The Switzerland County, Indiana, Circuit Court report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 2 Nov 1876 – Page 4, Column 4
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.
CRIMINAL DOCKET.
State vs. Gus Frazier—assault and battery; continued for process.
State vs. Robert Ross—assault and battery; continued for process.
State vs. Andrew J. Lambertson—grand larceny; continued for process.
State vs. Jesse Pierce—murder; continued for process.
State vs. William Ramey—forgery; continued for process.
State vs. William Gregor and William Love—grand larceny; continued for process.
State vs. George Cousins—assault and battery with intent to rape; continued for process.
State vs. David and William Moulton—assault and battery with intent to murder; continued for process.
State vs. William Server—false pretenses; continued for process.
State vs. William Server—bigamy; continued for process.
State vs. Frank Outcalt—provoke; continued for process.
State vs. Frank Outcalt—assault and battery; continued for process.
State vs. Ellison Dunn—burglary; pleads guilty, and is sentenced to the State’s prison for two years, fined $5, and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for two years.
State vs. Wm. Peelman—malicious trespass; submitted to a jury, who return a verdict of not guilty.
State vs. Huldah Sullivan, James Sullivan and Solomon Froman—obstructing highway; venue changed from Judge.
State vs. George Clendenning and Wm. Scudder—provoke; nollied.
State vs. Theodore Furgeson—drawing dangerous weapons; nollied.
State vs. Jack Turner—assault and battery; continued for process.
State vs. Richard Smock—trespass; submitted to jury, who returned a verdict of not guilty.
State vs. Harvey Rayl—drawing deadly weapon; submitted to a jury, who return a verdict of not guilty.
State vs. Harvey Rayl—drawing deadly weapon; submitted to a jury, who return a verdict of guilty, and assess a fine of $1. Judgment rendered accordingly.
State vs. John B. Hastings—trespass; submitted to a jury, who return a verdict of guilty, and assess a fine of $10. Judgment rendered accordingly.
State vs. Barbara Dish—provoke; nollied.
State vs. Charles Dish—provoke, four cases; nollied.
State vs. Henry Jones, James Peters and Frank Coleman—horse racing; plead guilty, and fined $5 each. Judgment rendered accordingly.
Same vs. same—same offense; nollied.
State vs. Jacob H. Bruner—selling to minor; pleads guilty, and is fined $10.
State vs. William Roberts, Hiram Gordon, Frank Gordon, Ab. Adams, James Cotton, Peter Brown and Henry Cotton—riot; nollied.
State vs. John B. White—malicious trespass—submitted to a jury, who return a verdict of not guilty.
State vs. Wm. McMakin—failure to keep highway in repair; pleads guilty, and is fined $1.
State vs. Thomas Delaney—selling to person intoxicated; nollied.
CIVIL DOCKET.
Thomas Jager, Jr., vs. Hannah Jager, adm’x, &c.—claim on account; continued by agreement.
Missouri A. Cooper vs. Eliza Cooper et als—parition; continued by agreement.
James K. Pleasants, adm’r of Phillip Romerill, dec’d, vs. Mary McCallum et als—partition; report of commissioners made and approved.
Joseph Cole vs. Isaac N. Cole—civil action; dismissed.
Francis R. Dufour, Guardian of George W. Dufour, &c., vs. Harriet E. Dufour—to set aside a deed; dismissed by agreement, each party to pay their own cot.
America Fisk et als vs. Sarah V. Shields—partition; continued for process.
Francis R. Dufour, Guardian, &c., vs. Isaac Turner—to set aside a deed; dismissed by agreement, each party to pay their own cost.
Lydia Slater and Thomas Slater vs. Sarah Vandusen et als—to set aside a deed; continued for process on Benjamin C. Vandusen.
Levi B. Christie vs. George S. Heady—replevin; dismissed by agreement at defendant’s cost.
Joseph Rea vs. First National Bank of Madison—civil action for money; continued on motion of plaintiff at his cost.
David Shull vs. David L. Drewry et al—foreclosure; judgment by default for $1,130.85.
Elizabeth Morerod vs. John Thomas et als—on note; continued by agreement.
U. P. Schenck vs. David L. Drewry—on note; continued for process.
Harriet E. Dufour vs. Francis R. Dufour—for damages; dismissed by agreement, each party to pay their own cost.
