Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-01-20

3 The January Tern Of TIE several Courts OF
Monroe coun,y cornraenced on the 10Th inst
Present Kidder, coolbaugh aud Merwine. The
| Grand Ju.urs were calIed-23 of whom an.
swe.ed TO their names, land after very able
charge by his Honor, l.. Kidder, Jos. Trach. OF
Hamilton, was chosen Foreman. During their
delibelasions they found several true Bills, and
al The same time ignored number Of others.
among which, was one against The individuals
who participated in the destruction Of the "Dem-
ocratic Press" in Siroudsburg, in June last.
The Cons,abes were called. who came forth
as the standard bearers Of the public peace, and
rendered an account of the deeds done in rkeir
respective 6aihuicks Three of them were
hen directed 10 take their poles, keep order in
the Court room, aud whenever The Elephant"
appeared TO have him Gagged. sa Il
The first case called for trial, was
Michael Meisner, administrator of Ezra Bates,
decd. Us. Jacob Young, administrator of Mich.
olas Young, decd. This was Foreiga al
Iachment for the recovery Of an aledged debt
due, owing and unpaid to the plaintiff Yer
die, FOR defendant. Porter for plaintiff, Davis
and Reeder for defendant. ,..y ..t.
Laurence Serfoss vs Dawa, Fisher, admin
isrra,or Of Michael Hawk, decd Laurence
Serfoss on The l2,h day Of June ls43. entered
judgment in The Common Pleas Of Monroe
county, agains. his son, Peter L. Serfoss, for
$4,000. Subsequen, TO the entry of said judg-
ment, Michael Hawk recovered judgment in
the same Court against Peter for 5000. Mi
chael Hawk, died shortly after, and Dawal,
Fisher became his administrator, who made ap-
plica,ion 10 The Courl TO have Laurence's judg-
ment opened and the creditors le, into de-
fence, upon The ground tina, il was given with
on, a valuable consideration, and for The pur-
pose of saving Peters properly from subsequent
Judgment creditors This case occupied nearly
three days, The jury returned a verdict for
defendant, Reeder and Davis for plaintiff, Por
Ter and WALTON for defendant. .. 80 w
Thomas Krum and Phlneas Dresbach rs.
Lewis Sox and VIM F. Edmunds. Action of
respass. Lewis Sox and c n. Heaney, had
an execution sgains, John Dresbach, in the
hands of VIM. F. Edmunds. Constable. The
Constable was indemni6ed, and a, reques, of
the defendan, levied upon and sold 1000 shin
giles which they supposed belonged TO John
Dresbacll; but, which the Jury found was the
of The plaintiffs. During The progress
Of the trial, she following lines were written by
one of the Counsci-J. Nj. P.
"Four thousand shingles from the Plaintiff claim,
To get their value, seems to be their am,-
But should the Plaintiff IS in then suit succeed,
There five Lawyers in it to be feed.
The Plaintiffs then win only get the shavings
they must take this batch of Lawyers leavings."
Verdc, Of s39 for the Plaintiffs. Reeder,
Dimmick, and Dreher for plaintiffs, Porter and
Walton for defendants. aC 81 au5s
Augustus Bowers Us. Charles Hawk and Joel
Berlin. Ejec,men, for a ,rac, Of land in Ches-
nuihl township, in. the possession Of the de-
feadaais. We have no room 10 commen, upon
this case. Verdict, for defendants. Reeder
and Dmmick for plaintiff, Porter and Davis for
defendants. o la eli a
VIM Huston and John Huston, adminisira.
tors of VIM. Huston. deceased, us. James Gan
non. Foreign attachment, Defendan, lef
this neighborhood in 1887 o: '3S, and Ieft two
small children with VIM. Huston, decd, who
fed and clothed them for number Of years
This sui, was brough, 10. recover out Of his
property the expenses OF their keeping. Yer
dict for plainufT-sl32. Dmmick for plain
riffs, Reeder and Shaw for defendant.
The Cour. after going through with part Of
the Argumeu, list, Adjourned on Saturday nigh,
abou, II o'clock. having done good weeks
work. rru say aru.a @
Gen. Scou's Recall.