The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-05-09

February last. The. young man had
been confined in the county jail for
nearly three months, and as he was
subject to epilepsy the Court sus
pended sentence.
Commonwealth VS.. Amos Yost.
Charge, larceny. Defendant pleads
guilty. Court sentenced defendant
Amos Yost to restore goods and chat.
tells to their owner, the Berwick Store
Co, il he had not already done so,
pay a fine OF $50, undergo imprison-
ment in county jail for sixty days.
Commonwealth VS.. T. J. Wander
slice. Charge, assault and battery.
Defendant enters plea of guilty.
Commonwealth VS.. John Pischs.
Charge, malicious mischief. Pleads
not guilty. Interpreter Merago was
called in this case. G. &. Evans, Esq. {,
was appointed by the court to act as
counsel. Defendant entered plea of
guilty. Pischs was arrested recently
at Centralia for breaking down porch
and fence with an axe while drunk
and entering a building forclbly.
Court sentenced defendant to pay
costs of prosecution, fine of $a5,
undergo an Imprisonment OF twenty
days in county Jail.
Sallie Ann Crawford appointed
guardian of Harry w. Young, minor
child of Calvin Young. Bond ap-
proved.
Petition of Sallie A. Crawford,
guardian, to join in deed for sale Of
real estate. Petition granted. Deed
acknowledged in open court.
The following bills were returned
by the Grand Jury:
Commonwealth VS.. Trego V. Mil
roy. Charge, larceny. A true bill.
Commonwealth VS.. Clyde Keefer.
Charge, larceny. A true bill.
Commonwealth VS.. Edward Snyder.
Charge, larceny. A true bill.
Commonwealth VS.. Charles Jones.
Charge, larceny. A true bill.
Three indictments were found
against these four boys for the steal
ing of brass from the Reading Rail
road Company in the vicinity of Cata-
wissa, which covered period of
two, years.
Commonwealth VS.. Solomon Reed
and George Wheeler, charged with
breaking and entering car with in
tent to commit felony, and also injur-
ing and destroying car by burning.
A true bill.
James Carter sworn and admitted
as a citizen of the United States.
Estate Of Anthony w. Davis, a
lunatic. Petition for settlement
and release for damages. Ordered
that the petitioners join in the re-
lease as prayed for.
On motion of District Attorney
Harman, Ralph Kisner, Esq, of
Danville, was sworn and admitted
as a member of the Columbia
County Bar.
Commonwealth VS.. Solomon Reed
and George Wheeler. Charge
destroying car by burning, etc.
Defendants entered a plea of not
guilty. r. R. John, Esq. was ap-
pointed by the Court to act as coun-
sci and c. A. Small, Esq, also
assisted in that capacity.
The recent act ofthe Legislature,
governing the selection OF a jury
was complied with in the following
case. The new law in regard to
this is that all jurors shall be agreed
upon before entering the pox.
The following named gentlemen
were called and sworn separately:
Charles Wenk, conductor, Harry
Etlinger, B. F. Harmon, WIN. A.
Pursley. J. D. Gauge, VIM. Reich-
eldeifer. VIM. Metz, Charles Cham
berlain, o. A. Stonge.
These boys boarded a freight
train on the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad, near Newberry juno
ton, early in the morning OF March
10, of this year, and i'll order to
gain protection from the cold, broke
the seal on the door of box car
containing several barrels of whis-
key. They proceeded to sample
the liquid and in a short time be-
came intoxicated. One of them
lit a match and threw it in one
corner of the floor, where in ignited
a lot of inhammable material. Not
until the train was near Grovania
did the crew discover that the car
was on fire and by that time it had
gained such headway that it was
utterly impossible to save it, The
loss, car and contents, aggregated
about So, 900.
A motion to quash the indictment
was made by defendants counsel at
the conclusion of the evidence hut