The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-07-29

dA SAAoA oNICA W serve DIS Julius, oP
portioning said names throughout
the County in accordance with the
population of the various townships
thereof. That from the said list the
present permanent jury list for Ashe
County was made up, consisting OF
691 names of persons.
That in compiling the said perma-
nent jury list, the name of every
person appearing upon the list sub
mitted by L. P. Coward for Clifton
Township was placed on said jury
list, one name being added for said
township which did not appear up
on the list prepared by Mr.. Coward.
That for Creston Township, one
name was added by the respondents
to those submitted by said L. P.
Coward; that in Elk Township five
names were added by the respon-
dents in addition to those appearing
upon the list submitted by said
Coward; that in Harrigan township
one name was added by the respon-
dents which did not appear upon
the list prepared by said Coward.
That Is names were added by the
respondents in Jefferson Township
which did not appear on the list
prepared by said Coward; that SIM
ilarly four names were added by
the respondents for Laurel Town
ship; that similarly Is names were
added for Old Field Township; that
similarly 2 names were added for
Pond Mountain Township; that SIM
ilarly 4 names were added for Wal
nut Hill Township; and two names
for West Jefferson Township.
That the entire list of jurors plac-
ed upon the permanent jury list
from Chestnut Hill, Grassy Creek,
Helton, Horse Creek, North Fork,
Obids, Peak Creek, Pine Swamp,
and Piney Creek Townships were
taken from the aforementioned list
prepared by L. P. Coward. That on
ly 48 additional names were placed
upon the permanent jury list by the
respondents; the remainder of the
691 names appearing upon said per-
manent list were taken from the list
prepared by said L. P. Coward.
= That there are approximately
20 seven thousand tax payers
whose names appear upon the 1885
tax returns for Ashe County. That
there are approximately $500 tax
payers whose names appear upon
the tax returns for the year 1885
and who had paid their taxes for
said year at the time the jury list
for Ashe County was revised by the
respondents as aforementioned, and
who were not considered or passed
upon by the respondents in revising
the jury list and who were eligible
to be considered by the respondents
as to their qualification for jury SER
vice. That upon the first Monday in
March 1887 the respondents were
supplied by H. M. Miller, Sheriff Of
Ashe County, with list of all those
who had paid their taxes for the
year 1886, which list respondents
refused to consider or from which
to revise the jury list. That the 691
names selected as hereinbefore set
out were the names of persons who
had paid their taxes for 1885 and
were men of sufficient intelligence
and moral character, if otherwise
qualified, to qualify them for jury
service. That before selecting, or at
tempting to revise, the jury list, the
respondents were advised by a let
ter from the Attorney Generals Of
flee to make up the jury list for
Ashe County from those who had
paid their taxes for the year 1885.
That on March Is, 1887, there were
$500 taxpayers in Ashe County who
had not paid their taxes for 1885.
IL That upon the revising of the
0 permanent jury list for the
County of Ashe by the respondents
as hereinbefore set out, on March
18th and 10th, the respondents in
structed L. P. Coward, Register of
Deeds and Clerk of said Board, not
to allow anyone to see the perma-
nent jury list which the respondents
filed with the said Clerk, that said
L. P. Coward complied with these
instructions and refused to allow
anyone to see said list and continu-
ed to refuse to make said list public
until ordered to do so by the Judge
holding the April term, 1887 of Su-
perior Court of Ashe County.
The Court finds as fact that the
list for Ashe County was not revis-
ed by the respondents, but that the
respondents in revising said jury
list, adopted almost wholly a list
which had been prepared for the re-
spondents at their instance and re-
quest by L. P. Coward, the Clerk of
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