Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-12-20
LEGAL NEWS.
TRIAL LIST.


a&b on Thomas McKelvy. Both liv'
in Nenango township. They stood be
side a fence and fought over it and Sic
Ginnis was alleged to have struck Nc
Kelvy over the right eve. The jury
acquitted McGinnis and divided the
costs equally between him and Nc
Kelvy
Russell Eckman was acquitted of {
charge Of agg. a&b on John VI. Brown
Brown was not az the trial and q charg,
of a&cb preferred bv his wife Is pending
against him.
May Mortimer, 14-year-old daughter
of Wm Mortimer OF West d street was
put on trial Thursday evening on c
charge OF open lewdness which hao
been brought against her by Mrs
( Young who lives next door. The case
developed only mean little ueighbor-
hood quarrel and the jury acquitted the
deft.. putting one-fifth Of the costs on
her and four-ffths on the prosecutrix.
The court room was Jammed with men
/ and women during the trial.
The aab case against W. P. Brown
in which J. H, Mitchell was prosecutor
was settled
James Snodgrass and Hans Mosier,
the two little Fifth ward boys who We're
indicted for a6zb by Mrs Bester were
acquitted and the costs put on Butler
county
Bertlett Bowser of Butler, who was
charged with violating the livery Act,
by over driving and beating horse
was acquitted and the costs equally
divided between him and the prose
cutor ". J. Black Bowser hired a
horse last August to 90 too Worthins-
ton and instead drove to Kittanning and
back IN II hours. The horse was badly
used up The defense was that the
horse was a cribber and unfit for work.
The damage suit of Il J. Klingler IS
the a & ". lor b. r. d P-) railroad
Co. for $1,000 damages to his farm, just
east Of FeneltOn station, went TO trial
Friday. The jury was not charged un-
till Monday morning and they returned
verdict of $500 for Klingler. The
farm contains 10 acres and the railroad
ran through the middle Of it, taking an
old house and barn in the right-of-way.
Viewers awarded Klingler $500, and ne
appealed for jury trial
NEW 5LlIN.
J. c. ReDfrew VS. s. S. Parks, eject
ment for lot in Renfrew.
r. Hughes vs. D. G. and S. E. Mobley,
foreign attachment for a claim Of 1898.
Washington township and William
Barber and Samuel Smith, Super
visors, VS. Standard Plate Glass Co. of
Butler, trespass for $500 damages. The
suit is brought because sand from the
sandstone quarry at Argentine is wash
ed down the hill upon the public road.
The plfs stated that the road and the
bridge over the North Slipperyrock both
had to be raised foot each year for
three years.
J. B. Black, admir-, of Newton Black,
decd, VS. National Masonic Accident
for $4,000.
Same VS. Travellers Insurance Co, of
Hartford Conn assumpsit for claim
of $1,000.
Same VS. The North America Accident
Insurance Co, same for $1,000
Attorneys Black and Stewart entered
these suits for the estate. 1t will be
Newton Black died sudden
ly in his office the night of April 16,
last. Death was supposed to be due to
neuralgia OF the heart and INDIGESTION.
A sharp pain started in his left hand
and gradually worked up his arm until
it struck his heart Ten days
before his death, the state
ments set forth, he stuck his hand under
the seat Of his desk chair and had 1t
caught between the wood and metal
support. The finger was crushed and
broken and the plaintiff AYERS that
death resulted from this injury.
L. Goldsmith Bro. & Co. VS. John
West, appeal by plf from Judgment Of
9. E. Anderson, j. z.
NOTES.
a motion for new trial was made in
case of Com. VS. VIM. Rodgers, convict
ed of larceny.
Motion for new trial was made by
deft. in case Of Com. vs. Ira Scott, con
victed a&5b
d. T. Jolly has been appointed judge
Of elections for Venango township the
former judge living in Eau Claire.
Executors of Nathaniel S. Thompson
Of Franklin twp. have been given leave
to sell real estate to pay debts. There
are two tracts Of SO and i26 acres re-
spectively.
The case Of Com. VS. Ira Stevenson
was continued until March; also that
against Thomas Hicks.
The will Of NJ. J. Gillespie of Millers-
town borough has been probated, no
letters.
Letters Of admin on the estate Of Rev.
G. A. Limberg of Butler have been
granted 10 Susanna and Theodore Linn
ber1.
Sentence of Ira Scott was suspended
until Jan. y, on account Of the illness Of
his mother. Scott was convicted Of a&
b on NJ. Saylor at West Winfield. Bail
in $500 was required for his relese from
Jail
Clifford Bragg, who plead guilty to
two charges Of larceny, having with two
Young men named Metzger and Gal
lagher taken goods from Schloss Bros
and TrOutman stores, was sentenced to
pay costs, fine Of $25 and undergo i'm
prisonment in Jail for three months
Metzger and Gallager disappeared.
The parties in the May Mortimer case
have been given until Jan. 3, to pay the
costs.
Frank Bickel, an employee at Stew
arts livery, had o young man named
Oliver arrested for larceny, Monday.
Oliver is said TO be from Cory.
VIM. Sebert. John b. HARRISON and
Frederick Dunn were appointed inspec-
tors of the Dudley bridge in Parker twp
James Hogg, David Dickey and VIM.
Weigle were appointed inspectors Of the
Seaton Mills bridge in Mercer and Ven
ango twps
John w Glenn, admir- Of A. j. Me
Coy, was given leave to sell decedents
real estate in Mercer twp. for payment
Of debts.
On Nov 30 the property Of Henry ID.
Xiegler, decd, Of Harmony, two pieces
in Harmony and Lancaster twp. were
sold 10 Louisa ID. Zeigler for $500 and
$500 respectively. w II. Lusk was
attorney.
Letters Of admin haye been granted
20 w. B. BedilliOn Of Glade Mills on
the estate Of Robert Bedillion; also to
Michael Duffy on the estate Of Patrick
Corcoran Of Butler.
Exceptions TO a petition, and report
of viewers for n new road in Jefferson
twp were sustained and the report Of
the viewers was set aside at the cost Of
Butler county
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