Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-04-28
Court House News
COMMON PLEAS COURT
Grand Jury Reports

! The grand jury reported last
Thursday evening, after having been
| in session three days. The report
shows that over 58 witnesses were
examined, covering I8 cases; pre-
sented IL bills and ignored six
cases. Robert F. Miller was foreman
of the jur1
Cases Postponed
| Owing to the illness of Atty M.
E. Danford, the cases assigned for
| trial this week have been postpon-
ed. Mr.. Danford was one of the at
torneys in the cases which had been
assigned for this week.
Transcript of the case of The
State Of Ohio on complaint of Goldie
Hutchins VS.. Albert Kidd, bastardy,
held before Lawrence N. Seaman, J.
p, has been filed in common pleas
court.
In the case of The State of Ohio
VS.. Wright Eveland for possession,
bond is fixed in the sum of $3.50.
In the matter of the State of Ohio
VS.. Earl Street, indicted by the last
grand jury, charged with abandon
ing his illegitimate child, bond is
fixed at $400. Unable to furnish
bond he has been held in the coun-
|ty Jail here.
No indictment was found by the
grand jury against Edward Wood
ward, and he was discharged. He
had been bound over from mayors
court on an alleged assault and bat
terry charge.
Pleads Guilty
In the bastardy case of Mae Boil
ing VS.. Earle Street, defendant plead
guilty and confessed he is reputed
father of complainant's bastardy
child. He is fined $3.50 and costs,
and amount heretofore paid said to
be 500 to be credit thereon.
PROBATE COURT
The estate of the late Geo. w.
Huffman, deceased, is found not SUBJ
iect to inheritance tax. The net ac-
tual market value of the estate is
.$77S.49. The persons entitled to
succeed to said estate, their rela
tionship and the value of succession
are as follows: Mahala Huffman,
wife, $316.16; Charley Huffman,
Lewis T. Huffman, Lena Wilson.
Flora Carr, John D. E. Huffman
and H. D. Huffman, sons and daugh-
ters, each $3.50.
The estate of Charles F. Badger,
deceased, is found not subject to tax.
The net actual value of the estate is
$4,000. The sole successor to es-
tate is Harriet Badger, the widow.
Inheritance tax is found due in
the estate of Stephen HI. Schofield,
deceased, of S198.39. The actual
net value of estate which might be
subject to Inheritance tax is $780,
837.79. The relationship and value
of succession is: Blanche e. Scho-
field, daughter, $13,418.90; G. I.
Schofield, son, $13,41S.90.
Ida James, guardian of Chas.
Edward James, minor, files final
account. The court finds all funds
in the hands of the guardian are ex-
hausted, it is ordered that said
guardian be discharged from fur
ther services.
The estate of Eliza A. Boyd, de-
ceased, has been fully settled, and
the administrator, Jos. S. Boyd, dis
charged. Compensation allowed ad-
in the sum of $106.S7.
HI. D. Huffman as administrator
of the estate of Geo. w. Huffman,
deceased, files final account. Es-
tate has been fully settled and ad-
is discharged. Com
pensation is allowed administrator
in the sum Of $91.94.
A preliminary hearing in the
bastardy proceedings of Helen l..
Wood of Chesterhill VS.. George |
Howard, was held Tuesday.
Marriage Licenses
James Russell Edgerton, teacher,
son of Oliver and Martha Hopkins
and Martha Blanche God
dard, teacher, daughter of Glen and |
Mary Shepard Goddard, both of |
Rev. Edgar B. Dean Of
ficiating.
Shukri Osman, brick yard labor
er, East Sparta, O., native of Con- |
stantinople, Turkey, and Sylvia
Shaner, Homer township, daughter |
of Schuyler and Hulda Smith Shan
er, Rev. L. B. Douglas.
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