Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-10
NOTICE AND CITATION.

VIRG1N1A:-~fn Accomack
County Court clerks Office,
February Goth, 1894.
Notice is hereby given.
That the following informa-
ton in writing was filed in the
said clerks office on the 21stH
day of February, 1894, to wit:
"virginia, Accomack County,
to wit:
In the county court Of the said
county:
Be it remembered that James
H. Fletcher, Jr., attorney for
the Commonwealth in the coun-
ty court of said county, and
who in this behalf prosecutes
for the said Commonwealth, in
his proper person, comes into
the said court on this day
of February, A. D., 1894, and
here gives the said court to I'M
derstand and be informed that
on the 10Th day of February, A.
D., 1894, a certain boat called a
schooner, named sc. w. Steven
son." was seized by Captain
William E. Hudgins, captain of
the Virginia oyster police steam
er "Chesapeake,' as forfeited
to the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, in that the said schooner
was found on the said 10Th day
of February AID, 1894, employed
by Edward T. Lowe, Robert
Goss, John Kenney, George
Young, Edward Fox, William
Brown, William Wilson, John
Read, John Stewart and
Edward Bull, the same be-
ing non-residents of the State
of Virginia, in taking and catch
ing oysters within the waters of
said State, and within the juris-
diction of said county, to wit,
in Tangier Sound, against the
form of the Statute in such cases
made and provided.
And the said attorney for the
Commonwealth therefore prays
that the said schooner, &C.
w. Stevenson together with
her tackle, apparel, anchors,
cables, sails, rigging, scrapes,
dredges and appurtenances, to-
gether with her cargo, be con-
demned as forfeited to the Com
monwealth of Virginia, and be
sold, and the proceeds of sale
disposed of according to law;
and that all persons 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 petit
toner will ever pray &c.
James H. Fletcher, Jr.,
Atty for Com'th."
And that, upon the filing of
the said information as afore-
said, the clerk of the said court
forthwith issued a warrant di-
rected to the sheriff 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 returned with a re-
port to the clerk in writing
thereon, as follows:
"By virtue of this warrant II
have, on this Goth day of Feb
ruary, 1894, taken into my Gus
tody the schooner sc. w. Steven
son" named within, together
with her tackle, apparel, anchors,
cables, sails, rigging, scrapes,
dredges, appurtenances and
cargo, and hold the same
subject to the order of the coun-
ty court of this county.
John H. Wise, Sheriff.
Therefore all persons concern
ed in interest are hereby cited
to appear on the first day of the
March term next of the said |
county court of Accomack coun-
ty, at the courthouse of the said |
county, and show cause why |
the prayer of the said informa-
ton for condemnation and sale
of said property to enfore the
said forfeiture, and the proceeds
of sale disposed of according to
law, should not be granted.
Witness, Montcalm Oldham,
JE, clerk of the said county
court, at the courthouse, the
26th day of February, A. D.,
1894, and in the 11Sth year of
the Commonwealth.
M. OLDHAM, JR., C. A. c.
VIRGINIA:-In the Circuit Court
for tho co1ntv of AooomaolS in the |