The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-25
COURT NOTES FOR
OCTOBER TERM

Tor the court ana jurors at the OctO-
ber term which was convened Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock and ad-
journed Tuesday noon.
When the list of traverse jurors
was called all responded to their
names save the following yeomen,
who we're excused. John Doyle,
blacksmith, Waymart; William
Quinn, merchant, Hawley; c. Mar
shall, laborer, Hawley; John Meri-
gan, farmer, Scott; M. J. Monaghan,
farmer, Preston; A. M. Sandercock,
farmer, Cherry Ridge.
The following accounts were pre-
sented for confirmation nisi:
John l.. Burcher, Honesdale; Ly-
dia Bennett, Carbondale; Stephen
Torrey, Honesdale; Martha PAU,
Honesdale; John J. Fulkerson, Mt.
Pleasant; VIM. c. Ames, Hawley; s.
l.. Oliver, 'Berlin Grace Giles, Promp-
ton; Elizabeth Bennett, Prompton;
Sarah A. Wilson, Honesdale.
Second and final account of M. ].
Hanlan, guardian of Eugene G. Lesh,
feeble-minded person. first and
partial account of Geo. II. Ham,
guardian of Lewis L. Ham, feeble
minded person
Appraisements were allowed to the
widows of Lewis Hill, Damascus; real
estate; Julia Washburn, minor child
of Frank l.. Washburn, Preston; per-
sonal estate.
AS forecasted in last weeks issue
of The Citizen all the civil cases were
continued, so that there is nothing on
the civil list to be tried
When the list of criminal cases
was called, it was stated that the case
of Commonwealth VS.. Charles Stew
ems, assault and battery would be
continued on application of the de-
fendant, with the intimation by the
defendants attorney, F. p. Kimble,
Esq. that it was about to be settled.
The case of the Commonwealth
against Charles Stevens, surety of the
peace, was set down for a hearing
next Monday.
In the case of the Commonwealth
VS.. G.. w. Swartz, Scranton; Floyd
Bortree, prosecutor, eight indict-
ments, four for larceny as servant,
and four for simple larceny were
returned by the grand jury against
the defendant. Upon application of
the defendants attorney, Frank P.
Kimble, Esq, who declared that he
hadn't had time to prepare the case,
it was permitted to go over to the
next term.
In the case of the Commonwealth
versus Dominick Luciani, mention
was made that the defendant had en-
tered a plea of guilty on the charge
of Illegal liquor selling, and sentence
imposed last Monday.
Other criminal cases enumerated
by the District Attorney, as still
pending, included those against j.
ID,,o Il 1o,r ID 1A;rr oh, Low.
ceny as servant; against Henry Keg-
Ter, charged with fornication and
bastardy; against Frank Bregar,
charged with assault and battery:
against Jos. Ackerman and others,
charged with assault and battery;
against Ira Ritch, charged with as
sault and battery
G. a. McCarty, Esq, attorney for
Jos. Alderman and others, made an
application for a continuance of the
case against his clients, on account
of the illness of several important
witnesses. His request was granted,
Following the call of the bar,
when a number Of motions were
made, and several important orders
handed down, the case of the Com
monwealth versus ]. Bradley Raw
leigh was called,
. have a plea of guilty to the
charge of larceny as servant" said
District Attorney M. E. Simons,
when the case against Rawleigh was
taken up. 1t took just twelve min
utes to dispose of the Scott township
buttermaker's case
The facts in the case as outlined by
the District Attorney were The
defendant was a butter maker en-
,,1oVyad hv Gon A Smith IN m aka h11t
ter up in the township of Scott, and
the charge is that he sold this butter
and he received this money himself
and made no report to his employ
ers. Mr.. Smith hasn't had time to
find out how much he had taken.
It's been such bad weather he
couldn't get around"
When questioned by Judge Searle
it was learned that Rawleigh, who
came from New York state, last
March, and denied ever having been
in trouble before, had made restitu-
tioD as. far as he could, Rawlefgh ad-
mitted having sold butter at three OF
four different times, and pocketing
the proceeds.
Geo. A. Smith was called upon to
state what he knew about the mat
ter. He said that Rawleigh came
here from Cooperstown, n. Y, last
March. He declared that they had
no way of knowing just how much
butter Rawleigh stole. He rather
thought it might amount to $500 OF
$400 worth.
Rawleigh, who worked under g
man by the name of O'Connell al
Cooperstown, N. Y, denied that he
had been in trouble before, although
Mr. Smith stated that Mr.. OConnel
had written him recently that he got
into aifiie lties up there.
Chester A, Garratt, Esq, made g
plea to the Court asking the Judge
to show mercy to his client on the
ground that this was his first offense
and that he has promised TO pay
back all he owes.
Declaring that under the indeter
inmate sentence act passed by the
Legislature he had very little discre
tion in the matter, Judge Searl'
soundly lectured the prisoner, say
ing:
Now Mr.. RaWlefgh you are