Harriet E. Dufour by Isaac Turner—on note; judgment by default for amount of note.
Harriet E. Dufour vs. Francis R. Dufour—to set aside. Guardianship on account of fraud; dismissed by agreement, each party to pay their own cost.
Isaac N. Cole vs. Joseph M. Lientz et als—civil action; venue changed from Judge.
John T. Boulton, Guardian, &c., vs. Julius Blach—on an account; venue changed from Judge.
Jonathan M. Froman vs. Margaret Sturgeon—on note; continued for process.
Thomas J. Griffith vs. Frederick Georgell’s estate—claim on account for $5, claim paid, and case dismissed at defendant’s cost.
Vevay Reveille – 16 Nov 1876 – Page 5, Column 1
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.
CIVIL DOCKET.
The Vevay, Mt. Sterling and Versailles Turnpike Co. vs. Edward C. Heady—appeal; dismissed by plaintiff at her cost.
William P. Oak vs. James Myers—for damages; dismissed at plaintiff’s costs.
Charles L. Pavy vs. Harrison Gordon—on an account; continued by agreement.
Agnes Clark vs. Washington Miller—injunction; venue changed from Judge.
Louisa Putnam vs. Eli Rayl—on notes; judgment by default for amounts of notes.
Alice Shuff et als vs. John Ransom—to set aside a deed; venue changed from Judge.
Alfred C. Webb vs. John Vanosdol—replevin; dismissed by plaintiff, at his cost.
Martha Leap vs. Walter S. Lock et al—foreclosure; judgment by default for $991.63.
Wm. T. Pate et al vs. George C. Love—on note; judgment by default for $780.04.
Frederick L. Grisard vs. Benjamin F. Montanye et als—foreclosure; judgment by default for foreclosure.
The State ex rel Wm. B. Seymour vs. Ezra G. Seymour et al—on a guardian’s bond; dismissed by agreement at defendant’s cost.
Nancy J. Marshall et al vs. Caroline Cooper et als—to set aside a deed; dismissed by plaintiffs, at their cost.
David C. Keeney vs. Charlotte Eakins et als—civil action; continued by agreement.
Andrew J. Works vs. Norman B. Humphrey et al—foreclosure; dismissed by agreement at defendant’s cost.
James M. Long vs. Samuel Hess—slander; dismissed by plaintiff at his cost.
James Anderson vs. Simeon Orem—on note; dismissed and costs paid.
Oscar Bradford vs. Dorwin Schmied et al—foreclosure; judgment by default for $2,871.76, and decree of foreclosure.
John Armstrong vs. Isaac Hardin—foreclosure; judgment by default for $108.79, and decree of foreclosure.
Solomon Froman vs. Wm. J. Gibbs—on note; dismissed by agreement at defendant’s cost.
Will M. Smith, executor, &c., vs. John W. Manford et al—foreclosure; judgment by default for $139.67.
Polly McCreary et als vs. Woodford Dehart—to recover real estate; continued by agreement.
Solomon Froman vs. Jonathan McMakin et al—on note; judgment by default for $211.16.
Wesley McHenry vs. John W. Miller et als—to set aside a deed; judgment by default and deed set aside.
Solomon Froman vs. Elizabeth A. Lamb et als—on note; judgment by default for $253.91.
The Singer Manufacturing Co. vs. Henry H. Buchanan—on note; judgment by default for $77.50.
John I. O’Neal et al vs. Julius McCormick et als—on note; judgment by default for $92.02.
Same vs. same—on note; judgment by default for $81.99.
Julius Dufour, executor, &c., vs. Perret Dufour—on an agreement; venue changed from Judge.
John W. Moxley vs. Samuel Lock et als—to enforce mechanic’s lien; dismissed by plaintiff.
John C. Johnston vs. David Lee, administrator, &c—on an account for $406.50; continued by agreement.
Mary Torrance vs. James Torrance—divorce; granted, and $1,000 alimony allowed.
Rosanna Taylor vs. Henry Taylor—divorce; refused.
James Torrance vs. Matthew Worstell—on an account; submitted to a jury—on an account; submitted to a jury, who returned a verdict for plaintiff for $100. Judgment rendered accordingly.
John B. White vs. John A. Lineback—for the seduction of his wife; submitted to a jury, who returned a verdict for plaintiff for $100 damages, and judgment rendered accordingly.