Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-17
LEGAL News.
TRIAL LIST.

contendre TO a&b and was sentences
to pay costs and $40 fine, and enter hi
, recog in 5000 to keep the peace. JOIN
Altman, the complainant, was also re
quired to enter his recog in the sum 0
500 to keep the peace.
Jos. Hampton, on Saturday. pleaC
guilty to adultery and was sentenced Il
pay fine of $50, and costs.
Mabel Cleveland plead guilty to for
nication and was sentenced to pay {
fine of $50 and costs, and was commit
ed to the custody OF the Sheriff unit
the sentence is carried out.
Thos. Jefferson, colored, was brought
into Court Saturday, and when asked
whether .he had tried to ,break jail
answered, No sir, just went through
the hole " He said that during six
months confinement in the Workhouse
at Claremont, four months of that time
he was fed on bread and water, getting
only three square meals a week, one
each on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.
Sheriff Dodds said jefferson was very
weak when brought out of the Work
house. He plead guilty, but sentence
was not passed.
On investigation it was found that
Jefferson was disciplined for insub-
ordination.
Edward Mcintyre, of Butler, was
sentenced one year to the work house
for assault and battery on his mother.
He was convicted at the Sept term, but
on plea of his mother. sentence was
suspended. On Saturday he was again
abusive and So caught his sentence.
The case of Com. VS. Fred J. King
ler, false swearing q counts) in which
the Standard Plate Glass Co. of Butler
was the prosecutor, was taken up Wed
nesday morning In addition to Dis
| trict Atty. Christley, attorneys Imbrie,
| of Pittsburg and Brandon, Campbell,
and c. Walker were concerned for the
| prosecution Ralston & Greer, j. NJ
| Thompson and Lev McQuistion and
| David Watson, of Pittsburg, were at
torneys for the defendant. At the open
| of the case the defense made a motion
| to quash both counts for various tech
njcal reasons After arguing all morn
| ing the Court quashed the first count
! falsely swearing before Notary, and
dismissed the objections to the second
| count, falsely swearing on hearing.
When Court convened in the
afternoon settlement was an
nounced and the jury was directed to
give verdict of mot guilty. The
terms of the settlement were not made
public but it is understood the Stand
ard Plate Glass Co saved about $50 600
by the deal The Plate Glass Co. is to
pay all costs.
The sentence of Edward Mcintyre
Zone year to the Work House, for assault
and battery was revoked and he was
sent to the Huntingdon Reformatary.
Thomas jefferson, the colored youth
with the story of woe and hardship,
was sentenced to pay $50, fine, costs
and to the Penitentiary for months.
Chas. Smith and Ed Jackson. guilty
of burglary We're each sentenced to pay
the costs, $50, fine and to the -Peniten-
ary for year.
The case of Com. vs. William S. Orris
indicted for larceny and breaking. and
entering the Woman's Exchange on
West Jefferson street, with intent to
commit felony, was tried on Monday.
The jury went out that afternoon and
did not agree until nearly eleven o'clock
Tuesday morning, when they brought
in a verdict of mot guilty"
The case of Com. VS. G. NJ Smith and
Lew Campbell, two young men of Done
gal township, charged with stealing
box containing a jug of whisky from
the p. & w. station at Millerstown,
went to trial Monday afternoon. Camp
bell plead guilty and by direction of the
Court the jury gave verdict as to
Smith or mot guilty and the county to
pay the costs.
VIM. Critchlow plead guilty to f 65 b.
Knoch was the prosecutor. The Def.
was put under S400. bail to appear Sat
urday, when sentence will be passed.
The f.& b. cases against A. L. Palmer
and Andy Dillmore have been settled.
The Grand Jury ignored the charge
of enticing little girl against Leonard
Bowser and directed that the county
pay the costs.
Chas Smith and Edward Jackson,
two colored gents who robbed Ziegler's
store at Mars, plead guilty to charges
of burglary.
Ford Christley, charged with surety
of the peace by 7. NJ. Rhodes was
sentenced to pay the costs and give
bond in $500 to keep the peace.
The case of Com. VS. William Hay,
fornication, was continued; also the
f6Sb case against Albert Morgan; also
the larceny case against Patrick Kilroy.
On March 10 the surety of the peace
case against David Watson was heard
and he was directed to pay his own and
the record costs and give bond in 5000
to keep the peace for one year. Edward
Hetzelgesser the prosecutor was also
required to give bond in 5000 to keep
the peace.
James Polhemus plead guilty to a
charge of f&b.
The case against Mrs Linn Farley
for keeping house of i'll repute, was
settled.
Samuel L. Cashdollar who was charg-
ed With desertion and non-support by
his wife, was directed to enter his
recog. in 500 to appear in court when
wanted.
The assault and battery case against
A. B. Campbell, teacher in the Six Points
school in Nenango township, was tried
Tuesday afternoon. The prosecutor
was o. F. Reddic, whose son Meade, f5
years old, was pupil in the school.
Meade objected to studying physiology
and Campbell suspended him. The
next day Meade came back and ON his
refusing to leave with a note to his
father, Campbell pushed him out of his
seat In the ensuing
struggle, Campbell struck Meade in the
eye and finally, seizing a poker from
the hands younger Reddic who had
taken it to use on the teacher, struck
Meade with il, cutting his scalp.
Wednesday morning the jury, after
being out all night, brought in verdict
of mot guilty and county pay the
costs
GRAND JURY FINDINGS.
The Grand Jury made its final pre-
sentiment last Thursday. They passed
on 10 bills, ignoring 4 and finding Is
true bills. Views on Bear Creek
bridge in Fairview twp, and Slippery
| rock bridge in Marion twp We're ap
proved. The county jail, boiler house
and Court House were found to be well
kept and arranged. The jury recon-
mended that an additional set of file
boxes be placed in the Registers Office
and that the present file-cases be en-
larged or replaced by new and larger
ones; also that new chair be placed in
the Sheriff's Office, also in the Protho-
notary's Office and new set of window
shades in the Register and Recorders
| Office; also that ground glass be placed
| in the windows of the southside of the
Court room and that some necessary re-
pairs about the Court House be made
1t was recommended that the P B. q
L.. b. r. r. be compelled to place a
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