Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-06-10
Court Proceedings.

another assault and battery case from the
smart town of Brookfeld. Both parties
are Welsh, and the plaintiff is a woman e.,
who claimed that the defendant commit
ted an aggravated and unprOvoked assault
upon her person, but the jury, from the
evidence sddueed, concluded that the
assault was not very serious, and that the
defendant was not very much at fault. a
verdict was returned of IS against the de-
PENDANT which was just enough to carry
the costs.
Thus far, this term, suits brought to re-
cover damages for slight injuries 10 the
person have not been received with much
favor.
Following this was the case of Gerris
VS.. Cory. This is an appeal suit from
Greene, brought to recover damages for
services rendered the defendant BY the
plaintiff. The plaintiff here Is a bright
looking mulstto boy, who made a very
creditsble appearance upon the witness
stand, and, judging from the testimony of
a large number of responsible witnesses, is
neutrality-suspicious. and promising. 1t
seems that he fell in with the defendants
son, (who was a number Of the 9Th Ohio
Cavalry sometime during the war, and
by the son was sent to the father. The
old gentleman put him on his farm, let
him work during the summer months, and
sent him to school during the winter.
Tho boy proved an apt scholar, and a fair
farm hand. By reason Of some misunder-
standing between them, the boy, after
about three years service, left, and brought
this suit to recover his unpaid earnings.-
The jury allowed him S47, so, an amount
somewhat less han be was allowed before
the Justice. Judge NJ. Sutlif acted for
the plaintiff and Taylor & Jones for
defendant.
. On "Wednesday the important case of
Swartze VS.. The Administrator of Maria
Heaton came on for trial. The plaintiff
in this suit is q little old woman, who
lived for many years with the late Maria
Heston doing all kinds of work about the
premises. She brings this action for SER
vices rendered during those years, and
claims $1,000. There was q perfect cloud
of witnesses present, many of whom how
ever, did not seem to know much about
the case. 1t was expected that two or
three days would be consumed in the trial
of this suit, but it was submitted to the
jury early on Thursday morning. Taylor
& Jones appeared for the old lady, and
Mr.. Stull for the defendant. A verdict
was rendered for plaintiff and her damages
assessed at SAL 81.
On Thursday three candidates for the
Penitentiary were brought over from the
Jail to receive sentence from the Court
Samuel Grinnell and Samuel Meacham,
the Greene horse thieves, were sentenced
to q -four years term. These ale both
reckless l. king chaps and It's reported
that Grinnell has not been long Tree from
q term in the Pittsburgh PenItentiary.
They received the appropriate remarks of
the coErt and their sentence without
manifesting any feeling of regret. John
the other prsoGer, who plead gull
ty to the charge Of stealing a watch
Valued at S45, received the same sentence.
He was 8 hardened, repulsive looking fell
low, and is undoubtedly 4 dangerous
character.
A little suit from Miles, EckenrOde vs. 4;
Administrator of Benton. was tried on T;
Thursday. The plaintiff claims to have j
a mechanics lien upon 8 building built BY j
Benton. He got a verdict of So. Ensign
or plaintiff, Stull for defendant :
In the afternoon the case Of McKeen vs.. :
Sechneittacher was tried. This is an '
appeal Ease from the docket of Justice
from Gustavus. The parties had
dealt considerably together in bonds, '
notes, &C., and this suit is brought to re- !,
over = balance of S47, which the plaintiff
due him from defendant. The I
court charged the law as the defendant '
requested, and the jury returned a verdict !
for the p~lsintiff of SIS. Hyde and Moses ,
for plaintiff, and Hutchins s. Spear for I
defendant. i
A special Grand Jury was called on I
to set upon the case of one, :,
Frederick Bee, and a novel case it is. On c
Thursday last Austin Tibits, of Westhers-
field, brought home an entire new out fit, I
purchased and prepared with great care I
and at a great expense, for his wedding !.
nit. On Thursday night some person I
his room and removed every thing C
wen to the boots. OF course the loss of o
hese things sadly disturbed Austin's
,lans, and an active search was immedi-
.tely instituted for the thief. On Satur- 9
a man, calling himself Frederick Bee,
vas found near Psyne's Corners elegantly
ttired in Tibit's wedding suit. He was
brought TO Warren, and indict-
ID. When arraigned he remarked that 5,
le was guilty of wearing the clothes, but h
of stealing them. It is understood, a.
loweve-, that, after consulting with his h
ttorney, be concluded to change his plea IL
o that of guilty.. He is a stranger in these n
and no one appeared to know any o,
hing about him.
On Tuesday, the 9th inst the case of =
he State Va. Gideon StrOck win probably
e tried. This defendant evidently belongs =
D the original "Gideon's Band" and is a r,
are character in his way. h
Court will adjourn on Wednesday, the n
9th inst.
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