The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-01

Because of the absence of material
witnesses, the seven street car strike
riot cases, scheduled for trial yester-
day, had to be continued These cases
were as follows:
Ellen Schcll, Jennie James and Margaret Jones
riot; stephen Dyer, prosecutor.
William McGaw, riot; Stephen Dyer, prosecu
tor
Hugh McGraw, jr., aggravated assault and
battery; stephen Dyer, prosecutor.
David Jones and Joseph Reynolds, assault and
battery; Stephen Dyer prosecutor.
Thomas Cannon and Andrew IIeifrOn, jr., ag.
gravacd assault and battery; Stephen Dyer,
prosecutor
Maria Jennings, assault and battery Daniel
Ilcrfckcr, prosecutor.
Maria Jennings j. II. Jennings and NJ. +.
kcarncy, aiding prisoner TO escape; Daniel Her.
flicker, prosecutor.
The next session of criminal court be-
gins April Z.
JURY OUT.
A jury went out late, yesterday af-
ternOon, in Judge Ferris court, to de-
termine the guilt or innoncence of JUS
tice of the Peace James Bell, of Win
ton, charged by Peter Kramiski with
embezzlement. Kramiski borrowed
5000 from Thomas j. Mack and gave a
note for one year Mack placed the
note in Bells hands for collection. The
balance of $l10 was paid by Kram-
islti to Bell, but he, it is alleged failed
to turn it over to Mack. The latter
issued execution on the note, and sold
out kramiski, whereupon the latter
had Bell arrested for embezzlement.
Bells defense was that he offered the
money to Mack to be applied upon this
note, but Mack refused to take it, un-
der this condition. insisting that it be
applied to the liquidation of another
debt, which Kramiski owed him. For
his own protection Bell would not pay
over the money.
Assistant District Attorney Gramer
and Attorney Joseph F. Gilroy repre-
sented the prosecution.
Attorney Herbert L. Taylor is attor-
ney for the defendant.
An embezzlement case was also tried
before Judge Wheaton. Albert Smith,
a newsboy, was charged with embez-
zlng s3.75 from the Lackawanna News
company. j. A. Curtis was prosecutor.
The prosecution alleges that the boy
amount. The defense was that the boy
was not an employe of the company,
but a commission agent and conse-
quently could not be guilty of embez-
element. The jury was out at adjourn
ing time.
Assistant District Attorney Thomas
represented the prosecution, and D. b.
Replogle the defendant.
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
in the case in which William Tereska-
wage, of Minooka, was charged with
stealing William McDonough's calf
A verdict of not guilty was taken in
the case in which John Keane and
James Cummings We're charged by Eu-
gene e. Demming, of Carbondale. with
the larceny of a horse and carriage.
Similar disposition was made of the
case in which Louis Rupprecht was
charged by George NJ Okell with en-
bezzlement. The prosecutor stated that
the loss of certain papers made it i'm
possible for him to prove his case, at
this time, and as it has been on the
list for four terms, District Attorney
Lewis moved to have Il verdict of not
guilty taken.
Martin Dadecky, of Prceburg, was
found guilty of assault and battery
on William Goodman. A verdict of
guilty was returned in the case in
which Alfred Long, of South Scranton,
was charged with the larceny of house