Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-03
LIST OF INDICTMENTS
POUND By THE CRIMINAL COURT GRAND
JURY Is RATHER SHORT.
Ina Deeisloa Of Iadgs PAIL on the Constitution.
ai'y Of the Law Providing hr tee H.
ecrrorshea Of Certain Towns
BY Cireuit COars.

day by the grand jury OF the Ohio
Couoty Criminal Court, which was
sworn in, completed all the work TO
come before 10 for this term ana was
discharged within seven hours. Ngheth-
I or ohlo county morality has been i'm
proving OF late or whether the hard
times have tended 20 cause decrease
IN crime, there has been much less bus
| mess than usual before this grand iury.
ana out eighteen presentmeats were
made by the Prosecuting Attorney, Mr..
Howard. OF that number sixteen true
bills were returned, as follows:
FELONY INDICTMENTS,
Walter Williams, for breaking I'm
Patsy Gavin's saloon aud stealing some
money and cigars.
Nirgie Robinson, for feloniously as
sauiting Is. Il. Stilley, with intent to
| kilt.
Mamie warrelI, for stealing A dis
mond from r. L. Schubart. OF ths yalue
OF 500.
Charles Miller, for cutting August
hrummel with intent to kill.
James w. Case, for feloniously assault
Ing Walter Ii. Hopton with intent to
kill.
Frank Moore. atlas Frank Strauss.
Tor breaking into George Whorton's
house.
WIN. C. Collins, alias Charles Collins,
for forgery.
Jack Devinney and Andy Gavin, for
breaking into the house OF Ada Foster
and stealing s45 worth OF property.
May Martin, for stealing s5l from II.
| Claus.
MIsDEMEANoR INDICTMENTS.
Cynthia Miller, for lettering in a
house OF III fame.
Cynthia Miller, for Illicit retailing of
! liquor.
Maggie Miller, for lettering In house
of ill fame
Jennie Carr, for lettering in house
OF il fame.
j. M. Ross. for falling to pay L. b.
! Carney hotel bill OF Sl9.4O.
James Sweeney, for stealing Sle from
| Arthur Norman.
NOT TRUE BILLS.
The following presentments were
made to the grand jury, but were re-
| turned as not true bills:
Henry Claus, lettering in a house OF
ill-fame.
VIM. Lee, unlawfully stabbing wm.
| Standard.
The docket will be called in the Grim
inaI Court tomorrow morning, TO which
time the Court adjourned In order TO
/ give Clerk Mitchell. who now has two
Courts on his hands at once. the time
| to write up his records.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION
was rendered yesterday morning by
Judge PAUL, which II substantiated by
the Supreme Court OF Appeals, TO which
II will no doubt be carried, will invali-
date the Incorporation OF many OF the
smaller towns OF the State and necessl-
tate a reorganization 81 most OF their
| governments and a change In the pres
ent statutes.
Thornburg Bros, II. II. Hornbrook.
Anthony Durch and others made APP
! pllcation in the Circuit Court for
an Injunction TO prevent the
town marshal OF the incorpor-
ated town OF Elm Grove-whtcb
was Incorporated under that chapter OF
the West Virginia statutes which pro-
Vides FOR the Incorporation OF certain
| towns upon application to the Circuit
| Court OF tho county In which the town
IL located from selling certain proper
| ~ OF theirs because OF their failure TO
pay their corporation taxes. The case
was argued some days ago by w. =.
Hubbard and ErskiDe g. Allison for the
pIalntlUs ana III. NJ. Russell for the town
OF Elm Grove. The plaintiffs contend
that the law providing for the lncorpo-
| ration OF towns by the Circuit Court is
unconstitutional, giving as Il does leg
islatve powers to the judiciary which
Is contrary TO the letter and the spirit
OF the Constitution, and the Court.
Judge Paul on the bench, granted the
Injunction 10 an opinion holding the
said law 10 be unconstitutional. The
case Will come up again on
an application to dissolve the
Injunction, but In tho meantime the
Candidates who will be voted for al
Elm Grove tomorrow do not know
whether or not they will hold any office
" they are elected, aud haven't vet
been able TO settle In their own minds
whether IL IS worth while TO continue
canvass for Offices which may not ex-
ist.
The decision, II sustained, will apply
to all the towns In the State incorpo-
rated by the Circuit Courts, aud most
OF the smaller towns have been incor-
porated IN that way.