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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1891
Page
6
Dense Quarter Sessions filings reveal many separations and alimony disputes. Couples, often young, present amid literary tone and local legal rhetoric as judges, prosecutors, and counsel navigate fault, desertion, and infidelity.
In a busy naturalization day at the Common Pleas and U S District Courts over 150 new citizens were processed with 60 plus in Common Pleas and 92 in the district. Judge Porter refused Wolf papers citing lack of good moral character and advised first papers with a two year wait for final naturalization.
William McNeely filed an answer to the petition of Mrs Mary Nelson seeking a writ of habeas corpus to secure possession of Lulu I Nelson a four year old adopted daughter. The document lists numerous named defendants including James E Stewart Jesse Turner James Stevenson Jos Taylor Fergie Hines and others in various common pleas dockets.
The document states the uncle of the child, Avett Dean of the Anti-Cruelty Society, took the child from Mrs. Nelson and gave her to him. The father, living in Rushville, Tennessee, consents to the arrangement and asks dismissal. He accuses Mrs. Nelson of drinking, neglect, and abuse and claims she is not a proper guardian.
John A. Emery filed in Court of Common Pleas No 1 a damages suit against Duquesne Traction Company for injuries to John N Hazlett's son from the July 7 collision at Atwood and Forbes streets. The father describes severe head injuries burns nerve damage and long term uncertainty while noting some officers showed interest in the boy’s case.
Ellen Whitehouse filed an answer to Police Inspector Whitehouse's divorce petition and seeks a jury trial. She denies immorality accusations and says he has committed repeated cruelties, including beatings from nine months after marriage until August 1601, and left him after severe abuse in August 16 01. She also asks for a bill of particulars due to uncertainty in the charge.
The October term of the Supreme Court opens tomorrow after a day of consultation by the justices. A large number of opinions are expected in the morning with the first week’s list to follow. Beaver County is among those to be heard first.
The court lists 65 cases from Clarion Forest Greene Jefferson Venango and Westmoreland plus five from the eastern district. The second week covers Armstrong Cambria Lawrence Mercer. Butler Indiana and Erie follow and Allegheny closes. Sentences were handed down for felonious assault and related offenses.
The District Attorney’s office reports cost savings from a witness hearing method used in criminal court and adopted by the grand jury. The county saved 5,743 in witness fees versus the grand jury costs, with 18 percent reduction. DA Burleigh also requires sureties to declare property on bond. RC Elliot seeks $245 61 from Allegheny County Home directors for relief costs paid since January 24 1979. Directors named: William H. Guy Frank Patterson Joseph T. Richey.
The record notes a verdict of 61 cents in a case where George Little sued A Bradley and Boot Flinn for damages from entering a trench dug by the defendants. It also reports James E. Stewart facing criminal court for allegedly murdering his wife after a lamp explosion. A township commissioner's order affects local district boundaries, expanding districts from one to three.
Mrs Lena Corwin of Somerset and her husband split amid a depot chase as he searched for her at the Union station while she waited at the Baltimore and Ohio depot. They later reconnected and continued toward Cleveland. Exposition offer advertises free framed pictures from Hendricks & Co. Allegheny.
D W Hopper and wife sue C D Robbins J A Chambers A C Dravo and William H Singer over an oil and gas lease on their South Fayette township tract The lease required operations within six months but defendants never began, prompting a request for a decree declaring the lease null and void and canceling it.
Briefs From the Courts note that Mary Eurex Fitzratskx filed suit yesterday against Aaron Speaker for $1000 in damages for slander. Court actions were granted yesterday for the case.
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