Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-03-14
MARCH COURT DAY.
BRING CROWD TO TOWN.

InARCH COURT DAY.
BRING CROWD TO TOWN.
j Indictment weather on Court day was
Inc deterrent for hundreds Of County
lpeople and they came to Woodstock by
auto load to see and be seen. to hear
and to be heard and even some came
bent on business. II was the semi
annual grand jury term and the inqui
sitorial body worked all afternoon on
the presentments prepared by the
Commonwealth Attorney and then
adjourned to meet on later day to
consider some matters considered
worthy of investigation.
Mondays session of Court, with
Judge F. B. Whiting on the bench, was
extremely busy, and indictments
were found against the following per-
sons Grover Price, Sylyanus Mumaw,
James Dinges, Kirby Dinges and John
Mart Brill charged with violating the
prohibition laws; Alonza H. Stewart,
grand larcency Isaac N. Rhinehart
and Samuel j. Zirkle, seduction Stiner
Shamburg and Luther Baker, house
breaking, and Henry E Grabill, shoot
| ing with intent to MAIN, disfigure, dis
able and kill.
Shamburg and Baker are charged
with breaking and entering house on
the Mt Airy Estate of Daniel Kelliher
and stealing therefrom two hams and
one shoulder, while the indictments
against Grabill grew out of the Wood
stock shooting.
CASES DISMISSED.
In an effort to clean up the doclse :,
the Court upon motion, ordered the
dismissal of the following cases
Commonwealth VS.. Thomas Bly,.
Same VS.. Roy Clinedinst.
Same VS.. William Harris
j. N. Coffman VS.. L. A. Coffman.
Edinburg Garage VS.. John w. Sum-
mer and A. S. Lloyd.
Same VS.. George L. Kibler.
! w. j. Estep VS.. G. R. and William
Turner.
j. C. Funk's Admr. VS.. w. F. Rit-
enour
Homer Fry VS.. R. NJ. Fansler.
P. j. Hammock VS.. Brady Bros.
P. j. Holler, Curator VS.. Homer Rick
ard.
Industrial Finance Corp. VS.. j. F.
Smith.
L. L. Madden VS.. C. S. Coleman.
B. E. Nelson VS.. j. d. Scothern.
Operators Piano Co VS.. A. G. Shaver.
Casper C. Swartz VS.. Geo. L. Bow
man.
DIR. D. L. Shaver VS.. H. L. Gruber.
j. P. Steesburg Piano Co. VS.. A. G.
Shaver.
w. o. Shank VS.. j. H. Norman.
A thirty day leave to file grounds of
defense was granted in the case of R.
L Peer VS.. Emma Orndorff and likel
order was entered in the suit of the
Road Board of Ashby district VS.. Jacob
Il
Heishman.
Clarence Dysart was granted per-
NIT to sell soft drinks and flavoring
extracts at his place of business in
TUESDAYS SESSION
Because of the storm which began :
On Monday, Judge F. B. Whiting ex-
FUSED the grand and petit juries for
he day, and the morning session of !
court was devoted to argument of
Daniel Kelliher VS.. the State Entomol-
'gist, recently remanded to the Circuit
Court by the United States district
court, and in which it is sought to getl
he constitutionality of the Virginia
cedar rust law into the federal juris-I
fiction for determination.
After argument of the matters in-l
volved Judge Whiting refused to sign
IN order of removal to the Federal
courts, and the case will again go to
Judge Mcdowell upon a petition that
t be heard in the United States Court.
Samuel j. Stricken, Frank Painterl
and 5. B. Hepner, upon petition of c..
W. Canaan and others, were appointed
viewers to go over the Orkney grade
On April Is, and report its condition to
the Court. An effort is being made to
have tolls removed from this road and
this effort is opposed by many citizens !
living along the route who are striving
to improve the grade by the assessment
Of tolls.
j. B. Coffman and C. P. Wightman
were appointed trustees of the Edin-
burg Methodist Church and j. C.
Hutchinson trustee for the parsonage.
w. H. Wisecaryer was appointed a
trustee for Lebanon E. L. Church.
David Fansler was appointed trustee
of E. L. Church parsonage at Powderl
Springs. /,
VIM. L. Hannah and Fountain R.
Wymer appointed trustees Saint
Stephens E L. Church.
Applications for Confederate pen
sions were ordered certified to the
Auditor of Public Accounts /
Capaises were issued for the ap-
prehension of Alonza Stewart, S. J.
Zirkle and Isaac N. 1Rhinehart, indicted
by the grand jury.
WEDNESDAY
1t appearing to the Conrt that Harry
Fadeley and Tom Haun were erren-
eously assessed for orchard tax they
are exonerated from payment of same |