Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-01-27
CIRCUIT COURT IN SESSION

The Grand Jury at the opening
day of the January term of the JEFF
ferson County Circuit Court last
week. recommended that two houses
in Charles Town. whose occupants
have been indicted more than once
for liquor law violations, be closed
and padlocked. This is the first
time since the prohibition law has
been in operation that such meas
ures have been recommended.
One of the houses that the jury
would deny the use of is that of
Rankin Taylor, located on West Avis
street, near the Public School build
ing: the other is occupied by William
Douglass, on the Summit Point road.
but within the corporate limits of
Charles Town.
Another recommendation present
ed in the Grand Jury's report relates
TO male prisoners in the Charles
Town JAIL These, they want en-
ployed on the county roads, just as
prisoners are employed in other
counties of the state.
The Grand Jury included Geo. B.
Hooff, foreman; r. w Dunaway, j.
Ed Burns. Olin G Bush, C Brown.
Glenn Gardner, Lynn Grantham, E
L. Goldsborough. III. H. Hendricks.
w F Clabaugh, T ] Burleigh, ,Jr..
Herbert Engle, c. b. Clendening, G
d. Eby and Lyman S Linson. Wit
nesses summoned to testify before
them were Ben Magaha. James A.
Smith, Adam OFT, Alex RELY, 7 w
Allen, Hyman Wiener, Daniel Payne,
Clyde Russell, Henry Johnson, S r
Ford, Stafford Johnson, Joseph Mar
low, William Lancaster, Alex Lam
ham, Amanda Brent, Alice Newman,
Henry Gates, B. r. Shugart. Perry
Smith, C B Jack, William Schill,
Charles Wilson, Chris Fidinger, Cliff
ton Alder. G. X. Wysong, Lucy Dav-
is, Helen Mcdaniel, Celestine Wood,
Brownie Mcdonald and George
Wood, Jr.
Indictments We're returned against
nine accused persons, most of them
on misdemeanor offenses.
Newton Huff, for possessing six
pints of Intoxicating liquor on Sep
TENDER 20, 1925, misdemeanor
Frank and Della Baltimore. break
ing and entering, and stealing hides
and pelts of the value of 5000. a
felony.
Herbert Howell stealing an auto
mobile valued at $500, felony.
William Pierce, possessing one
half pint moonshine. misdemeanor.
Lucy Davis, possessing intoxica-
ting liquor for sale, misdemeanor.
Rankin Taylor. possessing intoxi-
eating liquor for sale.
Joe Huff, possessing liquor, mis-
demeanor.
William Douglass, having liquor
for sale, misdemeanor.
Rayfeld Johnson, carrying dead
~ weapon, misdemeanor.
Court ratified the finding of the
commissioners appointed to assess
the damages sustained by Lucian
Reinhart for land taken from his
premises for the right of way for
the new state road through Shep-
herdstown. The allowance recon-
mended by the commissioners was
for $1,000.
Mrs. Florence Long Allen was de-
creed an absolute divorce from E. E
Allen on the ground of desertion for
three years. The complainant is per-
mitted under the divorce decree to
resume her maiden name, Florence
Long.
Judge Rodgers sentenced Herbert
Howell to jail for six months for
purloining an automobile belonging
to Adam OFT, at Oakland Church last
fall The grand jury had recon-
mended clemency in passing sentence
on him.
A schedule of trials of the indict-
ments returned was announced as
follows: Tuesday, January 26, APP
peals; Thursday, January %, Frank
and Della Baltimore; Friday, Janu-
airy 20, Rayfeld Johnson and William
Pierce; Tuesday. February 2, Frank
Manuel: Wednesday, February 3,
Joe and Newton Huff; Thursday.
February a, William Douglass and
Lucy Davis; Friday, February 5,
Rankin Taylor.
The case Of Mrs. s. NJ Myers VS.. j
H Writ occupied the attention of
the Court and jury on Tuesday and
Wednesday morning.