The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-12-17
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
First Weeks Business Con-
Cluded on Saturday. Several
Interesting Cases.
SOME SEVERE SENTENCES

Evans. Charge I. and b. This case
was tried at previous term Of
court and verdict of guilty re-
turned. Owing to the absence of
an important witness however,
which apparently weakened the de-
fendant's case, a new trial was
granted. A bench warrant for the
witness in question was issued and
she appeared at this trial, but she
had no testimony to give and did
not even take the stand. The YER
dict of the jury, like that of the
first trial, was guilty.
Commonwealth VS.. Charles Essen
hart. This was a case Of felonious
assault, and was committed Oh the
evening of August 27th last. The
testimony of the prosecutor Nor
man H. Stauffer, was to the effect
that on the above mentioned eveu-
ing, Essenhart appeared at his
home, disguised with a face cover
ing and demanded bis money. at
the same time pointing a gun at
him. A hand to hand encounter
ensued and Essenhart unmasked
and disclosed his identity.
Questioned by the Court the de-
fendant stated that he resided at
Shamokin and that he was drunk
on the night ofthe offense. He said
that he went to Stauffer the next
morning and apologized for what
he had done, and that Stauffer pro-
missed not to bring any action
against him. The gun, he claimed
was not loaded
James Hummel, indicted for
stealing chickens from William De
Haven of Briarcreek, on the night
of Nov. 18TH, pleaded guilty. He
was questioned by Judge Little,
and gave Reading as his birth place.
For the past twenty years he has
lived in Bloomsburg,
The trespass case of Henrietta
Knapp against Harvey Cherrington,
which was to have been tried this
week, was owing to the present
illness of leading witness, and his
consequent probable inability to at
tend at that time, was postponed,
both parties agreeing.
Commonwealth VS.. George Lore.
Charge cruelty 10 a horse. The
prosecutor in the case was J. w.
Wright, a liveryman of Millville.
He was the first TO take the stand.
He told of the defendant coming to
his stable on October 8, 1903, and
hiring a horse to make a trip to
Bloomsbury, The witness was
driving the Millville stage at the
time. The first he saw Lore after
he secured the horse, was between
Millville and Bloomsbury. The de-
fendact passed him, driving very
fast. He next saw him in Blooms
burg. He had been drinking and
was intoxicated. He also saw the
mare at Drinks livery stable. She
was very warm, and there were
ridges on her over a foot long, the
result of the merciless whipping
given her by Lore. The marks are
still on her, and will probably stay
there as long as she lives. The
mare has never been as good as she
was before, the overdriving having
practically ruined her.
A number of witnesses saw Lore
on the road that morning, Those
who gave testimony were Richard
Kester, of Berwick, who was in
Eyersgrove on the morning in
question, Clark Sheep, of Millville,
Joseph B;i,eman, of Bloomsbury,
who me. Lore OH the road.
Harry S :maker, of Millville, and
Ralph K ter, Of Berwick.
Their 'idence was unanimous
that Lore 4; treatment of the mare
was wanton and extremely cruel.
Charles Brink, proprietor of
livery stable in Bloomsbury, testih-
ed tlat lIlG ludlS Wdo NEl y hiuSh
heated up when brought to his
stable. Lore had ordered her to be
cared for.
When placed upon the witness
stand Lore denied that he had treated
the horse cruelty. He was careful,
so he said, to cover her with a
blanket when standing. He adj
mitted having used the whip at
frequent intervals, but it was be-
cause the animal was high strung,
nervous, and hard to control. He
was searchingly cross examined by
Judge Herring, but he adhered
nretty closely to his story, and his
original testimony was practically
unshaken. VIM. Fowler bore
testimony to the fact that the mare.