Research Topic

Court & Jury

This topic appears in 71 indexed records between 1817 and 1935.
71 Indexed Records
1817 Earliest Record
1935 Latest Record
Jefferson County Strongest Location
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December 23, 2025

Flanagan; McPherson Brien Purchase & Suit

The separate answer of William Flanagan to a Bill of Foreign Attachment filed in the circuit Superior court of law and Chancery for Jefferson county against him and others by Henry Berry. This respondent making and […]
December 22, 2025

Bakerton & Charles Town Bootleggers Convicted in Federal Court

Two bootleggers, Monroe Peyton, colored, of Bakerton, and Moses Welsh, white, of Charles Town, were convicted in the Federal Court at Elkins and sentenced to 60 days in the Martinsburg jail and to pay a fine […]
December 22, 2025

Grand Jury Memers; Return Indictment against Willingham.

In The Circuit Court.The grand jury of the Jefferson Circuit Court at this term was composed of the following persons: D. S. Hughes, George W. Shull, George Elliott, Horace C. Moore, W. D. Rissler, Robert Withers, […]
December 21, 2025

Assessment of Railroad Property in Jefferson County

On Wednesday Judge Faulkner decided the assessment made by the Board of Public Works on the property in Jefferson county of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Winchester and Potomac and the Baker branch, the latter […]
December 21, 2025

Miskimmon Arrested & Tried; Assault/Threats Against Bratt

E. M. Miskimmon, a druggist of Harper’s Ferry, was arrested and tried last Friday on a warrant sworn out before Justice C. F. Gallaher by Mr. S. W. Bratt, superintendent of the Washington Building Lime Company […]
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1840s 17 records
1830s 13 records
1910s 9 records
1900s 8 records
1850s 6 records
1870s 5 records