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STATE OF VIRGINIA
COUNTY OF _____________
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OR POLICE OFFICER:
Whereas,
has this day made complaint and information on oath before me,
(Name)
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did on th~ ____
in the said County
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County Court of the said, County, the body (bodies) of the above accused, to answer the said complaint and to be
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To the Sheriff of Rockingham
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to appear before the Judge of the Circuit Court, of Rockingham
o'clock, a. m., on the .
Commonwealth
l.7:tlllay
of .. F.~.PX'lJc.lJ'.'Y.. . .. , 19...5.9,to testify and the truth to say in behalf of the
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be-f-ore-tli.<":"6-rantlinry, against ....... WILLIE ....C.OAKLEY
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who stands chartged with
a-1,i:r
indteted.~r
a feh,rry- misdemeanor.
And this you shall not omit under penalty.
Witness,
Harrisonburg,
County, at the Court House thereof., at 9:30
CHARLES
E. EARMAN,
And have then and there this Writ.
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NON-SUPPORT
CHARGE OF DESERTION-
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�COI1/IM01'TWEALTH
v.
y.
ILLIE
COAKLEY
INSTRUCTIOW
The Court
cused
can
you must
be convicted
believe
that
family
and himself,
support
being
or
after
income
and
the
the
with
there
that
I
the
jury
of
to
his
before
charged
beyond
providing
he has
which
that
offense
evidence,
reasonably
and maintenance
then
of
from
doubt,
acity
instructs
O.
for
aged
in neceissitous
against
his
him,
own immediate
earning
in providing
or
ac-
a reasonable
a sufficient
assist
the
infirm
capfor
father,
circumstances.
the
W~o ,~
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we a 1th
'lill
vs.
ie
C akley
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INSrr•RU CT ION 11 0.
The Court
held
is
to
be liable
for
in~
from
the
the
evidence
said
lade
for
should
then
the
in
this
H. Coakley
him and
defendant,
cause
the
the
that
the
tho
court
parent
f lnd
the
to
jury
maintenance
necessitous
sup--:,ort
you
ins~ructs
case
into
said
defendant
and
thouEh
su~port
circumstances,
that
the
his
H.
the
to
not
of his
defendant
if
that
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there
[Uil ty.
unless
the
mGy he
pa1·ent
the
who
jury
was willin[
C1.:,akley refused
jury
live
a cnild
yet,
ovm home and
.ade
tells
refuse
that
believe
to take
to maintain
to
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defendant
live
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��Pre-Trial
Report
Rockingham County Department
February
Name:
Wade Coakley
Address:
Charge:
Trial
Fifedln theClerk's
Office
Rockingham
County,
Va.
of Public
FEBI14 1959
velfare
11, 1959
vs.
Name:
Willie
Huffer Nursing Home
Staunton, Virginia
Address:
345 Myrtle Street
Harrisonburg,
Va.
Fon-support
Attorney:
Date:
of father
Coakley
Charles
Hammer
Februc>ry 17, 1959
Present Problem:
Apoeal from decision of Judge Graves on August 14, 1958 to continue
of t40.oo per month. See JDR 5335 and 5480.
supnort
Previous Problem:
See Non-support petition
number 4461C. Hearing on this petition
was held on
11-2-56 and defendant was ordered to pay f.40.00 per month to Rockingham County
Department of Public Welfare for support of his father.
Family Background:
Wade Coakley, a widower, age So, is entirely
dependent.
His wife died in
1950 leaving him life right in property near Sangersville.
It is in run
down condition.
1,1:henhe could no longer live in it alone and c ot,ld not rent
it, he went to live in the home of Hiram Dove of same community. He was in
this h0me when he first
received Old Pge ~ssistance.
He stayed there until
August 1956 when he went to Smithland Nursing Home following his discharge
from the University Hoscital after a serious operation for cancer on his face.
Mr. Coakley lived continuously
at Smithland until December 30, 1958 when he
was moved to the Huffer Nursing Home in Staunton.
Children:
Wade Coakley
the Virginia
by personnen
:!iJ00.00. . e
exemnted him
has two children.
Ler0y, Rcute 1, Bridgewater,
is employed by
state Highway Department.
His income was verified
on 11-20-58
classification
showing effective
5-1-58 monthly grocs income of
has a wife and L children dependent.
The Felfare income scale
from support.
Willie Coakley h?s r,een an emplovee of Merck and Comoany for the past 15
years.
He h~s always refused to furnish verification
of his income or to
give sup~ort voluntarily.
Court ordered sunport of fho.or per month on
11-2-56 was given for 13 months onlv to present time.
Willie Coakle': is estranged from his wife, Delona Coakley, who lives with their
only child, Dennis, age 19, in her husband's home, Rt. 2, Bridgewater.
Cn
��-22-17-58 WilJie Goakley was ordered to pay hif wife fl5. 00 per week plus
utilities.
See petition
number 5116C. It is rumored th;:it Willie
Coakley
has lived with Lillian
Mccurdy for several
vears of same address as his.
Health:
Wade Coaklev is in a weakened condition
2nd senile.
Surgerv for cancer in
June 1956 removed his left ear.
He does not h.~ve a l"Ood sense of balance
2nd is in dan~er o: falling
when he tries
to walk.
He does not h~ve free
use of his left arm and weds heln in oersonal
care, dressin
anr• cutting
uo his food.
Cancer anoears arrested,
but on account of con1itions
described
above continued
nursing care is indic,--ted.
Due to J.r-,ck of sunrort
from
Willie while case is pendinr in court,
it was necessarv
to move Er. Coakley
from Smithland to the Huffer Nursing Home on 12-30-58 where the cost is less.
Smithland rates are ~1ro.O0 per month and Huffer rates are
6O.ro oer month.
We ho')e to return Mr. Coakley to 3mithland where he would rather be.
I
Signed
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CAC/Suot.
c!__,..0February
,
11, 1959
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DPW-3332
Pre-Trial
Report
Rockingham County Department of Public Welfare
August
Name:
Wade Coakley
Address:
Smithland Homes
Route 3, Harrisonburg,
Charge:
Non-support of father
14, 1958
vs.
Name:
Willie
Address:
345 Myrtle Street
Harrisonburg, Va.
Va.
Trial
Date:
Coakley
August
14, 1958
Present Problem:
See Non-support petition filed by Ethel Sipe, Case Worker Rockingham County
Department of Public Welfare, stating Wade Coakley is in destitute
circumstances and receives Old Age Assistance for nursing care in Smithland Nursing
Home. Willie Coakley is in arrears eight months in making Court ordered
support of $40.00 per month. See Juvenile Domestic Relations Petition No.
4461C.
Previous Problems:
See Non-support petition no. 4461C filed by Rockingham County Welfare against
Willie Coakley charging that his father, Wade Coakley, is in destitute
circumstances and receives Old Age Assistance for nursing care at Smithland
Nursing Home, also that Willie Coakley refuses to give financial
information
or support to his father.
Hearing on this petition was held on 11-2-56 and
defendant was ordered to pay to the Rockingham County Department of Public
Welfare $40.00 per month with payments to begin immediately.
See Non-support petition no. 5116C filed by Delana Coakley against her husband, Willie Coakley. Hearing on this petition was held on 2-17-58 and
defendant was ordered to pay to Mrs. Coakley $15.00 per week plus utilities.
A son of Willie and Delona Coakley, Dennis Coakley, was placed on probation
by this Court in December 1956 and continues under probation.
Family Background:
Wade Coakley, a widower, age 80, is entirely dependent.
He has received Old
Age Assistance since 1951 and has been a patient at Smithland Nursing Home
since August 1956 with the rate of $100 per month. His present Old Age Assistance grant is $65.50 with $5.50 allowance for clothes and personal care items.
Children:
Wade Coakley has two children, Leroy and Willie.
Leroy, Route 1, Bridgewater,
is employed by the Virginia State Highway Department.
His income, verified on
11-9-57, was $31.68 per year.
He has a wife and four children dependent.
Our income scale exempted him. At the same time we were unable to secure
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financial
information from Willie.
At Court hearing upon petition brought
by his wife in February 1958, it appeared his financial
circumstances were
unchanged.
Willie Coakley, age about 43, and wife, Delana Coakley, age about 42, were
born and raised in the Sangersville
area.
They have one child, Dennis Dean
Coakley, born 11-30-39. At present time Dennis is at home with his mother
and unemployed. Willie Coakley owns a home near Sangersville
where his wife
lives.
Mar:il:al troubles arose during the past year over Mr. Coakle~alleged
affair with a woman by the name of Lillian Mccurdy. Both lived in the same
apartment house at 345 Myrtle Street, Harrisonburg.
This affair led to the
separation of Mr. Coakley and wife and the filing of the Non-support petition.
Employment:
Willie Coakley has been employed by Merck and Company for 15 years.
His present earnings (gross) according to his statement are regularly about $383 per
month. In addition there is some overtime pay. He said he claims only his
wife a dependent for income tax purposes.
