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Indiana County,VOLtTME 72COURT NEWSA verdict of not iguilty was reached End ay night by the juiry in the case i f Of the Commonwealth vs. Peter Ar- eh a]cur..., uiUiCttid in conaociioy with tile towrobbery of the Jacksonville (bank o'eb more than two years ago. The case ouk was given to the jury at 12:30 o’clock rey an Friday afternoon^ ,the final verdict Pas: being reached that night at 11 o’clock, folic The sealed verdict was opened in rem court on Saturday morning and Ar- aiidcuivu as given his lruouoi.i, FunTwo years ago Areurio was found elect guilty of the robbery of the Jackson- A. ville bank after the jury had been in borr session for 18 ,hours. His attorneys filed an appeal to a higher court, Whr which granted him a new trial. The j)y-e defense of the accused man practi- be ^ caliy established an alibi, consider- RlJ)-able evidence being introduced in sljm sutsL-.i.nation ot Arcnno s claim. Tthat he was not in the vicinity of f:ilG Jacksonville at the time of the rob- was ibery. The evidence presented by the Bon prosecution was largely of a circum- f:ant sftantia) nature, and included an iden- aa tifisation of the accused by H. W. Me- . e,,1G Quiikin, of the Jacksonville bank. or nMilliard Mardis and William Camp- Itn01 jbell, two of the three Nanty-Glo ^is i youths charged with the death of jjjs j Frank Carney, of S'trongstown, last ^ ni May, entered pleas of (guilty -of mur- Qa]j der when called for trial before Judge 0f j. Lang ham on Friday, afternoon. Del- fam: mas Hartman, the other member of ■ {:hih the trio indicted for the crime, enter- , state ed a plea of not'guilty. 1 of tcOn agreement .of the counsel for ton, the defendants and Judge Langham, Salts the trials of the three young men Chic were continued until December term Ann: of court, at which time Judge Lang- Win ham wiil hear the testimony in the Mardis and ‘Campbell cases in order . den a to fix the degree of guilt. Hartman will be tried .by jury.It is alleged the three youths plan- _ ned to rob Carney, Sunday evening, j wido May 6, and attracted him to his barn u na by throwing stones against the build- died dug. Arriving there Carney, who was burg a cripple, was attacked and struck ices with a blackjack in the hands of one the 1 of the young men. When Carney ; hlt; fell to the gerund, it is alleged that cuPi' he was beaten with a heavy cane Salts which he had carried from the house, i and was so 'badly injured that death *be j resulted in a Johnstown hospital the , JY1 .MCreijBrrmMrwasfollowing evening.Judge Lanigham imposed the following sentences on Monday mam*Ulg. | jjy |(Max Israel, buying junk from min- \ the ors. Costs, fine of .$25 and make res- i of In titution of $8.50 ‘to J. R. Richards. ! ton,Helen Venoek and Emma Hofireck, | inter prostitution. Coats and committed ■ road to the Home of the Good Shepherd, i some Pittsburgh. ;dreniCarl Peterson, larceny. Costs, res- 1 o titution of value of stolen goods, fine j d -of $100, and serve three months in ■ 'jail. 1 Mrs-T n /r ___ 1___ r\- ____str ce
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Indiana Weekly Messenger
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Oct 04, 1928
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