The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-29

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Houk. Lucore & Hamblen for plain
tiff; Hall 6 M'Cauley for defendant.
Settled.
John Tudor and his wife Elizabeth
Tudor now for use of the Overseers of
Poor of the District of Fox VS.. Peter
Hollobaugh Hall and M'Cauley for
plaintiffs Lucore and Hamblen for
defendant Continued.
| CRIMINAL.
| Commonwealth VS. Martin Herbtritt,
Anthony Krieg and Geo Krieg. as
sduU and Battery. A true bill Ver-
dict-the defendants not guilty and
costs to be equally divided between
Daniel Cain, and the defendants.
Sentenced accordingly.
Commonwealth VS.. Joseph Hanes.
Assault and Battery A true bill
Verdict-Defendant guilty of assault
and battery, that he pay two-thirds
the cost and the prosecutor, Phillip
wilhelm, to pay one-third the cost.
Sentenced accordingly.
Com VS. Marshall Farley assault
and Battery. Misdemeanor true
bill. MOI. pros. refused and bail of
defendant and surety taken for ap
pearance of defendant at next term.
J. HI. Hagerty surety.
Com VS. Geo II Woodward. misde-
naeanor A true bill Not. pros. en-
tered upon payment of costs.
Com VS. John Nolan. assault and
Battery. Not true bill, the prosecu-
tor John Pulse to pay the costs
amounting to $13,02 Sentenced ac-
cordingly.
Com VS. John Pulse assault and
Battery. Not q true bill and prosecu-
tor John Nolan to pay the costs,
amounting to SLAP Sentenced ac.
cordingly.
| Com VS. G a jacobson ,SeUing
Liquor contrary to Law. Not true
bill and the prosecutor Alfred Oberg
to pay the costs.
Com VS. Patrick Goodman Defend
ant committed to county jail for
threats to do injauy and carrying con-
ceoted aOcdpOns. A true bill. Verdict
Defendant not guilty on first count
and on second count guilty of simple
assault and battery. Sentenced to
pay fine of twenty-five dollars (S25)
and costs, and stand committed, &c.
ORDERS.
The Prothonotary directed to issue
venires for "a Grand Jurors and 3G
Traverse Jurors in court of Quarter
Sessions, and 36 Traverse Jurors in
the court of Common Pleas to be in at
tendance at January Term and ses-
sions 1878.
The court ordered that the number
of Jurors to serve in the several courts
of Elk county to be selected by the
Jury Commissioners and placed in the
wheel shall be 400.
ROADS.
Report of Viewers in the matter OF
vacating a portion of the old Ridgway
and Whistletown road being that por
ton between Elk creek and Eagle
Valley Mill liam in Ridgway town
ship: "We, the viewers appointed by
the annexed order of court, to view
the road therein mentioned, to-wit
All that part of a public road leading
from the Grlst Mill of J. S. Hyde in
Ridgway township to the Whistletown
mills in said township, between Elk
creek near said grist mill and the
point where it is crossed by the route
of the Kane, Ridgway and st. Mary,s
State Road, near the Eagle Valley
mill dam, do report that in pursuance
of the said order, after due timely no.
tice to j. S. Hyde and W. II Osterhout
the owners and occupants of the land
through which said road passes, and
also to Daniel MGovern and John
Gulnack, supervisors of said township
and also public notice by written
hand bills posted in the most con.
spicuous places near the said road, al
least ten days before, when and where
we would meet for the purpose Of max
lug said view. we have viewed that
part of the said road shown in the
draft hereto annexed, and that the
same is, in our opinion, useless. in
convenient and burdensome, that is
to say all that part between Elk creek
near the grist mill of j. S. Hyde and
the point where the same is crossed by
the route of the Kane Ridgway and
| ST Morv,s State Road
Witness our hand this 10Th day oi
November, A. ID. 1877.
E. X. GRESH
B. f. ELY Viewers.
CHARLES MEAD
Report of viewers approved.
Report of the viewers on the road to
lead from the st. Mary's and Olean
Road near Adam Pistners to the, Miles
burg and Smethport Turnpike near r..
Browns place. "The undersigned
persons appointed by the within order
of court to view and lay out the said
road therein named respectfully re.
port. That having been present at the
view of the ground proposed for such
road and having been first sworn ac-
cording to law, in pursuance of said
order we have viewed and laid out
and do return for public use the fol-
lowing road to'wit: Beginning at
the terminus of road leading from
| st. Mary's and Olean road near the