The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-05
END OF THE SESSION.
June Term OF Criminal Court Concludes
on Saturday-McLaughiin
Cases Tried.

The cases against p. j. Mclaughlin
were tried Saturday as per Judge Arch
bald's schedule. The result, however,
was not altogether pleasing to the
prosecutrix, Mrs. Mary Shaw, for Nc
Laughlin was found not guilty and the
prosecutrix was called upon to help
Mclaughlin pay the costs in one of the
cases.
She acted in a rather vindictive man
ner all through the trial and this prob
ably as much as anything acquitted
Mclaughlin, his defense being that
Mrs. Shaw was moved to prosecute
him through spite. Ex-J1dge Stanton
assisted District Attorney Jones in the
prosecution. Joseph O'Brien appeared
for the defense.
John e. Kelly was acquitted of the
charge of having criminally assaulted
Mrs. Anna Brosky. The jury arrived
at this conclusion on the first ballot,
after having been out less than half
an hour.
James II. Darte, the Dunmore bot
tier, was returned not guilty of lar
ceny by bailee, as charged by p. F.
Callahan. James McTighe was de-
clared not guilty of assault and bat
terry on Michael Flannery.
During the two weeks June term just
closed, District Attorney Jones disposed
of 107 cases by trial and in twenty
four other cases bail was forfeited for
non appearance. Counting continu-
ances, 2SS cases were disposed of in all.
SENTENCES WERE LIGHT.
Albert Osborne. of Olyphant, the
youth convicted of outraging 12-year-
old Lizzie Jones, escaped with a sem
tence of $50, fine and nine months in
the county Jail. Judge Archibald said,
in passing sentence, that he was moved
to leniency by the plea of the prison.
er's counsel, James ]. O'Malley. The
crime, he said, was grave one and
was recurring with alarming frequency
in this county.
Eloquent pleas by Attorneys Timlin
and Fitzsimmons, setting forth good
character and first offense, and a
lengthy petition for mercy from citi-
zens of Jermyn, moved Judge Gunster
to impose the very mild sentence of 81
fine and thirty days in the county Jail
on Patrick Connor and Thomas Clarke,
convicted of stealing two kegs of beer
| from the Delaware and Hudson depot
at Jermyn.
|
previous term of libelling Rev. Bruno
! Iwanowski and Miss Frances Schucka,
and upon whom sentence was postponed
| because Of the illness of his wife, was
| called up by Judge Archibald and given
a fine of $40 and three months in the
| county Jail. Judge Archibald said the
articles published by Langowski were
of a very libelous character and that
i 80 h. nttI1 ,nf he
| tolerated in this county.
John w. Holenback, the ex-special
officer, convicted of defrauding an old
woman out of 5000 by forgery and false
pretense, and who was given two years
and ten months in the penitentiary by
Judge Gunster, had his sentence modi-
| fed Saturday so that he will only have
to spend one year, nine months and one
day in the county jail. The change in
the sentence was made upon the
strength of a plea made by prisoners
attorney, ]. Elliot Ross.
John Lyons, for assault and battery
and malicious mischief. was sentenced
to fine of $40 and thirty days in each
case.
GOES TO REFORMATORY.
Robert Hand, the incorrigible lad
convicted of statutory burglary, was
committed to the Huntington reforma-
tory.
On motion of Attorney Nathan Vida
yer, rule for a new trial was granted
for Adolph Bender, convicted of OBJ
tanning meat by false pretenses made
to Schwarzsched - Sulzberger.
Judge Archibald made the following
appointments of boards of mine exam
iners: First district-James e. Morri
son, of Carbondale; Joseph T. Roberts
of Jermyn, and Superintendent Charlie:
p Ford, of Olyphant. Second distric
John r. Jones. of Bellevue; Patricl
H. Sammon. of Moosic, and Superin
tendent James Young, of Dunmore
The appointments date from the Janu
airy term, 1897, and are to continue ont
year.