Finances:
Willie Coakley stated he is under financial
strain.
He says he makes $86.00 a
month payment on a new Ford and has not paid his 1957 County taxes.
Also,he
said he is under Court order to pay $15.00 per week to his wife. We presume
his living arrangement is the same as it was in February 1958 at which time
he said his room rent was $5.00 per week.
Our DFWrecords show that since the Court order on 11-2-56 to 8-1-58 (21 months)
defendant has made 13 $40.00 payments on behalf of his father which leaves
him delinquent eight months,or $320. He stated the reason he stopped with his
last payment on 2-28-58 was that he learned when preparing his Federal income
tax report.that
he could not claim his father a dependent.
Health:
Willie Coakley said he has trouble
working.
with his back and doesn't
always feel
like
Defendant's Story:
Willie Coakley said he does not feel he owes his father any support as his
father never did anything for him. He has given support begrudgingly and
only because he was under Court order.
He feels his brother should give some
support,too.
At first he said he would rather go to jail than give support,
but later he seemed to realize that the easiest way out for him might be to
comply with the Court rder and pay all in arrears within a reasonable time.
He said it would be impossible to pay the $320 in arrears at once, but he
believed he might if given sufficient
time. He said he would offer a plan for
the amount in arrears.
He did not indicate his refusal to resume the present
Court order payments of $40.00 per month.
Summary:
A broken home,for which it seems defendant is partly responsible,
has placed
additional
financial
strain on defendant.
His attitude for acceptance of
social and legal responsibility
toward his dependents is not good. We recognize
the Court order of $15.00 per week to his wife places defendant in somewhat
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of a less favorable financial
situation
than if he and his wife maintained
a home together.
However, we believe he could still
continue sup ort to his
father according to the original order of 11-2-56.
Plan:
We recommend that Willie Coakley be ordered to offer an acceptable plan for
paying the $320 in arrears and to continue monthly payments of $40.00 per
month.
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(Miss) Ethel~
Case Worker
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CAC/Supt.
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V.
WILLIE COAKLEY
CHARGE TO JURY
If you find
father,
his
the accused
as charged
punishment
imprisonment
or by both
of failing
in the petition,
by a fine
in jail
such fine
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guilty
for
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not exceeding
a period
Five
to support
his
say so and fix
Hundred Dollars
not exceeding
twelve
months,
and imprisonment.
him not guilty,
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or
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Clerk.
D~fendant
Complainant
AT THE REL OF
of the ................................................................
COMMONWEALTH,
---------·····-······vs.
········-·····-············-··········-·-··--······-··
Petition of .........:......·-··-·--····------alleging desertion and non•support.
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Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA:
In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of .C.a.unty...of ..B.ackingh.am ............
SUPPORT ORDER
The defendant}Nillie ...C.o.cakley_.._.......--•··-···-------···-························
who was
charged on petition ""X::loi=znd.;':m
non•support as set forth on reverse side, upon
trial is hereby found ... ~--······
guilty of said misdemeanor:
Further, upon consideration of the circumstances of the case, the imposition of sen•
fence is suspended and the defendant is placed on probation and under support order.
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this ......._ 14th
The defendant is hereby ordered and directed to pay to.RC..D.eP.~.rlm~nt_..QL11.!9.!.. We1.
toward the support and maintenance of his dependents as set forth on reverse side
Jl!lBeidy/monthly the sum of $_.../JQ•.Q.Q.......for a period of one year ending 14th ..........
day oL .....A~fill:~~·····················•
19..29-.., and is further required to enter into a recogni•
zance, with/.)mbh<:mJ:
surety in the sum of $.-.5.00...0.0....._..to faithfully comply with the
terms of probation and the support order or any subsequent modification of amendment
thereof and shall make his personal appearance in Court on the. .......141h..........
_day of
._Arurn.!?.'t....:.......-, 19....59 ..., or whenever in the meantime he may be ordered to do so.
Further, upon consideration of the circumstances of the case, the defendant is
hereby fined the sum of $ .................................... and costs of $............4.!.7.'-............... and order•
e~lflreourt
in.weekly/monthly insterlinmtff___ ~··········--·········••···-··············
withjw-ithout~suretrFurther, upon consideration of the circumstances of the case, the defendant be and
heteb_y
~1fiml!IIJ
Road-Ferce---et-hard:zlabor· for~a--p91'iod-of
12 is sentenced to ~~--:.:1',_.~,
·····--·······--·····-···-··months.
Upen-fuxtb.eI-C_onsidemtie~ecution
of the-sentenee
'he State-Gon.-v:ict...Jl,oad
Force~is hereby-susp·effiied'9and the-defenddht is placed
under· support
or.der...as set mrth abo~.
Failure to comply with the terms of prolfition and support order or any breach of
the peace will cause revocation of the suspension of imposition/execution of sentence.
Given under my hand atff.~!'.~Sonburg
day oL ....A~iJ~1....................
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H. ParentVo.
Co.
F orm N o. DNS - 1- V. C. 19 54, 20-61-Petilion
No .......5 .3.
to be Filed in Desertion and Non•Support Cases.
s.~- .C'........
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA:
In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of the .....QQ~.n-.t.Y.
..Rf. ..RR.9t:l-:.P.gb-.~
.......................................... .
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, at the rel, of
............Ethel.
Sipe~·- Ca_s_e_W_o_r_k_e_r
_______
R_o_c_kingham.County Welfare
Department
Name
""·
·········- Willie
Complainant
Addreu
..Coakle_y ___________
~.~5 Myrtle
Street
2
Harrisonburg,
Name
Va.
Defendant
Addresa
To the .......EQ.UQ1'..ill21~-·
PQ.r_ter G.,._r=av..c.=e,._s__,
__ _
_ __
Judge of said Court:
Your petitioner ,.....E.tb..el ..Si.P~.,...C.~9.~..N9.r.k.~.:r..._
... ···············-·····-···-····················• respectfully represents:
l. That on the ....................day 0£... ..................................
, 19........, the said defendant, ......................._. ____
_
···-············································································•
and ...........................................
·•··········-······················•····C
Give Maiden Name)
were lawfully married by ....................--··········-•········•······•····························-························•
in the ............·-·----·---····of
............ -········----···········•···············•
State of.....................·-·····················································
2. That on or about the .....-28:t.h........day of ....E~b.r~.9.rY............................, 19.5.B_, the said defendant did, without just cause, d
I and willfully neglect and refuse and fail to provide for the support and maintenance of...,._
e&i&-wiie,..QRQ-\he--K>llewiR'J'-mlirie-i;JiiJGl,:e~
a.RQW-~ eq-e -ol-,ev-enfee.B-yeaf"~r to-wit : h:i.F f ,~the r, T, 'a"' e roak ley.
····-··········································-············Bom.._._.____ ........., 19.·-····• ···················-················•··············Born.._
......_......_.._., 19__ _
...........................................
··-···············Born.................._........, l 9........, ....................................................
Born............·-·····-···• 19 _
and the following female children under the age of seventeen years, to-wit:
········•···················-··•·········-····-·-·········Bom........----·····-····• 19....... , ....................................................
Born.........................., 19_._
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.................__._ ..., 19..·-···• ····-···········-···········---··········Born._
..........._...._...., 19.__
and the following children above said ages who are crippled or otherwise incapacitated for earning a living, to wit:
..............................................................
Born............................, 19........, ....................................................
Bo~--········-···•··•
19·--··
such wife, child or children being then and there in necessitous circumstances,
&lo,
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3. That Your Honor has jurisdiction in the premises, 9
iO 61, Va. Code, 1954;.by rea on of the f&'ct:
a. ~QUhe.Jime-.of.-desertioft-sttclrwue;-cmld-m'chi-kherr
were-liY'itlg-m............-········--------the said parties
reside
in Rockingham County, Va.
(County/City and State)
b. That such child or children are now living in. ......................................................................................
.in necessitous
(County/City and State)
condition and have remained therein in such condition with the knowledge and acquiescence of said defendant: or
c. That the defendant is now, and may be found, living in. ..............................................(County/City and State)
th
4
;,.......... •··-~~~te ; 0 :~s~n~sci~c~:~~~~ll~~~:.receives.
Old Age Assistance
for
···-·------·..··nursing_ ..care ..in ..Smithland .Nursin_g_.Home •.....Willie. Coakley is in .arrears
8 months
...................in .making._cJ)urt
ordered.support
of ~/JO. 00. a .. month. . See. Juvenile
Domestic
.................. Relations
petition
nez•.J1L6lC, ··········-·-···········································-------------WHEREFoRE,
your petitioner prays that proper process may issue; that the Court may make all proper and
necessary inquiries into the matters herein set forth and enter such judgment or orders in the premises as to the
Court may seem meet; and your petitioner will ever pray,etc.
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Relation to Complainant or Defendant
.
