Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-07-04
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county court----J une Quarterly Term. 4
/ Court convened on Monday. D. w.
Robinson. Andrew 8Iearns, w. NJ. Blair.
u o. Radcliff, III. West, u Norman, j
Monroe, J. =. Cunningham. VIM. NJ.
PAR and g. " siers. Constables elect for
the county in their respective districts.
gave the security and took the several
oaths required BY Law Tor qualifoationi in
their Office.
Abba Minor was similarly qualified for
executing the Office Of Sheriff Of the coun-
tvs under the act passed by the Legisla
ture in March last. extending the terms
of sheriffs OF the Comm onwealth until the
1st day Of January. IS 2 =. 2 !
Walter Ebert. Solomon. Ward, JOS os
mine. Jos. Steady and Jno. Strother, quail
fed as Oyerseers, of the Poor fortbe dis.
tricts in which they respectively reside.
On heed day Of the term all the jus.
tees Of the county were in attendance for
the purpose Of. considering county claims
and laying the county levy. The action
Of the court herein was anlobject of the
most intense solicitude to swarm Of pub.
lie benefactors who stood around the
courtroom and the adjacent departments,
making stump speeches upon the proprie-
ty of liberal allowances for finger boards.
fox scalpe, DC. We will state for the in
terest OF our readers and the tax payers
Of the county that the claimants were
eminently successful-so much so,indeed,
that claims upon the county were allowed
to the snug sum Of $5.o68,6l, thereby
making the county levy $2,1o, and SO
cents for poor levy. The court having
. ordered that the list of claims together
with the delinquent list be published in
the county newspapers. our readers will
have an opportunity Of seeing what they
have to pay for, who they pay to, and
who pay nothing.
While the committee appointed by the
court were considering the claims, a little
claim was made for compensation to the
Commonwealth for 4" Fox" scalp taken
by Mr.. William Corbin, in small re-
contre had BY that gentleman at Me-
thodist revival at Mount Zion Church,
one evening. with Mr.. VIM. Fox. The
Jury thinking the sport unreasonable. fned
the defendant $500, aud the court i'm
prisoned him "a hours.
There were one or two other cases Of
assaults before the court, among them an
indictment against Enoch Gain for fight
| ing with Shadrach Hurst. He was fined
five dollars. Court adjourned till the
next morning.
On the next day none of the members
except one Of the court for The present
term came in. they having agreed be-
tween themselves that court should not
meet again until Saturday. That one
member happened to be in favor of Ii,
cense. and the friends Ct license lost no
time in looking up two other justices who
were sound on that question. and request
ing them.t take their seat upon the bench.
as there was Unexpectedly little bust
ness proper to come before the court
These three justices formed court, and
thereupon, thirteen ordinary keepers APP
piled for license and it was granted to
them, to the great qualification of some of
our citizens and the great disgust of oth>
ers. When the regular members of the
court met on Saturday, they were much
surprised TO find what had been done on
Wednesday, and took the advice of Col.
| B. Wilson, the Attorney for the Common
wealth, and other members of the bar, as
to whether they had right to set the
orders, granting license, aside. 1t seem
ed upon examination that no such right
existed, and the court determined to let
the orders stand and content themselves
with simply entering their protest against
the action Of the justices, on Wednesday.
In the case of F. w. Harbert VS.. Isaiah
Harbcrt for SANDER, the jury returned a
verdict of $500 damages counsel for
plaintiff. Lewis and Wilson for defend
ant, Johnston and jackson. The court
then took the case ofB Harbert VS.. Isaiah
Harbert for similar SANDER. but in con-
sequence of theindispostion of one of the
jurors the case was continued until next
term.
/ We had not supposed that the absence
of any one lawyer from court could have
so retarded its business as did that OF Col.
Wilson. during the first week of this term.