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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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COURT PROCEEDINGS-
Continued from itst Page
bill.
Commonwealth vs. iFrauk Rucfa.
Charge, assault and battery. Not a
true bill. Prosecutor Harry Vander.
mark to pay the oosts. Court sent
enced Harvey Vandermark to pay
costs of prosecution and give bail to
Sheriff.
Commonwealth vs. Thos. Reese.
Charge, embezzlement. A true bill.
Commonwealth vs. VVm. "Troy.
Charge fornication and bastardy. A
true bill.
Commonwealth vs. T. T Vander
slice. Assault and battery. A true
bill.
Commonwealth vs. Amos Yost.
Charge, larceny. A tr bill.
J. H. Place vs. Berwick Store Co.
Petition for rule on plaintiff to Bhow
cause why security should not be
entered tor costs or non-suit. Rule
granted.
Commonwealth vs. Bateman D.
Carey et al. Charge, larceny. Nolle
pros, allowed.
Commonwealth vs. Gensel. Charge,
malicious mischief. Continued.
Commonwealth vs. Harriet Jones.
Charge, anonymous letter writing, etc.
Continued.
Commonwealth vs. Frank Parks.
Charge, assault. Nolle pros granted
upon payment of costs.
Commonwealth vs. Chamber
lain. -Charge, desertion and non
support. Continued to May 11, 1901.
Commonwealth vs. John Fry.
Charge, f. and b. Continued. Re
cognizance forfeited, to be respited on
appearance of defendant at next ses
sions. Estate of Daniel Troy. Order of
sale granted.
Estate of Daniel Troy. Petition
of heirs and guardian for appointment
of trustee to fill vacancy caused bv
the death of .Daniel Troy. C. C.
Yetter appointed trustee. Bond ap
proved. Estate of Jackson Karns. Audit
or's report confirmed nisi.
In the matter of the petition for a
county bridge at Mifflioville, which
was confirmed nisi at the February
term and approved by the Grand
Jury, a petition was presetted for a
se-view.
TUESDAY.
Mahala Kraig, administrator of Su
san Cooper, deceased, vs. C. B. Jack
son, executor of Daniel Miller, de
ceased. D. R. Coffman was appointed Court
Crier Room No. 2.
The jury in the above cas?, which
was heard before Judge Dunham, was
dismissed until July 8, 1901.
Commonwealth vs. Thomas Reese.
Charge., embezzlement. Defendant
pleads not guilty, but afterward
changed it to that of guilty. Win.
C. Johnston, Esq , was appointed by
the Court to act as defendant's coup-
sel.
In this case the defendant was
charged by C. B. Ent with having
stolen about $15 from him while em
ployed at the Hotel Ent stables, in
February last. The. young man had
been confined in the county jail for
nearly three months, and as he was
subject to epilepsy the Court sus
pended sentence.
Commonwealth vs. Amos Yost.
Charge, larceny. Defendant pleads
guilty. Court sentenced defendant
Amos Yost to restore goods and chat
tels to their owner, the Berwick Store
Co., it he had not already done so,
pay a fine of $50, undergo imprison
ment in county jail for sixty days.
Commonwealth vs. T. J. Vander
slice. Charge, assault and battery.
DefendarTt enters plea of guilty.
Commonwealth vs. John Pischs.
Charge, malicious mischief. Pleads
not guilty. Interpreter Merago was
called in this case. C. C. Evans, Esq. ,
was appointed by the court to act as
counsel. Defendant entered plea of
guilty. Pischs was arrested recently
at Centralia for breaking down a porch
and fence with art axe while drunk
and entering a building forcibly.
Court sentenced defendant to pay
costs of prosecution, a fine of $25,
undergo an imprisonment of twenty
days in county jail.
Sallie Ann Crawford appointed
guardian of Harry W. Young, a minor
child of Calvin Young. Bond ap
proved. Petition of Sallie A. Crawford,
guardian, to join in deed for sale of
real estate. Petition granted. Deed
acknowledged in open court.
The following bills were returned
by the Grand Jury :
Commonwealth vs. Trego V. Mil-
roy. Charge, larceny. A true bill.
Commonwealth vs. Clyde Keefer.
Charge, larceny. A true bill.
..Commonwealth vs. Edward Snyder.
Charge, larceny. A true bill.
Commonwealth vs. Charles Jones.
Charge, larceny. A true bill.
Three indictments were found
against these four boys for the steal
ing of brass from the Reading Rail
road Company in the vicinity of Cata
wissa, which covered a period of
two years.
Commonwealth vs. Solomon Reed
and George Wheeler, charged with
breaking and entering a car with in
tent to commit felony, and also injur
ing and destroying car by burning.
A true bill.
James .Carter sworn and admitted
as a citizen of the United States.
Estate of Anthony W. Davis, a
lunatic. Petition for settlement
and release for damages. Ordered
that the petitioners join in the re
lease as prayed for.
On motion of District Attorney
Harman, Ralph Kisner, Esq., of
Danville, was sworn and admitted
as a member of the Columbia
County Bar.
Commonwealth vs. Solomon Reed
and George Wheeler. Charge
destroying car by burning, etc.
Defendants entered a plea of not
guilty. R. R. John, Esq. was ap
pointed by the Court to act as coun
sel and C. A. Small, Esq., also
assisted in that capacity.
