Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-03-04
County Court Proceedings.

The March term of the Count,
! Court of Rockbridge was ooene,
Monday by Judge w. P. Houston
Sheriff Thomas A. Sterrett re
ported two prisoners in the count,
Jail serving sentence-Frank Hughes
and Harry Flint.
S. w. Paxton, w. S. Mackey. J.
j. l.. Kinnear, H. A. Lackey and
W. A. Kinnear were appointed APP.
praisers on the estate Of J. w.
Mackey, deceased.
The unadministered estate of
William A. Wilson, deceased, was,
on motion of Harry A. Wilson,
committed to Sheriff Thomas A..
Sterrett for administration.
The change in the public road on
Kerr's Creek, leaving the present
road near s. M. Berry's residence
and intersecting at mouth of Big
Spring, was ordered to be made,
and 5000 to be paid S. M. Berry
as compensation for damages.
In the matter of the petition for
the recordation of the names of
soldiers of Virginia who fought in
her defense in the war between the
States, on motion of the petitioners
the further hearing of the matter
is continued to the first day of the
next term of the court.
In the matter of erecting bridge
over North river near Rockbridge
Baths, it was ordered that r. A.
Mari, j. T. McGuffin, A. NJ. |
Anderson, c. NJ. Shewey and r. L.
Patterson be appointed commits
sioners to receive proposals for the
erection of the said bridge.
The appeal of Caleb Brown from
5he judgment of Mayor w. f
Pierson who imposed fine of $500
or selling liquor in local option
district and also for viola ting
election law, was not heard because
If non-attendance of principal
witness for the Commonwealth.
The case was continued to the
April term of the court.
The estate of Elizabeth Miller,
deceased, was, on motion of Geo. .
!. Miller, Susan G.. Miller and
)avid A. Miller, heirs-at-law, COM {
lifted to Sheriff Thomas A. Ster- d
EFT for administration. d. b.
lcClung, j. A. Shaw, John Camp l
ell, Finley McClung and Jacob /
ulwiler were appointed APP d
raisers on the estate of Mrs.
Iiller, Il
The case of r. II. Alexander, II
no was fined some weeks ago by .
ayor Pierson $3.50 for selling .
luor in local option district and I,
ntenced 80 days in jail, from =
hich he took appeal to the county
urt, was tried Tuesday. The 81
ry failed to agree, seven being u u
favor of fining the prisoner and ~
ur favoring dismissal. The case
as set for the April term of the ''
urt, Alexander giving bond for p.
90. ae
The petition of Paul NJ. Penick ~
d other members Of the Licking m
n bar, asking that a general '"
lex be made of the Judgment 20
EN- Books in the Clerk S office of ~,
is court, the Court was of the ="
iniOn that the index should be =
de, and the matter was referred
the Board of Supervisors. The
mated cost is $500 if indexed Fe
the name of both plaintiff and Re
and $3.50 if indcxed in w
name of the plail. tiff alone. Ae
N the matter of petition of bri
)wnlee Barger and others for
cadamizing the road from L..
tural Bridge to Norfolk and w. 80,
stern and Chesapeake and Ohio u,a
lway stations at Sherwood, it M ""
,eared that the cost Of such an a.
orOvement would exceed $500. Az
e matter was referred to the -
'rd of Supervisors for such Dc
ion as taey may deem proper. Do,
petition was approved1g the ato
I'd Board of Natural Bridge CIV,
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