Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-03-11

BALANCE or GRAND JURY FINDINGS
Commonwealth versus:

Commonwealth versus:
Lin Early, rape, true bill.
! Charles Kerr and VIM. Kelly furnish
ing liauor to minors and to persons when
intoxicated not true bills and county TO
pay costs.
Reed Spang and Theo Bracken, as
sault and a6b, true bills.
Oliver Pisor. a6eb, not a true bill and
| county to pay costs.
Ed. Cook, a&b with intent to commit
rape, true bill.
A. 7. Conley, forgery true bill.
Martin Culligan and \. A Slator.
ABB, true bill.
Lin Early, inveighing and enticing TO
have connection, true bill
VIM Warner, larceny by bailee, not a
true bill and prosecutor to pay costs.
VIM. Kennedy, surety of the peace.
March 4, came into Court and plead
guilty and was sentenced to pay costs,
and to enter into his own recog. in the
sum of 5000, with approved security TO
keep the peace for one year.
w. C. Collins, false pretense, not a
true bill and prosecutor to pay costs.
| George McCrea, a&b with intent to
commit rape, true.
Charles Ennis. fraudulently obtaining
boarding, true bill.
Charles Ennis, false pretense, a true
| bill.
John Krumpe, selling liquor to minors
and furnishing liquors to minors, true
| bills and the Court directed rule is
/ 70 uIr why his license
should not be revoked, to be heard We'd
nesday, March 10
Joseph Mckee, selling liquor to mi
nors and furnishing liquor TO minors,
true bills, and the Court made the same
order as in the Krumpe case.
John Ganskr, a6sb and attempt TO
stab, true bills.
Ed. Furguson and Henry Glenn, lar
ceny, not true bill.
w. 2. Brown, felonious assault, point
ing fire arms and agg. a&b, true bills on
three counts.
TRIAL LIST.
Commonwealth VS..
Arthur Slator a&b. March s, jury
returns verdict of guilty.
Scott Thompson, a&b, with intent to
commit rape. Last count quashed and
defendant plead guilty to a&b.
George McMillen, seduction, f&b,
continued till next term.
Linn Early, inveighing and enticing
to have connections. March 8, defen-
dant plead guilty.
Martin Culligan and A. A. Slater
a&b. March 8, jury found defendants
guilty in manner and form as indicted.
Reed Spang and Theodore Bracken,
aggravated a&b, was settled.
Linn Early, rape, March s. plead
guilty.
j. w. Mercer, larceny March g. by
instruc. ions of Court, jury found de-
fendant not guilty.
w. P. Brown, felonious assault, point
ing fire arms, and agg. a&b. March y,
jury found defendant guilty of a&b.
Alex Beers, embracery. March o. de-
fendant plead guilty.
Robert Ash, embracery March o.
defendant plead guilty.
L. C. Wick, a6b March 0, jury re-
turns a verdict of not guilty, and prose
cutor and defendant each to pay half
the costs.
David Hawk, larceny. March s, jury
found verdict Of not guilty
Charles Ennis, false pretense. March
10, not guilty and county to pay the
costs.
Charles Ennis, defrauding boarding
house keeper. Mach 10, guilty in man
ner and form as indicted.
George McCrea, a6sb, with intent to
ravish, settled.
Steve Ellsworth, embracery. March
8, defendant plead guilty.
John Gansco, aStb and attempt to
stab. March 0, defendant plead guilty.
THE GRAND JURY p RESENTMENT
To the Honora bic Court of Butler Co.
As we close the work devolved upon
us as grand jurors, we beg leave to call
your attention to few of the public
places in the city and about the county
buildings and if not TOO presumptlous
offer few suggestions.
Having inspected the bridge on South
Main street, we consider it unsafe and
in dangerous condition, and would
recommend the bridge to be made
wider and walk be placed on each
side not less than four feet wide, with
q proper and safe railing. Also that
safety gates be placed at the railroad
crossings on South Main street
We also visited the lookup, but
words are too feeble to express its con-
dition.
We also visited the Jail and find it
clean. but unfit for the purpose intend
ed, and disgrace to the people of But
Ter County who boast of their intelli
gence, in the closing years of the nine
teenth century.
We would recommend new Jail
building, as the foundation of the pre-
sent one is in bad condition. The
prisoners cells are not enough in num-
ber, and the building entirely made
quate to the present needs. The male
and female departments should be sepa
rate, and hospital ward provided in
the building isolated from the rest of
| the prisoners We would recommend
that the building be built of Butler
| County stone, and all material and
labor, where possible, be furnished by
Butler County, and the building to cost
not more than seventy-five thousand
| dollars.
We find the Court House in good con-
dition, with the exception of few
changes which we will suggest. We
recommend the rear seats in the Court
room to be raised, and electric bells be
| placed from the Court room to the diff
fprpnt offices in the buildinp TO facili-
tate the business of the Court, also iron
ratings in some of the offices similar to
that in the Treasurer's Office, and the
counter to be moved forward in the
| Clerks office
| The closet in the rear of the Jury
room is in a bad and unhealthy condi-
ton, and should be replaced with a bet
/ ter one, and the tiling in the halls
should be repaired.
| We find that some of the officers are
greatly retarded in discharging their
duties by parties making the offices
| their loafng place, to the serious incon-
venience of those that have business to
| transact with the officers, and it would
be wise for the corridor loafers to find a
new home
| The boiler house is in good order and
| condition.
| We return thanks to the Judge for
his kind treatment and assistance in
discharging our duties and to the Dis
trict Attorney for his courteous treat
ment
To our Foreman, DR.. Bard for the
able and mastery manner in which he
discharged his duties
The janitor Mr.. Kamerer, for the
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