·····················•·••·····························-·············-·······················---
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coMMoNWEALTH
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oF VIRGINIA. To-WIT:
This day personally appeared before me ...........?.....-:
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.........~ ...':.:.1:.:
...........f!f.s.......y.::?7.Q✓-1,. Clerk of the
Court-a Notary Public-Justice of the Peace--in and for the ......(!....... .......and State aforesaid, tlie above-named
petitioner who, upon being duly sworn makes oath that the facts stat d in the foregoing petition are true to the
best of his knowledge. information and :belief.
y-'
Give under my hand, this ..............3 ..<1.~4.........._day oL. ......~..!:4····---···---,:
19..~ ....
~1,£-~~:
C~ot<i~Jsu~:(fe
Peace.
I have reviewed the above petition and direct the following:
l. D Petition denied.
•
2. Gr Investigation order returnable the ............../ ...1.~
.........day oL. ........UL,t.~~---,,
1sk.E.
3. C} That summons/warrant be issued and served on the defendant and the?"matter brought to trial on
the ...........J_t/._r,L ...day of ......a.u ..Zj{.Lf.d:kL~=~ ~ 19."".f:.A!so all witn
s be summoned to
appear on the date of trial.
/
_
Date.·-·····-8.· --.
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.......__
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�VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY,February
17, 1959.
Commonwealth
On an appeal
v.
Willie
from a judgment of the Judge of the
Juvenile
and Domestic Relations
Court.
Coakley
This day came the attorney
accused,
Willie
attorney,
wealth
until
Coakley,
Charles
said
he has purged
of the Juvenile
overruled.
came pursuant
A. Hammer.
moved that
himself
case
attorney
for
petition
be amended as follows:
to desertion
the wrong statute
and the words"
be deleted
commonwealth thereupon
be deleted;
that
and the word "necessitous"
I
motion the court granted,
which action of the court
And the court
thereupon
on his
the
said
of the court
said
of the Judge
the court
•no offensejand
any reference
to
be inserted;
be inserted
to dismiss
petition
was
the
that
said
in the petition
Sec.
20-61"
that
the word
11
in its
be deleted
place,
destitute
11
11
which
and said petition
was accordingly
amended, to
said defendant,
by counsel,
objected
and excepted.
overruled
the motion
of,l-' defendant's
t d
action
appeal
which motion
moved the court
the reference
s by law provided"
for the common-
of the order
that
and alleges
that
and by his
then moved the court
n the ground
under
hearing
Court,
by-counsel,
and the
recognizance
the attorney
contempr
Relations
brought
the
to his
be denied
of his
and Domestic
in this
the commonwealth,
Thereupon,
defendant
Said defendant
the petition
for
defendant,
by counsel,
excepted.
counsel
to which
��And thereupon,
Heatwole,
came a jury,
Daniel
W. Brubaker,
who were selected
according
were sworn to well
Clyde C. Long, Virginia
to-wit:
Cleta
according
defendant,
and truly
try
and true
fran the court
defenoant--no.t
said
ea¥ing
defendant,
introduced
by counsel,
jurisdiction
court,
of this
the trial
the commonwealth
failed
sufficient
to support
funds
to which action
to prove
of the court
I R,
ving reeei:ve
'
defendant,
(/
the evidence
of lack
of
for
did not have
the court
over-
by counsel,
'11
the i,ns t-ruction
because
the attorney
which motions
said
, thereupon,
ana, because
because
case
And having
petition
Wade Coakley
himself,
;
Jmd
that
1
said
of the
in this
beha
to strike
the wrong statut
further,
verdict
hereof.
a~e..v.idd!>"l"l_.-fn his
and,
make between
the witnesses
moved the court
and who
And on motion
by the commonwealth, (and to dismiss
under
cepted.
that
room during
effered
the same was brought
ruled,
deliverance
at the bar and a true
it was ordered
E. Arey,
the jury,
to the law and the evidence.
by counsel,
be excluded
and Stanford
to law to constitute
the commonwealth and the prisoner
render
Bodkin,
B.
-~~~
of ttre c urt
ex-
•
al!d heaFd✓
;¼
the &rgument of counsel,
the jurors
their
some time
verdict,
returned
guilty
and after
the following
of failing
verdict:
to support
retired
they
to their
came again
"We, the jury,
his
father,
find
as charged,
room to conside
into
~~
court
the accused
and punish
him
'
tt__/t;
l. "'t.er..,i.f.._
��0
by one hundred
dollars
the defendant,
by counsel,
of the
said
jury
and grant
verdict
trary
fine.
a new trial
evidenc~
s refusal
p tition
aside
by counsel,
himself.
in this
court
to which action
And it
of the defendant,
suspended
for
t-u-
judgment
1'V
·,
to sustain
d tqat
5.
se of
to
he
the
of the court's
the
round
refusal
I thats
/4<I
/.
by counsel,
court,
~
Willie
ch
~
~r.,,,,
incident
the defendant,
execution
said
~!
by the court
for
prosecution
Court.
of said
Coakley
/
one hundred
to this
Relations
of Virginia
d./
said motion
Coakley
and Domestic
(60) days to afford
of this
overruled
considered
and the costs
to the Supreme Court of Appeals
to the
/1(,,,(,
is therefore
and in the Juvenile
On motion
apply
to the;
the
of the court
of the said
aforesaid,
sixty
o
thereupon
the verdict,
fine
is con-
th t __a_d_e_c_o_ak_l_e_y_d_i_d_n_o_t_h_v_e_s_u_r_f_i_·
ci ent
the commonweal th recover
the
efusal
6. Because
I
excepted.
dollars,
verdict
•
of the commonwealth
Jove
failed
:L. Because
-~~
of defendan
I
the verdict
c~rary
the wrong statute.
the motion
~
to support
to set
that
to sustain
the evidence
vidence
funds
under
for :i&ck o:: jurisdiction.
o stri~e
is
the petition
Thereupon,
grounds:
/.,UAAd«<6b
to dismiss
was brought
aside
said
4. Because of the court's
of defendant
s id petition
2. Because
_,,(_/4~,.f/lk
I
the motion
to set
3. Bec~use said ver~~ct
~(
,------------
foreman."
on the following
to the law.
to the evidence.
c urt'
moved the court
is contrary
law and the
Mrs. Va. Heatwole,
sentence
ooportunity
a writ
is
to
of error
��
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COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA
COUNTYOF ROCKINGHAM,
to-wit:
In The Circuit
Court of Rockingham County,
The Grand Jurors
December Term, 1962
of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
and for the body of the County of Rockingham,
Circuit
Court of the said
County,
upon their
in
now attending
oaths
present
the
that
Wilson Leroy Mowbray, on the 10th day of March, 1962, in the
County of Rockingham,
kill
and slay
dignity
Virginia,
one Junior
l
Lee Shifflett,
of the Commonwealth.of
Upon the evidence
witness
evidence.
unlawfully
sworn in open court
and feloniously
against
did
the peace and
Virginia.
of Trooper
and sent
R. D. Schuder,
Jr.,
to the Grand Jury to give
�involuntary
manslaughter
l.
Foreman
,
A TRUEBILL
COMMONWEALTH
v.
MOWBRAY
~
D.. ~
James R. Sipe
Commonwealth's Attorney
�tcimJ>. Form 650-2M
wr ~.di ~,u~~!
Books-11-61
RECEIPT
County of
Received of
c('~
FOR FEES
,Ju~
;J.
COLLECTED
Virginfo
B
J~
1
30926
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~2~
k-,,
H
$ fl-
{!cJz--
DOLLARS
Deputy-Sheriff~
�..,
<;:>
�In the Name of the Commonwealth
of Virginia:
To the Sheriff of Rockingham
You are hereby commanded
to summon
to appear before the Judge of the Circuit
o'clock, a. m., on the .. g~.~ay
County, Greeting:
LEl~.t.o.n.,
....V.a.-..L ................................................
... JlElP.~Y ..':rh.C>~$.
Court of Rockingham
County, at the Court House thereof,
of ......... :F._~1::>J:':tlll.:rY.,
............... , 19 ..9.3,to testify and the tmth
the Defendant in the prosecution
of the Commonwealth
.
at 9 :30
to say in behalf of
against
.................................................................
Wt.+~.C?.P
....t.~;i;>.9Y...M<:?:WP..:r..ay
...........................................................................................
.
who stands charged with and indicted for a felony
In witness whereof I hereunto
~
set my hand, as the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rockingham
County, Va.,
......, 19..93, and in the.J$..7.th
at the Court House thereof, this, the?.3..<J. .. day of
....year
of the Commonwealth.
~~-c:..:.:.;-
--~.-7
_,, -~=----,
Cle,k
��In the Name of the Commonwiealth of Virginia:
To the Sheriff of Rockingham
County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to summon ............................................................................................................................ .
Trooner..........................................
R. D. Schuder
··············•····x:·
Jr.
•
-'..............................................................................................................
to appear before the Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham
o'clock, a. m., on the
Commonwealth
.J.?.~1!
day
·····················
County, at the Court House thereof, at 9:30
of ...~~.~~~J?.~.~··········• 19...§.?.,to testify and the truth to say in behalf of the
before the Grand Jury, against .............................................................................................................. .
