The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-05-19
COUNSEL CHOSEN
For Such of the Accused as Had
No Lawyer Hired.
PRISONERS ARE ARRAIGNED
And Enter Their Pleas to the Indictments
Brought Against Them at the
Recent sitting of the Stark
County Grand Jury.

Recent sitting of the stark
County Grand Jury.
Prisoners indicted by the last grand
jury were arraigned In court room
No. / by Judge MoCarty Saturday
morning and counsel assigned where
prisoners had not already secured same
at their own expense.
Albert Picket and Hood Anderson,
colored, indicted for burglary in Alliance,
were the first arraigned. A. S. Van
Buskirk was assigned to Picket and p.
j. Collins to Anderson. The prisoners
pleaded not guilty.
Thomas Dale and Franklin Miller,
indicted for cutting with intent to
wound James Dale at Magnolia, were
assigned d. G. Hughes and Judge
Mong respectively. The prisoners plead
ed not guilty to all the indictments.
George Cole and Leonard Stevens, for
robbery, had counsel, J. j. Hawk being
engaged. Both pleaded not guilty. When
being taken back to jail Cole refused
to be hsndcuffed and caused little
trouble, but he finally consented.
Perry Swartz at the advice of his
attorney pleaded not guilty to horse
stealing. He was held under $1,000
bond, which was furnished.
Club Piero and Dutch Frank pleaded
not guilty to having burglar tools in
their possession and to entering l.. A.
Cooper's store In Canton. The indict-
| ny,A % -. I'll
to former Imprisonment and he will
be prosecuted under the habitual criminal
law. A. M. McCarty represents the
defendants, he having been retained by
them Immediately upon their arrest
| Joseph j. Baker and Ada NJ. Baker,
each indicted on seven counts for incest
waived the reading Of all but two Of
the fourteen indictments and pleaded
not guilty. They have secured John @.
welty and..A. NJ, MoCarty to defend them.
William Holt, indicted for cutting with
intent to kill, had Jacob Hawk assigned
to defend him. Holt was brought up
from the workhouse He pleaded not
guilty
| mOIlON SUSlAlNhD.
A motion to have a petition in the
case of Honneger VS.. Briggs made more
definite was sustained by Judge Nc
Carly this morning.
The testimony in the case of Eliza
Gas kins' administrator against Samuel
Addams and the First Church of God was
concluded Thursday afternoon. The
case will be argued next week.
Juge McCarty heard the testimony of
the plaintiff in the case of Ada Donges
VS.. Lyman Donges for divorce Friday
morning. Wilful absence and gross
neglect was alleged and Paul Huxley, a
young attorney from Salem, represented
the plaintiff. . The defendant had not
been absent the required length of time
and the court dismissed the case.
William Miller has commenced an
action for damages against a relative
Charles NJ. Miller. The News Democrat
yesterday reported the decree of divorce
to Will liam Miller in a suit against
Laura B. Miller. The plaintiff has since
filed his petition on the grounds Of aliena-
tion of wife's affections Plaintiff
charges defendant with contriving to
injured him and that he did unlawfully
debauch plaintiffs wife. Attentions
commenced in 1896, it Is alleged, con-
tinued until June 1897, when the wife
was induced to leLve plaintiff and she
has been absent ever since. On these
grounds Mr.. Miller secured his divorce
and he now asks for $4,000 damages.
The case will probably be an interesting
one when it comes to trial. Welty &
Albaugh represent plaintiff.
The divorce case of Helen Sandt VS..
August Sandt was tried before Judge
Nc Carly Wednesday afternoon. Cruelty
was alleged, A decree was granted to-
gether with alimony to the amount Of
5000. W. j. Piero represented plaintiff.
PLEADED GUILTY.
John Culbertson, indicted for reti
larceny in stealing can of lard from thl
Seifert meat market in Alliance, pleaded
guilty to t!pqu ectment Thursday morn
ing at the advice of his attorney, G. N
Shaver. He was fined $40 and costs ant
given ten days in the workhouse
NEW CASES.
John A. Reemsnyder has commence,
! suit against The Aetna Life Insuranc
Company to collect insurance none!
, alleged due. Plai ntiff claims to hav
3 been insured whereby he was to receiv
$25 week, not exceeding twenty-si,
weeks In case of total disability through
injury. He was thrown from bridge IL
, May, 1897, ana was laid up until II
August. He was allowed s125 for fiv
weeks disability and sues for the amour
due for twenty-one remaining weeks
S525 L. NJ. Jones and G. G. Bow repre-
' sent plaintiff.