Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-02-14

February TERN OF COURT - The
records of this term of Court are very
meagre. To the credit of Juntata coun
ty, be it said not single criminal case
was laid before the grand jury. and but
one continued on renewal of recogni.
zance by defendant, and not one tried
The civil lit wac also small, and if the
weather had not been favorable for sleigh
ing. and if there had not been sach a
tierce aud bitter contest over the grant
ing Of licenses to f. Il. All,n, of Nc
Coysville, and John McNauigal. of Per-
rysville, the attendance would have been
proportionalely sparse The jury trials
were as follows:
Lewis Burchfeld w. Milford township
An appeal from the settlement of the
township, who allowed the plaintiff a
credit of $50. for lot bought as preven-
tive for the pauper epidemic-a chronic
disease of the body polite of Milford
and for relief furnished pauper, who
it was alleged was never legally a pau
per. However, the jury decided that she
was a legal pauper. that fact being left to
them for adjudication, and found yer
dict for Piff. of SAL, disallo wing the item
of $50 for purchase of real estate, which
the jury said was illegal.
John Gushard W.. Il. B. Coder. The
Plf. brought suit on a settlement on
which T. B Coder, according to Plff's
view of the Gaze, acknowledged that he
owed the Deft. upwards of 500. The
Deft. alleged that there should be de-
Quoted from that amount the value of a
watch of Deft's deceased wife, and price
of COW aud value Of cow pasture and
feed furnished Plf. The jury thought
only feed for COW should be allowed, and
accordingly rendered verdict for S4266.
VIM B. Young, for use of John Cof-
man, VS. VIM Dearing and Thos. Quinn.
Tqis was a suit on a note given for a
horse Quinn was bail. bearing was
principal, bat as there was no service on
bearing and service on Quinn. the trial
only settled the liability of Quinn. He
set mp the defence, let, That by reason
of intoxication he was not con,pos menfis
when he signed the note; 2nd, That
Dearing Gid not get the kind of horse
he bargained for The jury found ver-
diet for PIE for $50, the value of the
horse in the Judgment of the jury
The argument list, though long, was
nearly all, disposed Of The miscellane-
Gus business embraced large number of
small items. tue enumeration of which
would not interest our readers. The two
tavern license petitions contested were
f.. r. Allen, of McCoysville. and John
Nc Nanigal, of Perrysville. License not
granted to former, and granted to latter
On the equity side Of the Court no
argument was heard, but several steps
were taken looking to an argument at
some future period. On the famous case
of James Robson VS.. James North and
others, arising out of the distribution of
the State appropriation for the benefit OF
sufferers by tie Mifiin fire, Horace Gull
bertson. Esq, an attorney Of Lewistown,
was appointed master in charge to re-
port the facts and the law for the benefit
of the Court Very probably decision
of this Gaze will be reached by next term.
Lyons, Spanglo. and Wilson We. W..
". Davis, Bill in Equity to have re-
ceiver appointed and the press, type fix
lures Sc, of the Juniata Republica.
sold. Lucien W Doty, Esq, appointed
Examiner, to take testimony concerning
tie matter in dispute.