.........................................................
Wilson ..Mowbray ......................................................................................................
.
who stands charged with imd-ine~:H>f'
a felony~M>86tBOOfi8J,1,
And this you shall not omit under penalty.
Witness, JAMES R. SIPE, Commonwealth's
burg, Virginia, at the Court House, the.J}~bof
of the Commonwealth.
1/o
And have then and there this Writ.
Attorney for Rockingham County and the City of Harrison........Q~~.~~~.~?;...................... , 1ef?.g...., and in the~~.?..~!::i
... year
�EXECUTEr/):·-/lJ{-,_ ½N T E COUl-<TYC,..
ROCKINGHAM BY DELIVERING A T, Ul:
COPY OF THC WJTHIN
To/1:.A.
~
1
~~- ~.--••••••
.~
IN PERSON.
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�In the Name of the Commonwealth
of Virginia:
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To the Sheriff of~inglia.w-County,
Greeting:
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to appear before the Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham
o'clock, a. m., on the
Commonwealth
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County, at the Court House thereof, at 9:30
of ..fe.\n::µ.ax:y. .......... , 19..... .3to testify and the truth to say in behalf of the
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who stands charged with and indicted for a felony wi".\dewww.1:And this you shall not omit under penalty.
Witness, JAMES R. SIPE, Commonwealth's
And have then and there this Writ.
Attorney {or Rockingham County and the City of Harrison-
burg, Virginia, at the Court House, the.1.4.t.h of .........F.ebr.uar.y....................
, 19.63 .., and in the ...181.thyear
of the Commonwealth.
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�In the Name of the Commonwealth of Virginia:
To the Sheriff of Rockingham
County, Greeting:
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who stands charged with and indicted for a felony -flTi~l(IQ_RQ.r.
And this you shall not omit under penalty.
Witness, JAMES R. SIPE, Commonwealth's
And have then and there this Writ.
Attorney for Rockingham County and the City of Harrison-
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burg, Virginia, at the Court House, the ...!~~.~of -·····-X~!?.:1:.~~?:_Y.
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To the Sheriff of Rockingham
County, Greeting:
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Commonwealth
Bef&re-tlie -Gi'tt1t<I.Jtt~ -e.gainst .............................................................................................................. .
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Wilson .. Mowbray
who stands charged with and indicted for a felony
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And this you shall not omit under penalty. And have then and there this Writ.
Witness, JAMES R. SIPE, Commonwealth's
Attorney for Rockingham County and the City of Harrison-
burg, Virginia, at the Court House, the ..1.~J:.n
of ..........f..~pJ::.1JaX-Y.
.................. , 19.63.., and in the .1.81.tb year
of the Commonwealth.
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Felony
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Appointed
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of Grand Jury.
11/58
17. Accused arraigned
and plea
not guilty entered;
case set
for trial
Feb. 28, 1963.
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etc., and
verdict of guilty inv. mans.;
punishment fixed at one (1)
year in Pen.
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This abstract is filed by the Judge or Clerk of the Court .having jurisdiction
required by Section 46.1-413, of the Code of Virginia, as amended.
of this case as
DATE
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STATE OF VIRGINIA
OF
Harrisonburg
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No._____
To-Wit:
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City
TO ANY SHERIFF OR POLICE OFFICER:
R.D. Schuder,
Whereas,
Jr.
John G. Leake
City
has this day made complaint and information on oath before me, -------------------
Justice
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of 'lbe Peace
(Title)
of the said ~.
(Name)
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Rock:i.ngham
Wilsen Leroy Mowbray
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did on th~ ____
kill
March
62
day o~--------------,
and slay one Junior
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Lee Shifflett,
against
County
and feloniously
: Unlawfully _________
the peace and dignity
_
of the
Commonwealth of Virginia
These are. therefore, to command you, in the name of the Commonwealth, to apprehend and bring before the
lbckirgham
County Court of tnmcxatd~County, the body (llimQrs) of the above accused, to answer the said complaint and to be
further dealt with according to law. And you are also directed to summon:
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as witnesses.
Given under my hand and seal, this.__
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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
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in and for the County aforesaid, State of Virginia, do certify
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or further heard, and before any court thereafter having or holding any proceedings in connection with the charge in this warrant, to answer
for the offense with which he is charged, and shall not depart thence without the leave of said court, the said obligation to remain in full force
and effect until the charge is finally disposed of or until it is declared void by order of a competent court; and upon the further condition that
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from the date hereof. Nonappearance shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of tr~ by jury.
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��COMMONWEALTH
V.
MOWBRAY
CHARGE
TO JURY
If you find
slaughter,
as charged
and fix his
a period
of not less
($1,000.00),
one year,
guilty
in the indictment,
punishment
in your discretion,
the accused
by confinement
of involuntary
man-
then you will
say so
in the penitentiary
than one year nor more than
by a fine
or by confinement
or by both
If you find
such fine
not exceeding
in jail
years,
or,
One Thousand Dollars
for a period
and confinement
him not guilty,
five
for
you will
not exceeding
in jail.
say so and no more.
��COMMONWEALTH
V.
MOWBRAY
INSTRUCTION /
The Court
slaughter
consequence
part
instructs
is the unintentional
of such a reckless
of the accused
for human life.
the jury
killing
that
man-
of a human being
or culpably
as is incompatible
involuntary
with
negligent
the proper
as a
act
on the
regard
��COMMONWEALTH
V.
MOWBRAY
INSTRUCTION2
The Court
the evidence
instructs
that
if you believe
doubt
that
the death
beyond a reasonable
Lee Shifflett
resulted
from injuries
automobile
operated
lided
the automobile
with
such accident
an unlawful
by the accused,
resulted
then you shall
being
manner,
incompatible
find
received
operated
him guilty
in the indictment.
of Junior
by him when the
by Shifflett,
operation
a proper
of involuntary
and that
of said
such as to indicate
with
from
Wilson Leroy Mowbray, col-
from Mowbray's
or reckless
or indifference
charged
the jury
regard
car
in
carelessness
for human life,
manslaughter
as
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v.
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1
IL ON LEROY M IBRAY
The
char~ed
of
personal
that;
in
of his
as
t11at
the
disre
act;
carelessly
deatb
meant
or g~os~
of human
performed
merely
of anothe~,
~ut
f:t>om negligence,
jt
S'Jch a craracter
a'S to
under
nes-,
~ecause
there
is
reasoncble
but
v:as gross
is
of
r,
that
the
such
for
t'1e
injury
culpable
consequence
upon
every
liability
in
to
resul
or v,anton
and
of
"'S
safety
there
act
results
or death:
and whe~e
must
indicates
probabl~·
criminal
it
or
carelessness
of
from
which
be reckless
cause
more
action,
be predicate'
shov: dis"'egard
recklessne.
than
accused
neces"arily
to
somethin~
the
order
as mi~ht
as distinguishec
negligence
term
or
damage
because
crime
pe1"'son injured
a civil
and
the
by the
for
life
in
of
negli~ence
by the
killec,
cannot
likely
of
is
othe
the
crime
no ~eccless-
no crime.
The Court
from
must
cir.umQtances
imputed
of
liability
such
negligence,
necessa~y
ist
negli~ence;
da □ages
if
criminal
the
si~ply
for
negligence
ard
that
criminal
not
criminal
is
culpable
a callous
is
a suit
to be
negligence
negligence;
jury
representatives
order
be sho\TI
the
defendant
is
foundation
by his
the
the
negligence
the
such
instructs
against
criminal
be
Court
doubt
the
evidence
negli~cnce,
they
instructs
as
the
to wrether
beyond
should
all
acquit
jury
that
or not
rec..:::on~blc
the
if
the
defen~ant
doubt
defendant.
they
entertain
!s
of rr~osc-,
any
~uilty
culpable
of
is
��cm'
ONV: ALTH
v.
''. ILC:.ON L2HOY MO'.BRJ'..Y
1
HTS'l1RUC'l
ION NO.
The Court
instructs
does
raise
accident
either
the
not
ordinary,
motor
vehicle
gross,
the
any
jury
presumption
o~ culpable
involved.
that
the
mere
nhatever
on the
part
happening
of an
of' any negligence
of the
operator
of
��CO'~. OH .LAL'IH
v.
IL~ON
LEROY ;'10' ·B.3AY
PTSTl.UCTION
~he
may have
motor
or
viol
vehi
violations,
patible
inst~uct~
tea
le,
the
a traffic
you
cannot
we~e
of
··,i th a proper
of a traffic
involuntary
Court
law does
manslaughter.
NO.
law
find
2uch
jury
or
him
for
not
itself
even
la1s
in
'"'Uilty
a dangerous
rer:ard
of
that
human
the
though
operation
unless
natu~e
lifl?
render
1
as
the
accused
of his
such
violation,
to
be incom-
as
the
a person
mere
guilty
violation
of
��v.
