The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-22

The Kenny murder jury was still
divided at 2 o'clock this morning. They
sent in word at the opening of court
yesterday that they could not agree
and asked to be discharged.
Jodge Love sent back word that they
could not be discharged; that they
would have to stay together until a
verdict was reached. as the law of this
st9te stipulates. That was the last
that was heard from them.
Nearly two score of criminal cases
were dealt with in one manner or
another before Judges Gunster and
Mcclure Yesterday and at 4 o'clock
District Attorney Jones announced
that the list for the session was COM
pleted. All the jurors excepting those
empanelled on cases under way were
discharged with the thanks of the
court.
William j. Brokenshire. charged with
assault and battery on Patrick Cor
man at Morris V. Morris hotel, in
Providence, was returned not guilty
and the costs were divided between
prosecutor and defendant.
In the larceny by bailee and assault
and battery cases prosecuted by Aman-
dn Schommer against Julius Troy. YER
diets Of not guilty were found and the
prosecutrix saddled with the costs.
BOYS ESCAPE COSTS.
The costs were placed on II. Seid-
man, the prosecutor in the case in
which he charged five little Providence
boys With throwing stones and shoot
f,,r nt INnI 4 n,lys ,,1
Western passenger train.
William and Maggie Coburn were
found guilty of keeping a house of
i'll repute and acquitted of the charge
of selling liquor without license. He
was given a year, and she, nine
months in the county Jail.
a mol pros was entered in the case
of George Propofovitch, charged by a.
NJ. Morse with traf1icking in registered
bottles. The county paid the costs.
There was no evidence at hand to
substantiate Chief Gurrcrs charge
that Cornelius Connell had broken into
Jersey Central freight cars and a YER
dict of not guilty was directed.
Without leaving the box a jury aC
quilted Fred Harper of aggravated
assault and battery upon Peter Reibcr,
the prosecutors own witnesses, stat
ing that Reiher was the aggres3or and
that Harper justifiably used a club
to protect himself. The affair occurred
on Riggs street, Dunmore, June 8.
Mary King. of West Lackawanna
avenue, failed to fully satisfy a jary
that Jessie Saundry refused to give up
n pair of canary birds entrusted to
her care. and directed the prosecutrix
and defendant to pay respectively one
third and two-thirds of the costs.
A verdict of guilty was returned in
the case of Mrs. Kate Mulhern, of the
South Side, against Edward j. Nell
lony.
Not guilty. but pay the costs, was
6ecreed in the case of Joseph Sofeski
| charged by Frank Malone with as
sault and battery.
FOR HIS SICK SISTER.
Lawrence Cillen,of Carbondale. plead
! guilty of stealing seven tons of coal
| ard q curry comb from the Delaware
and Hudson Canal company. He at
| tempted to excuse the theft of the coal
| on the ground that his sister was
| sick all last winter: they were too
| poor to buy coal ard he had to have a
| fire in the house. He didn't explain
about the curry comb. He had been
in Jail twenty days, Sc Judge Gunster
let him oft with an additional ten days,
The costs were divided in the as
sault and battery case of John Sakeska
against William Stoskevich.
A jury was out at adjournment delib
Grating on whether or not Edward
Nolan. of Moosc, poisoned twenty-si'
chickens belonging to his neighbor
William Steinmetz. The families were
at loggerheads and Mrs. Steinmetz saw
Nolan, so she alleged, feeding some
thing to the chickens few hours be
fore they were found dead. Nolan de
MED the charge and asserted that ther,
was a plague prevalent in Moosic a
this time which carried off chickens b,
the hundreds.
Constable Reese S. Davis, of Price
burg, was lacking sufficient evidenc
to convict John Kozlowski of sellini
liquor without a license and a verdic
of not guilty was directed.
ThG case Of Martha Williams agains
william l.. Holbert was settled upol
the Iayment of $500.
NJ chael Carney plead guilts of tn
|
ferred by William Blake, and was Civ
en- three months in the county jai
The case of Edward Lewis, charge
hy John McCabe, with receiving stole
goods, was given to jury at adjourn
inG time.
HAD PAID HIS LAWYER.
For want of evidence verdict of no
guilty was directed in the case of job
"ufFy, the boy charged with robbin
John j. Gordon's store. There are n
Other charges against this boy, you
honor, and 1 move that he be dis
charged" Colonel Fitzsimmons sal
when the verdict had been recorded
"Have you paid your lawyer" Judg
Gunster asked the lad in serious tones
Yes, sir" he replied, looking to Co
onel Fitzsimmons for substantiatiol
well, guess you can CO." reioine
the court.
Paul Powlock, Jacob HerZock, Albel
Hezekel, Thomas Swartz, Henry Ercl
hoff, Thomas Conlin, Frank Miller, Ar
thony Simon, George Miller, Anthon
Drygaller, defendants in trivial case
that have been hanging fire for
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