The Switzerland County, Indiana Circuit Court report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 5 Apr 1873 – Page 4, Column 2
Law Report.
Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.
Since our last report the following cases have been disposed of:
State vs. Richard Gaines—assault and battery. Continued for process.
State vs. E. Howard—grand larceny. Continued for process.
State vs. John F. Miller—assault and battery with intent to commit a rape. Continued for process.
State vs. John A. Literal—assault and battery with intent to murder.—Continued for process.
State vs. Perry Woods—assault and battery with intent to murder. Continued because defendant is in penitentiary for another offense.
State vs. Lewis Woods—counterfeiting. Continued because defendant is in penitentiary for another offense.
State vs. Jesse Stevens—larceny.—Continued for process.
State vs. Calvin Edrington—assault and battery with intent to commit rape. Continued for process.
State vs. Wm. Wilson—assault and battery with intent to murder. Continued for process.
State vs. Elisha Lampkins—assault and battery. Continued for process.
State vs. James Smead—giving whisky to minor, two cases. Nolle prosequi.
State vs. Samuel Woods—grand larceny. Continued for process.
State vs. John Rayl—carrying concealed weapons. Continued for process.
State vs. John Richards—desecrating the Sabbath, two cases. Continued for process.
State vs. Timothy McCarthy—carrying concealed weapons. Continued for process.
State vs. Timothy McCarthy—disturbing lawful assembly. Continued for process.
State vs. F. Luke—selling whisky to minor, 4 cases. Nolle prosequi.
State vs. Si Steele—disturbing religious meeting. Steel tried by Court and fined $5; continued as to Lockridge, he not having been arrested.
State vs. Si Steele—assault and battery. Nolle prosequi.
State vs. James Higgins—disturbing religious meeting. Continued for process.
State vs. Poley Jacobs—selling without license, six cases. Nolle prosequi.
State vs. John Thorning—selling to minor, six cases. Nolle prosequi.
State vs. Milton Ballard—grand larceny. Continued for process.
State vs. Kirk Steel—assault and battery. Fined $3.00.
State vs. James Jackman—petit larceny, two cases. Nolle.
State vs. John L. Thiebaud—selling to minor. Nolle.
State vs. Allen Coy—contempt. Continued.
State vs. Bruce Peabody—contempt. Defendant discharged.
State vs. James Nelson—illegal voting. Indictment quashed and defendant discharged.
State vs. John O. Smith—assault and battery; plead guilty, and fined $2.50.
State vs. John F. Plew. Tried and found not guilty.
State vs. Greeley Sags—carrying concealed weapons. Acquitted.
State vs. Thomas Bell—stealing horse. Tried, found guilty, sentenced to penitentiary for three years, fined $125, and disfranchised ten years.
State of Indiana vs. David Miller—Manslaughter. Tried and acquitted.
Cornelius Vandever vs. Wellington Henderson—to quiet title to real estate. Dismissed by plaintiff.
Huldah Merrit et al vs. Theodore Humphrey et al—damages. Set for trial April 14, 1873.
Wm. McFadden vs. Albert F. Hyde et al—foreclosure. Default and decree.
State vs. Frank Muret—assault and battery. Fined $5.
State vs. James A. Works—contempt—discharged.
State vs. Henry Johnston, Sarah Wiley, Fletcher Johnston, and Helen Moody—riot. Trial by jury. Helen Moody acquitted, and the other defendants fined $17 each.
Bledsoe & Beymer vs. Roddis White—on note. Judgment for $93.85.
LeRoy Jones et al vs. George W. Hawthorn—on note. Judgment for $80.05.
John F. Cotton vs. E. H. Rogers and Henry Rogers—on note. Default.
Daniel S. Boyd et al vs. Mary Boyd—partition. Default.
Mathias Medary vs. Wm. H. Dunning et al—foreclosure of mortgage. Default.
Solomon Wright vs. Simeon Tague—on note. Default and judgment for $72.20.
Solomon Froman vs. Eugene Tardy—default and judgment.
Vevay Reveille – 12 Apr 1873 – Page 4, Column 4
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.
Frederick Carson—Replevin. Dismissed.
James A. Works vs. Milo A. Hana—Replevin. Dismissed.
