Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-02-18
Circuit Court.

The regular February term OF the Ief-
ferson Circuit Court convened on Tues
day, with Judge E Boyd Faulkner pre-
siding. Geo. NJ Knott was appointed
foreman of the Grand Jury, which COM
pleted its work on the first day Of the
court Geo NJ Knott, Milton Burr. c T
Shugert, ] J Wysong, Bates Watson,
Chas H Johnson. NJ E Trussell, Lewis
Clipp, Robert K Smith, S II Higginbo-
than. Thomas L NARROW. Chas ! Cav
alier. Jos Cookus. Thos r Moore and
Hunter Miller were members of the
Grand Jury. and they returned the fol-
lowing indictments:
State VS. B & o Railroad Company
misdemeanor.
State VS. Ida Washington, felony.
State VS. Roland Mitchell, felony.
State VS. Winchester and Washington
City Railway Company, misdemeanor.
State VS. William Green, felony,
Bail in penalty of $500 was furnished
for William Green. and he was released
for trial.
Roland Mitchell. under indictment for
felony. and being out on bail, was called
for arrangement. He failed to appear,
and his bail bond was there upon for
feited, the amount of it being $500 with
Isaac D Myers as security A cap:as
was issued for Mitchell and given to
Deputy Sheriff Shugert for service.
In the case of Alfred NJ Smith VS. Geo
W Rouss. plea of not guilty was filed
Attorney for the plaintiff then filed a
general replication and the case was set
for the third day of the May term of
court
The defendant demurred to the plain
tiff's declaration in the case of Salle c
Rissler VS. Corporation of Charles Town,
and the defendant was given sixty days
in which to file a special plea,
l. ] Virts VS. Geo ID Iverson. continued
until the second day of tie next term of
the court at the cost Of defendant.
Bank of Charles Town VS. w H and
N H Wilson, judgement for the plaintiff
by default for the sum of $To62 IS. with
interest from date of the judgement.
CHANcERY ORDERS.
Z G Barnes ct ais VS. Florence G Beall
ct ais; the report of special commissioners,
S w Washington, w o Norris and
James K Hendricks appointed at for
mer term OF the court to partition Glen
wood farm, ISL acres. near Shenandoah
Junction, and farm of 1928 acres near
Oakland Church between the parties to
the suit, submitted report which was
accepted i'll SO far it indicated the land
al ca in the two farms The actual par
tition of the two farms was agreed to be-
tween the parties out of court. Mrs E G
Barnes under the agreement took the
Glenwood farm in fee, paying Mrs.
Florence V Beall, the sum of s2s2o as
the difference in the value of the two
farms involved in the case.
Kate w Reynolds, guardian. VS. With
row Legge and others; an order was en-
tered directing the sale of farm Of Io2
acres. near Shepherdstown, and also that
Of two houses and lots on German street
in Shepherdstown.
Forrest w Brown, VS. Jennie v Snider,
Chas Campbell. guardian of Nellie. Ray
mond and John Snider, A fund OF
$1,000 arising from a death benefit in the
B & 0 Relief Association, held by Ed
ward ] Snider. was ordered distributed
to the widow and children of beneficiary.
Absolute divorces were granted to
Rosa Walker from James Walker. and to
Perry Young from George Young.
The case of William Green, colored,
set for this morning. was postponed until
the May term, and the jury WAS dis
charged for the term.