West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-09-09
CIRCUIT COURy.
Grand Jury Report and List or Petit
Jurors for the Present Term.

The Grand Jury was sworn in
ard duly charged by the Judge
and went TO work. The following
list composed the Jury: Thomas
StartzmaD, foreman, James John
son, Simon Suider, b. W. Arnold,
J. J. Martin, A. S. Cuppett, NJ. +.
PeIl, Il. T.. Lemon, @. l.. Nesior,
ID. A. King, s. n. Smith, A. S.
McNair, John NJ. Craze, l.. j.
McMillen, Ed. q. Stuck and VIM.
Ii. McGIobons. On Friday morn.
ing they reported the following list
of indictments:
BELoNIES.
Charles w. Wolf for shooting
Charley Wilhelm.
David NJ. Wotring, three cases
for misappropriating money col
lected by him as Special Commits
sioner IN land eases. The first in
the sale Of the Geo. b. Spurgin
farm, 5000 made way with. The
second III the George w. Zeu's case
Of Valley Point, wherein Wotring
embezzled and fraudulently made
way with $500. The third case is
same as the first, IN which j. Alli-
son Stuck loses S1400 that he paid
Wotring as the Special Commits
sioner IN the case in the purchase
Of the Geo. b. Spurgin farm and
Wotring spent the money, and now
Stuck will likely have to pay it
again. George w. Ashburn pur-
chased the upper part of the place
and will lose 5000 that he paid
Wotrmg on that. There are several
other eases against Wotring, but
the evidence was not before this
Grand Jury, but may be the next
time.
Sanford Collins two cases, one
for shooting his wife and one. for
shooting Albert Raymann.
Edward Frankhouser, for steal
ing S75 from S. Newton Martin.
John Taylor, for making a fell
onious assault with loaded re-
volver on f. B. Walls.
John McPeck, attempting rape
on his sister.
Elgin Bonner, for breaking into
WV. Shoch's store at Rowlesburg.
Making eleven felony cases in all.
MIsDEMEANoRs.
Edward Frankhouser, Cor selling
liqnor without license.
Elijah Winters, for disturbing a
school.
Mary Burch and Vernie Hollend,
Rufus Ringer, Hiram Sellers, JOS
eph Ringer, all for disturbing
school,.
Joseph Weaver, assault and bat
terry on E. q. Bolyard. Harrison
Gale, assault and battery on VIM.
Albright.
Ieufus Ringer. assault on Joel
Titcbenell. w. IL. Ovens, assault
on John }. Grant.
Edward Anderson. y oseph Jeffers,
Hiram Sellers, David Titchcnell,
Scott Titchenell, Henry Shaver
and Ira +. Groves, all for carrying
pistols.
P. b. Michael, cruelty to ami
mails. Making nineteen INSIDE
meanor indictments or a total of
80 in all.
The Grand Jury was then dis.
charged and the Petit Jurors came
on for service.
Here IS list OF them for this
term: William j. Funk, Eugene
Knots, Evan King, G.. N. Amman,
j. +. King, Wilson Boughridgc,
John q. Wolf, Il. j. Richards, j.
l.. Holmes, John I. Kelly, Elisha
Mckinney, NJ. b. Sheets, /. N.
Roby, James S. Lakin, Joseph 9.
Hooton, Barney Ayersman, Robert
Pierce, Andrew Knots, William
A. McGinnis, Benz. f.. Wolf, n. 3.
Lipscomb, liza Thomas, J. w. Phil
lips, y. X. Groves, j. +. Gibson,
Frank Zcler, Geo. W. Jcfrcrs and
J. g. Judy.
E.gin Bonner, the colorod man
from Martinsburg who has been IN
jail here since breaking into Shoch's
store, came into Court Tuesday
and confessed guilty and was SEN
fenced to three years IN the peni.
Tertiary.
DR.. S. H. Boggcss, Of Terra
Alta, was trioa before a jury for
throwing stones at b. & .. train
aud fourd not stufIfrr