The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-10-19

The second weeks session of the
October term of criminal court opened
yesterday with three judges sitting,
the assistance of Hon. Harold 5. Nc
Clure, of Union county, having been
secured in expectation of the Van Horn
murder case taking up all the time OF
The court i'm room No. /. The postpone
mcnt of the murder trial left the
list for the dav insufficient to keep
the three rooms busy and as conse-
quence an early adjournment was had,
Judge Gunster. the last to be relieved,
retiring at $50 o'clock.
Milton W. Lowry represented the
commonwealth i'm the superior court
room, where Judge Mcclure presided.
Attorney NJ. j. McAndrew looked after
the extra stenographic work.
one of the cases that came up in No.
DEVELOPED some interesting fea-
lures Daniel Forbes, the owner of a
South Side quarry. was prosecuting
Leon Olchefski for the theft of some
several loads Of nagstones. Olchefsh
alleged that he had contract with
Forbes to take all the stone he want
cd at so much per foot and was simply
acting under that contract when the
alleged larceny occurred.
IN \ BAD MOOD.
This defense was very aggravatng
t. Forbes-who it miCht incidentally
be remarked was i'm Il mood admitting
Of easy aggravaton-and he proceeded
TO give ven. to his feelings in an un-
constrained manner in almost every
answer he made to the crOss-eXamin-
ing attorneys.
THAT -- fool Polander can't work
no such bluff here" was one of his re-
plies when Attorney Oliver asked him
concerning the alleged contract. And
then he rejoined What the h differ
cnee does that make anyhow"
When the laughter following these
breaks had been suppressed. the court
looked daEgers at the witness but evil
IDENTIFY realizing that he was TO be pit
led rather than punished allowed his
offcnse to go unnoticed
In Judge McClure's court Edward
George. of Dunmore, was charged by
Jacob Zintel, of Archibald, with being
mis- ought-to-be son-in-law. George
for a defense showed by the dockets Of
Squire Munley, of Archibald, that John
Young, of that place. was held for the
same crime some time II fore he was
accused. The granl jury ignored the
bill against Young. Tho Xintel girl ad-
mitted on the stand that she had had
both men arrested for The same Of
farse. The jury was out al adjourn
merit.
Not guilty, costs divided, was the
finding of the jury i'm the case of Thos.
Connors charged bef re Judge Ed
wards by Hotelkeeper Stephen Flana-
Ehan, of Lu2erne street, with assault
and battery. Attorney Nj. +. Conroy
appeared for the defense and City So
licitor NJ. a. Mckinley assisted Mr..
Thomas on the commonwealth side.
,TOhn Todra, accused of aggravated
assault and battery upon Joseph
Brown, of Lloyd street, was returned
GUilty of simple assault and battery.
He was defended hy Attorney r. A.
Zimmerman. Attorney Gt orge Beale
assisted District Attorney Jones in the
lrOseCutCn.
4 COMMON SCULD.
Kate Flanagan, of Providence, was
convicted Cf being a common scOld.
The charge was preferred by her broth
cr-In-law, y. J. Ward who, among
ether things, alleged that . e was COM
PEELED to iloVe from Providence on ac-
count of the conduct of the defendant
Any doubt which the jury might have
had as to the defendants guilt was
removed when she got on the stand
Attorney John J. Murphy was assigned
to defend her.
The case of larceny and receiving
preferred against B. Berkavitz, by Jo-
Scph FrankoVitch, was nOn-prossed
the prosecutor for the third time fail
ing to appear
Joseph Smith failed to appear tc
prosecute the charge of assault and
battery he had made against James
a., Sweet and he was directed to pay
lie costs. a similar case in which
John Salmon was defendant, and
Langtry Shuker prosecutor, and an
other in which John Barrett was de.
fondant and II. NJ. Seidman prosecutor
had "A similar disposition.
The case Of assault and battery in
which Catherine Vinconus, of Throop
was defendant and Mary Sardineller