The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-01-24
COURT NEWS
Appointment

appointment
H. K. McCollister has been appoint
ed administrator Of the estate of
David B. Wheeler, late of Mt. Ster-
ling; bond $2400.
Marriage License Issued
Weldon Seaburn, 20, and Helen
Rothe, 21, both of Paint township.
Clarence Timmons, justice Of peace,
Paint township, officiated
Licenses Applied For
Asa NJ. Rebel and Wanerva
Strasbaugh, both of Mt. Sterling;
/ hearing January 28.
Joseph w. Ratcliff, Clark county,
and Dorothy Queen, Paint township;
hearing January %.
Real Estate Transfers
E. T. Snyder and others to Mildred
S. Junk, undivided three-fourths of
Lot II in L. H. Loofbourrow's addi-
tion to Mt. Sterling, ST.
E. T. Snyder and others to Mil
dred S. Junk, undivided three-fourths
of Lots 43 and Al in Alkire-Tarbill
! West Side addition to Mt. Sterling,
$100.
Appointed Administrator
John c. Billingsley Of Plain City,
has been appointed and qualified by
the probate court of Union county at
Marysville, as administrator of the
estate Of Gerald L. Billingsley, de-
ceased, late of near Plain City, and
has given bond of $1,000.
/ To File Briefs
The Suit of Edward Belts, Of near
London, as a taxpayer against the
board of trustees Of the Madison coun-
ty children's home protesting the ap-
pointment of a superintendent and
matron through action Of the certifoa-
tion of an eligibility list by the state
civil service commission, has been
started in the common pleas court here
before Judge P. r. Emery and further
action will be taken when briefs have
been filed by attorneys for both par
! ties.
/ Charge Dismissed
The indictment returned by the
January Madison county grand jury
against Richard McCrary, 1884 Scott
street, Columbus, for unlawful park
ing on highway in Madison county,
has been nolled by Prosecutor How
ard C. Black, for lack of evidence
sufficient for case
Boy on Probation
Scott Mason, 10, of South Solon,
indicted by the January Madison
county grand jury for burglary, has
been placed on probation in the COM
mon pleas court after he entered
plea Of guilty.
/ Mason, with Edgar BANTER, also of
South Solon, was indicted for break
ing into the South Solon school
building and stealing money and
Christmas treats prepared for the
school children.
Bainter's case is yet to come be-
fore the court for disposition.
Three Arrested
Mrs. Joe Baker, white, and John
Jennings, negro, are being held in
the county Jail here for the alleged
theft of coal from the Big Four rail
road, and Mrs. Harry Cooper, negro,
has been released from Jail after pay
ing fine of So and costs for the
same offense.
The two women and the man were
arrested by Marshal Ed Smith and
were each fined SIS and costs in the
court of Squire Francis MCGUIRE,
London.
Divorce Granted
Bessie Burrell was granted a di-
vorce from Grover Burrell in the COM
mon pleas court Saturday by Judge p.
R. Emery on the grounds of gross
neglect. The original suit was filed
by the husband, but the divorce was
granted on the cross-petition of Mrs. !
Burrell. Burrell failed to appear in
court.
Farm Sold
The 421.39 acre farm of Mrs Alice /
Underwood, Pike township, was sold
at the court house in London on Sat
urday by Sheriff j. A. Maxwell to the
Kentucky Joint Stock Land bank of
Louisville for two-thirds the apprais-
ed value, an average of $40 an acre.
Lee Kilgore was the auctioneer
Deaths e Funerals