The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-14
BUSY WEEK
in THE COURT


smashed them IN. The defendant
claimed that he only smashed the box
in which the tools were kept and that.
at any rate, he had the perfect right
to smash the tools if he desired. be-
cause Nlehklo had given them to him
in payment of Il debt.
Annie Wargo. aged 10 years, was tried
OH charge of aggravated assault and
battery. preferred by Mary Konier
aged years. Both children live in Oily
phant. and the prosecution sought to
show that the Wargo child had turned
the other girl around suddenly, caus-
ing her to fall and break her arm. The
defense was that the child had broken
her arm by falling from q pile of ties
on which she was playing. Judge Ed
wards directed that a verdict of not
guilty be taken, and said that the par
ents should be ashamed of themselves
for bringing such little children into
court
DEGNALL NOT GUILTY.
A verdict of not guilty was taken in
the case of Frank Degnall, charged
with the larceny of tools by Charles
Leach, the latter not desiring to push
the case.
Nerdicts Of not guilty We're taken in
the cases of Frank Zesuta and Valeck
Zesuta, charged with larceny and re-
cciving by S. ]. Feldman. The latter
failed to appear, and the costs We're
placed on him.
A verdict of not guilty was taken in
the case of Nasta Sobit, charged With
being a common scold by Annie Pre-
mis-, the two women having come to an
agreement
A verdict of not guilty was taken in
the case of George l.. Edder, charged
with embezzlement by j. II. Bloomer,
the prosecutor not desiring to press the
charge.
A verdict of not guilty was also taken
in the case of Vencel Marvel, charged
with assault and battery by his wife,
Jane Marvel. The couple have patched
up their difficulties and are now living
together
Mrs. Margaret Jenkins was tried on
the charge of assaulting her mother
in-law, Mrs. Sarah Jenkins. Both par
ties live in Blakely in two houses on
the same lot, and the alleged assault
grew out of a quarrel caused by Jen-
kins leaving his wife and going to live
with his mother. Mrs. Sarah Jenkins
claimed that she went to see her
daughter-in-law and that the latter
knocked her down stairs with broom.
Mrs. Margaret jenkins claims that her
mother-in-law slipped and fell down
stairs. The jury was out when court
adjourned.
A THROOP CASE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dickson charged
with assault and battery by Mrs. Mar
garet Mcmahon, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
ney Mcmahon, charged with assault
and battery by Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Dickson, We're all tried together before
Judge Kelly. The evidence adduced
would tend to show that all the parties
concerned We're intoxicated, and that
the affair was Il sort of general fight.
All live on the boulevard in Throop.
The jury was out when court ad-
journed.
Charles Pilger, charged with assault
and battery, Adolph Doodafsky, prose-
cutor; John Warmer, pointing pistol,
Adolph Doodafsky, prosecutor: Annie
Stamner, assault and battery, Adolph
Doodafsky, prosecutor, We're all tried
together yesterday before Judge Ed
wards. The events that occasoned all
of these suits occurred in Petersburg
last summer and was an outgrowth of
the car builders strike. The jury was
out at adjourning hour.