Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-12-12
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS
November Term, 1896.

Estates of Nancy Bloxom, deceased,
and Tubman B. Pruitt, deceased,
were committed to John Fl. Wise,
sheriff, for administration.
The last will of Thomas R. Kellam
was proved and Robert W. T. Kellam
qualified as executor.
Solomon Warner qualified as ad-
ministrator of Arthur Dickerson, col
ored, deceased.
l.. Floyd Mock qualified as guar
dian of Luther t., William and Ed
ward Belote, orphans of John w.
Belote, deceased.
Benjamin G. Johnson and Edward
S. Wise qualified, each as notary pub
lie, for county of Accomac.
John T. Chandler and VIM. D.Tun
nell, commissioners of revenue, filed
their reports respectively as to viola
lions of revenue laws.
Accounts against the Common
wealth in criminal and lunacy cases
were entered as follows: Blackstone
g. Bell, druggists. $3.50; Thomas. M.
Truitt, constable, $3.50; Emory Maj
fit, J. P, $3.50; G. c. Dix, constable,
$9.4O; jailer for board of prisoners,
$123.2O, for board of lunatics, $3.50.
Following fiduciary accounts con
firmed: Trust accounts of Albert L.
Evans and Henry G. Davis and wife
audits of estates of William H..
Marshall, John T. Turner, Samuel
Landlord and Maria 6. Bunting
orphan account of Lewis D. Heath.
Upon petition of Jno. A. NJ.
Wheaton and others for a public
road. Petition filed and order ap.
pointing viewers.
VIM. L. Drummond VS.. J. T. Martin
ION attachment for rent). The matter
in controversy having been settled,
case was dismissed.
Upon petition OF John F. Nelson,
Jr., and others for a public road.
Order entered approving the road
by the court and referring the mat
ter to Board of Supervisors.
Elk parte: Petition of Charles A.
Gibbons, &c.'s, late guardian. Re
port of Samuel r. Ross, attorney,
filed and order confirming same.
Elk parte: Petition of George Har-
gis' executor. Report of Samuel T.
Ross, exeeu or, filed and order con-
firming same.
Elk parte: Petition of James G.
Fox's administrator. An affidavit
filed and order for payment of costs
and taxes and the share of Ella j.
Fox of the funds in bank.
John W. Thomas, appellant VS.
Commonwealth, appellee, upon an
appeal from judgment of justice of
the peace upon q warrant against
said Thomas, charging him with
wilful perjury in obtaining a mar
rage license for William Tumy and
Susan A. Riggin, in swearing that
said Susan A. Riggin was over p
years of age.) The warrant was
ouashed on motion of the appellant,
Judgment f justice of We peace set
aside and said Thoma discharged
from custody. Mr.. ThoL IS was ar
rested at once under another warrant
taken before Geo. F. Parker, j. P,
and by him discharged after hearing
the evidence.
A regular grand jury was EN-
panelled and sworn and returned
mot true bills,n Indictment against
John Clayton, for malicious shooting
with intent to main, &C., and in
dictment against Andrew Bra1ton
for maliciously causing bodily injury
with intent to main, &c.-and said
Clayton and Braxton were thereupon
discharged.
Frank Talbert appeared in &C
cordance with his recogDizance and
no Indictment being preferred against
him, was discharged.
George w. Bunting, who was re-
cognized to answer charge of murder,
appeared. but charge against him
could not be investigated by grand
Jury, because of the absence of wit
nesses and said Bunting was read
mitted to bail until first day of next
regular grand jury term.