Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-11-13
Vol. 1O8.
REGULAR COURT TERM
NOW GOING ON
Dockets Being Cut BY Continuous
Sessions-Many Matters Yet
To Be Heard

The November term of the Cir
cult Court of Shenandoah County
began its deliberations on Monday
with Judge Frank B. Whiting on
the bench
grand jury composed of ].
Frank Good, ]. William Harpine, K
ID. Lambert, o. L. Borden, G. G..
Hickman and H. L. Borden was i'm
panelled and the following indict-
ments were found on the present
ments made by the Commonwealth:
John Dawson, Booker Mumaw, Ell
mer Mumaw, Melvin Shaffer, Percy
Bibb, Frank Cosier, Cleveland Black,
Richard Burkholder. Arthur Click
and E. B. Mays. Dawson, who was
indicted for a prohibition offense
subsequently plead guilty and was
fined $50 and given thirty day Jail
sentence.
Court Notes
Pension applications of Philip P.
Rosenberger and Samuel Copeland
were approved and ordered certified
to the Auditor of Public Accounts.
Pension of Joseph D. Rush was GER
titled for rerating.
Rev. H. A. Sheets, a minister of
the Church of God, was authorized
to solemnize the rites of matrimony.
Nolles were entered in the cases
of the Commonwealth against Sam
uel Pollard, Hunter Shiflett. Samuel
Howe and Milton Donavan.
w H. McGehee was appointed a
committee for E. G. McGehee. non
compos mentis.
Lewis Nicholson qualified as
guardian for Irwin Nicholson.
Annie B. Hupp qualified as guard
ian for Cecil Hupp, Austin Hupp,
Wilde Hupp and Konnie Hupp.
Floyd Sweeney was appointed a
trustee of Shenandoah Lodge 1. o.
o. F., Edinburg, to fill vacancy
caused by death of c. P. Wightman.
Judgments were entered in favor
of H. L Borden against Turner Nit
chel and Luther Mitchell for
S367.74 and interest, and w. c.
Painter against R. L. Funkhouser
for 1914 and interest
Soft drink permits were ordered
issued to Bockey Brothers and NJ.
n. Ellis.
NJ Coffp,an VOC o,,,oin+od . ,,,,,
Der of the Pension Board of Shen-
andoah County to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Capt George
w. KoontZ.
Get 3 1-2 Years
Rice Burkholder and Frank Cos
Ter. New Market youths who broke
in a New Market garage, afterwards
stealing an automobile from Rev
Mr.. Graves. plead guilty before a
jury and received a three and one
half year penitentiary sentence on
circumutative charges. 1t appeared
from the evidence that both youths
had served sentences in the State
Industrial School After stealing the
Ford car the pair were apprehend-
ed in Wilmington, Delaware
A commission was appointed to
meet on November q and determine
damages due B. w. Wenger and 9TH
ers in the condemnation proceedings
brought by the Shenandoah River
Power Company for land at their
plant on the Shenandoah river near
Woodstock.
Cleveland Black, who was arrest
ed at New Market for violating the
prohibition laws, and indicted at the
present term of Court, plead guilty,
and the Court fixed his punishment
at seventy-five days in Jail with a
fine of $50 and costs In default
of payment of fine he will serve 80
days additional on the State road
force.
Dog Case Again
The appeal of M F. Emswiler
from a judgment of magistrates
court, when he was fined $1,000
and costs for killing valuable dog,
the property of John w. ShadweIl,
of the Columbia Furnace section,
was heard by jury, yesterday and
the action of the justices court was
sustained. 1t was disclosed by the
evidence that the dog was an ex-
tremely valuable coon dog and was
shot by Emswiler while it was on his
premises. Emswiler claimed to have
believed that the dog was suffering
from hydrophobia.