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against the defendant had not been exc
Cuted, on his motion II was ordered tina.
a PIuries venire. facias issue against the
the defendant returnabIs here, on the
first day of the next term.
And such writ did issue and was re-
turned.
ono inhabitan Of my baliwick.
J.. CALD WELL, D. S."
And at another day, 10 wit: at circuit
Superior court Of Law and chancery
held for the court Of Ohio county, at the
court house On Tuesday the 18th day o.
May, 1888, came the Attorney for the
Commonwealth, and it appearing 10 the
court that The process last awarded a.
gainst the defendant, had not been ser.
Ved:.i it ordered that a writ Of ca pial
issue against the said defendant, return
able here on the first day of the mex
Term; which writ did issue was return.
ed. "Executed and bail edged
before two Justices OF tho Peace.
y W. WI Olll14Ls u. ..
September 10Th, 1888"
At another day, to wit: at a circuit
Superior court OF Law and chancery,
continued and held for the said county
Of Ohio, at the court house, on Saturday
the 26th day Of October 1888, came as
well the attorney for the Commonwealth
as the said defendant by his Attorney
and thereupon the defendant files a plea
in abatement to the Indictment IN this
cause, in the words and figures follow
ing, 10 wit: ''And now the said Shan
non in his own proper person comes 10
to court, and the said indictment being
read 10 him, and heard by him, the said
Shannon Tor plea IN this behalf, that he
ought not 10 be compelled TO answer
thereunto, because he smith, that Law.
renee Clark, one Of the Grand Jurors by
whom tho 0aid indictmen. was found
was al the time of finding the said
Indictment, an overseer Of a pub
lie road or highway, in said county,
10 wit, on the 18th day of October 1882,
at Ohio county aforesaid, as appears by
the record, and this he, the said Shan
non is ready to verify. Therefore he
Prays judgment Of tho said indictment,
that the said may be quashed.
WILSON SHANNON.
Virginia, Ohio co. Supreme Court.
Personally appeared before me, VIM.
Webb, the said Wilson Shannon, who
being by me duly sworn, saith that the
matter Of things stated in the above
plea are true, 10 the best of his in
formation and belief, and that he be-
IieVes the same to be true. Given un-
der my hand aud seal, this 10th day of
October 1883.
WIN. WEBB, ]. P.
TO which plea the attorney for the
Commonwealth demurrod generally and
The defendant joined in The demurrer
And The trial was deferred until Monday
next, thereafter.
And now, at this day, TO wit, at n Cir.
cult, Superior Court OF Law and Chsnce.
ry, continued and held for the County of
Ohio, at The Court house, on the same
day and year first herein mentioned, 60
WIT on Wednesday The 3Nlh day Of ,Oc-
Iober 1883, came as we'll The attorney
Tor the Commonwealth, as the said de-
lendant in his proper person, aud there
upon the said defendant Withdrawing he
iormerplea IN this cause, acknowledge
ed himself guilty Of the Unlawful gaming
aforesaid; therefore it is considered by
the Court that the Commonwealth recOv.
or against the said defendant, twenty
dollars, the, fine imposed by law for un-
lawful gaming, and the costs of this pros
e%cuIion. And it is ordered, that Il capt.
as issue for the fine and costs aforesaid.
And The SAID Wilson Shannon aud Dan
IeI Peck, here in Court, acknowledge
themselves 10 he indebted to John Floyd,
Governor Of the Commonwealth Of Vir-
ginia, and to his successors 10 o flee, in
The sum Of fifty dollars, o fIawful money,
each; Of their respective goods aud chat =
ties, IaRds and tenemenls, 10 DO levied,
and 10 the said Governor, and successors,
Tor The use Of the Commonwealth render.
cd. Yet, upon this condition, that il the
said Wilson Shannon shall be o fgooJ be-
havlour for l2 months from this time
then The Foregoing recognizance to be
void, else TO Temaihi in full force and vir-
tue.
Upon which judgment, q writ of capt.
as ad salis(acieRdum issued the 18th day
of May, in the year 1886, against tn,
said defendant, and directed to the Sher
III Of the county Of Ohio, who made th'
following return thereon to wit:
mo iHhabitant of my baili wick.
W MITCHELL, D. 8.
for VIM. Webb, S. O.. c."
Fine, $4,000! costs, 1896.
Nor has The some bte0 satisfied,
CoMMoSwEALTH OF NRGINIAl
Ohio county, sci.