Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-12-31
PROCEEDINGS
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ageressor, while the latter testified
HAT Rest challenged him to come into
rho alley and then hogan the assault.
Chief OF Police Mincemoyer and W.
Y. OpIesbv. the committing magis
trate were among rbe witnesses who
+o,+if fad no IN the pature of tbe in.
irrias inflicted unou Best ATTORNEY
Harry 9 Pare defended Mccormick.
Tho iury ratprnod q verdict Of
euiltv. The Court Immediately pass
ed sentence. Mccormick being Obliged
90 pay the cost Of prosecution, fine
of five dollars and undergo imprison.
mont in tha cnuutv jsiI for period
Of twenty DAYS.
The mkt case called WAS Common
wealth vs. Walter H. Rupp. The
charge was larceny, The defendant on
Oc+ober 7th having abstracted three
dollars from drawer in his father's
bonse The defendant. who is Ig years
of age nIeaded guilty and in a very
straightforward wav told the Court
lust how ne happened to commit the
THEFT lie has been in jail since Octo-
bar 1th.
Tie District Attorney explained TO
the Court that Rupp's father, the pro.
secutor in the case, had no desire to
push the matter any further and that
through the District Attorney he beg
ged that the Court would suspend
sentance The defendant said he was
sorry that me stole the money. where
nnon tbe CoDrr decided 10 ne lenient
and suspended sentence.
In the case Of Commonwealth VS.
Daniel Hickey, the charge being as
Sault and battery. mol. pros was al
lowed.
In the case of Commonwealth VS.
Joseph Smith the Grand Jury ignored
the bill, placing the costs upon the
prosecutor, Mary Woll.
Upon reconvening Tuesday after
noon it was found that there were no
| cases ready for trial. The case OF Com
monwealth vs.. John Morgan, Sidney
Reilly and william Deninger was be
/ fore the Grand Jury. The District
! Attorney explained TO the Court that
business before the Grand Jury is very
much retarded bv the tardiness of wit
nes,cs subpoeaaed to appear before
that body. He complained that among
the people of this county there seems
to be a failure to appreciate the i'm
portance of being punctual when sub
poenaed at court The Court deplored
this and said that if the bad showing
continues there will be no other way
than to impose the penalty provided
for such cases.
/ Court adjourned until the Grand
Jury should be ready to report on the
| hill before it. Nearly an hour was
/ lost. The Grand Jury finally returned
true bill. The defendants, Morgan,
Reilly and Deninger, were arrested on
Saturday charged with assault aud bat
terv on Marvin Lowenstein Each
when arraigued before Court pleaded
guilty.
| Court adjourned about II O'Clock
Yesterday forenoon to reconvene at the
ringing of the Court House bell. The
cases had all been disposed of and
nothing remained TO be done, but 10
receive the report of the Grand Jury
after that body had made an examina-
/ tion OF the public buildings
| There was but one trial before the
Jury during the term OF court Out
side of the single larceny case the cases
/ all involved the charge Of assault and
| battery, the defendants with one ex.
1 ception pleading guilty. The accused
1 in each case was in Jail pending court
| and il is worthy Of note that they are
all back again in durance. Richard
Mccormick Tuesday was sentenced to
{ jail for twenty days. John Morgan.
Sidney Reilly and William Deninger,
who pleaded guilty on Tuesday. were
sentenced by the Court yesterday morn
ing, each receiving thirty days in the
county Jail besides being obliged to
pay the costs Of prosecution and fine
/ Of $2j.
! The last case brought up WAS that of
! Commonwealth VS.. Malcolm West The
prosecutor in this case was Pauline
West. wife of the defendant, the charge
/ being assault and battery. The de-
fendant was arrested on Saturday last
| The defendant pleaded guilty. The
! District Attorney in addressing the