Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-03-08
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS,

Chris Allwein VS. Rosa Allwein. ap-
peal by deft from Judgment of S212 rem
| dered by H. w. Christie, J. T. The
| plf boarded with the deft, who is the
wife of his brother John, and gave her
his pay envelope every payday. After
getting married he wanted his money
from the deft and sued. The parties
reside on the South Side.
| J. E. Brennan VS. NJ Finnegan. as
sumpsit for S2412 claimed to be due on
the purchase money for one-haH inter
est leases on a Zimmerman and X. b.
Porter farms in Pine twp, Allegheny,
and for work done on the Zimmerman
Emily J. Wolcott VS. Samuel B. Vol
colt, petition for divorce.
John Sweeny VS. Jos Boyle, certiorari
| bv deft on II. w Christie, J. p. before
whom Judgment for plf for sl45 was
rendered.
John A. Richey VS. J. Gil Moser, ap-
peal by deft. from Judgment OF $50,
rendered by a W. Christie, J. P.
A. II. Turner Lumber Co. VS. Butler
boro., assumpsit for $105.s9 claimed to
be due for lumber.
| GRAND JURY.
VIM. J. Burton of Penn twp, the old
est man on the jury, was appointed
foreman.
| CoNSTABLES RETURN.
Constable Ed. Merwin of Butler twp.
| returned Sam Blank, Morris Pollak,
| Joseph Pollak, VIM S. Brooks. the
| STANDARD Brewing Co of New Castle,
the Elk Run Brewing Co of kittan-
ming and the Elk Run Brewing Co OF
Punxsutawney for selling beer; Samuel
Tynnauer for selling beer and whisky,
| and Stephen Rovinanek, man named
| Zacher, Dr. II. A. Kitchen and DR.. j.
F. Minteer, the Lyndora druggist, for
selling whisky. Names of witnesses
| were furnished.
| Constable Smith Kennedy OF Pros
| pect reported one case Of Illegal liquor
selling, but did not give the name.
| Constable Henry Cromling of Petro-
| liza resigned. and his son Charles was
| appointed to succeed him.
| c. w. Langhurst, constable OF Gran
berry twp, resigned and VIM. Twen-
| tier was appointed.
| On return of Constable Grossman OF
| Cherry twp a rule was granted on the
L L. ID. H Ia ". H. W bbOW NGASD "Hy
| they should not be. indicted
Constable Conn of Clay twp. reported
| index boards down,
An unusual number of illegitimate
children were reported.
NOTES
On Friday last Judge Galbreath filed
his license decisions with the Clerk of
Courts, granting retail licenses as fol-
lows:
Nixon Bros, Earl d. Clinton, Angus
tus F. Rockenstein, George G. Haworth
Ralph Gregg, James Gilmore Moser.
Daniel f. McCrea, Mrs Matte A.
Reihing, Charles F. Hosford and Joseph
H Harvey, Butler; Benjamin }. For
auer, Wp. E. Lackey and Adolphus A.
Hoch, Chicora; Charles FL Miller and
William Wahl. Evans CITY; Louis N.
Ziegler and Samuel A. Beam, Harmo-
ny; Henry w. Stokey and Eicholtz
Bros, Zelienople; John E. Muder, Jr.
and Thomas f. Cooper. Saxonburg; and
Frank d. Myers, Lyndora. The license
Of Distiller P. G. Frederick of Zelieno-
pie was also granted, all for nine
months, beginning July lst next. All
Others were refused-the Independent
Brewery on account of opening ware
house in Butler.
The Independent Brewing Co. will
appeal IFS case 10 the Superior Court.
On Thursday last the Beaver county
bridge verdicts aggregating Sa942
were paid; the checks passing through
Prothonotary Lowry's hands.
Norman Fl. Geyser, convicted OF muir
der in the second degree for killing Mrs.
al cb Af AllauhpnV A
was sentenced to the penitentiary, last
Saturday, for 16 years Handcuffed to
John Ebert, the Anarchist, who slash
ed several Lawrenceville policemen
with knife, Geyser was taken to Xiv
erside The communication law will re-
duce Geyser's term to nine years and II
months.
The Robinsteen brothers Of East Bat
Ter and Eleanor Iron and Steel 90,
fame were sent to Jail in Pittsburg, last
Saturday in default of bail.
Esq Keck held A w Kelly principal
of the Eau Claire schools for court after
hearing last Saturday morning, on
charge of assault and battery preferred
by Harry Campbell against the teacher
for whipping his boy, Curtis who, it Is
alleged used insulting and obscene Ian
guage to some of the smaller female
scholars
Charles Redic, son of Oliver Redic,
formerly OF this county, was placed on
trial at Clarion, last Thursday. for the
murder of John Pickard of near West
Monterey, last December. The two
young men, and another named Philip
Brothers, had been drinking at Mongs
Hotel at West Monterey (which il along
the river few miles below Parker, on
the evening of Dec, 14th and they left
the hotel together and went towards
the coal tipple. Three days after Pick
ards body was found in the river, with
his skull fractured; and circumstances
led to the arrest Of Redir and Brothers.
No evidence was offered on the part Of
the defense, and on Friday evening the
jury returned verdict OF murder in
the second degree.
James Frasier has filed statement
claiming $4,000 damages in bis suit for
the death of his son, William Frazier,
aged twenty years, who was killed by
crane in the Standard Steel Car Works
Nov 4th, last The plaintiff claims
the crane was operated by an i'm
prudent, careless inexperienced and
negligent boy named Carlow. Frazier's
SON was minor when killed.
Viewers in the case Of II. |. Kelly vs
Western Allegheny Il. T. Co. have
awarded the plaintiff f2l0 for acres Of
land in Worth twp.
Robert Collins on Saturday afternoon
| took a horse from Elisha Wheeler,
colored, which the latter had taken out
OF the HartZel livery barn without
leave. A fight followed, and Collins
was getting the worst Of it until his
brother took a hand Wheeler then
| ran away II is alleged By the Collins
| brothers that Wheeler had o razor and
| Robert Collins was cut slightly on the
head with it, When Wheeler ran his
hat blew off He says he came back to
get it. Collins says he came back to
use the razor some more. However
| the case, Collins ran into the livery
office, secured a revolver, and fred
three shots at Wheeler, one Of which
wounded Wheeler slightly in the neck.
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