The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-26
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of the testimony being that the cases
were worth more than the beer.
n. b. Spencer was called to the
stand, and stated that he was the
constable and detective for Homes
dale. On September 25 he arrested
Henry Thompson. Word was
brought to him that car on the d.
& H. was broke in, and he was asked
to watch for the man. He was call
ed up on the phone and told that a
man was seen coming out of a car.
He went down the track, found the
man in a shack alongside the river,
and arrested him. He also said that
he found forty or fifty bottles in
barn He found a rusty spike in
the pocket of the man. On cross-eX-
animation it was brought out that
beer was sold near certain barn,
but MIR. Spencer said he wasn't there,
and that he saw no drinking going
on there.
Henry Thompson, the prisoner,
was called and testified: Il came to
Honesdale Sunday p. m. / walked
up from White Mills. | had lunch
with me. / went down there and ate
lunch where / was arrested. / went
over on the road to get a drink of
water at a house, and saw several
fellows playing cards. Later, he said,
he went down the track, and saw
some fellows playing cards. He went
over the river and half an hour later
| a farmer grabbed him, and said, Get
up, ! want yOu!" He was on his way
to Susquehanna he stated. He ad
mitted having a wife and three chill
| dren, and denied that he was pro-
| fessional tramp. He said he did not
! break into the car, nor throw bottle
of beer away. On cross-eXamination
| he said he never was in Honesdale
before. He bought his lunch in
/ White Mills Saturday night for twen-
! ty cents consisting of loaf of bread
| and cookies. He stayed over night
in a glass factory at White Mills. He
| had no watch with him. He came
! to Honesdale quite while after dim
ner After eating lunch alongside
! the river he lay down. He came, he
| said, from Port Jervis to Hawley and
! from Hawley to White Mills. He
1 said he never worked at Port Jervis,
but that he worked on a farm in
! Union for twelve years. He quit
work a month ago. His wife is in
Union. He was on his way, he said,
]
shops. He said he did not talk to
! Mr.. Thompson after his arrest. He
worked for a Levi Van Eckel at
Union, his wife and family living in
a tenament house.
Mr.. Thompson was called to the
stand in rebuttal, and told of conver-
sations he had with the prisoner.
According to him, the defendant said
! he worked in the Erie shops; lived in
| Port Jervis and had wife and chill
dren living on Garden street Spen-
Ger and several other witnesses heard
the conversation.
On cross-eXamination 1t was
brought out that the defendant was
sick at the time of the conversation.
The testimony of Mr.. Johnson
brought out the fact that there was
no Garden street in Port JerVis, and
that the name of the master-mechaniC
in the Erie shops was not Mr.. Craw-
ford, as the prisoner said, but c.
James.
When questioned by Judge Searle
as to why he had spike in his pock,
: ct, the prisoner answered that he
used it to take piece off the heel OF
his shoe. He said also he was sick
in Jail last Monday when a stranger
came to see him.
r. NJ. Stocker, Esq, attorney fol
the defendant and District Attorney
NJ. E. Simons then addressed the
jury, Judge Searle delivering the
, charge. In charging the jury the
, , Judge spoke of the seriousness of the
: = offense; of the loss to the company
and the annoyance of making claims
which shippers must make and which
the railroad company must pay. H'
defined larceny and told the Jurl
that it was for the jury to find thu
/, defendant guilty or not guilty, ant
! that they had nothing to do about thu
costs. The jury was then excused.
The jury in the case of the Com
l monwealth VS.. Joseph Kelly ct al
Z was called. 1t was made up of thes
I Jurors: Griffin Dumond, Frank War
4 field, John Lynch, o. E. Burrus, Geo
4 Bryant, j. A. Stevens, G. Schwesing
: er, Pierre Petersen, Jeff Kovert, j
: Keller, M. w. Fitzpatrick, Marvin d
: Hall.
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