1'
rw BRAY
IL2 ON LEBO"'
i
I IJSTRUC'.I'IOH NO.
The Court
to be
innocent
instructs
of' the
presumption
follo
B:-- his
of
plea
allegation
burden
eo's
but
the
accused's
find
him not
This
regarded
of
the
every
reas0--riable
prove
benefit
"l
of
the
this
is
not
that
he
is
but
to
proved
consistent
the
ed,
cr:me
and
that
of
the
stao-e
deniec
upon
presumed
every
the
thi
tria
c~sential
Com,rr,on•rnalth
cha-rged
and
Com onwealth,
enti~e
trial.
his
·ou entertain
presumption
of
the
such
of
the
the
accus
him
does
the
not
The accused
innocence,
and,
a reasonable
accus
lanr",
benefit
if
doubt
of
such
is
und
after
of
the
doubt
and
dis
and
the
so clea~ly
to
it
is
vou r1.ust
not
a mere
to
be dis-
form
an essential
give
-r1.Jcto..:i that
of
the
the
convict
conviction
there
evidence
of
nor
is
and binding
c' efendan
~·0 1 1
t the
this
par
full
guilty
which
c• arR;ec1,
0
if
than
his
su pi ,ious
he is
sufficient
accuser,
not
may be
v;hich
it
likely
remains
upon
while
c-rime with
uil t-,y or more
that
the
ins
uilty
probably
i,v-1th
but
is
presu~ption.
sufficient
,,,arrant
innocence
pleasure
o
dou)t.
e~tablish
give
is
guilty.
You a-r>e .,.,_lrther
that
or
put
char
every
has
on the
the
you must
by you at
la
of
so imposed
evidence
guilt,
has
accused
he is
accused
and
throuGhout
to
considering
the
element
remains
the
throu'"'hout
every
as
that
..,hich
accused
r;uilty"
burden,
no requirement
jury
·,1ith
indictment
,eyond
This
shift
"not
proving
guilt
crime
the
1,•rc::
of the
of
the
not
·uilt
one reasonable
he
can be
innocent.
you
feel
c-uil ty,
must
theory
be
r
��COMMONWEALTH
V.
MOWBRAY
INSTRUCTION_z
In considering
burden
of proving
Court
instructs
able"
nor its
reason,
whether
the guilt
the jury
you should
A reasonable
and is not to be confused
the law does not say that
imaginable,
conceivable
In passing
jury
of the accused
that
meaning.
or not the Commonwealth has met its
must limit
of. this
case,
its
drawn therefrom.
with
proof
consideration
from conflicting
evidence,
should
of the guilt
immaterial
and nonessential
a reasonable
your minds are left
from reaching
a convinced
consideration
conviction
all
on the other
of all
the evidence
of the truth
reasonable
doubt.
hand,
to be
to create
doubt,
of guilt.
in mind that
be a doubt
the
at the trial
inferences
inferences
any doubt
arising
or from questionable
of a material
of the accused
fact
and not a mere doubt
circumstances.
consideration
in such a state
Commonwealth has fa.led to meet its
If,
bear
and honest
belief
for
of the charge,
presented
testimony
should
to the proof
after
cf the proof
to find
of evidence,
If,
doubt,
on
beyond every
go beyond such evidence
the jury
concerning
guilty
and reasonable
cannot
fact,
the word "reason-
or possible
to the evidence
the natural
of any particular
the
doubt.
Furthermore,
essential
imaginable
upon the sufficiency
The jury
doubt,
is a doubt which is founded
a man must be proved
nor can you go beyond such evidence
from lack
not overlook
doubt
or possible
including
beyond reasonable
of the guilt
of all
of the
of doubt as to prevent
of the accused,
then
you
the
burden.
after
an impartial
in the case,
of the charge,
and reasonable
you have an abiding
you are then
satisfied
beyond
��COMMONWEALTH
V.
MOWBRAY
G
INSTRUCTION
The Court
witnesses
is a question
appearance
fying,
instructs
exclusively
of the witnesses
candor
they
speak,
any,
the interest
any appear,
their
the opportunity
the relationship
on the trial,
the jury
are more worthy
such testimony
their
has the right
of credit
and to give
to know whereof
of the trial,
circumstances
to determine
and what is the relative
credit
accordingly.
their
or lack
to the parties,
in the result
surrounding
testimony,
intelligence
of the witnesses
other
and from the
of their
apparent
of
manner of testi-
of the witnesses
of the witness
and from all
the credibility
for the jury;
and consistency
and fairness,
of intelligence,
that
on the stand,
the reasonableness
apparent
the jury
if
if
appearing
which witnesses
weight
of any
��C OI.]
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v.
:;IL
ON LEROV M0\".13RA"
INSTRUCTION 'TO.
The
Court
fluenced
by
should
rende:y,
Court
I
on this
s"'7'!lpathy
your
s instructions,
trial.
instructs
or
the
jury
sentiment
ve!'d:'Lct
and
that
in
according
the
L
evidence
you
reaching
to
the
•ihich
should
your
not
conclusion
la v aG given
has
be in-
been
but
by the
presented
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CO ONV'JEALTH
OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY
OF ROCKINGHAM,
to-wit:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF SAID COUNTY:
The grand jurors
of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
the County of Rockingham,
its
October
term,
and now attending
1947, upon their
oaths
the Circuit
do present
or about the .31st day of May, 1947, in said County,
did kill
and slay
one Noah Dellinger,
against
that
in and for the body of
Court
of said County,
at
WINSTONOREBAUGH,on
unlawfully
and feloniously
'the peace and dignit·
of the Com-
monwealth of Virginia.
This indictment
velle
••• Gey Rogers/
to give evidence.
LAWRENCEH. HOOVER
ATTORNEY
AT LAIV
HARRISONBURG,
VIRGINIA
is found u on the testimo:qy
witnesses
of J.
F. Ritchie,
sworn in Court and sent before
'alter
Nor-
the grand jury
�lJ1vol. ~anslaug_ht ex
COMMONWEALTH
)
v.
Indictment
WINSTON
OREBAUGH
t,.
Feloey:
October Term, 1947
A True Bill:
/:=)/·,a~
(l 7, I
J
Foreman
Witnesses:
l.
2.
J.
J. F. Ritchie ✓
Walter Norvelle/
G1J¥ Rogers v
Lawrence H. Hoover
Commonwealth's Attorney
�FRANCIS
S. MILLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HARRISONBURG,
VA.
THE NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
July
2, 1947.
Hon. K. C. Moore, Trial Justice,
Rockingham County, Virginia,
First National Bank Bldg.,
Harrisonburg,
Virginia.
Dear "K.
C.":-
I suppose that I represent John W. Orebaugh
who is charged in your court with manslaughter
and
also a misde:auaanor, and I am advised that the preliminary hearing is set for July 10th.
Prior to this time,
arrangements
for a vaction,
being away until the 19th.
Virginia and I had made
leaving on the fourth and
I trust that this can be continu~d until my
return,
and if possible,
I will certainly
appreciate•
it.
Julius Ritchie has charge of the case.
V~ruly
~-
Francis
FSM/m
yo~rs,
s.
Miller.
•
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.~'1
\\)~"
COMMONWEALTH
V.
Felony
WINSTON OREBAUGd
7 ' •
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I
4
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(invol.mans.)
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��PRE-SENTENCEINVESTIGATION
Staunton, Va.
December 8., 1947
NAME: John Winston Orebaugh
ADDRESS:27 Creek St.,
Harrisonburg,
37
AGE:
OFFENSE
PRIOR RECORD
Va.
MARITALSTATUS: Married
NO. OF DEPENDEN'IS: Four
RACE: White
SEX:
.CITIZENSHIP: Am.erican
OFFENSE: Drunk Driving &
Manslaughter
Male
On Saturday, May 31, 1947, at about 8:26 in the evening a car allegedly
operated
by the above named subject struck Noah Dellinger,
forty-seven
year old resident
of Timberville,
as he was crossing the street in the middle of the five hundred
block on North Main Street in Harrisonburg.
At the time he was struck Dellinger
was said to be about six feet from the west sidewalk.
The investigating
officer
stated that Dellinger's
body was carried on the car for approximately ninety
feet from the point he was hit and that after the body came off of the car the
car traveled approximately
thirty
feet beyond.
Judging from a photograph
viewed by the reporting
officer
the car was pretty badly battered
after the
accident.
Two Fi.arrisonburg officers
arrived at the scene shortly thereafter
and
it is said that at the time of their arrival
Orebaugh was staggering
drunk while
his companion in the car, Wilson Whitmore, was practically
beyond the point of
locomotion.
It is understood that Whitmore is Orebaugh 1 s brother-in-la'V'T and
that the two had been on quite a drinking party prior to the accident.
Orebaugh I s
version of the offense differs
on several points.
He stated to the officer
that
in the first
place he was not driving the car but that Whi unore was under the
wheel at the time of the collision
and that he, Orebaugh, was standing trial in
his place.
