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# LOCAL ITEMS. Circuit Court. -Thomas H. Gibson and George A. Price, copartners, trading as Gibson & Price, vs. William Rau; defendant's appeal from Justice Pfeffer; judgment below for Gibson & Price for $15 debt and $2.40 costs; judgment reversed and judgment for plaintiff for $7.50 and costs. John H. Parker vs. George W. Heavel; demurrer to plaintiff's bill of particulars sustained. Robert Bolden, assault with intent to kill; guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for seven years. Lorenzo G. Smith, John Harford and Alexander G. Smith, larceny of one and one-half pecks of coal; stetted. Albert R. Johnson, larceny of one bushel of coal from William C. Ditman; stetted. John Martin, larceny of one and one-half bushels of coal from Northern Central Railway Company; stet stricken out and bench-warrent issued. William Gray, larceny; case continued. Jas. Dougherty, larceny of one and one-half pecks of coal from Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad; guilty: 30 days in jail. Frank Light and Frank Sudroff, larceny; plea of guilty of petit larceny confessed and Sudroff paroled. William Filliaux and Thomas Marks, assault; not guilty. Richard Robinson, colored, disorderly conduct; nolle pros. John Slapmik, non-support of wife: continued. United Railways and Electric Company, nuisance; continued. Fred. Taylor, larceny; bench warrant renewed. James C. Thompson, burglary; nolle pros. on motion of State's Attorney. Frederick L. Pfeffer, assault; guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. The Atlantic National Bank of Jacksonville, Fla., vs. William C. Dorsey and the Canton National Bank; motion to rescind ex-parte order appointing receiver granted and nisi order of court appointing receiver filed. # MAN'S BODY IDENTIFIED. The man whose decomposed remains were found on Wednesday of last week concealed in some hay on Mr. Joseph Friedenwald's White Hall Manor Farm, in Worthington Valley, were identified at the coroner's inquest held on Friday night by Justice Orrick as Joseph Woll, a former employe of Mr. Friedenwald, and who left the latter's employ the first of the present month. A chest left by the deceased was unlocked by a key found in the dead man's pocket. Several employes on the farm also indentified the man by his hat, his pipe, watch and other articles. The deceased was about 50 years of age. He had worked on the farm about six months. Mr. Friedenwald employs a great number of transient laborers, who are constantly coming and going, which accounts for the man not being missed. The jury of inquest, of which Mr. Charles A. Councilman was foreman, rendered a verdict that the man came to his death from causes unknown to the jury. When the body was first found it was stated by the undertaker who buried it that the man had been dead a year or more. Now it is said 'he had not been dead a month. A singular thing connected with the affair is said to be the fact that the revolver found near the body had two empty chambers and that there were no empty shells found in the chambers. If the man had shot himself the empty shells would have been found in the chamber of the pistol.
