The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-17
JANUARY TERM OF
COURT OPENED
Considerable Business to
be Transacted.
SEVERAL CASES CONTINUED
ATTORNEYS PAPERS LOST IN
EIRE-MASTERS APPOINTED
IN SIX DIVORCE CASES.

Monday afternoon, the hour of 2
o'clock having arrived, this being the
first day of January Court, Judge,
that is to say, Honorable Alonzo T.
Searle, President Judge, took his
seat upon the bench and Court was
opened. Other officers present were:
Wallace J. Barnes, Clerk of the
Courts; w. II. Ham, court crier; W.
G. 'Hawker, court constable; r. w.
Mills, Mt. Pleasant, A. w. Schlosser,
Palmyra, A. Goble, Paupack, tip
slaves.
The following accounts were pre-
sented and confirmed nis:
Accounts of estates of Fred l..
Schrader, Jersey City, n. j.; Annie
Mcclure, New Jersey; Barzilla Shat
fer, Lake; James Dalton, Mt. Pleas
ant; Theodore Gehrer, Honesdale; /;
Reuben W. Redmond, Buckingham;
Frederick Dierolf Lehigh; Darius
Proper, lake; Andrew G. Jaycox,
Buckingham; VIM. c. Campbell,
Starrucca; John H. Varcoe, Damas-
Gus; Margaret Wade, Texas; J. B.
Fitzsimmons, Canaan; c. J. Weaver,
Honesdale; Hugh Kane, Preston;
Kunegunda Wick, Texas; Albert c..
Mitchell, guardian of Drusilla Young
Also the following appraisements
of $500 to widows of James Fives,
Jr., Mt Pleasant: Personal: Will
liam ]. Arrigan, Mt. Pleasant: Per-
sonal.
Following the calling of the list
of traverse jurors, these ten yeomen
were excused: John Burran mer-
chant, Hawley; e. Dorflinger, clerk,
Texas; Charles Elmore, laborer,
Texas; Lewis Hill, farmer, Damas-
Gus; j. NJ. Hobbs, farmer, Starrucca;
HanfOrd Knapp, merchant, Manches-
ter; Chas. f. Kellam, merchant, Sa-
lem; r. J. Murray, merchant,
'Honesdale; B. II. Rutledge. mer-
/ chant, Lebanon; James Watson,
blacksmith, Buckingham
The Calendar for the term was
gone over. Frank P. Kimble, Esq,
made an application to the Court for
continuance in the case of the
| Commonwealth versus Chas. j. Stew
ems, on the ground that a four
mOnths-old child Of Mr.. and Mrs
| Stevens is severely i'll. Under the
circumstances the Court granted the
continuance prayed for.
Mrs. Amanda H. Singer, the pros
ecutrix, who occupied front seat in
| the Court Room, burst into tears
when she learned that the case had
been again continued, saying she
had just come out of the hospital
a week ago Wednesday. According
to the statement of the District At
| torney Mrs. Singer claims to be eX,
! tremely nervous, as the result of this
! alleged assault, and was very anxious
! to get through with it. She's afraid
she'll go crazy" is the way she put
it," remarked Mr.. Simons.
The case of the Commonwealth
versus Charles Riley indicted on the
charge of false pretense, was put
over until next term. The case oi
| the Commonwealth versus Louis
Kelly and Joseph Henday, indicted
! for robbery, Meyer KrasvitZ, prose.
| cutor, was also continued.
When the Civil list was taken VI
f. c. Mumford, Esq, informed the
Court that the case of E. X. Airey
and F. A. Spencer, trading as Airey
and Spencer, had been settled
The case of George r. Tiffany VS.
C. D. Sands was continued on appli
cation of the plaintiffs attorney
Mayor Chas. A. McCarty, who in
formed the Court that all his file!
had been burned in the Sunday
morning Red Stone Front fire" The
case of Mamert Walentynowic;
against Minnie Allen and William
Allen was continued on application
of the plaintiff, owing to the absenc,
of an important witness. The cast
of Theodore Tellep VS.. Jack Chapial
was listed for trial, Wednesday.
The case of Lewis S. Town VS.