He stated further
that the man he was alleged to have hit stepped
out from between two parked cars and that immediately after the collision
the
parked cars pulled out and left.
'Ihis statement was followed by Orebaugh 1 s
remark that as nearly as he can dete . ine there were no eye witnesses
to the
accident.
The officer
also noted that while it is the subject's
claim that he
was not driving,
in describing
his progress along the street he talked as though
he were the driver of the vehicle that was involved in the accident.
He is
probably in a very confused state as to what actually
occurred.
The speed of
the car at the time of t.h.e collision
was placed by Orebaugh at about 25 or 30
miles per hour.
-
The subject's
prior
7-22-35
12-24-34
7-21-34
Malicious Destruction
of Property
Larceny of three turkeys
Driving Drunk
Escaped from Harrisonburg Street
Force
Fined $25 Costs ~17.97
Two months in jail
Fined $100 Costs $12.50
Returned to jail
Drunk
Fined $2.50 Costs $6.50
Fined $10 Costs $6.S.o
8-5-34
9-6-36
8-21-37
6-25-38
record
consists
of the following:
Dr1.1nk
Charged with attempting
to shoot
T. E. Uqyd--Charge
reduced to
using abusive language
Fined $5 Costs $6.25
��2
4-11-39
9-28-41
~29-42
No operator's
license
Drunk
Drunk in Public
5-31-42
7-2~42
3-29-47
Drunk and Disorderly
Drunk and Disorderly
Assault
Assessed $4.25 Costs
Fined $5 Costs $5.50
Dismissed on pa~ent
of $8.67 Costs
Ninety days $6.50 Costs
Thirty Days, $4.oo Costs
Warrant dropped Costs paid
In addition to these charges found against him it was learned that several months
ago a call was received by Officer Norvelle,
Harrisonburg Police Station,
and a
complaint was lodged by the subject I s wife that he had threatened
to stab her
with an ice pick.
Norvelle proceeded to the subject's
home and found that be had
fled.
Also, he was slated for appearance in court on the current charge and on
the day he was to appear he was too drunk to get there.
The officer who was
sent to get h:iln s ta. ted that he was seated behind his kitchen stove and that when
he was informed t.1-).a
t he had been summoned to appear in court he made a very
obscene remark and refused to make any attempt to go. Orebaugh was drinking
at the time the reporting
officer interviewed
him and he frankly admitted being
a heavy drinker since he was about twenty years of age.
FAMILYHISTORY The family
Father,
consists
of the folloring:
Oscar Orebaugh
* John Winston Orebaugh
Wife, Lucy V. Orebaugh
Son, Oscar David Orebaugh
Daughter, Juanita Orebaugh
Son, Richard Orebaugh
age
age
age
age
age
age
71
37
36
20
17
14
Broadway,
27 Creek
27 Creek
27 Creek
27 Creek
27 Creek
Virginia
St., Harrisonburg
St., Harrisonburg
st., Harrisonburg
st., Harrisonburg
St., Harrisonburg
Va.
Va.
Va.
Va.
Va.
It is understood that the subject's
father,
Oscar Orebaugh, is a retired
railroad
inspector
and has never been in any serious trouble and drinks moderately.
The
subject's
wife is not believed to have been in any major trouble and she is
employed in the pants factory in Harrisonburg.
The subject's
daughter,
Juanita.,
works at the Harrisonburg Shirt Factory and is said to be expecting an illegitimate
child in the near future.
This family originally
came from Broadway but has
lived in Harrisonburg approximately
ten years.
Most of the relatives
and family
connections are still
in the Broadway vicinity
and the father owns a small piece
of property there.
HCl!E& NEIGHBORHOOD
The house is a large frame house covered with stucco and appears to be in a fair
state of repairs.
It is a double house divided into two apartments.
It has been
occupied by the Orebaugh family for the past five years.
The neighborhood is a
rather poor one and the property is surrounded by industry and business establishments.
The house faces on a small creek which runs through the town. It was
observed that the subject talked very roughly in front of his family and set a
bad exa~ple through continued drunkenness in the home.
��3
EDUCATION
The subject states
that he finished
the fifth
grade in Broadway. School.
He did
not like school and it is fairly well apparent he did not progress as rapidly
as he could or should.
He left school at about fifteen
and got married the
following year when only sixteen years of age.
He has had some subsequent
training
as a pants presser and in laying brick and cinder blocks.
RELIGION
The subject
INTERESTS &
ACTIVITIES
states
that
he is not a church member and has no interest
in church.
Orebaugh expresses
himself interested
in movies and reading comic books.
He
claims he is a member of the V. F. w. Post in Harrisonburg
but frankly admits
that one of his pleasures
is having a few drinks.
He expressed to t..h.e officer
a great interest
in playing the horses.
HEALTH
Orebaugh claims tha. t he was operated on for kidney stones while in the Army in
1943 and that he broke a foot while in Honolulu in 1942. He feels that there is
a possibility
that he may be having more trouble with kidney stones at this time.
Other than this his health is all right.
His family's
health is good with the
exception of Mrs. Orebaugh.
She recently
spent thirty-two
days in the hospital
and has to return.
EMPLOYMENT
Orebaugh's first
employment was in laboring
jobs around Broadway.
In 1938 he
went to work in the pants factory in Harrisonburg
and stayed there until 1942.
According to a photos-tat of his army service record he enlisted
October 21.,
1942, and was discharged
September 22, 1945. His service record is honorable and
nothing could be noted on the discharge
section that indicated
Orebaugh ran into
difficulty
while in the service.
Since his release Orebaugh states
that he has
worked for Dr. Paul Hill; Mr. Whitney, Mr. Brantley,
Mr. M.A. Layman and Mr.
Jess Cash; mainly laying brick and cinder blocks.
At the time of the interview
the subject claimed that he had not worked for about two weeks and by way of
excuse stated he was worried over his pending trial
and over the previously
mentioned condition
of his daughter.
He has apparently
be~n drinking very
heavily for some tj__yue.
RESOURCES
Orebaugh states
that
$5000 life insurance
SUMW.RY
The subject was allegedly
the driver of a car which struck and killed Noah
Dellinger
Saturday, May 31, 1947.
It appears that Orebaugh was considerably
under the influence
of alcoholic
beverages at the time of the accident.
The
reporting
officer
found an extensive
prior record on the subject dating back
to 1934.
The Orebaugh family is originally
from Broadway but for the past ten
years they have lived in Harrisonburg
in a good house located in a ratrer
poor
neighborhood.
The subject's
formal education was neglected
and he expre ses
no interest
in religion.
His interests
consist of reading comic books, movies,
and drinking.
His health at this time appears to be satisfactory
although he
his resources
at this time consist almost entirely
of a
policy and personal property valued at about $1.800.
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expresses fear of kidney stones.
The subject's employment has consisted mainly
of jobs that he could pick up and has been very irregular.
He has no money saved
and no bonds but claims he has a $5000 Life Insurance Police and about'$1800
in personal property.
PLA.N
The reporting officer makes no recommendation.
treatment for acute alcoholics would be a first
It is probable that a course of
step in rehabilitation.
Respectfully
yours,
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HBJr/a
Sources:
The subject
Oscar David Orebaugh
Harrisonburg Investigating
Police Records
Rockingham Court Records
and Arresting
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These are, therefore, to command you, in the name of the Commonwealth,
to apprehend
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Trial Justice Court of the said County, the body (bodies) of the above accused, to answer the said complaint and
to be further dealt with according to law.
And you are also directed to summon
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have this day each acknowledged
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yet upon this condition:
goods and chattels,
lands, and tenements
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or further heard, and before any court thereafter having or holding any proceedings in connection with the charge in this warrant, to answer
foe the offense with which he is charged, and shall not depart thence without the leave of said court, the said obligation to remain in full force
and effect until the charge is finally disposed of or until it is declared void by order of a competent court; and upon the further condition that
the said --------------------from the date hereof.
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County of Rockingham, to-wit:
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who stands charged with and indicted for a felony mi:scl·emeano-r.
And this you shall not omit under penalty of £100. And have then and there this Writ.
w·
s, J.ROBERT SWITZER, Clerk of our said
day of........... . . . ....,...............
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County of Rockingham, to-wit:
To the Sheriff of said County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded,
in the name of the Commonwealth
Mary Hoy, 569 1'1 , Main St.,
Harrisonburg,
Paul Strawder.Q).ann, 22 ,1onroa St.,
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Lee Newman, ".V. \v"ashington St.,"
of Virginia to summon
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to appear before the Trial Justice Court of said Connty, sitting
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10th
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Commonwealth of Virginia:
County of Rockingham, to-wit:
To the Sheriff of said County, Greeting:
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Mrs.
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Nellie
Carrier,
in the name of the Commonwealth
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Mary Hoy
569 N. Main St.,
City.
A. L. t.'alone
569 N. Main St.,
City
Mrs. E. R. Eaonom
67 E. Rock St, City •
Boice
597 N. Liberty
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St.,
City
Virginia Lee Newman
28 w. Washington St.,
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Dept.
