The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-05-26
CRIMINAL COURT.
for Stealing Chiokens.-Grand Jury
Discharged This Morning.
Ro3DT MURDER CASE THURSDAY.

Regular term of criminal court cou-
vened at 10 o'clock Monday morning
with Judge Longenecker Snd Associate
Judges Iorner and Blsck on the bench.
Attorneys for the Roo dy boys. charged
With murder i'm the lrst degree. asked
the Court to make ar order directing that
the County Commissioners arrange to
pay the expenses os twenty witnesses for
their clients, alleging that their clients
were unable % ,lo 81. ami that the pres
egce of the witnesses named was neces-
Judge Longenecker referred the matter
to the solicitor for the County Conmis-
sioners who refused to make the order
i'm the absence Of an act Of Assembly re-
quiring them To do so.
ii. l.. Martz, of Upper Turkeyfoot
township, WAS appointed foreman of the
grand jury.
Edward Shultz, charged with F. & b.,
on information of Clara Snyder, was the
first defendant summoned before the
bar. He entered plea of guilty and re-
ceived the usual sentence.
Margaret Hammon plead guilty to
charge of adultery and was remanded to
Jail pending sentence. Her paramour-
John Reese-entered a similar plea to
charge of fornication, and was also re-
manded to Jail.
Just before court adjourned the Ham
mon woman was sentenced 10 pay afine
of Sl5 and costs of prosecution. Reese
was sentenced to pay so fine and costs.
Chauncey Ling and John Walker,
charged with stealing chickens, on in
formation of Nathaniel Horner, conclud-
ed to throw themselves upon the mercy Of
the Court and entered pleas of guilty. The
court evidently believed that Ling was
tool in the hands OF Walker and sentenced
him to serve six months in the county Jail.
Walker was given l3 months in the Wes-
tern Penitentiary. Readers of the HER
AID will remember that these young men
were arrested several weeks ago in SOM
erset, a few minutes after they had sold
the stolen chickens.
The jury in the case OF the Common
wealth VS.. Alber Albright, charged with
the larcency of lot of merchandise from
Hoblitzell's store, at keystone Junction,
returned "A verdic; of not guilty. Albright
was convicted on charge OF burglarizing
tile same store and was sentenced To the
RcCormatory at Huntington.
CASES MOI. PRosED.
a nolle prOsoqui WAS entered in the fol-
lowing cases:
Commonw ealth VS.. Frank Knupp, f.
.eB.
Same VS.. @ Gorge Stu;zmln. +. * Il.
Same vs.. &. :. Vaunear. nuisance.
Same vs.. Lewis NJ. Farling, Il. 4 b.
Same vs. Jerre Wilt, surety.
Same ". Peter Connolly, surety.
Same vs.. Adam Bruck, verdict of not
guilty returned by order of Court.
All Of the other Quarter Sessions cases
on tbs calendar were continued. The
grand jury returned true bill in both of
the cases against Kiser k..anel, one
charging keeping gambling house and
the other selling liquor TO minors and on
Sundays.
After making one of TIE best records in
the history of the county the grand jury
reported at two o'clock Tuesday after
noon that they had disposed of all the
bills presented for their consideration.
This morning, the grand jury will prob
ably visit the county home and inspect
court house and Jail, after which they
they will be discharged.
To-day the decks will be cleared for ac-
ton and tomorrow morning the re-trial
of the Roddy boys, charged with the
murder of David Berkey will begin.
The trial of this case il is expected will
not be completed before Saturday night.