Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-15
Circuit Court
Proceedings
M1DDLEBoURNE, AUG. I4;-

Circuit Court convened Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock with Judge
Willis on the bench. The grand
iury was instructed and entered
upon It's duties. There were not
many witnesses before 1t this term.
The afternoon OF the first day of
the term was given to chancery
cases. The criminal docket was set
for the second day and the felonies
were called after the morning hour
The indictments against James II.
Pine were the centre of interest
to all In attendance at court
and the people In general.
The fight on these indictments
was opened by the counsel for the
defense demuring to the three In.
dictments. The court over ruled
the demurrer to indictments Nos.
and and sustained the demur to
No. 3. Thereupon the counsel for
Mr.. Pine moved to quash the panel
of the petit jury summoned to at
tend this term on the ground that
no veuire had been Issued to the
sheriff to summon the jury and no
return of the sheriff of the service
on the Jurors drawn by the jury
commissioners, The court upon
examining the records found that
no venire had been issued and
quashed the panel. This left the
court without petit jury. The
court than ordered the clerk to
bring the box containing the list
into open court and drew out 4o
talisman who were ordered sum.
moned by the sheriff to forthwith
to attend court as petitjurors. The
defendants attorneys filed pleas In
abatement attacking the validity
of the grand jury which found
the indictments. The counsel for
the State moved the court to reject
the said pleas which motion the
court sustained. The jury sum-
moned on Thursday arrived on
Friday and after the chancery hour
the court called the Pine cases, and
took up Indictment No. for forgery
of City order In favor of Bently &
Gerwig, for $325,oo. The court
then proceeded to secure a jury In
this case and examined 20 tallsman
before obtaining 20 men. The panel
was ready at 3 p. m. and the jury
was struck and the following gen.
tlemen were sworn to try the case,
viz: Joseph A. Ankrom, Joseph
Ferrel, Isaac Hickman, R. S. John
ston, W. E. Lemasters, Joseph
Jones, Oliver Pitts, J. B. Robinson,
T.. E. Heltsley, John Feist, Charles
Musgrove and Arch Lewis.
The attorneys for the state and
defendant made short statements of
the different contentious on their
part, respectively. The evidence
was then begun and the hearing OF
the witnessed was proceeding yet
when the court adjourned and the
indictments go to the jary before
tomorrow or may drag along till
Monday. The ground is being
strenuously contested by the de-
fense.
The quashlng of the jury panel
caused a continuance of all civil
actions requiring jary till Decem-
Der term.
The members of the bar In atten-
dance. K. S Boreman, O.C. Carter,
o. W. o. Hardman, I. M. Under
wood, c. E. Pyle, J. II: Strickling.
T. S. Englef K, c. Moore, c. R.
Martin, B. Engle and c. B. Riggle,
of Middlebourne; A.B.Hunt, w. r,
Staples, F. L. Blackmarr, M. D.
Hanes. R. L. Moore and P. A.
Shanor, of Sistersvllle; Judge I. P.
Jacobs and S. B. Hall of New Mar
tinsville; J.V. Blair Of West Union;
G. D. Smith and E. R. B. Martin
of St. Msrys; Mr.. Amber, OF Par
kersburg and Judge D. F. Pugh, of
Columbus, Ohio.
The grand jury found six felo-
MES and seventeen misdemeanors,
this term.
Many persons who feel tired,
nervons and all worn out-not ex-
actly sick-not far from we'll seek
the aid of physician when what
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