The Morning herald., 1878-11-26
OUR COUNTY COURT.
ANoTHHR DULL DAY--cARRoLL's cAsBs
fosTPoN1D-oIvIL SUITS, ETC.


ANoTHHR DULL DAY-cARRoLL's oAsBs
fosTPoNzD-oIvL SUITS, ETC.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
NEW CASTLE, November Is.
Court opened 1t noon to-day, with Judges
Woetten and Houston on tho bench-the
Chief Justice being absent.
The frst business taken up was the call
ing Of civil cases on the Trial and Areumen
list, which occupied the Court until .
O'Clock, when an adjournment was effected
During the session, Charles B. Lore, Esq
applied ior, the admission to the bar o.
Benny Emmons and Henry E. Hsislsr !
Asssrs. Patterson, Spruancs and Bate
were appointed 3 committee to exsmin g
them. s+
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The hrst business done upon the rsas-
sembling Of the Court at 8 O'Clock, was
relative to the ease of VIM. q. Carroll,
charged with, and indicted for receiving the
cigars, allsdgsd to have been stolen from
Vim. Rawnsley,a short time ago by Thomas
Gsrrihy and George 8. Hagany. The At
t0rney General ssid thst be would consent
to . part payment Of the case and weuld
hold the prisoner in the sum of $500 for his
appearance when wanted. (Carroll is now
in prison on account Of the non payment of
fines, on six indictmsnts for selling LIQUOR
without license, amounting to $500.
The bondsmsn OF Sheriff Pyle then ap-
pearsd before the Prothonetary and entered
bond to the required amount, SIC, 600. Their
names are - follows: Hugh Graves,
Lewis Graves, Abraham Palmer, James L.
Carpenter, j. Palmer Chandler, William
Thompson, Richard G.. Fisher, Joshua Nc
Cullough, and Adolphus Husbands.
Coroner Jacob Butz then proposed the
following as his securities In the sum OF
5000, ard they were accepted. John
Fehrenbach and John OTIS and were securi.
ties. .......
The Arst case taken up WAS that of VIM.
P. Carr 70. Joseph Flanagan, Garrihy of
Robert Lee, Bird for plaintiff; Lore for de-
fspdant.
The claim Of the plaintiff was that
Robert Lee was indsptsd to Joseph Flsnni.
gan and also to VIM. P. Carr. Property
was bought by Flanagan from Lee for
5000 and only $500 was paid. The rem aiming
$500 still remained In Flannigan hands
aud was by rights owing to Lee as
the formers claim had been settled. TIE
suit was instituted to obtain this amount
from said Flanagan. ...... ...
Joseph Flanagan the plaintiff testified
that in 1878, he purchased from Robert
Lee, 10 feet of land for $50 per foot. Mr.
Lee owed the witness $500, and this sum
went % the first pay meut and the debt was
considered paid; adjoining this lot Of IS
feet was one of % teets, also owned by Lee
and on thess two lots was . Mortgage from
r. M. G. Prico for 81 600 and the iaterest
which amounted to $1.175. The $500 owed
by the witness to Lee, was paid 40 q part OF
this mortgage money. -
No other witnesses were called and the
case went to the Jury s+ As o'clock. after
brief argument BY the counsel on both
sides. At8.15 o'clock the jury returned
with verdict for the plaintiff for sass.
II The case of the administration of Samuel
Magse vs. Clayton Lodge, No. 4, K. of P.
Mcgee became disabled, and the $6 per
week benefit to which be was entitled was
lpaid to him for scne time but for 46 weeks
prior to his death, the payment OF this was
stopped. The suit was brought to recover.
e276, which hs should have by yrightreceivedI
VIM. Green, one of the bondsmen OF
administrstrix, testified that Samuel Magee
took sick In December, 1874 and died in
March 1873.
! Wm. r. Thompson testified, that the de-
ceased had attsintsd Rights degree In the
Clayton Lodge, against hich the suit was
brought, that he was member for 8 years
and during the first part Of his disability
received benefits; witness was on the relie
committee who visited the deceared, repor'
ed him sick and paid him benefits; the
lodge stopped paying benefits in April, 1878
The cases was postponed till the reas
sembling Of court at 10 O'Clock to morrow
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