Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-01-27

detectives Yves called to identify the
bottles seized at the Colonial.
Court adjourned at one o'clock for
an hours recess.
The State had three or four Wit
lnesses to be examined this afternoon.
After the evidence was all in it was
expected that the argument OF counsel
! would begin shortly after o'clock
and the case be submitted to the jury
between 4 and o'clock this evening.
The verdict OF the jury will be await.
ed with intense interest.
The jury Is composed of C. w.
Shaull, J.. w. Walters. M. L. Brown.
]. s. Barnes. w. s. Shelley. Walter
Gano, A. p. Nicklas. G. H. Bowen, NJ
r. Ruble. Gold Cockrell. C. J. Custer
and Mayberry Mckee.
| Assisting Prosecuting attorney AL
len 3. NoIl are w. w. Dcwney and j
o. Henson. Assisting Col. S. W.
| Walker for the defense are J. M,
Woods, II. H. Emmert and w. c..
Kilmer.
Pleaded Guilty.
! The first case called for trial this
morning was the State against Roy
Hettenhouser, young man residing
On Center street. He was indicted for
forging the name of B. Piccardi.
merchant OF Pittsburgh. on a check Of
| $3.50 payable to him and drawn by
Louis Botti, the italian grocer on
East Martin street, and obtaining the
money on the same. This happened
lon the 10th of last December
Mr.. Botti testified that he enclosed
the check mentioned in an envelope
| and went that night to the B. q o.
railroad to mail the letter, together
with several others. He said that he
evidently dropped the letter with the
enclosed check on the street on the
way to the b. & o. depot and was
picked up by some one, so 1t never
reached it's destination.
Shirley Shaull testified that on De-
cember 18th last a young man pre-
scented a check at the Old National
Rank of 1850 for payment, endorsed
iby B. Piccardi. He said he did not
know the man who presented the
check at the bank window but asked
him If he were b. Piccardi and the
man said he was, and that he (Shaull)
then cashed the check. He further
TESTIFIED that after the apparent stran-
ger went out of the bank with the
money boy. William Foley by name,
told him that the man was Roy Het-
tenhouser and that he (Foley) knew
him. Mr. ShauIl said that a warrant
vas sworn out at once for Hette1-
houser on the charge OF forgery and
his arrest followed that night.
Hettenhouser was arrested for be-
ing drunk by an officer who did not
krow at the time that he was wanted
on another and more serious charge.
He has since been in jail.
The Jury IN few minutes brought
in verdict OF guilty. Sentence re-
served. The penalty Is for two to-
ten years. Noll and Downey for the
State and Guy Felker for the defen.
dsnt.
VIM. Brant, colored. pleaded guilty
10 the Indictment charging him with
stealing 30-dollar suit of clothes
from the tailor shop cf ]. VIM. Kastle
On East Martin street one night last
November. Sentence reserved
The session of court this afternoon
W as devoted to chaneery proceedings.
chancery DEGREES.
AT session Of Circuit Court Saturday
morning Judge Faulkner handed down
DEGREES in the following chanceryI
cases:
Susie Brantner seegers. guardian,
VS.. c. f. Martin, guardian; decree
transferring fupds due Jessie Brant-
per to guardian in Illinois.
VIM. s. Walters VS. Martin Green
field ct al; decree confirming final re-
port of bonded commissioner and re-
firing case from the docket.
James H. Fulk. administrator, vs..
heirs Of Katie Gltissford; order dis
tributing funds to creditors and max
ling final settlement of administrators
accounts
J. VIM. Miller, nse Union Bank VS.
Isaac Edwards. decree dismissing
cause.
State vs.. John Schad and j. W.
Smith, order fling School Law Com
missioner's Report and petition OF w.
T. Crawford asking to be relieved
from purchase OF property.
Eliza Snyder vs.. Abram Snyder; or
der fling dispositions and submitting
cause to the court. as
Harry Dennison VS.. Martinsburg Gas
Co.; order sustaining demurrer to de-
claration and virtually dismissing the
case. -
Kate yoegele vs. Annie Clark ct al;
decree establishing debts against the
real estate Of the defendant, Annie
Clark. and appointing special com
missioners to make sale of the same
to satisfy the debts.
G. w. Ambrose administrator, VS..
mi - II al.