The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-11-22
CRIMINAL COURT.
Several Shenandoah Cases Marked For
Trial During the Week.

Irihl Durlng the Weeh'
The decision of the Prothonotary as to the
costs of the case of G. n. Bilman VS.. Lydia
Huntzinger was sustained by the court.
The st. Stanislaus Beneficial Society, of
New PHILADELPHIA, was granted charter.
Many of the cases on the calendar of civil
court for next week have been continued
until the next term for cause.
The Minersvlle homicide case has been
continued until next term of criminal court
the lawyers not being ready for trial to day
On motion of John X. Coyle, Esq, X. l..
and NJ Friedlander were given judgment
against +. Duel.
The court granted a rule on Andrew Nj.
Yeager of Orwigsburg, to show cause why
the judgment granted in his favor, and since
paid, should not be satisfied.
In the case of Oliver Henry Click, minor
of Girardvile, the court granted rule upon
Christian Eberle. guardian, to show cause
why he has not filed an inventory and ac-
count, and why he shall not give additional
bail or be removed from office; returnable
Monday, Dec. 5, 1898.
In the estate of Jacob Zimmerman, de-
ceased decree of distribution was filed
f. K. Shissler, who had been refused new
trial in the embezzlement and false pretense
case, will be called for sentence next Monday.
John Welsh pleaded guilty to f. and b., and
was sentenced by Judge Bechtel for the
crime. He was taken to prison and no doubt
will serve three months.
| A case in which the people of Brownsville
are interested was called before Judge Koch.
| 1t is the commonwealth VS.. Anthony Wins
kits, charging him with maliciously and
wllfully breaking open n car on the l.. V. X.
| k. at Brownsville on Sept Sth last and ab-
stracting 244 bushels of oats valued at S7S5.
| Thomas Dee, n watchman of the company,
| is the prosecutor. He testified to finding
quantity of oats on the premises of the de.
| tendant and Officer Kreger, of the C. Il |.
Co.. testified to having traced the alleged
! stolen oats by train of loose oats from the
! car to point 70 yards from the rear of the
| lot of the defendant NJ. NJ. Burke was
counsel for the defendant and paid his
respects in strong language to Dee. The jury
/ acquitted Winsikits and placed the costs on
| the county.
The case against Con. Fuhs, who was held
for misapprOprating funds of Il customer OF
! E. j. MOrrissey & Co., stock brokers who had
offices in Pottsville. of which the defendant
had charge, was discharged upon making
satisfactory settlement with the prosecutor
| Another case in which the poor directors
were the prosecutors, was also settled
| Another oleomargarine case was tried to-
| day, making the third panty convicted of
| violating the pure food laws at this term of
court. w. II. Walters, who conducts store
at Tamaqua, is charged by an agent of the
| Pure Food Commission with selling oleo-
margarine for butter. The case was called
late yesterday, and this morning the jury
found the defendant guilty as indicted.
! Mrs. Margaretta Metz, of Ashland, is the
defendant in case of perjury, in which she
denies her signature to mortgage alleged
to have been executed by her to the Locust
Mountain Saving Fund of Ashland. The
Gefense produced the notary public who
!, atttteested her SIGNATURE who said the woman
was in his office ana SAID : Twas Vas her sigma
ture. The jury returned verdict of not
| guilty, prosecutor to pay the costs.
The case of VIM. L. Smith, an agent for
the Baltic Brewing Company, charged with
selling beer in this county without license,
| was expected to be called to-day, but was
/, postponed ON account of the absence of i'm
portant witnesses from Gilbertou 1t olll
probably be the first case called toymorrow
morning. Detective John j. TUole is the
prosecutor and u number of Shenandoah
people have been subpmned as witnesses.
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