The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-12
GRAND JURY BUSINESS LIGHT
Only One Indictment Presented to
June Grand Jury in Session
Monday Accommodations
Court business.

!
On Monday afternoon at o'clock
court opened to transact all court
| business coming before 1t on the
Monday preceding the regular term.
| The c0nstables returns were called.
The grand jury was called, and
excuses heard from those not pres
| ent. G.. w. Collins, of Cherry Ridge.
was appointed constable and Ross N.
| Lee, of Preston, was appointed fore
man. After the jury had been
swors Judge Searle Instructed them
| in their duty to make known all
cases where a violation of law had
been made in their respective town
ships If any He stated that 1t was
their right and duty to discuss all
| these matters and to inspect the
court house and out buildings and
! also the Jail and make any recon-
mendations that they thought best.
AS the contract for the repairing of
the Jail has been let the grand jury
contented themselves in merely look
ing over the ground and making no
recommendations There was only
one indictment presented for the
| jury's consideration by the district
attorney. The case of Clarence E.
Bond VS.. Attorney Peter H. Iloff was
! presented to them and witnesses
were called. The grand jurors were
Eugene Babbitt. Honesdale; James
Black, Lake; w. b. Brown, Buck
| ingham; Fred Compton, Cherry
Ridge; Walter d. Curtis, South Ca
naan; Fred Ehrhardt, Lebanon;
William Flynn, Damascus; John
Flanaghan, South Canaan; Joseph
Miller, Texas; Philip Miller, Texas;
Henry McKane, Paupack; II. F.
/ Nicholson, Salem; Chas. Rutledge,
Damascus; Wesley J. Rice, Lebanon;
Andrew Scott, Scott; r, A. Smith,
Sterling.
The jury adjourned on Monday
evening and on Tuesday morning
they assembled in the court room at
ten o'clock where they made their
/ report A true bill was found
against Clarence E. Bond on the
count of assault and battery. The
count for attempt to kill was ignor-
ed by them.
Orphans Court.
While the grand jury were out
Judge Searle held Orphans court
when petitions were presented by the
counsel.
In the application for the ap-
praisement of real estate for Julia
Quincy, widow of the late J. H.
Quincy, of lHonesdale, deceased, R.
M. Stocker and Charles Dunning
were appointed appraisers as prayed
for.
F. A. Ehrhardt, of Sterling, was
appointed by the court to act as
guardian of Georgiana Phillips and
Elva j. Phillips, minor grand-chil-
dren of w. F. Stevens, late of Sterl-
ing, deceased.
w. E. Perham was appointed
guardian of Cora S. Peck, minor
child of George E. Peck, deceased.
Petition of guardian for private sale
of real estate to Hoxie H. Wilcox
approved.
The executors of Thomas J. Ham,
late of Berlin, deceased, petitioned
the court to mortgage real estate to
pay off the debts. Authorized to
mortgage premises for amount OF
$500 as prayed for in petition.
Edgar Tuthill, of Hawley, was ap-
pointed guardian of person and es-
tate of Mrs. Wesley Tuthill, minor
child of Thomas j. Ham, late of Ber-
lin, deceased.
Court in Equity.
In the matter in equity of the
pltf., and Mrs. Mary Vogler, ct al,
defendant, NJ E. Simons was ap-
pointed master to divide the prop
erty.
Miles A. Gibbons. plaintiff, Jas
Gibbons, defendant, in a bill of par
tition in equity. F. P. Kimble was
appointed as master to divide and
partition said lands in dispute.
Patrick Purcell was appointed
township supervisor of Palmyra
township, to succeed Frank ]. Horn
beck.
Frank Spry was appointed con.
stable of Oregon township to sue.
ceed Henry Knorr who has removed
from the district.
The constables appointed to wait
upon the court beginning Monday
June II, were: Alexander Crossley
;; Berlin; B. F. Blake, Bethany, and S
B. Corey, Sterling.
On March 80 a warrant was is
sued for the arrest of Turner Will
liams, esction foreman OF the Erie
J at Starrucca, by l.. C. Mumford, J
} p. The warrant was issued on the
oath of G.. r. Relph, of Scranton Erie
police. About S14 worth of brass
tools, etc, were found in Turner!
Z house. He alleges that he had free
use of the tools and other article!
. beolnging to the Erie company anC
was permitted to take same home
and return them whenever the!
; were needed. The manuscript al
. presented to the district attorney diC
0 not name the place where the good
were found, the time or even charge
the man with theft. On the motion
of District Attorney NJ. E. Simons tn,
8 return manuscript was quashed.