The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-16

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When coirt opened yesterday morn
ing the jury in the case of the Raines,
father and son, brought in a verdict
that followed the lines of Judge r. w.
Archbalds charge. The father, Charles
Raine, was acquitted and the son, John
Raine, was found guilty of selling on
Sunday and without license, but was
acquitted on the charge of selling to
minors.
| Adam Wasner was convicted before
| Judge Archibald of selling liquor with
out a license at 513 Pittston avenue.
Robert Wilson and James Reid, agents
of the Mems union, testified that they
bought beer and whiskey at Washers
place on April Is. He offered no de-
| fense.
John Clark pleaded guilty to selling
| without a license on Scranton street,
and John Cavanaugh pleaded guilty to
committing the same offense at Penn
avenue and Mulberry street. The case
| against Michael ]. Burke, charged with
selling liquor without a license, was
continued until the next term.
Charles S. Lowry, the well-known
North Scranton resident, was tried be-
fore Judge Archibald on a charge of
assault and battery, preferred by his
wife, Mrs. Nettie Lowry. Mrs. Lowry
said that on April IL they had a dis
pute and her husband struck her and
put her out of their house. Lowry, In
his defense, said his wife has a violent
temper and on the night in question
her temper was aroused and he pushed
her away from him.
AGAINST HER MOTHER.
A dramatic feature of the trial was
the testimony of the Lowrys' eight
year-old daughter, who championed
the cause of her father most heartily
She said she never wants to live with
her mother again. She used to go for
father as If she would chew his head
OFF," said the little girl with a con-
siderable show of feeling. The jury
was out at adjourning hour.
John Cheese and Jacob Venus were
charged with cutting the cloth off q
pool table owned by P. f. Lynott. Of
Providence. They denied the offense
and said 1t was someone else who was
guilty of the lawless act. A jury was
wrestling with the case at adjourning
hour.
An effort was made by Attorneys A,
a. Vosburg and John r. Edwards. who
appeared for the defense, to have the
Indictment quashed, but it was unsuc-
cessful.
Before Judge Cameron yesterday
morning, Nicholas George was re-
turned guilty of selling liquor without
license. His son-in-law, Anthony B.
Ruddy, was the prosecutor. In the
other two cases between the same par
ties, in which George was charged with
assault and battery and carrying con-
cealed weapons, verdicts of not guilty
were returned and the costs placed on
Ruddy.
Charles Bellershimer and John Roach
work in the South mill. They had q
dispute one day and blows were struck.
Bellershimer was before Judge Cam
eron yesterday, charged with assault
and battery by Roach. The jury said
not guilty, and divided the costs.
CHARGED WITH THEFT.
Miss Phoebe Shafer, aged twenty
two, who lives at North Scranton, was
tried on a charge of stealing a breast
pin, three scarf pins and a piece Of
ribbon from the house Of Thomas B,
Birtley, where she was employed. A
f'NNS VI iipDOl, NUlCH MTS. blrtleV
identified as hers, was found at Miss
Shafer's home. There was no evidence
to connect the accused with the theft
of the pins.
Miss Shafer went on the stand and
said she bought the ribbon in this city
last September She thought she got
it at Jonas Longs Sons. She denied
stealing any of the articles Of which
she stood accused
Miss Kelley, who has charge of the
ribbon department at Longs, testified
that they have had no ribbon of the
kind produced in court, and that IL
could not have been purchased there.
A number of witnesses were called to
prove the good character of the ac-
cused. One of them was Mrs. Myra
Reese, for whom Miss Shafer worked
for a time.
Il suppose I'm here to tell the truth" {"
said Mrs. Reese, as she settled herself
In the witness chair.
She was assured that she was, She
had never seen anything out of the
way with Miss Shafer herself but she
had heard her accused by several per-
sons of being light-fingered. The Jury
had not returned a verdict at adjourn
ing hour.
Before Judge II. NJ. Edwards, in
court room No. 2, where Attorney John
j. Manning represented the common
wealth yesterday, the following cases
We're tried jointly: Peter Walsh, sell
ing liquor without a license, Richard
Barron, prosecutor: Richard Walsh.
selling liquor without a license, Reese
S. Davis, prosecutor; Joseph Karolon,
selling liquor on Sunday, Peter Walsh,
prosecutor; Joseph Karolon, pointing
pistol, Peter Walsh, prosecutor; Joseph
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