The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-11

Three Cases Against Mrs. Sophie
Kleeman--Verdict of Not Guilty
Directed by Court in Case Of
Charles seeley and Sarah E. Seeley.
Court House News Notes.
| j. VI. Ackerson was put on trial yes
| tcrday afternoon before Judge II. M.
| Edwards. charged with false pretensc
by w. i. Smythe. the proprietor of
| the Peoples directory. In his testi-
| mony yesterday Mr.. SmSthe said that
he employed Ac!Serson at a salary of
$40 week to solicit subscriptions for
the Peoples directory. After n few
days Ackerson told the witness that
he would prefer TO work on commits
sion and accordingly he was placed
on commission.
Subsequently Ackerson brought In Il
number of orders for books and OH
these orders was paid commissions
amounting to $50. When the books
We're delivered a large number OF per-
sons refused to accept them stating
that they had never given anyone an
order for the directory. 1t is probable
that the trial of the case will consume
several days.
Michael Banto, of Priceburg, was
tried before Judge Newcomb for steal
ing iron brake shoes and brake keys
from the Delaware and Hudson COM
pany. He makes an absolute denial Of
the charge. Some Of the shoes and
keys We're found in his cellar, but he
,,1o tnoro
by some of the men who boarded with
him. The case will be resumed this
morning
williams Convicted.
Harry Williams, who was tried on
Tuesday afternoon for buying stolen
goods from boys, was yesterday re-
turned guilty.
The jury which went out Tuesday
afternoon to pass upon the question Of
costs in the case of Michael Duffy.
charged with misdemeanor in office,
yesterday returned a verdict placing
the costs on the defendant.
Judge Newcomb yesterday morning
directed a verdict of not guilty in the
case OF Mrs. Ellen Welch, charged with
being q common scold. The common
wealth was unable to make out case
against her.
Patrick Murray. the old man whose
home is at Priceburg, tried Tuesday
for committing an assault and battery
on Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis. was yesLer-
day returned guilty, but recommended
to the extreme mercy of the court.
The commonwealth had no evidence
to offer against John Hartwicls, charged
With larceny by bailee by Z. Lovelace,
and verdict of not guilty was taken.
Charles and Sarah Z. seeley. of
Spring Brook township, We're charged
with larceny and receiving by T.. Il. n.
Edwards, but Judge Newcomb decided
that the evidence did not at all make
out that offense and he ordered ver-
dict Of not guilty.
Verdicts of not guilty We're taken in
the cases charging Mrs. Sophie Klee-
man, of Petersburg, with cruelty to
animals, Rudolph Buenzli, prosecutor,
and common scold and cruelty to ami
mails, Michael Naegli, prosecutor. An
other case OF common scold against
Mrs. Kleeman was tried at the last
term and verdict of not guilty re-
turned. AS the evidence in the cases
mentioned above was identical with
the one tried at the last term, it was
decided that it would be a waste OF
time to try them. The county was di-
rected TO pay the costs.
Continued Till Next Week.
A continuance was allowed until next
Monday in the case of Francis B. Cliff
ford, charged with embezzllng funds OF
the Carbondale school district, While
acting as tax collector.
Dali FAs tol Il -,
sued in the following cases: Patrick
Adam Rosenkrantz, prosecutor: Will
lam Toomey. assault ana battery,
Thomas Is. DOrphy, prosecutor.
Michael Sullivan was tried before |
Judge Edwards, charged with burglar
izing the saloon of John j. Morris, at
Penn avenue and Spruce street, on the |
night of March II last. On that night
the place was closed about . a. m., and
it was found that the place had been
broken into during the night, the till
forced open and SAT taken.
Suspicion fell on Sullivan. who had |
been employed about the place. On the
day before the burglary he was ''broke"
and on the day after he was flush"
. ''' o'''"i' = -" NN"i 'aS 'N"''i'o eHot
on the night of the burglary he saw
Sullivan hanging about Norris place
ana peeping in the windows. When he
last saw Sullivan the latter was going
around to the rear of the saloon. The |
testimony for the commonwealth was
entirely circumstantial.
sullivan denied the burglary, and |
said the money he exhibited the day
after the burglary was part of s25 he |
had borrowed from Miss Alice Jacoby. |
She went on the stand and testified to |
having loaned him the money.
John Baldwin, Thomas Baldwin and |
Isaac Baldwin were arraigned before |
Judge Newcomb, charged with larceny
and receiving by Daniel Gallagher. 1t
was alleged that in August last the de-
PENDANTS had stolen a quantity of coal |
from certain land at Wilson Creek,
above Carbondale. The commonwealth |
was unable to prove that the title to
the land from which the coal was taken
Is the property of the prosecutor, Gal
lagher, and the judge directed a verdict |
of not guilty.