The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-04-12
STATE NOTES.
Some of the things being talked
about over the state.

authority Of justices Of the peace In
insanity cases No man Is safe III
justice declares him insane there Is
no appeal Wonderful point brought
out recently in WheeIing-Ro in
Ohio county court will get iuto the
coarts-0ther. items Of interest.
WHEELING. w Va, April s-The
authority given TO justices of the pea c.,
in insanity cases brought before then
is now receiving considerable atten
tion from lawyers, owing to famous
case in Wheeling, which will not b..
disposed of for some time DIR. H. s
Hisson, a young physician of thai
city, was arrested on alunacy warrant
sworn out by his father ]. Il. Hisson,
a wealthy oil man and at one time a
preacher on a Methodist circuit, and
also candidate for the legislature on
the Democratic ticket at the last cleo
tion, although he bias lived in Wheel
ing only a few years. The hearing
evolved some sensational features.
The father maintained that the son
had threatened his life unless he
turned over the management of the
estate TO the young doctor, while
young HissOn claimed he was the VIC
tim of an unjust p osecution. The
family history was raked fore and aft,
and the justice adjudged the young
man insane. The justice refused to
allow the cress- examination OF wit
nesses, nor would he allow the defend
ant To testify 10 his own behalf An
appeal was taken to The circuit court
and the squire was upheld. Investi-
CATION showed that the only hope for
the accused was the examining board
OF the slate hospital at Weston,
whence he has been consigned, and
they constitute the court of last re-
sor;.
The point nuw agitating legal gray
matter is the large authority vested
ia Il justice Of peace. In him is vest
ed the right, according TO the develop
inents in the Hisson Case, To decide a
man insane and no other authority
can interfere aside from the hospital
board. The law Is SO construed, and
H. leaves il lnophole for the dragging
of any mao. sane though he be before
d squire, who may send him to the
asylum trusting to the examining board
to pass over him. OF course this reas-
Oning is a mere statement of the pos
afforded by the law, but that
such IA loophole for sllainy exists has
come out in the general discussion of
the Hissoa case. Young Hisson's at
torneys will carry the fight to a finish.
Dr. Hisson is now at Weston pending
the action Of the examining board. A
sensation growing out of the case was
the arrest the other day of the older
Hisson on the charge of bribing one
OF the witnesses in the case against
his snn. A star witness in the bribery
case has since disappeared. Mr.. His
son is ii wealthy man, whose sudden
seems To have brought
to his tlreside. He gave
bond for his trial this week on the
bribery charge.
The Ohio county board of commits
sinners has been in deadlock regarl-
ing the election OF road supervisors
aud other county officials since Christ
uas. The friction arose from the Re-
publican caucus After forty balloIs
each n tie, on The nominations, the
next showed a majority of one in favor
Of 4 certain candidate, but after the
caaelIs d majority took afiidavits that
lhes did npte vote for this particular
aud they refused to abide
by the choice The Republican house
was thus divided against itself.
There are six Republicans and two
Democrats in the board, and by a
piece OF strategy. which has since been
questioned as Illegal, the slate of one
was pushed through last
week The court will have to decide
The miniature Quay squabble.
A Keyser boy has ii collection of
eggs OF, birds native to his state which
; accounted equal to any, ii not bet
Ter than. those in school or college
Hu Maxwell. the prolific writer of
West Virginia history, will shortly be-
cir work on the history of Barbour
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