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]. NJ. Woods in the Circuit Court las
week. the case being the Corporation
Of Charles Town VS.. Edward Drish
The Corporation claimed a lien OF
property Of the defendant for a pave
ment that had been laid ,,by its au
thority, the lot being owned at tht
time by ]. w. Daugherty from whom
the defendant purchased. The de-
PENDANT opposed the enforcement Of
the hen claiming that he had not had
notice of it when he bought the
property. The court held that the
towns claim of 5000 with interest
from January 6, 1908, was valid one
]. M. Tolliver Shepherdstown res
taurant keeper, was tried by jury
on an appeal from Justices Court
in which he had been fined for sell
ing ice cream on Sunday. The jury
disagreed, and the case was continued
Geo. M. Beltzhoover Jr., and F w.
Brown were named as special COM
missioners in decree to sell the real
estate of S. w. Thomas, unless the
liens on his property are paid off
within 80 days from the adjournment
of court.
DEGREES were entered for the sale
ofhhe real estate of Nathan Cooper,
deceased, and in the case of John S.
Shelter, Guardian of Edith Shelter
and Others vs. Scena Shepherd and
others. Judge Frank Beckwith was APP
pointed special commissioner to sell the
Shelter land.
A decree of absolute divorce was
given Mamie M. Moore from her hus-
band, A.C. Moore.
A verdict for $40 damages was won
by the plaintiff in jury trial, the
title of the case being S. G. Daley
VS.. Temple Murphy. The claim was
for personal injuries sustained in
collision between buggy and an au-
tomobile on the Bloomery turnpike,
August 8 1910 Brown and Mccormick
for plaintiff; Beckwth and Bushong for
d..fendeut.
Three judgments were rendered
against A. Kaplon upon trials by the
Court, one in favor of the Vehicle
Co. for $79 with interest; the second
in favor of Max Miller, for $3.50, and
the other for the Reddisode Textile
Co. for 1916.
In the suit of Nellie S. Coleman,
administrative of C. N. Coleman VS..
Chas. B. Coleman and H. v. Frazer,
Geo. M. Beltzhoover Jr., and C. N.
Campbell were appointed special
commissioners to sell the hardware
stock of the Coleman Hardware Co,
in Charles Town. An order was also
entered referring the case to S. w.
Washington, commissioner in chan
Gerry to ascertain and report the as
sets and liabilities of the two defen-
dants. Authority was given Geo. M.
Beltzhoover, IT,, to collect the ac-
counts due the Coleman Hardware
Company.
The National Citizens Bank was
given a judgment against N. O., Frank |
G., and Harry L. Roper for $52364
with interest.
To expedite the business of the |
Court ten additional jurors were
drawn, as follows: R. T. Banks, J.I
A. Link, H. c. Page, l. D. Getzen-
danner, VIM P. yesterday, H. w.
Bush, E. w. Athey, C. H. Moore, ].
w. Carney, and H. A. Lockhart.
Grover C. Young, and Ned Athey,
indicted on felony charge, were ar
raigned and entered a plea of not
guilty. The illness of an important
witness being alleged in an affidavit
it was ordered that the trial Of the
Indictment be postponed until the Oc-
tober term The defendants gave
bond, each in the sum of $500 for
their appearance.
Upon the petition Of Lucie D.
Locke, guardian of her daughter, Es-
.her=E.Loeke,, authority was given the
petitioner to sell her wards thirdzin-
terest in a parcel of real estate on
The Summit Point and Berryville turn
pike to l. N. Bonham, the guardian
giving bond to assure the protection
ofthe wards interest in the proceeds
If the sale.
C. N Campbell, Frank Beckwith,
md A. Moore, Jr, were appointed
special commissioners to sell the real
estate owned in fee by the late Loganl
0sburn in the vicinity of Kabletown
The property thus decreed to be sold
Includes a house and lot in Kable-
own, and about a acres, half mile
north ofthe town.
The case of the State VS. Prince and
Galloway, railroad detectives chargedfI
with making false arrests at Shenan-
loah Junction, appealed from Justices
verdict, were on trial Monday and Tues
lay. The Jury brought in verdict of
acquittal.
The case of James Butts for an at
Jack on Nevil SpiDks, at Harpers Ferry,
'ome months ago. came up for trial on
Wednesday. The Jury brougtae in a
verdict of assault, and Butts got off