Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-12-14
LEGAL NEWS.
GRAND Jury PREsENTMENT.

The Grand Jury made its final pre-
sentiment On Friday. They acted upon
81 indictments. returning 20 true bills
and ignoring :. They recommended
that the supervisors of the several town
! ships fill up the chuck holes, drain the
roads and repair culverts preparatory
/ to winter travel, also the use of tile in
stead of plank for culverts; the Court
, House. Jail, etc were reported in good
/ condition; additional shelving was sug-
| gested in the Register and Recorder 5
! office; the Poor Farm was visited ana
| the work on the buildings ported well
| done. 1t was suggested that Butler
borough employ special police to stop
the loafng and use of profane and vul-
gar language on the streets.
CRIMINAL COURT.
Seventeen cases were on District At
| torney Painters trial list Monday morn
| ing when Court convened. The first
| called was that against Amos Steel
| smith. charged with assault and battery
| bv his son-in-law. W. F. Braun, who
alleged that Steelslnith had attacked
| him while on train coming from Pitts
| burg to Butler to attend the famous dI-
vorce suit of last May, had taken him
by the shoulder and threatened to kill
| him if he did not suppress certain let
ters. Tuesday morning the jury gave
vertict of not guilty and the prosecutor
| to pay the costs.
Braun's attorney, Lev. McQulstion,
at once presented Il written motion ask
ing that part of the verdict placing the
costs on Braun be set aside because the
prosecution was brought in good faith
the verdict was contrary to the evidence
and a relative of an opposing counsel
was on the Jury The relative referred
to was DeHaas Ekas of Buffalo twp, a
cousin by marriage of Mr.. Galbreath,
who addressed the jury for Steelsmith.
The motion was placed on the argu-
ment list.
Frank Hill and Charles Snyder, Of
Elwood. accused of the larceny Of
boots and other merchandise from Need
ers store in Zelienople, were brought
into Court Monday, and Hill plead
guilty to receiving stolen goods, they
being found in his cellar. Several Ell
wood citizens testified to Hills previous
good character Snyder who lives in
part of the same double house plead not
guilty.
Eek Bester, one of the young men ac-
cussed of beating and robbing Frank
James and James Scanlen, section
bosses on the p. & w. last July, near
the electric light power house. plead
guilty. Monday, to two counts Of a& b
with intent to rob, and will be senten-
ced Saturday.
Ernest Voutard and Wilbert BARLEY
plead guilty to larceny of some robes,
etc. from the stable of VIM. o sutton
and A. G. Williams. Each was fined
50 and costs and 30 and 10 days to jail
respectively.
The case of Com. VS. VIM. Shea,
charged with assault by A. l.. Turner
has been settled.
Tuesday morning the jury in the case
of Com VS. Morgan Smith and Mark
Mckee (his son-in-law) for forcible en-
try and detainer. found the defendants
guilty. Smith and Mckee bought the
Thorn nburg house on First St, Butler, OF
which Isaac Harkless was tenant and
took possession on Nov 10, before Hark-
less had moved all his goods from it and
after being warned away by Mrs Hark-
less The defts. moved for new trial
+. H. Thompson, on Tuesday, was
convicted of breaking and entering the
house of Samuel and Archie Stewart in
Cherry twp. last August, and larceny
of $175, from it, and also convicted of
larceny of $101 from the house of t. j.
Cleland Of Muddycreek twp. There
was no direct evidence against Thomp-
son but the web of circumstantial evil
dence was strong enough to justify his
conviction.
Joseph Collingwood Of w. Sunbury
was convicted of feloneously shooting
his wife, the jury giving the verdict
without leaving the box, by order of
Court. Collingwood was put on the
stand and admitted the shooting, but
could not explain why he did it.
Newton Hilliard was found guilty of
cutting down timber trees on the Don
ely estate in Washington twp, the jury
giving its verdict by direction of Court
without leaving the box A motion for
new trial will be argued at next term.
Ex-Judge Bredin of Pittsburg conduct
the prosecution.
Charles Snyder of Elwood Frank
Hills accomplice in the robbery of Al.
| Meeder's Zelienople store plead guilty,
Wednesday, to larceny.
Joseph Cruttle, a simple minded
young man living on JOS. Bredins
place south of town, was acquitted of
the larceny of 30 shocks of corn charg-
ed by Jos. Lavery.
The f&b and adultery cases against
Jesse Watkins of Butler were settled.
The Indictment for obstructing pub
lie road against Robert Atwell and G..
H. Rea, supervisors of Marion twp. was
quashed on motion, Wednesday.
SENTENCES.
The following sentences were passed
| Wednesday morning at the windup of
| the criminal Court work:
F. H. Thompson, 800 fine and 2 years
and 6 months to the penitentiary for the
Cleland robbery and 800 fine and 3
years for the Stewart robbery. Thomp-
son said he was born in Westmoreland
| county and lived in Fayette county and
was in this county hunting his wife,
| whom he had heard was keeping house
| for an old bachelor, which accounted
| for his inquiries after bachlors
| Eek Bester of Butler who plead gull
| ty to counts of a&b, with attempt to
rob, was fined 5000 and sent > years and
| 10 months to the pen.
| Jos. Collingwood, shooting his wife
| during a quarrel about another man
coming to the house, 800 fine and 5
| years and 6 months in the pen.
| Frank Hill and Chas Snyder, Ell
woods strikers who thought they would
steal in Zelienople, each got 50 fine
and 30 days to the county Jail.
NEW SUITS
| Hannah l. McCandless VS. John j.
| McCandless petition for divorce for
| cruel and barbarous treatment. They
| were married in 1891.
| NOTES.
| Char les Whiting was committed to
| Jail Saturday night for skipping a board
bill on complaint of Mrs. Green.
Thos J. Hazlett has petitioned for a
soldiers license to peddle.
w. c. Hoover was bound over by
Esq. Henry Niece of Harmony for trial
| for agg. a&b.
The O. II. p Graham property in
Cranberry twp. 50 acres was sold at o.
G. sale to b. X. Ramsey for Sl910.
A peculiar decision has recently been
handed down by the Michigan Supreme
Court which is to the effect that a man
face is not his own. In other words, the
court declares that a man may use the
name or print and circulate the picture:
| of another without his consent and the