Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-11-17
Court Proceedings.

I After rendition of the verdict in ia
Goldrick VS.. Sp0nsler case reporter las
week, there was no work for the jur,
until Friday, the cases assigned for tn
! intermediate days in which jury issue
are involved being continued or other
wise disposed of. The daily sessions o
the court were brief, and occupied chief
ly with hearings of demurrers, motions
exceptions, &c.
On Friday morning the trial of thu
case of Richards Il Watkins VS.. o. II
Paine was commenced TO a jury. Thii
suit was upon an account for coal sold
and delivered by plaintiffs to defendant
at the Chew Il Hutchins bank in Brook.
field in the fall of 1867. Defence that tho
coal wa delivered under a contract be,
tween plaintiff and defendant, which
plaintiffs had wrongfully put an end to
also, counterclaim for damages by reason
of breach of contract by plaintiffs. Yer
dict Saturday morning for plaintiffs,
S22S.40. Hon. John Hutchins for plain
tiff, Gen. Sanderson for defendant.
On Saturday the case of Admir- d. J.
Beardsley VS.. VIM. II. Beardsley was
tried to the court and resulted in a de-
cree for plaintiff. II. c. Ranney and f.
b. Taylor for plaintiff; F. E. Hutchins
for defendant.
The Grand Jury, which had beer bus
lily occupied all the week, reported a
mass of business, including some sixty
indictments, Saturday morning. and
having no farther business, was dis
charged. a provision of the criminal
code enacted by the Legislature las;
winter requiring that no officer of court
shall disclose the fact of the hnding of
an indictment until the defendant is ar
rested, the indictments are not made
public for the present. The Grand Jury
also made a report upon the Jail, 4 copy
Of which has been kindly furnished us
by a gentleman of the bar. and is as fol-
lows, viz:
To THE HoN. GEO. NJ. FUTILE, JUDGE:
We the Grand Jurors of the November
term of 1859, having visited the Jail in
accordance with your order would re-
spectfully represent hat the condition of
the same is such that it is no longer
suitable TO be used for Jail purposes. 1t
is old and crunbling to decay, thus rem
dering the lives of its inmates insecure,
and also unreliable for the secure reten-
ton of prisoners.
Second: As to its sanitary condition.
Upon this point we would say that il is
a reprOach upon the humane and equita-
BILE spirit of our community to immerse
a human being il a place so d~eplOrable.
II IS u~nclesnly, damp, and dingy besides
It Is impossible 10 make il otherwise
owing to its decaying condition. Its
present unsuitable condition is in no wise
the result Of any fault or neglect of the
family which now has it in charge, but
results from reasons already stated.
Although we are told very frequently
that any place of confinement, however
wretched and unseemly, is good enough
for prisoners and culprits vet we would
say that this is not a proper and humane
spirit, but savors too much of barbarism.
We would, then, respectfully ask the
voters of TrumbUll County to remedy
this deplorable condition of affairs by
voting at the earliest opportunity for the
erection of a new jail.
VIM. B. Kennedy, ]. II. Ingraham,
Daniel Winchel, Sheldon J. Baker, s. \.
Davidson, Calvin Wannemaker, Geo.
Il A1SNAAldAs AlbNAE ' al OluCl D. IL.
Laird, Jas. L. Laird, H. R. Stone, Jno.
White, Almon Chapman, o. P. Laird,
Lester Hine.
John Kreidler VS.. Jos. Kreidler was
tried to a jury Saturday. In this case
John sues his son Joseph for labor per-
formed from the year 1862 TO 1868, at SIS
per month. Defence, settlement, and
I1E--l,.@ loI F=.I11 l1.~I D
lodging, medical attendance, &c, of more
value than plaintiffs claim. Verdict
Saturday morning for plaintiff S474.
Beaver and Taylor for plaintiff, Stull and
F. E. Hutchins for defendant.
On Monday morning a number of par
ties who had beep arrested, were
brought into court and arraigned as fol-
Zelotus Moore, horse stealing, plea
guilty. Same for stealing betting
and wrench, same plea; same for con-
a stolen horse, same plea.
Henry Slime, assault and battery, plea,
not guilty.
Bostwick Parker, stealing, plea, not
H. H. Moses, Esq, assigned as
counsel.
Reuben S~ilvernail, keeping rooms
liquor is sold in violation of law.
Plea, not guilty.
David Ritter, same charge and same
plea.
Hiram Mowry, same charge and same
plea.
The case of Edward B. Merwin VS..
VIM. Higley was then taken up and
to a jury. Plaintiff is a hotel-keep-
sr at Hubbard, and the defendant, at the
lime of the wrongs complained of, was a
merchant at that place and a boarder at
derwin's house. Prf charged that dur
the summer of 1868, defendant SLAM
Tered plaintiff by saying, in his bar-room,
n presence of several persons, in sub
"He (meaning Merwin), is thief;
lie stole my revolver and shirts from my
DOM" &c. 1t appeared, from the proof, {
hat Higley had been drinking consider
BILE, was excited, and somewhat offend
d at the time the words were spoken. !
,he case was submitted to the jury :
argument. Verdict Tuesday {
morning for plaintiff $500 Gen. Sander
on for plaintiff, Taylor for defendant. :