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Dept.
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OF PRISONER
Last known address _________________________________________________________________________________________
Color ____________ _
Height_ ___________ _
Eyes ____________ _
Hair _____________ _
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Marks ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _
Age _________________ _
Occupation _____________________________________________________________________ _
Date of Trial_ ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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Result _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Amount of Fine ____________ Cost ____________ Sentence Time _______________________________________ _
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Court Com rmtted From _________________________________________ Type of Court_ __________________ _
Transferred
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Reason for Transfer _________________________________ ..__ ____ ___ _ ___ _______________________________
Physical Condition ________________________________________ Contagious Disease, If Any ______________ _
Fine After Prisoner at Jail; Amount to State $ ____________ Amount to City $ ___________ _
Date Reported
_______________________________________ Deputy and Jail or
_______________ ' _________________________ . ________ Sheriff
��In the Name of the Commonwealth
of Virginia:
Fairfax
To the Sheriff of ~County,
Greeting:
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to appear before the Judge of the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, at the Court House thereof,
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day of.. ...............
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19 ..47.,
to testify and the truth to say in behalf of the Comm~mwealth against.
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who stands charged with and indicted for a felony ~
And this you shall not omit under penalty of £100. And have then and there this Writ.
Witness, J. RO BERT SWITZER, Clerk of our said Court, at the Court House, the ..26.th .....
day of ....~ 0 .V:~.IIl.1:>~.~.1.
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Page 1
To all people to whom these ~
Presents shall come Greeting Know ye That we Abraham a
Mohawk Cheif [sic] Sennghors an Oneida Cheif [sic] Sagnarisera a ~
Tuscarora Chief, Chenaugheata an Onondaga Cheif Tagaaia
A Cayuga Cheif and Gaustrax a Seneca Cheif, Cheifs [sic] & Sachems
of the six united nations and being and Effectually representing
all the Tribes of thesaid six united Nations send Greeting
Whereas Johonerissa Scaroyadia Cosswentanicea Cheifs [sic] or
Sachems of thesaid six united nations did by their deed duely
executed bearing date the second day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty nine forand in
Consideration of the following Goods and Marchandise being
paid and delivered to them at a full Council of thesaid six
united nations Delawares and Shawnesse held at Logs
Towne on the river Ohio on this Second day of August one
Thousand seven hundred and forty nine That is to say two ~
hundred and forty Strouds four hundred Duffield Blanketts [sic]
four hundred and Sixty Pair half thicks [sic] Stockings two hundred
shirts twenty Pieces of Callicoe twenty pieces of Callimancoe
twenty Pieces of Embossed Serge fifty Pounds of Vermillion
fifty Grosse of Gartering fifty pieces of Ribbon fifty dozen of
Knives five hundred Pounds of Gun Powder ten hundred of
Barr Lead Thre [sic] thousand Gun flints fifty pounds of brass
Kittle four pounds of Thread one thousand Needles ten dozen
Jews Harps twenty dozen Tobacco Tongs and six hundred ~
Pounds of Tobacco Grant Bargain and Sell unto George
Croghan of the Province of Pennsylvania Esquire in fee
Certain tract or Parcel of Land situate lying and being
on the [Southerely?] side of the river Monongehela Beginning
at the mouth of a run nearby Opposite to Turtle Creek
and then down The river Monongehela to its Junction with
the river Ohio [Computet?] to be ten Miles then runing [sic] down
the Eastern bank and sides of and unto thesaid River Ohio to where
[Racoon?] Creek emptys [sic] itself into thesaid River [illegible] up
[illegible] Creek te[illegible] and from thence on a strait [illegible]
[illegible] Place of Beginning on the aforesaid River
[written in the left margin of page 1:
(illegible) and
Delivered to
(illegible) (Calbertson?)
June 1779
(illegible) Order]
�Page 2
Monongehela Containing [illegible] Estimation one hundred ~
Thousand Acres of Land be the same more or less And ~
Whereas thesaid Johonerissa Scaroyadia & Coswentanicea
Chiefs or Sachems as aforesaid for the Consideration herein after
mentioned to them in full Council as aforesaid paid and delivered
that is to say one hundred and forty Strouds two hundred & forty
Duffield Blanketts [sic] two Hundred and seventy pair of half
thick Stockings one hundred and Twenty Shirts twelve pieces
of Callicoe twelve pieces of Callimancoe twelve pieces of Embossed
Serge thirty pounds Vermillion thirty Groce of Gartering
thirty pieces of Ribbon thirty dozen of Knives three hundred
Pounds of Gun Powder Six hundred of Barr Lead one
thousand Gun Flints thirty Pounds of Brass Kettles four
Pounds of Thread five hundred Needles six dozen of Jews harps
six dozen Tobacco Tongs and fifty Pounds of Tobacco did by one
other deed bearing date the same day and year last aforesaid
Grant bargain and sell unto thesaid George Croghan in fee
one other tract or Parcel of Land situate lying and being on the
River Yoxhiogeni Including the Indian Villiage [sic] called the
Seurckly old Town thesame tract or Parcel of land Containing
fifteen Miles in length on thesaid River and ten Miles in
breadth and Including the Lands on both sides of thesaid
river Yoxhiogeni which fifteen Miles in length and ten
Miles in breadth he thesaid George Croghan has liberty
to Locate either up or down thesaid River Yoxhiogeni but
never theless in such manner so as to Include and locate all
thesaid Indian Villiage [sic] and land Called (the) Seurckly old
Town which said Tract or Parcel of land [illegible]
Estimation Sixty Thousand acres be thesame More or less
And Whereas Thesaid Johonerissa [illegible]
And [Coswentanicea?] did by one other deed bearing date the
day and year last aforesaid for the Consideration herein
Mentioned to them in full Council paid and delivered as
aforesaid that is to say for Ninety six Strouds one hundred
and Sixty Duffield Blanketts [sic] one hundred and eighty four
pair of half thick Stockings eighty Shirts eight pieces of
Callicoe eight pieces of embossed serge twenty pounds of
Vermillion twenty Groce of Gartering twenty [pieces?] of Ribbon
twenty dozen of knives two hundred pounds (of) gun powder
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Four hundred of Barr Lead one Thousand Gun flints twenty
Pounds of brass Kettles two Pounds of Thread five hundred
Needles four dozen of Jews Harps four dozen of Tobacco Tongs
fifty Pounds Tobacco Grand bargain and Sell unto thesaid
George Croghan in fee one other tract or Parcel of land
Situate lying being and Beginning on the East side
of the River Ohio to the northward of an Old Indian Village
Called Shanopinstown at the mouth of a Run Called the
two Mile run then up the said two Mile run to where it
interlocks with the heads of the two Mile spring which
empties into the river Monongehela then down thesaid
two Mile spring to the Several courses thereof unto thes [sic].
River Monongehela then up thesaid River Monongehela
to where Turtle Creek empties itself into thesame river there
up thesaid Turtle Creek to the first forks thereof then up the
north or Northerly branch of thesaid Creek to the head of the
same thence a north or northerly Course until it strikes
Plum Creek then down thesaid Plum Creek until it
empties itself into the river Ohio and then down the said
River Ohio to the Place of Beginning where as [aforesaid?]
The two Mile run discharges itself into thesaid river Ohio ~
Containing by Estimation Forty Thousand Acres be thesame
more or less which said several Grants bargains and Sales
duely [sic] made and Executed by thisame last Mentioned Cheifs [sic]
or Sachems in Pursuance of Certain Powers & Authorities
delegated to and Vested in them for the Purposes aforesaid
by the Cheifs [sic] or Sachems of the Onondaga Council in [full?]
