The Switzerland County, Indiana, Circuit Court report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 16 Aug 1877 – Page 2, Column 3
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Adjourned Term—Judge Berkshire.
State ex rel Daniel Norris vs. Geo. W. Norris—surety of the peace. Dismissed.
State vs. Geo. W. Norris—provoke. Fined $2.50 and costs.
State vs. Hiram McMurray, Sr.—assault and battery. Submitted to a jury, and fined $2.50 and costs.
State vs. Hiram McMurray, Sr., and others—desecrating Sabbath. Esquire Fletcher, Scott Fletcher, and Harvey Wade pleaded guilty, and were fined $2.50 each and costs.
State vs. William Rowan—gaming. Plea of guilty, and fined $1 and costs.
State vs. John L. Cole—assault and battery. Plea of guilty, and fined $2.50 and costs.
W. T. Pate et al vs. the Town of Patriot et als—injunction. Dismissed by plaintiffs.
James T. Ash vs. Isaac F. McKay—to enforce mechanic’s lien. Dismissed.
David Scott vs. Juliann Jackson et al—foreclosure. Dismissed.
Mary Ann Montayne et al vs. John S. Barker—partition. Dismissed.
Abigail Long vs. Charles Grammer—foreclosure. Judgment for $187.43, and decree of foreclosure.
Rachel Whitehead vs. Perret Dufour et als—foreclosure. Dismissed.
State vs. George Fallis (2 cases)—selling on Sunday. Acquitted.
State vs. George Fallis—selling on Sunday. Dismissed.
State vs. Samuel Fallis—selling on Sunday. Dismissed.
State vs. Samuel Fallis—selling on Sunday. Acquitted.
State vs. Henry Sturgeon—assault and battery with intent to murder.—Guilty of assault and battery, and fined $100, and imprisoned in the county jail ten days.
State vs. Hiram McMurray, Sr., and Marcellus McMurray—desecrating the Sabbath. Fined $2.50 each.
State vs. William Bosaw—larceny. Dismissed.
State vs. Augustus Frazier—perjury. Acquitted.
State vs. Robert Smith—perjury. Dismissed.
State vs. George Torrence—perjury. Dismissed.
State vs. Brewster Alvord—assault and battery. Acquitted.
State ex rel Elizabeth McMurray vs. Hiram McMurray—surety of the peace. Dismissed.
State vs. Chester Stevens, Scott Ferguson, Rutherford Ferguson, John Dyer, and Fred Stevens—disturbing meeting. Defendants, except Chester Stevens, fined $5 each.
State vs. Van S. Brandon—malicious trespass. Fined $2.50.
Julius McMakin vs. E. C. Heady, Assignee of John E. Williams—on note. Dismissed.
Elias Cooper vs. William A. Cross et al—to enforce vendor’s lien. Judgment for $100.
Alfred Shaw, Ex’r, &c., vs. Thomas J. Peak et al—foreclosure. Dismissed.
Same vs. William Geskie et al—foreclosure. Dismissed.
Reuben Jackson vs. Eli T. Ogle, Administrator, &c., of Spaulding Ransom, dec’d—claim allowed for $30.25.
The National Bank of Madison, Ind., vs. William McMakin et al—on note. Dismissed.
John H. Stewart vs. William G. Krutz et al—on note. Dismissed.
French Brinegar vs. Samuel Hess—appeal. Dismissed.
Abigail C. Jackson et al vs. Lewis G. Boyd et al—on note and to enforce vendor’s lien. Judgment against Boyd for $436.89, and decree.
Vevay Reveille – 30 Aug 1877 – Page 3, Column 1
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Adjourned Term—Judge Berkshire.
State vs. Harvey Schroeder—assault with intent to murder. Submitted to a jury, who returned a verdict of not guilty.
John H. Wright vs. E. C. Heady, Assignee of John E. Williams—claim on account. Dismissed by plaintiff.
The First National Bank of Vevay vs. George W. Hathorn et als—on note. Judgment for $223.21.
The First National Bank of Vevay vs. Paul Clark et als—on note. Judgment for $275.71.
Charles S. Dunlap vs. Wilson N. Duncan et al—damages. Dismissed for want of security for costs.
The First National Bank of Vevay vs. Henry J. Cole et al—on notes.—Judgment for $1,180.51.
Same vs. Jonathan M. Froman et al—on note. Judgment vs. J. M. Froman for $715.23.
Same vs. William H. Dunning et al—on note, &c. Dismissed by plaintiff.
America Fisk et als vs. Sarah V. Shields et al—partition. Dismissed by plaintiffs.
John R. S. Smith vs. J. Augustus Thompson—attachment and garnishment. Judgment vs. J. A. Thompson for $92.26 and costs; judgment vs. J. W. Thompson for $1 to be applied on above judgment, and for costs.
John Green vs. William Stewart—appeal. Dismissed by plaintiff.
Charles L. Summers was admitted and sworn as an Attorney and Counsellor at Law.