead guilty
to taking small roll OF wire and
sentence was suspended until June
term.
Herman Paul Schultz was brought
iu court and warned not to make a
statement of his case as it might be
used in evidence against him. He
stated in reply to the question that
he was poor and from the fact that
he had been under lock and key for
six months had been unable to wind
uD his business affairs or earn any
money and so had no means to en-
ploy an attorney He was then re-
manded back to Jail.
Commonwealth VS.. Ray Helms,
assault and battery, John Bosler,
prosecutor. True bill.
The grand jury made the follow
ing report:
TO the honorable the Court OF
Quarter Sessions of Pike County
The grand jury submits the follow
ing report and recommendation.
First, that new and suitable table
to correspond with the other furni
ture be bought and placed in the
grand jury room in place Of the old
wreck now there and that the chairs
in the grand jury room be repaired
Second, that the lock on cell No.
in the jail be repaired at once,
Third, that the County Commis