Court & Jury

October 8, 2024

C. V. in Antidiscriminative Suit for Stone

Standard Stone & Lime Co. Claim Discrimination Against Them. The Standard Lime & Stone Co. and the Washington Building Lime Co. operating near Martinsburg, both of which operations have offices in Baltimore, have filed a complaint […]
May 2, 2024

Glassford must answer charge of non-support.

Husband Must Answer Charge of Non-SupportJustic Hitz of the District Supreme Court issued a summons yesterday on Charles B. Glassford, employed in a local ice cream plant, to show cause on May 23 why he should […]
May 2, 2024

Hit-Run Charge Laid to W. Badger

Hit-Run Charge Laid to W. BadgerCHARLES TOWN, W Va., June 26 (Special). — William Badger, 37, was arrested at Bakerton, W. Va., last night and charged with hit-and-run driving in an automobile wreck near Antietam, Md., […]
May 1, 2024

Rouzee’s estate sues B&O. Fourth member of family killed by railroad.

Railroad Sued for Rouzee’s Death.Special to The Washington Post. Winchester, Va., June 23.— The estate of Walter Rouzee, who was killed by a train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Bakerton, has sued the railroad […]
May 1, 2024

Gray Sentenced For Undetermined Period for Murder of Friend

Sentenced To Penitentiary For Undetermined Period (Special to the News) Luray, Oct. 8.– For having tied his feet and hands together with ropes and wires after shooting him five times, W. D. Gray of Sperrysville, near […]
May 1, 2024

William Gray Given Prison for Murder of Beckwith.

Convict Rappahannock Man on Murder Charge.William Gray is Given Prison Term. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] SHENANDOAH, VA., Oct. 5 – William Gray, charged with the murder last June of Ralph Beckwith, both men said to be […]
May 1, 2024

Judge sides with Bakerton in Lime-Burning Case

LIME-BURNING CASE. THE JUDGE DECIDES AGAINST ELDRED COMPANY. Important Step Toward Throwing Open to the Kilns the Most Practical and Valuable Process for Burning Lime. Parkersburg, W. Va., – January 3.– One of the most important […]
December 10, 2023

The Friday Murder Mystery

THE HEARING AT HAGERSTOWN– DETAILS OF THE CRIME, ETC.[Reported for the Baltimore Sun.] HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 27, 1877.– James Gardner and J. W. Grove, who are in the county jail at this place on suspicion of […]
November 28, 2023

County Court; Hearing for Burke (Engle) and Examining Court Waived For Boyer (Flanagan)

COUNTY COURT.– Redman Burke, who stabbed Phillip Engle, of Harper’s Ferry, on the 4th of July last, had a hearing on Monday and Tuesday last, before an Examining Court. He was remanded to jail to undergo […]
August 18, 2023

Kaldenback, Juror in Seelhorst Case

The case against Seelhorst was called at 10:35 a.m., and in ten minutes the following jury had been selected to try the case: William J. Truitt, Frank A. Gibbons, Nicholas Fitzgerald, Jacob Spliedt, George Ellerbrook, John […]
December 4, 2020

Special Commissioners’ Sale

SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS’ SALE OF A VALUABLE FARM, IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VA. By virtue of three several Decrees rendered by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, West Virginia, on the 26th day of April, 1878, on […]
January 5, 2020

1850 Order: John Griggs Admin vs. James Flanagan

October 1850 Term Law Order Books. Page 247.
January 5, 2020

1850 Order: Griggs Admin vs. James Flanagan

May 1850 Term Law Order Books. Page 208.
January 5, 2020

Oct. 1849 – Griggs Admin vs. James Flanagan

October 1849 Term Law Order Books. Page 168.
January 5, 2020

May 1849: John Griggs Admin vs. James Flanagan

May 1849 Term Law Order Books. Page 156.
January 5, 2020

Oct. 1848 – Griggs Admin vs. Flanagan

October Term 1848 Law Orders. Page 127
January 5, 2020

1848 Law Order: Griggs Admin Vs. James Flanagan

1848 Law Order Book pg. 85 John Griggs, adm’n, PlaintiffagainstJames Flanagan, Defendant This day came the parties by their attorneys, and the Defendant filed his [?] to the Plaintiff’s interrogations filed on a form day [?] […]
January 5, 2020

1848 John Griggs admin vs. James Flanagan

1848 Law Order Book, page 81. John Grigg’s adm’n, PlaintiffagainstJames Flanagan, Defendant Upon [?] granted to the Plaintiff he this day [?] [?] interrogatives in asiding to the Hy[?] and O[?] it is agreed that the […]