Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-10-14

VIReINIA:-1n Accomack county
court clerks Office, October 4, 1898,
Notice is hereby given:
That the following Information in
writing was filed in the said
clerks Office, on the 21st day of Sep
TENDER, 1898, to wit:
''Accolnack County, to wit:
In the county court of the said
county:
Be it remembered that James H..
Fletcher, Jr., attorney for the COM
monwealth in the county court Of
the said county, and who in this be-
half prosecutes for the said common
wealth, in his proper person, comes
into the said court on this = day
of September, A. D. 1893, and here
gives the said court to understand
and be informed that on the 9th day
of September, A. D. 1898, a certain
open fat-bottom batteau, about for
ty feet long, and OF about 200 bushels
of oysters capacity, being used by
George P. Fisher and others, was
seized by Travis A. Crockett and
others, under a warrant from a JUS
tice of the Peace of said county, as
forfeited to the Commonwealth of
Virginia, in that the said batteau
was found on the said 9th day of
September, A. D, 1898, employed by
George Purnell Fisher and others in
taking oysters with dredges, scrapes
and instruments other than ordinary
oyster tongs, from Hurley's Rock, in
Tangier Sound, in the waters of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, and
within the Jurisdiction of said coun-
ty. And the said attorney for the
commonwealth therefore prays that
the said batteau, together with
her tackle, apparel, anchors, cables,
sails, rigging, scrapes, dredges and
appurtenances, together with her
cargo, be condemned as forfeited to
the Commonwealth of Virginia, and
be sold, and the proceeds OF sale dis
posed of according to law; and that
all parties concerned in interest be
cited to appear and show cause why
the said property should not be con-
demned and sold to enforce the said
forfeiture. And your petitioner will
ever pray. etc
James n. Fletcher. Jr..
| attorney for tn. Commonwealth
of Accomack County Way
And that, upon the filing of the
said Information as aforesaid, the
clerk of the said court forthwith is
sued q warrant directed to the sher-
| if of the said county, commanding
him to take the property mentioned
in said Information into his posses
sion and hold the same subject to
further proceedings in the cause;
which warrant has this day been re-
turned with report to the clerk IN
writing thereon, as follows:
'tBy virtue of this warrant / have,
! this S5th day of September, 1898, tax.
en- into my custody the within named
batteau, together with her tackle,
apparel, anchors, cables, sails, rig
cling, serapes, dredges and appurte-
nances, and cargo, and hold the
same subject to the order OF the
county court of this county.
John n. Wise, Sheriff"
Therefore all persons concerned in
interest are hereby cited to appear
on the first day Of the October term
next of the said county court of Ac-
comack county, at the court house
of the said county, and show cause
why the prayer of the said Informa,
ton for condemnation and sale OF
said property to enforce the said
forfeiture, and the proceeds of sale
disposed of according to law, should
not be granted.
Witness, Montcalm Oldham, Jr.,
clerk of the said county court, at the
courthouse, the 4th day of October,
A, D. 1898, and in the 18th year OF
| the Commonwealth.
NJ. OLDHAM, JR., C. A. c.