Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-12-04
LEGAL NEWS.
GRAND JURY FINDINGS.
TRUE BILLS.


TRUE BILLS.
Com. VS.
Pearl Armstrong. f&b; Wilkin
son. agg a&b; c II King. agg a&b
Robert L Royle, a&b on an officer; Wn
Fabcr. larceny; Ed Nobleman. larceny
3 cases; Jas McGrady, manslaughter
Daniel Behm. a&b; John q Brown, be
ing tramp; Pat Karney, obstructinp
an officer; Jos Mexican, murder. Johh
Turk. agg a&b and mayhem; Nc
Donough. crrrving concealed weapons
and felonious assault.
Robert Fay, a&b: G. r DeHaven.
a&b: Elijah Wheeler. agg. a&b, a&b
with intent TO kill; DR.. L. II Stepp.
feloniOus. rape and adultery; Johnston
Blown, adultery; Jas. McCandless and
Monroe Thompson. larceny and receiv-
ing stolen goods, 2 cases; VI. n. Wise,
larceny.
NOT TRUE BILLS.
Sam1 Johston, Wm- McDevit. Henry
Hare and r. H. Black. a&b; Antonio
Valcare a&b, with intent 70 kill
DIVORCES.
Tuesday the usual grind of divorce
suits occupied the Court.
Sarah +. Grossman, by her brother
John Stevenson. applied for divorce
from Alfred Grossmln. who appeared
and defended. The parties made some
pretty mean statements about each 9th
er.
Aaron Kerr Of the South Side applied
for divorce from his wife Maude Kerr
on grounds of adultery. Katherine Cor
don Laurent from f. L. Laurent, on
grounds of bigamy. Laurent having
married another woman and deserted
her il Washington, Pa. Clara J. Don
ahue of Chicora VS. Henry J. DonaEue
for desertion, and Luella Miller of Cal
lery VS. Geo. W. Miller for desertion.
In each case divorce was granted on
payment of costs.
NEW SUITS.
J. ". Allen VS. A. w. Bowser. appeal
by defendant from Judgment of r. Nc
Evain J. p.
Fred Weigel VS. Henry and Ella Niece
appeal by defts from Judgment of Zenas
McMichael, ]. P.
John c. Dight VS. Henry f Miller APP
peal by deft from Judgment of J. +.
Shannon, J z.
VIM TANKS g. Bros. VS. E. QUO Davis
appeal t.y deft from Judgment Of X.
McElvain, J. y.
A. S Marshall VS. Geo &. Welsh ap-
peal by def FROM judgment of K. Nc
Elyain. J. 2
John C. Digit VS. P E. Dombach ap-
peal deft from Judgment of w. a
Sloan, J. P.
Oliver Thomson, VIM. a Fisher.
Prospect Creamery Co. aud Uhlman.
Einstein & Co. VS. L. B. Humes, ex'r of
Mary ShierleY -four suiis) appeals by
the deft from judgments rendered by
Justices.
Standard Plate Glass Co. VS. American
Natural Gas Co bill in equity asking
for an injunction to restrain the deft
from abandoning three gas wells on the
McCafferty, Kennedy and Ekas farms
in Clinton twp. The wells are owned
by the Gas Co. and the Plate Glass
works is supplied with gas at meter
rate per cubic foot. The bill states the
Gas Co. wants TO abandon the wells and
will not sell them for more than they |
are worth. A settlement is likely.
Mrs Magdaline Yost VS. Town Coun |
Gil Of Butler. appeal from award OF
damages by viewers in the matter OF
opening Wayne st, westward to Fair |
Ground Ave Mrs. Eliza Best same. |
Mrs. Mary c. Krut, same.
Mary Colinet VS. August ColiDet of
Butler, divorce. Cruel and barbarous |
treatment aud abuse is alleged.
John Young VS. Robert ". Hervey of |
Allegheny, summons in assumpsit for i
$22, l2S. On Aug. 81, the parties enter
ed into an agreement by which Young |
sold his farm to Heryey for 800 per
acre. The property consists of 110
acres. two miles west of town. OF the |
purchase money $50 was paid in hand,
~. 900 was TO be paid in 30 days and the |
rest at longer periods, secured Hervey |
did not pay the s.. 900 and the suit re-
suited. His defense is that Young can
not give him good title because it can
not be traced back of 1867 when the /
land was allotted in partition proceed
ings TO David BorlaDd as part of the |
estate of VIM. Borland. decd. j. M.
Galbreath appeared for Young and
w. A. Booth of Pittsburg and Williams
* Mitchell for Hervey Jury trial was
waived and a stated case made on law
points.
TRIAL LIST.
On motion of the defendant company |
a compulsory nonsnit at the plfs cost |
was granted in the case of Mrs. Mar
garet Goddard of Gallery VS. the Forest |
Oil Co. for damages for the death of her
husband.
The cases of Rummell VS. d, A. Camp
bell, Root VS. Hopkins, Snyder VS. Phil
lips aud Hartzell VS. Phillips were con
timed.
Friday. Saturday and part of Monday
were occupied with the assumpsit suit
Of Bella Pearl Adams against r. -Lycur-
gus Hindman for 5000 for breach of
promise to marry
The plaintiff il a daughter of John |
Quincy Adams, the Fairview hotel keep
er. The defendant is a son of Stewart |
Hindman of Concord twp, and is
driller and contractor.
Besides herself. the witnesses for the \
plaintiff were her sister, Dora, her faith
er. Mrs. L. w. Lingerman and Rev. |
Althouse- They showed in brief that |
the parties became acquainted in 1897;
engaged in 1898, and continued to keep |
company two or three times week un-
til May 30. 1902; that Hindman called |
the plaintiff Mrs. Hindman in the pres
ence of members of her family; that he
wrote letter from Scio, o., telling her
she should be his wife; that he bought
for her or gave her money to buy rings. |
cloaks. brooch, hat, etc; that he gave
her an engagement ring in the presence |
Of Mrs. Lingerman (then Maude Beat |
tyl; that while she was on visit he told |
her If she did not return soon he would |
break the engagement; that last spring |
he began going with Miss Hinman of |
Petrolia and then told the plaintiff he
would not marry her.
For the defense an attack was made |
on Miss Adams reputation and Mrs.
Isaac Davis, Harry Sheakley, Hattie |
Wiles. Mrs Dodds, Newt Wilson, Wal
ter Ellenberger. Frank Smith, Curt |
Rankin, Sadie Ellenberger and Walter