Pleas before the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Scioto and the State of Ohio at the May term thereof, held at the Court House in the City of Portsmouth in said County of Scioto and State of Ohio, on the 7th day of June AD Continue Reading
Court News
Revolting Depravity Brough to Light by Divorce Petition
“Riverton, Kentucky, July 17. (Special): There was filed last evening in the Greenup Circuit Court, a suit, the style of which is Elizabeth Messer vs. John Messer, for divorce. In the petition files by her attorney, Jeremiah Davidson, she avers that on the — day of April, 1884, she then Continue Reading
Three West Siders on Probation After Quarrel
“Three West Side residents were fined by Magistrate Pearl Lute of West Portsmouth as a result of a quarrel.” “Harry Colley, 45, of Washington Boulevard, was fined $100 and costs on charges of using profane language in the presence of women and threatening bodily harm. He was placed in probation Continue Reading
Confident is John Blondon That he can Break his Father’s Will
“Among the passengers who alighted from the B&O SW accommodation last Saturday morning was John Blondon, of East Tenth street. Mr. Blondon ware returning from a month’s visit with Maryland relatives. The circumstances of his visit have been previously published. It will be remembered that Blondon, who was a Marylander, Continue Reading
Murder Case Set for Trial September 9
“Judge Blair set down the case of Nettie Baker Shumate, indicted for first degree murder, for trial September 9. A jury was ordered drawn and will report at 9 AM, September 9.” “Mrs. Shumate was indicted for the murder of John Morris, the barber. When her case was set for Continue Reading
A Legal Notice in Boneyfiddle
“Sarah L Washington, who resides in Richmond, Missouri; Margaret R. Shelby, who resides in Richmond, Missouri; and Margaret M. Campbell, who resides in Monnett, Missouri, will take notice that on the seventh day of September, 1894, Maria V. Morris files her petition in the Common Pleas Court of Scioto county, Continue Reading
Paternity Case Decided
“It required a jury in Judge Blair’s court just forty minutes Thursday morning, to bring in a verdict of guilty in the paternity case of Lucille Liming against James Piatt. The trial started late Wednesday and was resumed at the opening of court Thursday morning. The complainant went on the Continue Reading
Sallie McCandless, Eleventh Street Madam, Will Go to the Pen
“Sallie McCandless, the notorious Eleventh street madam, whose part in the Kelley-Myers escapade has won her so much notoriety, got her sentence today. Judge Collins overruled the motion for a new trial. Sentence of eighteen months in the penitentiary was passed upon her. The court was inclined to be lenient, Continue Reading
Noah Murphy is Wanted
“Local offices of the Red Cross Society have received a request from authorities at Washington in the search for Noah Murphy, a former discharged soldier.” “Noah Murphy, whose place of residence is unknown, will take notice that on the 1st day of October, 1932, Blanche Murphy by her next friend Continue Reading
Thomas Gaylor to Receive a Handsome Legacy
“A copy of the will of the late Mrs. Angeline Gaylord, the mother of Thomas G. Gaylord, of this city, was filed with the County Clerk of Jefferson County yesterday. It was dated at New York, June 26, 1876, and probated before Judge Isaac B. Matson.” “The instrument states that Continue Reading