Frederick Carson vs. James W. Lewis—Replevin. Transferred to Jennings county.
Lemuel Bledsoe vs. Roddis White—On note. Judgment by Default.
Wm. R. Johnston vs. Wm. Cooper et al. Dismissed.
Frank Dufour vs. David Price—For Damages. Continued.
Thomas Gibbs vs. Elizabeth Gibbs—Partition. Continued.
Sarah W. Anderson vs. Estate of Joseph Rutherford—Account. Continued.
First National Bank of Vevay vs. Jacob R. Harris—Note. Dismissed.
State vs. Thomas Armstrong—Forfeited Recognizance. Judgment for $100.00.
George F. Tardy et al vs. Josephine Todd—To contest Will. Continued.
Timothy McCarty vs. Mary McCarty—Partition. Report of Sale of Land received and money ordered to be paid into Court.
Joseph Cain vs. Estate of Lawrence W. Gordon—Claim. Stricken from Docket.
Johnathan McMakin vs. Estate of Lientz—Claim. Allowed.
Joseph Cole vs. Nicholas Lientz—Claim. Stricken from the Docket.
Sophia Saunders vs. Estate of Wm. Scudder—Claim. Dismissed.
Frederick Carson vs. U. P. Schenck—Replevin. Dismissed.
Same vs. Matthew Worstell—Replevin. Transferred to Jennings County.
Same vs. Zeb. Yonge et al—Replevin. Transferred to Jennings county.
Johnathan McMakin vs. Elijah Waltz—Trespass. Continued.
Mary P. White vs. Ben. C. Mead, Executor, &c.—Continued.
James Kincaid vs. Martha Kincaid—Divorce. Dismissed.
William H. Israel vs. Alanson R. Wells—Appeal. Motion to require plaintiff to give security for costs refused and cause continued.
James Hunter vs. Wm. J. Gibbs—Judgment for plaintiff for $115.00.
Lewis Schroder vs. V. & M. Turnpike Co. Continued.
Samuel Pleasants vs. V. & M. Turnpike Co. Continued.
John Higham vs. James H. Patterson—Foreclosure. Continued.
Nancy Nichols vs. Sarah Wiley—Partition. Dismissed.
Charles Effner vs. Brewster C. Alvord—Account. Judgment for $198.
State vs. James W. Horton—Trespass. Dismissed.
State, on relation of David Hoover, vs. John Clendenning—On Official Bond. Judgment for plaintiff for $144.33.
George O. Griffith vs. Cincinnatus Bradley. Continued.
State vs. Thomas Wright—Assault and Battery. Nolle.
State vs. Wm. Wright et al—Assault and Battery. Nolle.
State vs. Geo. C. Myers and Thomas Armstrong—Forfeited recognizance.—Judgment against Armstrong for $100, and dismissed as to Myers.
Eli Sturgeon vs. Theodore Walker et al—Foreclosure. Continued.
State, on relation of Harriet Steele, vs. James Ash. Continued.
A Special Term of the Circuit Court will be held in Vevay, commencing next Tuesday.
Vevay Reveille – 19 Apr 1873 – Page 4, Column 2
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.
State vs. Thomas Wright—Assault and battery. Nolle prosequi.
State vs. Caroline Wright—Assault and battery. Tried and acquitted.
State vs. Caroline Wright—Assault. Nolle prosequi.
State vs. Thomas Wright—Assault. Nolle prosequi.
John Rickets et al vs. Emmanuel Hitchens. Dismissed.
State vs. James A. Smith—On forfeited recognizance. Continued.
The Term closed on the evening of the 11th inst.
A Special Term of Court commenced last Monday, Judge John R. Cravens presiding. The follinwg cases are to be tried:
Keziah B. Perry vs. Harvey Schroeder and Henry Thorning—To recover Real Estate.
Huldah Merit and James H. Merit vs. Theodore Humphrey and Jacob R. Harris, Executors of Cornelius Humphrey, deceased—For Damages.
The Humphrey—Merit case is now being tried, before a jury, but up to time of going to press had not been decided.
(In consequence of having received intelligence of the deal of Mrs. Palace Merit, last Thursday night Court adjourned until next Wednesday.)