Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-02
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1LEEsBURa, Vas Oct 81, 1S67.-Inthe Cir
cult Court for this county, suit by Sarah j.:
EVerbart, against Jacob Boyer, for malicious
prosecution was submitted to a jury two days
ago, after able arguments from M. Harrison
and Tucker 81. Ran for plaintiff aud Orr
and Hunter for defendant, and the jury found
7 d verdict Of $l,5oo damages they we're laid
at s., 900.
The facts were about as follows: A. NJ.
| Eyerhart died in 1861 unmarried, and his
| father, j ohm Everhart, became his heir at-law.
Among the property SO inherited was horse,
| and small house and lot, worth 5000 or $500.
The father told his two daughters that, after
the debts were paid, they should have the
property Acting upon this verbal gilt, the
daughters sold the horse to G. w. johnson for
S75 who took the precaution to ask the father
| if it was all right, who said it was. Jacob
! Bower applied to the Misses Everhart for the
house, and the verbal agreement was that ne
| was to have the house at one hundred and fifty
| dollars, provided the father interposcd no o.
Election. 4 There was written agreement which
was destroyed. SAL. 80, l.a,
| The father did not consent to the sal, and
| the purchaser threatened to put her IN the
State prison; and, upon the advice of JUS
tice, got out warrant for her tor obtaining
| money under false pretences. He held the
| Wwarraot.up Tor twelve days in the hands OF the
| constable Either before the warrant was IS
sued, or while it was in the hands OF the con-
stable, he applied to her on the subject, threat
eniug to Estates prison her" If she did not
| give him decd She replied, will pay your
money back, to which he responded, IVY nat
| the fifty dollars to me; L want the deed -
| The warrant was issued, the justice went to see
her, and without any examination whatever,
| held her to bail to answer an indictment at
| March Court, 1856. When Court came she
made her appearance. and was met with nollc
proscoui on the order of the defendant, Boyer,
| by letter to the Commonwealth Attorney
She in August brought her suit for malicious
prosecution, which has resulted as above stated
| All parties are incontestably loyal.
| The case of the Bank of the Old Dominion,
| in Alexandria, against cVeigh, &c, WAS to-
day decided, by verdict in favor of defts.
A Jury had been empanneled, and one day
evidence gone into, when r. Y Conrad, for
plaintiff, submitted instructions to the follow
| ing effect:
| LIST. II the Jury believe from the evidence,
that the domicile of the Bank Of the Old DO
mnion was at Alexandria, when the city was
occupied by the u. s. forces, and continued 30
until the 18th Of July 1861 and to the end oil
| the war, and Sd continues, then the jury must
find for the plaintiff; hit it (secondly) they
believe that the donicilc was removed by them
| to Pearisburg at the time of the payment OF
the note OF McVeigh, then they must find for
the defendants.
| Mr.. Tucker, for Defendants objected to the
words ''by then" wishing "LEGAL AUTIoR-
TY'' substituted The Judge refused TO give
the first and agreed to give the second, as
amended.
a bill of exceptions was filed. and IT. goes to
all the Courts known in the u. >. "!..
Fine weather after rain. First snow Oct.
81, 1867. ., -" AIloUls
! LATEST FROM EUROPE European dispatch
cs of Yesterday announce the arrival Of the
French troops in Rome from Toulon. They
met with silent reception from the people. -
1t was reported that the Papal troops were to
attack Garitaldi's forces yesterday, but we
have nothing confirming the rumor. On the
contrary, Florence journal denies that the
French troops have reached Rome. From
Berlin We have the announcement, through
semi official journal, that Pru ssia will intervene
in the Roman question, should such action be-
come necessary to preserve the peace OF Rome.
In Florence the italian authorities have taken
possession Of and closed the bureau of the
National (Garibaldi) party, and also OF the
Relief Committee. The Italian troops now in
Rome are commanded by General Cialdini, one
of Victor Emmanuel's confidential advisers
Garibaldi has retired to Monte Rotondo and
has made no reply to the summons Of Victor
Emmanuel to dsarm his volunteers. Great
excitement exists in Dublin concerning the
murder of two policemen in that city on We'd
ncsday night Lord Rose, the celebrated as
tronomer died in London yesterday. Paris
dispatch reports that Napoleon has demanded
of Victor Emmanuel an explanation of the in
vasion Of the Roman territory by the Italian
forces. 5sa-aa5 ,.=.ls.!
WINCH ESTER AND PoToMAc' RAILROAD
The annual meeting Of the Stock holders Of this
Company was held on Saturday last. The re-
port Of the President and Directors of the COM
pany's operations for the past year, stated that
the gross earnings of the company for the first
eight months OF the present year. to September
1st, 1867, exceeded by several hundred dollars
the entire amount which had accrued within