Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-03
OFFICIAL ORooKEDNEss!
And InexeusabIe Blunderings of
Sheriff Smith!

In last week s issue of the HERALD we
gave few instances of the crookedness,
and outrageous blunderings of Sheriff |
Smith. To-day we give few more, and |
could, if we had time and inclination, |
give list of them that would be alarm
ing to the honest voters of Fayette eoun- |
ty. The cases we give are facts, and can
not be successfully controverted. We
give them that the people may know
something of the manner in which one of
the most important and responsible Of
fees of the county is being run by sher-
iff who now asks the voters of the county
to re-eleet him to position for which he
has none of the requisite qualifications.
Below we give few of the many eases
of a similar character, that might be pre-
sented, if we had the time and room nee
essary to do so:
| Amazon Insurance Co. VS. NitterhOuse.
| In this case the sale was set aside because
the sheriff appointed a stakeholder of the
Company as one of the appraisers of the
property.
Amazon Insurance Company VS. Dewitt.
One case set aside because he appraised
another farm instead of Mr.. DeWitt's,
and another sale was set aside because he
attached and filed description of John
DeWitt's farm, instead of Green DeWitt's,
to the appraisement of Green DeWitt's, in
the Clerks office, and other blunders in
same case equally as fatal.
In the case of NJ. Grove, assignee, VS.
Haines, Price and Wright-three cases
the property has been offered for sale
twice, upon his representation that he
had purchasers for it, and once he adver-
tised it without any preeipe or order from
the assignee.
In case of L. c. Coffman, executor, &C.
against John Dewitt and Greenup De-
} Witt. Dec. u, 1876, execution issued in
: favor of L. G. Coffman, executor, against
| John Dewitt and Greenup Dewitt. He
: levied this execution upon 81 acres OF
John DeWitt's land, which he knew was
then covered with other levies to more
than its value, and thus returned it,
7 Some months after he levies on the fol
e lowing personal property of Green De
: Witt: 2 two-horse wagons, sorrel horse
: I gray horse, l sled, 2 calves, about Y
s head of hogs, averaging 75 lbs, steer,
young steer, about 300 bushels of corn il
g the crib This levy Mr.. Smith returned
: because, as he says, he had levied anothe
n execution on the same property. Subse
i quently he levied on brood sows and
v yoke of oxen, as the property of Johl
n Dewitt. Out of this property the enOr
;. nous sum of $43 was paid to the executor
st The law requires that personal proper
: ty shall he exhausted before a levy ca
II be made on real estate. This Mr.. Smit
g knew, because his writ SO directs him
: If he had levied on the property of Gree
% Dewitt on another writ, he must hay
e known it, as no one but himself coul
le have possession of the writ. We will yer
n ture that no prior writ was levied on thi
property. This proceeding was who'll
in disregard of the law, and his bonds
7. men are liable, and probably will hay
=. the claim, amounting to some $110O,
"a a pay. j.. -.
st The history of his pretended levy Q
" the Yeoman store-a stock of goods wort
<; at least So, 600 to $4,000 - is familiar
~ many. He kept four or five clerks fl
of about year and sold part of the good
Id realized about So 900, and the balance /
at one but himself knows what was dol
eo Ue with.
ad If parties who are interested will tai
We the trouble to investigate Sheriff Smith
X transactions, they will find some thin
that will startle them. This they w
probably find leisure to do after the ele
ton is oyer.