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Commonwealth \\*. IJ.ivid Bailor and Battra iiiiUur, Thu trial uf llils C:ij?c occupied the most of Tuesday morning. It was uu indictment for forcible? entry tool detainin', In IWM Wm. 1*. Orbison brought nu aolinn of ejectment against John BuHer, to recover posse** sion of some '100 acres of land, situate upon I lie lop of Juck’s JMoiinbiin, in Cromwell township, upon whhh Butler was residing lvlLh hi* wife L?nini uiul fa mi If—David being oue of the sons. Heuding the litigation, Or-liison sold to (ruo. A. Parks, tho prosecutor iu this ease, hast year John Hu tier confessed judguietU to Harks, who then obtained a writ of httbcrc /dciutr pojscvtiotiwi, under which the Sheri If placed him in possession, ejecting Bu tier’s family, Butler, it appears, deserted his family about the timu he confessed judgment to Parks, nrnl Mrs. Duller and her children fimulc a determined struggle to return the possesion which they believed was their right after 17 years occtijmuoy, and it was not long after they were misled until UiOy regained possession of the liuii.se, hence Lfiis prosecution. Thu defense relied upon the on try not being forcible ; that the door of Lliu house being fastened with a button, which wit? heavier at one end than tho other, upon their palling the door tight to the jamb the billion revolved and the door wag open, ThuCourt held Unit this did not relieve llio actfrom being unlawful, and ibc defendants were conviclcd. They did not select the proper loriiill in which to try their land lilies.Commonwealth vy. Gphniim Tingling. Thiswus an indictment for assault uiid battery, in which the defendant, a man nearly CO years of ago, wikh charged with enticing rt little daughter ofing sister’s, Mrs, Undid Bollinger, into his own barn and waking un indecent assault upon her. The trial occupied the wholo of Tuesday u ft or noon, and involved a great mass uf contradictory details. The do* tense is based upon the blackmail theory, tending to show which u great deal of testimony was adduced, The jury returned n Verdict of “not guiltyand divided tho coats equally between the prosecutrix, IlnclieK Bollinger, and the defendant, Uphraiui Tingling.Comm on wealth vs. B. L\ Clark. #This was an notion fur assault and battery, brought by
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Huntingdon Journal
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Nov 14, 1879
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