Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-01-11

NIRGINIA:-ln Accomack cOun-
ty court, clerk S office, January
9Th, 1896.
Notice is hereby given:
That the following informa-
ton in writing was filed in said
clerks Office on the 9th day Of
December, A. D., 1895, to-wit:
"Virginia, Accomack county,
to-wit:
In the county court of the said
county:
Be it remembered that Benja-
min T. Gunter, Jr., attorney for
the Commonwealth, in the coun-
ty court of the 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
December, a. D., 1895, and here
gives the court to understand
and be informed that, on the
10th day of December, A. D.,
1895, certain open "dead-rise'I
batteau, twenty-eight feet in
length and seven and one-half
feet beam, name unknown, SAID
to belong to one Solomon W.
Tyler, was seized by one John
r. Thomas, Captain of one of
the oyster police boats of the
State of Virginia, as forfeited to
the Commonwealth of Virginia,
in that the said open "dead-risc"
batteau was found, on the said
10th day of December, A. D.,
1895, employed by the said Solo
mon w. Tyler, a nonresident
of the State of Virginia, in tax
ing and catching oysters within
the waters Of the State of Vir-
ginia. and within the jurisdic-
ton of the said county, to-wit,
in the Pocomoke 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 open "dead-rise"
batteau, together with her tack
le, apparel, anchors, cables, sails,
rigging. oyster-tongs, and ap-
purtenances, be condemned as
forfeited to the Commonwealth
of Virginia and be sold and the
proceeds of sale disposed of ac-
cording to law; and that all per-
sons concerned in interest be
cited to appear and show cause
why the said property should
not be condemned and sold to
enforce the said forfeiture; And
your petitioner will ever pray,
&c. B. T. GUNTER, Jr.,
Attorney for the Commonwealth
for Accomack county,"
And that, upon the filing of
the said information as a afore-
said, the clerk of the said court
forthwith issued a warrant di-
rected to the Sheriff of said
county, commanding him to
take the property mentioned in
said information into his pos
session and hold the same sub
ject to further proceedings in the
cause;-which warrant has this
day been returned with a report
to the clerk in writing thereon
as follows:
81 have this day taken into
my possession the batteau named
within, together with her tackle.
apparel, anchor, cables, sails,
rigging, oyster-tongs, and ap-
purtenances, and hold the same
subject to the future orders Of
] this court. Given under my
hand this 9th day of December,
! 1895. JOHN H. WISE,
Sheriff. ~
Therefore, in pursuance of the
statute in such cases made and
provided, all persons concerned
in interest, are hereby cited to
appear on the first day of the
January 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 information
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 9Th
day of December, A. D., 1896,