Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-02

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The year just cone west aas been /
ssnHsf one ~ Shenandoah Circuit gatHI
I aaa u ing offices c1nnecs 9itla
'aripg 1872 CCpid's as ae.
eAfA4e enough % pierce fwo hand "a
sky hearts III Shenandoah County,
with the resultant issuance of 1870 mar
rage licenses by Clerk Otto v. Pence,
outline love OF over seven per cent of
'he ! wills wiited during inc year
and ten divorce suits were filed The
devotions Of the marital partnerships
were dynamited in various ways though
me major number of the mismates
charged desertion as the reason for
Court action.
The judicial fiscal year ends August
~ and the Clerks report covers the
twelve months prior to that time. How
ever the figures given in that reporfI
are approximate for the calendar yea,
aud a glance at these figures indicate
constant grind Of the legal mill in its
etiort to supply order from the grist
OF brotherly love" which seeks re-
dress, vengeance and justice in Courts
of law
SUITS FILED.
During the year, as indicated by the
Clerks report, 60 law suits were com
menced, 1873 were pendingand q were
decided. These suits involved amounts
OF from $40 10 s85, 600, many coming as
appeals from Justices Courts.
Fifty-two chaneery suits were brought
and 2l7 were pending. There were
III lnterlocutory DEGREES and &c final
DEGREES entered.
The criminal branch of Circuit Court
is q barometer Of the Iawlessness exist I
ing in the County and with Is criminal
cases pending, 80 additional indiet- |
ments were found Eight cases were
rolled, and went off the docket. The |
larger number Of the cases grew out of |
violations OF the Prohibition laws, and |
in 1921 Gumery D. Click, one Of these
violators was given five years in the
penitentiary the heaviest sentenceE
ever imposed in the County for al
liqu0rlaw violation.
Court was in, session AZ DAYS durino
the year and Il is estimated that a third |
Of this time was given to the trial oil
men identified with the bootIegging
industry ~
DEEDS AND Wills
Six hundred an sixteen deeds and |
deeds of trust were recorded in the |
clerks office in 1924. These figures |
have double significance as they in
dictate that many had money enough to
real estate while a goodlyl
number were compelled to mortgage
their holdings. The records show thatI
here has been considerable drop in
The price Of real estate as compared
q war prices, although almost all sales
we're made at good prices when prices
of farm products were considered.
During the year IS wills were
orobated, This does not mean thatl
only this number OF owners of estates
died during that time but that onlyl
forty eight disposed OF their property |
by will. There were an. equal NUMBER
Of administrations on estates where |
owners died iutesate.
JsTTCEs COURTS
Ia the six magisterial districts in t'la !
County there was comparatively liHlef
litigation, enough though to keep the 4
justices IN some Of the districts busyl
at times.
The eighteen Justices in the County |
during the year only 1928 90 |
IN fines. These Of course covered |
only nlisdemeanors. a justice havingl
no jurisdiction in disposing Of felony |
cases, and except in a few instances !
the fines We're not connected with |
violations of the prohibition laws |
The financial showing of Justices
Courts was to large extent minimized, |
by the number Of appeals from these
Courts TO the Circuit Court.
The first term Of the Circuit COURT
for the new year begins on Monday
January ~ when a special grand jury
viii be impanelled and for which a |
yenire has been summoned.