West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-03-30
CIRCUIT COURT.
Proceedings Of the March Term Up
to Date.
A Big Grand Jury Report and the
Most Lively Session OF Justice
Held for n Long Time.

hcAu iVi LUX Aihos
The present session of Circuit
Court convened Wednesday of last
week, with His Honor Joseph T..
Hoke, On the Bench.
The Grand Jury WAS sworn, and
after being instructed by the Court,
proceeded TO business and were in
session until Saturday and exam-
ined about ITO witnesses on almost
every crime in the calendar. The
Jury was in session four days, the
limit of the time for which the law
allows pay for such services.
The following is list Of the
Grand Jurors Mason Watson,
foreman, Geo. w. Hartman, Geo.
w. Helurn, Geo. w. Field, Henry
w. Huddleson, Kelso Pyles, Eu-
gene Lanham, George W. White,
Lewis Dodge, Joseph M. Methcnv,
Forman Jenkins, Jas. A. Lenhart,
w. b. Smith, Joseph Graham, Geo.
r. Beatty and Jos. Il. Rhodes.
Saturday the Grand Jury report
ed the following indictments, n
in all, the largest number Of fn-
dictments found for long time.
Only four or five were returned at
the last session.
fELoNIEs.
Alien Strawser, for tho murder
of John Albert Hickey on January
"a, 1898, the particulars of which
were given in this paper.
Charles Morris, John Ii. Shrout
and Arthur Elbon, robbing the
Bank of Kingwood and the store of
w. Posten & Co. the night of Jan
nary 81, 1898, as gwen in these
columns heretofore.
George Cook, Allen Reed and
Frank PurintoT, two cases each,
one for breaking into the house of
Mrs. Ida McWillians of Newburg,
and the other for rapng her per-
son. as heretofore published.
George Cook, felony, for the
same offense committed IN 1891.
He had trial then before Justice
Gibson, but got clear on account of
mistake in the date of the occur
renee, nrade by the complainant.
Lucien Il. Collins. for obtaining
goods under false pretense from
Smith & Forman, merchants at
Lenox.
William jackson and Edmond
Miller, breaking into the house of
Ben Wilson on Muddy Greek Hill.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Oliver Wolf, assault on Samuel
Colebank.
George Devall, assault on vii
liam Rodeheaver.
Jehu Hebb, assault on w. G.
New conre,
Jehu lIebb, distur bling Odd Eel
lows festival at Evansville.
Joseph Manear disturbing spell
ing school at Oak Flat, Valley dis
trict.
Enos Wolf, two cases, unlawfully
exhibiting stallion on the public
highway.
Ramsey Duncan, unlawfully beat
ing mule team Of James A. Brown.
Clinton Titchnell, Chas. Smith,
Jud Golf, William and Grant Sy-
polt, disturbing the Xmas Tree SER
vices in the Methodist Church at
Albrightsville last Christmas.
j. NJ. Smith and Samuel Seese :,
fast riding over the bridge at Cliff
ton Mills.
Fletcher Smith, same, two cases.
John O'Ncal, same as above.
William ShaRer, trespassing on
lands of Jacob G. Elsey.
Freeman A. Mann, unlawfully
carrying dirk knife. l.. e. Collins,
sames and William francis, same,
two cases.
The remainder of the indictments
we're for unIawfully retailing the
ardent" Thomas Snaps, Chas.
Davis, Joseph 4. Miller and Amos
Powell, one case each; Isaac Shultz,
two cases; George p. DUR, II cases,
and Frank ". Dent, ~ cases.
CHARLES Hoharm, native Of Ger
many, having been a resident of
the United States and Of this State
and county for five years, end hay
ing beer granted his first papers in
December. 1890, appeared before