The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-14
Husr!Nes COURT
Pitches Into the Heavy Work Of
the Term in Earnest.

Husting Court convened yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, Judge Robinson
took the chair after rest of three
weeks. He seemed ready to deal with
the many ugly cases which are to come
up this term.
Tho room was filled with cloud Of
dark witnesses who were to testify be-
fore the grand jury. Not many specta-
tors were present, as it was we'll known
that no criminal business would be
y transacted outside of the jury room.
The list of grand jurors which were
summoned Saturday failed to material
ize in full, but the sergeant finally sue
ceeded in getting the following together:
P. w. Huff, foreman; II. McClelland,
Mt. Nininger, L. r. Hanes, w. NJ.
Miles and j. G. L. Bell.
a They were duly sworn and before re-
firing waited instructions from the
judge. Judge Robertson said he had
prepared no charge as this was special
jury, but he gave some sound advice
increase in Roanoke. 1t was necessary
that tho law take vigorous hold and
bring the guilty parties to justice.
The grand jury remained in session
till D. M, before any indictments we're
brought in. The cases against Wash
Anthony and John Barnes charged with
robbing C. w. Carroll were postponed
till the May term on account of the
absence of material witnesses.
At IS o'clock the grand jury came in
and reported the following indictments:
Against Charles, felony; true bill.
Against Ed Wright and Joe Roger
assaulting Charles Casey, felony; true
bill.
Against John Henry Kidd, house
breaking, felony; true bill.
In the case against Andrew Wimbush
and Thad Hucks, charged with shooting
at each other, the grand jury found not
a true bill.
The commonwealth attorney asked
for bench warrant for Joe Roger, as
he has not yet been incarceratcd.
The greater portion Of the afternoon
was devoted to the examination of Buck
Thomas, the colored driver for Evans e
Chalmers, charged with stealing hard
ware, but the grand jury did not get
through and will probably be in session
two more days.
The following special venire to try
the case of Dallas Cuford and others,
have been summoned:
81. n. IeGcrSs IL. N. L drrdCh, uOuldS
Hamlet, p. w. Reynolds, M. L. Roberts,
A. NJ Sheppard, Philip Trenwith, G. w.
Shelor, A. III. Peck, j. C. Turnbull, j.
A. Carr, S. p. Garratt. c. M. Gallaher,
w. 1. Howard, U. H. Halter, w. j.
Blackwell, w. Ii. Loollabill, A. w.
Childress, j. Mccarthy and a. p. Mart
land.
The criminal cases were tried, but
the following civil docket was dis
posed Of:
r. r. Jones was appointed admlstra-
tor for Richard f. Seigher. deceased.
Rev. T. NJ. Jones was authorized to
celebrate the rites of matrimony.
No case of Picken vs.. Malone, upon
demurrer in chancery, was agreed upon
by 7. NJ. Wood for plaintiff and 7. w.
Miller for defendant. The court took
the matter under,,conSideratio till this
morning, when decision will be rem
dered. 1t is suit for specific perform
ance of contract and presents some fine
points. q
Transfer of barroom and retail liquor
license was made from G. j. Ormsby to
Fred Steinbraker.
Naturalization papers were granted to
Oscar Saabyc, formerly a native of Den
mark.
f. Elias, native of Syria, made
known his inten lion OF becoming citi-
zen of the United States.
The estate of II. e. Wallace was COM
mitted to the sergeant for administra-
ton, and the following appraisers were
appointed: Ii. G. Shelor, q. c. Payne,
c. r. Wertz, Chas. Lyle and Thomas
Terrill.