The recent act of the Legislature,
governing the selection ot a jury
was complied with in the following
case- ine new law in regard to
this is that all jurors shall be agreed
upon before entering the dox.
The following named gentlemen
were called and eworn separately:
Charles Wenk, conductor, Harry
Etltnger, B. F. Hannon, Win. A.
Pursley, J. D. Gauge, Win. Reuh-
eldeifer, Wm. Metz, Charles Cham
berlain. O. A. Stonee.
These boys boarded a freight
train on the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad, near dewberry Junc
tion, .early in the morning of March
19, of this year, atid in order to
gain protection from the cold, broke
the seal on the door of a box car
containing several barrels of whis
key. They proceeded to sample
the liquid and in a short time be
came intoxicated. One of them
lit a match and threw it in one
corner of the floor, where iu icnited
a lot of inflammable material. Not
until the train was near Grovania
did the crew discover that the car
was on tire and by that time it had
gained such headway that it was
utterly impossible to save it. The
loss, car and contents, aggregated
about $3,000.
A motion to quash the indictment
was made by defendants' counsel at
the conclusion of the evidence but
was over-ruled. The jury returned
a verdict of guilty with a recom
mendation to the mercy of the Court.
The sentence of the Court is that
trie prisoners pay the costs
of prosecution, a fine to Common-
ABSOLUTELY fojRE
d PttVDEB
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
Sovm. tAnma Wwoo eo., m mm.
J wealth of $500 each, and that they
j miueiu scjiHraic mm solitary con
fuiement at hard labor m the East
j eru Penitentiary for a period of four
years; the sheriff to conduct them
there within ten days and be allowed
one assistant. .
Commonwealth vs. Soloman Reed
and George Wheeler. Charge
entering a car with intent to com
mit felony, etc. Nolle pros, allowed.
Grand Jury presented the follow
ing bills:
Commonwealth vs. Clark Doty.
Charge, aiding prisoners to escape
lrom jail. Adam Clayberger pros
ecutor. A true bill.
Commonwealth vs. Clark Doty.
Charge, rescuing prisoners, etc. A
true bill.
Commonwealth vs. Clem Nugent.
Charge, Assault and battery.
Emma Richards prosecutrix. A
true bill. Settled
E. C. Mensch vs. Charles
Hughes. Petition of defendant to
pay amount of judgment into court
, and rule to show why judgment
! should not be satisfied filed. Rule
granted on plaintiff to show cause
why he shall not accept the amount
ot debt, interest and costs exclusive
of attorney's lee. Returnable first
Monday of June.
Commonwealth vs. Trego V.
Milroy, Edward Snyder, Clyde
Keefer auk Charles Jones. Charge
larceny. Nolle pros, allowed as to
Clyde Keefer. Defendants Milroy,
Snyder and Jones plead guilty.
Court sentenced defendants Mil
roy, Snyder and Jones to pay costs
of prosecution, restore goods or the
value thereof, pay a fine of $50
each, undergo imprrisonment in
the county jail for sixty days, stand
committed, etc. The court was
disposed to act leniently with the
young men and only passed sent
ence upon one of the indictments.
Sentence on the remaining two in
dictments was suspended.
Grand Jury presented the follow
bills: Commonwealth vs. Casper Rhawn
Charge, assault and battery. Not
a true bill. Prosecutor John Mc
Closkey to pay costs of prosecution,
give bail to sheriff for payment of
same, stand committed, etc.
Commonwealth vs John McClos
key. Charge assault and battery.
Not a true bill. Prosecutor Casper
Rhawn to pay costs.
Court sentenced prosecutor Casper
Rhawn to pay costs of prosecution,
give bail to Sheriff for payment of
same, stand committed, etc.
Recognizance of Charles Cham
berlain iu the sum of JSioo for his
appearance at next term of court.
WEDNESDAY.
In the absence of court crier J. S.
Williams, D. R. Coffman acted in
that capa:ity.
C. A. Shuman vs. Jacob Hinder
liter et al. Sci. Fa. judgment in
open court against terre tenants for
want . of appearance and against
Jacob S. Hinderliter as upon pro
clamation.
Commonwealth vs. Solomon Reed
and George Wheelr, Charge, des
troying car by burning, etc.
Commonwealth vs. George Force.
Charge, larceny. Defendant pleads
not guilty. Myron T. Edwards,
prosecutor. Motion made by de
fendant s counsel to quash the in
dictment. Motion overruled. The
defendant is charged with having
stolen five or six wagon plank from
M. Edwards, on or about the lUh
of, last February. Messrs. W. C.
ohnston, Esq., and S. B. Karns,
Esq., appeared for the defendant
and District Attorney Harman and
Harry Stees, Esq., for the Com
monwealth. The case went to the
jury shortly before the noon ad
journment.
In the matter of the lunacy of
Elizabeth Zeisloft the following jury
of inquest was empaneled : John
Ladman, E. B. Cotner. M. A. Corn
stock, J. B.Welliver, Elliott Lemon
and V. P. Eves. The matter was
heard before Judge Kurtz this af
ternoon in Court Room No. 2.
Grand Jury returned the follow
ing bills :
Commonwealth vs Chas. Horn
and Robert Horn Charge, assault
and battery. A true bill.
The jury 111 the case of the Com
monwealth vs. George Force re
turned a verdict of not guilty, the
county to pay the costs.
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