Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-06-06
Court House News
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| contract entered INTO Win lnSur-
ance agencies On county home
buildings and contents, $4,000;
court house, JAIL garage, and stor-
age, $4,000. Said amounts to be
divided equally among Finley In
| surance agency, Beckett & Gray,
and Mastersons agency, all to be
for a term of one year from June s,
I1940
| Agreement is entered into with
John Fox Insurance agency, for one
year from June 3, 1910 to cover in
surance on county road machinery,
and on the county cars driven by
the sheriff and county engineer
Grader Purchased
Contract is entered into between
the commissioners and the j. ID. Ad-
ans Company, for the purchase of
an Adams motor grader No. so.
Price $5,17S, with a deduction of
S478 for used Gallon motor grader,
leaving net cost to county $4,000.
COMMON PLEAS COURT
Savings & Loan company, VS..
Raleigh and Pansy Gordon, has
been dismissed and costs paid.
In the partition case of Ella e.
Shaffer VS. Carsie Potts, ct al, writ
of partition ordered commissioners
ordered to divide premises.
Pleads Innocent
Lee Ball, near RoXbury, when ar
raigned May 20 before Judge G. M.
Riecker, charged with failure to
stop after accident, pleaded not
guilty. Bond was fixed for 5000.
Change Pleas To Guilty
P. NJ Welsh who was indicted,
charged with issuing checks with in
sufficient funds, changed his former
plea of not guilty to guilty, and was
sentenced by Judge Riecker to the
Ohio penitentiary, for a period Of
from one to three years, and to pay
costs.
Harry Short, indicted on the
charge of robbery (robbing Frank
Benjamin of 81, who had pleaded
not guilty, changed his plea Friday,
and was sentenced to the Ohio pen
itentiary for a period of from one
to 25 years, and to pay costs.
Transcript of proceedings of State
of Ohio VS.. Geo. B. Kenney, heard
before Mayor John S. Mcbride, has
court The affidavit filed by Ray
mond F. Wolfe, alleges defendant
offered for sale clover seed, which
was not properly labeled. Defend
ant waived examination, and was
bound over to court on his own
recogniZance.
Accounting Case Settled
The case of E. H. Rambo vs..
Lawrence Wiseman, for farm ac-
counting, began in common pleas
court Monday before Judge Carlos
M. Riecker. Tuesday forenoon it
was settled out of court and dis
missed The parties resided in York
township.
In the matter of road easement
of the land of Carl Weaver, Carl
Weber appearing in open court, and
all other parties being in default,
it Is ordered that the clerk pay said
sum to Carl Weaver.
Arrangements
In the case of the State of Ohio
VS.. Donald Bailey, burglary and lar
ceny, defendant when arraigned
Wednesday before Judge Carlos M.
Riecker, entered plea of guilty
Sentence was deferred for 18
months, and he was placed on pro-
baton under usual conditions. Fred
James was appointed probation Off
Ger. Fay Parsons, indicted for like
offense also pleaded guilty. He was
placed on probation, and sentence
deferred for Is months, under u.s.
ual conditions. Ralph Dye appoint
ed probation officer. Said parties
broke in road house near Stock
port, and took small amount of
goods.
In the action of Iver Robinson VS..
Mayor John S. Mcbride, Marshal p.
w. Masterson and Floyd M. Beck
er, temporary injunction was made
permanent In this case Floyd M.
Becker filed action in mayors court
against Robinson for wages alleged
due, and levied execution on a car
belonging to Robinson. Robinson
then filed action in which he alleged
the mayor did not have jurisdiction,
and asked for a temporary injunc-
tion restraining sale of auto. Judge
Riecker granted the temporary in