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Vevay Reveille – 4 Apr 1878 – Page 4, Column 4

LAW REPORT.

Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.

The First National Bank of Vevay vs. George W. Oakley et al—on note; default and judgment for $137.20.

State of Indiana ex rel John Melcher, Adm’r of George Tardy, dec’d, vs. Will M. Smith et al—on bond; tried by Court, and judgment for plaintiff for $5.

State of Indiana vs. Henry J. Cole—assault and battery; tried by jury and defendant acquitted.

The Vevay Building and Loan Association vs. Francis J. Moxley et al—foreclosure; judgment and decree for $172.20.

The First National Bank of Vevay vs. Jas. Murphy et al—on note; judgment for plaintiff for $561.31.

Same vs. George W. Murphy et al—on note; judgment for plaintiff for $397.57.

Same vs. George W. Murphy et al—on note; judgment for plaintiff for $145.01.

State of Indiana ex rel John Gill, Auditor, vs. James Murphy et al—to recover real estate; judgment for pl’ff.

State vs. Benjamin Simmons—assault and battery; tried by jury; acquitted.

William Stevenson et al vs. George W. Murphy et al—on note; judgment for plaintiff for $158.56.

Julius Blach vs. Solomon Walden et al—on note; judgment for plaintiff for $743.00.

John E. Davis vs. Peter L. Davis—on bond; judgment for plaintiff for $400.00.

State vs. James H. Patterson—public indecency; dismissed.

Same vs. James H. Patterson—public indecency; dismissed.

Same vs. Jo Dailey—trespass; dismissed.

Same vs. Joseph Hawkins—perjury; dismissed.

Same vs. Andrew J. Courtney—assault and battery; dismissed.

Frederick Finnup vs. Jonathan M. Froman et al—foreclosure; judgment and decree for $258.74.

F. M. Griffith, Assignee, vs. Mary E. Lineback—judgment for defendant.

First National Bank of Vevay vs. William T. Dailey et al—judgment for plaintiff for $119.40.

PROBATE.

James M. Scott vs. James M. Scott, Adm’r of David Scott, dec’d—claim for $150; submitted to the Court; judgment for plaintiff for $155.45.

James Anderson vs. Catharine Anderson, guardian, &c.—claim on account for $1,627.50; tried by the Court, and claim disallowed.

Edward H. Rodgers vs. Jesse Roberts, Adm’r of William Rodgers, dec’d—claim on account; tried by a jury, and judgment for plaintiff for $282.87.

The grand jury returned four indictments, and were discharged.

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The Grand Jury

For the Present term of Court is an unusually able one, being composed of men of experience and good judgment. Physically, too, it will also be seen from the following table, they are not small men; and on an average they have lived long enough to learn considerable about men and the workd:

	Ages	Weights
Wade H. Jack	62	157
Theodore Picket	59	202
John H. Brown	50	204
Abner Gates	44	152
Leonard Griswold	54	150
William J. Gibbs	55	169
	324	1034

Average age, 54; average weight, 172 ½.