The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-26

the case may be, the jury in the case
OF Charles II. Major charged with keep
ing gambling house came in yester-
day, with verdict of not guilty. There
was, however, a lurking doubt evil
| IDENTIFY In the minds of some of the
| Jurors, that possibly there was gamb-
| ing on the premises unknown to MIR.
| Major, for the costs were placed on the
| defendant
Ihe defense put up by Attorneys
Murphy and Quinnan was that there
was one or two games of poker played
| at the club house, but those who par
| ticipated in the games were outsiders
| and few members of the club who
| mad no regard for the rules against
EiinhlinS and no particultr dread Of
earning Mr.. Major disfarOr by surrep-
tltiously injulcing in pastimes he could
not conscientiously slut his eyes to.
The club house was raitrl one night
Dy the police after numerous con pl ,ints
had been received that the place vas
a rehdezS Gus for disorderly element
or the colored population, including
gamblers and lewd women. A big crowd
of men and women were caught in the
raid and all paid fines OH the charge
| OF being inmates OF a disorde.ly house.
Major, who~was alleged to be proprie-
tor, was fined also, for selling liquor
illegally, and keeping a bawdy house.
and held to bail for keeping a gamb-
ling house.
The cases in which fines were i'm
posed were certioraried and last week
at argument court the proceedings
were in each instance reversed because
of defective records. Now a verdict
Of not guilty is found in the gambling
case and the work of the police goes
for naught.
KEITH ON TRIAL.
John A. Keith, a former peddler for
the Lackawanna Dairy company, is on
trial before Judge Wheaton on the
charge of embezzlement. 1t is alleged
by d. A. Stone, manager of the COM
pany, that Keith was S243 short in his
accounts. Keith claims it is a case of
bad bookkeeping or else dishonesty
on the part of one or the other of
those to whom he was accustomed to
make his returns. At all events, he
claims, he never misappropriated any
of the company's money. District At
torney Lewis represents the prosecu-
ton, and John T. Scragg, the defense.
Before Judge Ferris, in No. 9, An
thony Neary, of Jessup. was tried for
aggravated assault and battery on the
infant daughter of Henry Watkins.
The prosecution alleges Neary was
driving along the road where the Wat
kins child was at play, and that he
deliberately ran the little one down
after threatening to do so if she did
not get out of the way. He denied
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was purely accidental. The jury found
him guilty of simple assault and bat
terry.
a verdict of not guilty and costs di
vided was returned in the case in which
Jacob P. Sohns was charged by Joseph
Garden with assault and battery.
Sohns is an air brake inspector and
Garden a switchman employed in the
Lackawanna yard. At o'clock on the
morning of December {, last, they got
into a dispute on the platform of a
coach as to whether or not an air pipe
was frozen. Words led to violence and
Sohns went headforemost from the
platform. He alleged Garden hit him
and knocked him from the platform.
Garden swore Sohns attempted to strike
him with d lantern and in throwing
up his hand to ward off the blow, he
Jared Sohns bit causing him to step
on the icy platform and fall to the
ground. w. +. OBoyle represented
the prosecution and John f. Scragg the
defense.
BONATH SENTENCED.
Frank Bonath. who shot his cousin,
Louis Bonath. in the neck last Christ
mas eve, during a celebration on Fer
dinand street North Scranton, was
sentenced by Judge Wheaton to pay a
fine of $75.
James Keenan,, Alexander Wall, |
Michael Norton and John Sock, charged
by Liveryman George Il. Atherton, of
North Scranton, with negligence by
bailee, We're tried before Judge Ferris.
They We're accused of having found |
cred horse hired from the prosecutor.
The court directed that the verdict
should be not guilty but left it to the
jury to dispose of the costs. The jury
was out at adjourning time.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
in the case in which Samuel McLar!n, |
of Olyphant, was charged by his son
with carrying concealed weapons.
Charlotte Hazard and Ellen Francis, |
neighbors of Keyser avenue, charged
each other with assault and battery and
being a common scold, Mrs. Hazard |
put in no evidence, either as prosecutriX |
or defendant. The jury found her guilty |
of both charges and returned Verdicts