Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-03-04
In the Circuit Court.

From the Charles Town Advocate
we get the following report OF the pro-
ceedings in the Jefferson Circuit
Court:
Delayed trains and drifted roads
delayed the opening Of the Jefferson
Circuit Court on Tuesday morning.
Court was scheduled to begin business
at $50 o'clock, and il was after II
when Judge Woods began his charge
to the grand jury, Of which James w.
i Strider, OF Leetown, was appointed
foreman. Besides the foreman, the
jury included G. o. Wiley, John G.
Elliott, Z. d. Conklyn, c. D. Snyder,
L. NJ. Long, r. j. Madison, William
Childs, Harry Staley, William Lou
than, Pinkney Schley, w. J. Flanagan,
]. S. Henkle, N. C. Rider, George Ell
lott and John A. Clpp.
Five indictments were returned, all
of them for felonies.
Sam Hall, colored, who was charged
with forging an order for merchandise,
using the name of William Viands, in
Two indictments were found against
Arch Bowers, Of Charles Town. He
is charged with entering the sub-sta-
ton OF the Northern Virginia Power
Company in Charles Town early in
January and stealing therefrom a
} quantity OF copper wire. The remain
ing indictments were returned against
II. II. Lehman and Roy Reed, the for
mer for receiving stolen goods and the
latter for completely in the stealing of
cattle from Marshall Burns, a farmer
in the county, last fall.
The case of T. j. West VS. Marshall
Roper, the matters in controversy hav-
ing been settled, was retired from
the docket.
A bill Of particulars was required in
the case of Motor Car Company VS..
J. E. Wyatt. The plaintiff, a non-res-
ident, was also required to give bond
to secure cost Of suit.
petition was offered in court by
attorneys for the Northern Virginia
Power Company, asking an order to
condemn certain land owned by c. M.
and Margaret A. Wetzel, for the use
OF the power company near its power
plant in the vicinity or Keys Ferry.
Dennis Gore VS.. Mary Gore, a di-
vorce case, was referred to H. v.
Sheetz, commissioner in chancery, to
ascertain and report matters pertinent
to the issue.
Hu y was given Forrest A.
"n eiver for the Charles Town
pany, to sell the material
ocke mill OIL the premises
company, i: having been
,"c court that the building
- 4 menace to travel on Hill lane in
Charles Town, and the company not
needing the building for anv purpose
The income from a fund of S3,5I6.2S
in the hands of w. F. Alexander, gen
eral receiver, the court ordered should
be used for the maintenance and sup
port of Joseph Francis Hulver, a ward
F. Hulver.
ctlon was awarded against
Virginia Road Commission
the commission from col
ney for license from the
''i CINE and tractor owners Ct
>. A temporary Injunction
- awarded in the same case
or last
t.e initial of Arch Bowers in
e.. .eI .or stealing a quantity of COP
per wire from the old snb-station of
the Northern Virginia Power Com
pany in Charles Town early in Janu-
airy resulted in the discharge of
Harvey Lehman, indicted for purchas-
ing the same wire, knowing il TO have
been stolen goods.
John T. Portcrfield was appointed
trustee in place of Joseph Ketzner. in
a certain decd of trust executed by
Robert B. Dickev and others on resi-
dence property in Harpcr's Ferry.
I. c Green, guardian of Robert
Carr, was authorized to make a month
ly payment of SIS to Charles and
Mary Colston for the maintenance of
ms infant ward. The fund from which
these payments are to be made was
derived from war risk insurance pol
icy held by the infants father. who
died in the service.
D. II. Vine was granted an abso-
Lutte divorce from Susie +. Vines. The
parties 20 this suit were married in
Page county, Va, July Ia, 1904.
The case of Robert c. Rissler, guar
Ainn Coo -.