The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-03-15
CASES AT
THE COURT.
Several Cases on the Criminal Calendar
Disposed of To-day.
THE HACKETT JURY DISGGREES
William sadusky and Joseph Anderson Get
Four Months For Assault and Larceny.
william Pritohard, Charged with
Burglary, Receives a Like
Sentence

Pottsvlle, March 10 Controller Muldoon
and the County Commissioners have not vet
agreed upon the question Of whose duty it Is
to first sign warrants upon the treasury for
supplies, services, etc. The Commissioners
say the Controller should first sign, and the
latter contends they should endorse the war
rants and that he should countersign them II
he finds them correct
J. Harry Filbert, Esq, mercantile an
praiser expects to finish his work in six
weeks from date.
The jury in the case Of William Hackett.
charged with turning a switch at Mahauoy
City with intent to wreck a passenger train.
was unable to reach verdict II was ex.
pected that sealed verdict would be rem
dered yesterday morning, but when court
convened the jury sent in word that It was
impossible to reach an agreement. They
were allowed to remain in session until $40
o'clock when they were called into court and
discharged In answer to Judge Becbtel,s
query, Foreman Bowes reported that the
jury then stood pratically the same as on the
first ballot and did not feel equal toagreeing.
The Judge stated that however much he
should like to see them agree to save the
interested parties from the expense of another
long and tedious trial, he did not feel war
ranted in giving them any instructions that
might cause them to reach conclusion in
violation Of their own
Joseph W. Geary Sr., left for Cumberland
Md, to reside. He is well known civil
engineer, and father of the former county
surveyor
Marriage licenses were granted TO Curtis
Weary and Kate Wolfgaug, Of Ashland; O.
NJ. Herb, of Sacramento and Hannah E
Shade, of Fear-Not.
Henry Wagner, a Pinegrove township
farmer, was acquitted of the charge of re-
moving landmark, on oath of Johnatban
Hebering, but was required to pay half the
costs, the prosecutor to pay the other half
w. F. Shepherd was attorney for the prose.
cutor and R. II. Koch for the defendant.
A case attracting much attention was that
brought by VIM. J. Lambert against John II
Hess whom he charged with larceny as
bailee, alleging that Hess took to himself
five shares of Saving & Loan Association
valued at $40. They are cousins and were
associated in Saving Fund business but had A
fall out. A dozen Mt Carmel residents were
called and testified to the excellent cbara,ter
of Hess and so did the saving fund officials
of Warren, Pa. John F. Whalen represented
the prosecutor and A. w. Schalck the defen.
dant The jury retired at 10 O'Clock this
morning and this afternoon returned YER
dict os not guilty.
VIM. Sadusky and Joseph Anderson were on
trial before Judge Bechtel, charged with As
sault and battery and larceny by Anthony
Alex. The attorneys are A. D. Knittle and
George Dyson for the Commonwealth and NJ.
NJ. Burke for the defendants The Jury re.
turned verdict of guilty of assault and
battery The charge of larceny was not
pressed by the prosecution. They were SEN
fenced each to pay S25, costs and serve four
months, and were taken over to Fort Levan,
w. W. Carpenter, colored gent was tried
before Judge Mari this afternoon on a
statutory charge, on oath of Miss Bankus.
He was found guilty, but has not been
sentenced.
William Prtchard pleaded guilty to burg
larry and larceny, on oath ofMoses Freziusky,
and sentenced to pay costs, $40 fine and serve
four months.
John Donovan, charged with burglary.
caused much amusement by conducting his
own case and addressing the jury in long
speech, in which he paid his respects to the
prosecutor, Mr.. White, and Deputy District
Attorney Mclaughlin who conducted the
prosecution. The case is in the hands of the
jury.