M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-09-23
FOR the Democrat.
$40 SCI!
With Interest for Six Years!

cution Docket OF the Court Oi COM
mon Pleas:
CASE No. 1-PAaE 81.
STATE as. W. BAT May Term,
1851. Fine 500; costs S40.1S.
FEBRUARY 2S, '53-Ca. Sa. issued to
Sheriff of Vinton Co.
March 2S, '53-Ca. Sa. returned,
indorsed, This writ not served for
want OF time.-F. SHADES, Shift"
CASE No. pace 81.
State as. ". A. Nat June Term,
1853. Fine S25; costs $3.50.
February IS, '53-Ca. SG. issued
to Sheriff Y. Co. ,
March %, '53-Cd. Sa. returned
indorsed, Mot served for want OF
time.-F. Shades, Shift"
April 26, '53-Ca. Sa. No. 2 is
sued and delivered TO Sheriff Of YiG-
ton Co.
June 8, '58-Ca. Sa. returned in
dorsed. mot executed this writ fer
want of time.--F. Shades. Shift"
Oct. 2S, '53--Ga. Sa. No. 8 issued
and delivered to Sheriff OF V. Co.
March 81. '54-Ca. Sa. returned
indorsed, "Noproperty found whcreon
to levy to make any part OF the anon
ey on this writ"
CASE No. 3-PAeE 80.
State qs. j. A.--At September
Term, 1851. Fine $40; costs S2,14.
February 26, '53--Ca. sa. issued
to Shcliff T. Shades of Vinton CO.
(No return shown of this writ.)
CASE No. 4-PAGE SO.
State VS.. G. Cat March Term,
1851. Fine $40; costs $40.62
March 3, '53--Ca. Sa. issued to
Sheriff Vinton Co.
March %, '53--Ca. Sa. returned
indorsed, "Made eight dollars On this
wnt.--F. Shades, Sh'f."
April 25, '53--Ca. 8a. No. 2 issueG
and delivered to Sheriff Of V. 90.
jane /, '53-Ca. Sa. returned in.
| dorscd, mot served for want OF time.
II. Shades, Sh'tf."
Oct, 2S, '53--Ca, sa. No, 3 issued
and delivered to Sheriff. Vmton &c.
! (No return shown of this writ)
CASE No. 5--PAGE 70.
State VS.. ID. DAT October Term,
1858. Fine S.; costs $1157
Oct, 81, '53--Ca. sa. issued aud
delivered to Sheriff V. Co., rcturnabIc
at next term. (And no return shown
OF this writ.)
Nine executions issuod against the
property or the bodies Of the differ
cnt Northumberland how does the
Sheriff discharge his dutyg In Case
No. ! the writ is "not served for want
OF tine;" in Guso No. z twUUrU-''IrUt
served for want of time" and the
other indorscd, mo property found, .
with no mention OF the body, although
the Sheriff was commanded by the
writ to bring the body Of the defend
ant in default Of no property being
found to levy on. In Case No. 3 the
Docket shows no return. In Case
| No. /, with the first execution, he
makes SIS; the second is not served
for "want OF time" and the third ap.
pears without any return; and in Case
! No. 5 again no retpn shown.
Was the business of Vinton coun-
| ty in 1854 So great, that from Feb
ruary to June and from, Oct to March,
! the Sheriff could not find time to
serve a writ, nor collect the fines or
arrest the parties the county had cX.
! pended upwards Of 500 to convict!
Did the Sheriff, Shades, think that
the people only pay taxes for the fun
OF carrying on suits to convict parties
for offences against, the laws of the
SNtc?--that the trial of them was on
| ~ farce, and that VintoH county
was rich and better able to lose the
costs expended in such cases, than iho
parties were to satisfy them? Did
the Sheriff do his duty in making
sach returns, when the parties were
almost at his very door and could
easily have been arrested I How is
it, we ask again, that for nine months
(and then there did not one-lonrth the
number of executions issue that there
docs now) the Sheriff could find no
time to execute and return the wrts
against five men3 The fact is, there
was either gross negligence, or else
something "rotten in Denmark
Which was it, gentlemen2 The books
make the above statement, and you
know the books can't lie.
MEN OF VINToN COUNTY, look at
these matters--weigh them we'll
and at the ballot-box show such men
that you consider it All insult to your
good sense for them to ask You to
vote for--much less elect. officers
that, under the himsy pretext Of ''the
want of time" eyade assisting you in
eniorcin g your laws.
COSMOPOLITE.
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