Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-08

opinion and decree discharRine rule
At instance of defendant. 70 .bcv
cause Why damages assessed should
not be paid into Court.
In the case of the Common wealth
". Edward Louder and David All.
son who were charged with robbine
Daniel Pannebaksr's hardware store.
= iull account Of which appeared in
this paper last week, the defendants
plead guilty. They were called up
for sentence aad Judge Lyons asksd
Louder II he had ever been in PRISON
before. He said '.yss, twice in the
Mimintown jsil, but no other place" !"
The Judge then asked him il he had
not bssn in the Dauphin county Jail.
His answer was IN the affirmative.
Allison was next asked IL be had
ever been 10 prison. he said he had
not. The Court then held up q
photograph and asked the prisoner
1t he knew the photo. He said "yss
it il mine. it was taken in an Ohio
penitsntiary where I served term. !"
The prisoners were then sentenced to
four years and i've months in the
Western Penitentiary.
These prisoners were also charged
with. and indicted. for burglarizing
the house Of G. B. Horning. They
refused to plead guilty to this charge.
but razor found among their effects
was identified by Mr.. Horning as
being ono that was taken from his
house the night it was burglarized
Allison said he had gotten the razor
from q party whom he found shaw
ing With it in the round house in
Patterson that he gave o pair Of
shears for it. There being no Oyer
and Terminer Jury, the case could
not be tried. They cannot now be
tried on this latter charge until after
they have served out their sentences
in the penitentisry.
Commonwealth ". J. A. Ilanni
gan. Charge. assault and battery.
Prosecutor w. 81. Clark. The do.
fsndsnt had no counsel and wished
none, and said the reason he had
not employed counsel was that he
could not get out of Jail to ssa
counsel. The prosecutor. w. II.
Clark, testified that the defendant
had without cause hit him in the
face in the formers home in Lacl;
township. The Court then charged
the jury, who found the defendant
guilty without leaving the jury box.
Flanagan, who never said . word in
his own behalf was then called up
for sentence. he was sentenced to
pay q 6ne Of $500, the costs Of
prosecution and stand committed
until the sentence il complied with.
He now languishes in the county Jail
After the Flanagan case had been
disposed of Cyrus Jacobs, Of Spruce
Hill township. who was ono of the
Grand Jurors, presented . letter to
tho Court which had been addressed
to him, aud which urged him to use
bis influence in having the bill against
Flanagan ignored. The letter b ad
the sisnsture Of J hn T. Wilson, Of
IIsck township, signed to it, but Mr..
Wilson, who VAS in Court, said it was
not his signature, bu. that he knew
who did it. The matter was placed
in the hands of the District Attorney
Commonwealth va. William j
Warner. Charge, desertion an
non maintenance. Prosecutrix, Mary
Warner, the wife of the defendant
The wife told story of abuse and
neglect by ber husband, aud also ol
bad treatment by her husbands 60
pie. The defendant was ordered to
pay for the support OF his wife and
children $500 per week. and the
costs Of the prosecution.
Commonwealth W. Ralph Palmer
Charge, fornication and bsstardy
Prosecutrix, Annie B. Laughlin
from 7 Tusearora township. This case
was continued until next term or
account of the sickn ess Of the prose
cutrix.
J. o. Brown fled his bond az
County Surveyor, and took the oath
of ufics.
In the divorce proceedings o,
Goshorn VS.. Goshorn, John j. Patter'
son was appointed commissioner to
| take testimony.
In the case of hoffman 70. Hoffman,
Will L. Hopes was appointed com.
n issioner to take testimony.
The resignation Of John 8. Nc
Connell ss Oversser OF the Poor, ol
Turbett township, accepted by the
Court and fled.
In the matter of the partition pro.
ceedings of the land held by Lew
Light and Mrs. Ellen Jane Front7
as tenants in common, the land waa
taken BY Levi Light at the sum Of
$701, that beng the best sum bid
for the same, and a decres adiudi
eating the property to Mr.. Light was
made.
In Fl Fs., No. Is. Dec. Z, 1898, r.
S. Meiser, David Meiser aud Rsbecca
M.iser, Executors of Joeeph Meiser,
deceased, vs.. William Carl and }. W.
Carl, the Sheriff asked for an inter
plesder to determine the ownership
Of the goods levied upon as belong
ing to the Carls and which are
claimed by Mrs. Ida Carl and George
Dletz.
In the estate of Abraham Saus-
man, late of Fayette township, de-
ceased, return to order to mortgage
real estate made.
In the estate Of John Michael, late
Of Fermanagh township, deceased,
real estate returned ss sold to Kate
A. Michael for $3.50.
In the estate of William VahSwer-
ingeD, deceased, order to sell dece.