Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-10-26
LEGALNEws.
NEW SUITS.

: plainants state the School Board want
ed to locate a school house on their lan(
by eminent domain and as they hav,
r only 20 acres and could not well spar,
the land, they offered to pay $50 if tn
Board would go some place else, which
was accepted and $47 of the money wa.
paid. The other SO was offered shor
] time after and refused. After receiv
ing the SAT the School Board went to J.
J. Stoops, adjoining. and bargained fol
: lot, and paid him $50. A flaw was
discovered in Stoops' title and the
: Board, SO Sanderson states. returned tc
their land and regan to build a school
house. An injunction is asked to re
strain them.
H., Jesse E. Weaver VS. Maize E. Weaver
Libel In divorce uoz sE. .s-Hu-H
Jas. Shaner VS. J. 7. Shaner, attach
ment execution on money of deft in
hands of WmI Campbell Jr. for debt
of $1,000. ,.-. '''-
NJ q. Pickering vs John P. Ryan and
Geo. Braund. replevin for lot of fur
niture valued at S506.75. t
THE MCLAUGHLIN CASE. ,as
4 Reasons for new trial were filed,
Tuesday, by the attorneys Of John B.
Mclaughlin They charge that the
Court erred in not allowingseven of the
points offered by, McLaughlin's attor-
/ news; in refusing to admit Mclaughlin g
evidence az to a conversation between
him and Hemphill regarding a quarrel
Hemphill had with his brother-in-la
Henry Knoch. in which he threatened
to kill Knoch; in allowing the Common
wealth to cross-examine DR.. Merschon
| regarding the club he saw; in not allow
ing Mclaughlin to explain his conver-
sation with Mrs Hemphill after the
shooting; in admitting photographs
made by Charles Aland; in refusing de-
fendant's motion to withdraw I. NJ.
Porter from the Jury, alleging that Por-
| ter had said Mclaughlin ought to be
hung and that Mrs. Hemphill and
children boarded with Porter's mother
1 during the trial, that Porter lives with
| his mother, and during the trial Mrs.
| Porter sat near Mrs. HemphilI one afS
ternoon in view of the juror; that VIM.
Rudiger, one of the witness for the
Commonwealth and Porter winked at
leach other while Rudiger was on the
tstand; that j. NJ Wick, another juror,
Esaid beforeldrawn ssIf I am on that
iury I'll hang him. An affidavit by
George B. Fredley is attached which
Estates that in May, 1905, Porter, while
| in Clinton twp, said that Mclaughlin
ought to be hung. an
/ During the trial the Commonwealth
showed that Mrs Hemphill went to
board. with Mrs. Porter before she
knew Porter was one of the jurors. z,
5e-.. 4 = e -l NOTES. sf -
Viewers en- the petition of Loehrie
Bros for lateral railroad to their
port awarding 800 damages to Hamil-
ton Bros. and $25 to n K Wick y 2
P. G. Kelly has been appointed cleo
ton constable of the I'd precinct. First
Ward.
Hearing before Register j. p Davis
on the Mary Painter, late of Buffalo
twp. estate, has been postponed pntii
Oct. 25.s ,t,5 - -
Viewers in the case of Grant Schpster
of Buffalo twp. against the Central Dis
trict and Printing Telegraph Co. have
awar ded him $186 04 damages for the
value of strip i10xe600 feet through his
farm and the inconvenience. etc. caused
by the construction of the telegraph
line.
On petition of Lewis Green wald,
Michael Ziegler has been appointed
election constable of Jackson twp, west
precinct. .a}
On Thursday last Sheriff Gibson and
Deputy Vorous went to Zelienople and
arrested the three men who have been
guarding the, works of the Sanitary
Mfg Co. there on charges Of assault and
battery, and carrying concealed weap-
ons; and took them before a local Jus
tice, where they gave bail in $500 each
to appear in Butler. Tuesday. The men
were accused of attacking Jas. Kaya
nagh on the street and abusing him.
The cases were settled. Tuesday.
Allegheny county has a jury fixing
case ON hands. 1t is alleged that both
jurors and witnesses were approached
with money. tl
Judge Patton has handed down a de-
cision sustaining the will of Lucius 8.
Beaumont, probate of which was ex
cepted to by his brothers and sisters on
the grounds that he was resident of
New York and not Butler, at the time
of his death, and that his will was il
legal and invalid because unwitnessed,
as required by the laws Of New York.
The costs are put on the appellants.
The estate. all. personal property,
amounting to $50, 600. goes to the widow,
formerly Mamie McQuistion. An ap-
peal will be taken to the Supreme
Court tLf+ a.. III
On petition of Paul Repcik, com
mission in lunacy consisting Of E. E.
Young, DIR. e. Fl. Harris and Nathan
Slater was appointed on Julia Repcik.
s. G. Purvis & Co. have filed a me-
chanics lien of $3.50 against the Nation
al Coal Co. of North Butler for lumber
furnished
The Superior Court has handed down
decisions reversing the rulings of Judge
Galbreath in the two cases against Mrs.
Lizzie Nsilor, who was convicted of
perjury and assisting in a criminal ope-
ration, Mrs. Nailor was ordered dis
charged.
Two true bills, both charging larceny
were found by the Grand Jury Of Ale
gheny county against E. G."Cunliffe,
Tuesday. Il;
At Beaver, Monday, Judge Galbreath
holding court for Judge Wilson, refused
to make some political apppint mentss
Fredk. w. Mckee has given mort
gage of $50, 900 to the Safe Deposit and
Trust Co. of Pittsburg on his properties
in Winfield and Cleartield twps. i
J. "A. Heydrick, Geo. w. Varnum and
John n Allison. viewers of road in
Clay twp have filed their report, award
ing Alvira Hindman 5000 damages.
y b =
Yesterday Samuel C. Wilkinson of
Turtle Creek, plead guilty to jury fixing
in connection with the trial of Police
Captain Wilson of Allegheny.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
JH Orr to A Sproulf and J r
Shiever lot in Bruin for $1100. ..
M L Gibson, Sheriff, to Catherine
Tracy lot in Butler for $3.50.
Samuel Thompson to Mamie G Park
lot in Mars for $1,000.
Henry. Wilson to Frank Kelly 119
acres in SHpperyroek for S5979
J B Showalter to G r Greenewalt lot
in Butler for $3.50.
Butler Boro to w B McGeary to
lot on Washington st for 81.
E d Adams ct al to Elizabeth Picker
ing &c to property in Allegheny for
$1,000 r. 9 -
BENZ Williams to Claude A Robb lot
in Butler for $3.50.
| Edmund M Savior To Geo g Huseltop