Council Assembled And Whereas thesaid first
Mentioned Cheifs [sic] or Sachems of thesaid six united Nations
Parties to these Presents are not only truely [sic] Sensible & [illegible]
that thesaid George Croghan hath faithfully and Justly paid
And delivered unto Johonerissa Scaroyadia and ~
Coswentanicea Chiefs or Sachems as aforesaid all and [illegible]
the Goods and Marchandize herein Particularly recited &
Mentioned but of the great Justice and Integrity of thesaid
George Croghan used and exersised [sic] by him towards the Six
nations and their Allies in all his Publick & Private [illegible]
and transactions wherein [they?] have been Concerned
�Page 4
Now know ye therefore that we thesaid Chiefs or
Sachems of thesaid Six united nations in full Council Assembles
at Fort Stanwix for and in Consideration of the sum of five
Shillings to them in hand paid by thesaid George Croghan the
recipt [sic] whereof they do hereby Acknowledge and for and in ~
Consideration of the Aforesaid Goods and Merchandise paid &
delivered by him unto Johonerissa Scaroyadia and ~
Coswentanicea Chiefs as aforesaid, Have granted bargained
sold Aliened released enfeoffed ratified and fully Confirmed
and by these Presents Do grand bargain sell alien release
enfeoffe [sic] ratifie [sic] and fully Confirm unto his most Sacred
Majesty George the third King of great Britain [sic] France
and Ireland Defender of the faith and soforth his heirs
And Succissors [sic] for the use benefit and behoof of thesaid
George Croghan his heirs and Assigns all those theabove [sic] described
or mentioned tracts or Parcels of Land Granted or Intended
to be granted by thesaid several recited deeds as aforesaid and also
all Mines Minerals [Ores?] Trees Woods Underwoods waters
water Courses Profits Commodities Advantages rights ~
Liberties Priviledges [sic] hereditaments and Appurtenances ~
whatsoever to thesaid several tracts or Parcels of land belonging
or in any [wise?] Appertaining and also the reversion and
reversions remainder and remainders rents Issues and
Profits thereof and of every part and Parcel thereof and all
the Estate right title Interisperce [sic] Property Possession Claim
and demand of them thesaid Abraham Sennghors ~
Sagnarisera Chenaugheata Tagaaia Gaustrax Chiefs or
Sachems aforesaid and of all and every other Person and Persons
whatsoever for belonging to thesaid Nations of into and it
of the Premises is and every Partand [sic] Parcel thereof To
have and To hold thesaid several tracts or Parcels of
Landand [sic] all and Singular thesaid Granted or bargained
Premises with the Appurtenaners [sic] unto his said Majesty
his heirs and Successors to and for the only use benefit and
[behoof?] of thesaid George Croghan his heirs and Assigns for [illegible]
and thesaid Abraham Sennhors Sagnarisera China[illegible]
Tagaaia and Gaustrax for themselves and for the six
�Page 5
Nations and all and every other Nation and Nations Tributaries
and defendants on the said six united nations and their
and every of their Posteritys [sic] thesaid several tracts of Land
and Premises and every Part thereof againt [sic] them thesaid
Abraham Sennghors Sagnarisera Chenaugheata Tagaaia
And Gausteax and against thesaid six United Nations &
their Tributaries and dependants [sic] and all and every of their
Posteritys [sic] unto hissaid Majesty his heirs and Successors
to and for the only use benefit and benefit of thesaid
George Croghan his heirs and Assigns shall and wile
warrant and forever defend by these Presents Provided
always [sic] Neverthless [sic] and it is the true Intent &
meaning of these Presents and thesaid Abraham
Sennghor Sagnarisera Chenaugheata Tagaaia and
Gaustrax do hereby Covenant and agree to and with his
said Majesty and his heirs and Successors to and for the
only use benefit and behoof of thesaid George Croghan
his heirs and Assigns that if any or all of thesaid several
Tracts of land or any part thereof shall here after be
found to be within the Bounds and limits of a Certain
Grant bearing date the fourth day of March in the year
of our Lord one thousand six hundred and Eighty one
made by Charles the Second king of Great britain [sic] &
to William Penn Esquire for the tract of Country Called
and known by the name of Pennsylvania that then and
in such case his said Majesty his heirs & Successors to &
for thereby use benefit and behalf of this aid George
Croghan his heirs and Assigns shall be permitted and
shall have and enjoy full right power and Authority to
survey and Locate thesaid Several Quantitys [sic] of one ~
hundred thousand Acres Sixty Thousand and forty
Thousand Acres of land be thesame more or less as
Contained within the Limits and bounds of thesaid
several and respective tracts or Parcels of Sand mentioned
and described as aforesaid in such Quantities & in such
Parts and Places of in and within the [illegible] or
Grant of Land or Territory which shall be Ceded and
[written in the left margin of page 5: 1871]
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Granted at the Conference Aforesaid to thesaid King of
Great Britain by the Chiefs or Sachems of thesaid six
united nations any thing herein Contained to the Contrary
thereof in any wise notwithstanding In Witness
whereof we thesaid Chiefs and Sachems in behalf of
our selves respectively and in behalf of the whole six
united nations Aforesaid have hereunto set our hands
and Seals in the Presence of the Persons Subscribing as
Witnesses hereunto at a Congress held at Fort
[Stannrx?] [illegible] this the fourth day of November
in the Ninth year of his Majestys [sic] reign and in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Sixty Eight
The mark of his Nation
Abraham or [Tyahanesera?] a Chief of
[symbol] [initial] LS
the Mohocks [sic]
the Steel
The mark of his nation
William or Sennghor a Chief of the [symbol] [initial] LS
Oneidas
the Stone
The mark of his Nation
Hendrick or Sagnarisera the Chief of the [symbol] [initial] LS
Tuscoraras [sic]
the Cross
The mark of his Nation
Bunt or Chenaugheata a Chief of the
[symbol] [initial] LS
Onondagas
The Mountain
The mark of his Nation
Tagaara a Chief of the
[symbol] [initial] LS
Cayugas
The Pipe
The Mark of his Nation
Gaustrax a Chief of the
[symbol] [initial] LS
Senecas
The high Hill
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Sealed and Delivered
in the Presence of us
}
The word “Croghan” being first written on [Razures?]
Eleven times and the Words “and, ordown [sic], Tract” being
first Interlined
} Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of us all
the foregoing Interlinations [sic] [Razures?] and Writings
On [Razures?] being first made
WmFranklin Governor of New-Jersey
F[N?]: Smyth Cheif Justice of New-Jersey
Thomas Walker Commissioner for Virginia
Richard Peters } [of the Council of Pennsylvania]
James Tilghman } [of the Council of Pennsylvania]
John Skinner Capt. in the 70th Rugment [sic]
Joseph Chin of Connecticutt [sic]
John Weatherhead of New York
John Walker of Virginia
[Fitch?] of Connecticutt [sic]
Thomas Walker Junior Virginia
John Butler Inturperter [sic] for the Crowne
On the Seventh day of January in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and Sixty Nine before [illegible]
Isaac Jones Esquire Mayor of the City of Philidelphia [sic]
came the Reverend M Richard Peters Rector of the
two united Churches of Christ Church and Saint Peter
In Philidelphia [sic] one of the Subscriting [sic] Witnesses to
within written deed and made Oath on the Holy Evanga[illegible]
of Almighty God that [was?] present and did [scithe?]
within named Abraham or Tyahanesera a Chief of the
Mohocks William or Sennghois a Chief of the Oneidas
Hendrick or Sagnarisera a Cheif of the Tuscoraras
Bunt or Chenaugheata a Cheif of the Onondagas ~
Tagaara a Cheif of the Cayuga and Gaustrax
�Page 8
Cheif of the Senecas make the several Marks in the within
written deed against their respective names Placed as the
Particular Mark of each nation and did also see the said
Abraham or Tyahanesera William or Sennghois Hendrick
or Sagnarisera Bunt or Chenaugheata Tagaara and
Gaustrax respectively seal and as their Act and deed
deliver in behalf of Themselves and the several nations
which they Effectually represented the within written deed
Poll and that the name Richard Peters Subscribed thereto
as a Witness of thesame is of this own hand Writing [sic] &
also that thesaid Richard Peters saw WFranklin ~
Governor of New Jersey Free Smyth Chief Justice of New
Jersey Thomas Walker Commissioner for Virginia
James Tilghman of the Council of Pennsylvania John
Skinner Capt. of the 70th Rugment [sic] Joseph Chew of ~
Connecticutt [sic] John Walker of Virginia Fitch of Connecticutt [sic]
Thomas Walker Junior of Virginia John Butler Interpruter [sic]
for the Crown Subscribe their names as Witnesses likewise
to the signing sealing and Delivery of the within written
deed Poll Witness my hand and Seal the day & year
Above said
H: Jones [initials] LS
[initials] LS
Recorded in the Office for recording
of deeds for the City and County of Philadelphia
in Book I Vol. 5 Page 239 &
Certified under my hand and Seal of Office Aforesaid this
12th January 1769
Will Parr [Recdr?]~
[Macourt?] Continued and held for Augusta County at
Pittsburg September the 23^d. 1775
This deed of Bargain & Sale from the Sachems
Of the Six united Nations of the Indians to George Croghan
Esq. was Proved by Thomas Walker & John Walker
Gentlemen two of the Witnesses thereto & Ordered to be
Certified
�Page 9
[Macourt?] held for Augusta County by Authority of the
Commonwealth of Virginia at Staunton Aug^t. 19th 1777
This deed of Bargain and Sale from the Sachems
of the Six united nations of Indians to George Croghan
Esquire being formerly Proved by the Oaths of Thomas
and John Walker Gentlemen two of the Witnesses thereto
Subscribed at a Court held at Pittsburg was this day further
Proved by the Oath of Thomas Walker Jun. another
of the Witnesses thereto Subscribed and Ordered to be
Recorded
Lest.
John Madison
This Indenture made the Eighth
day of August in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred
and Seventy Seven between Joseph Love and Mary his Wife
of the County of Montgomery and Commonwealth of Virginia
of the one Part and Richard Payne of the Country of Augusta
of the other Part Witnesseth that thesaid Joseph and
Mary Love forand in Consideration of five Schillings
Current Money of Virginia to them in hand Paid by the
Richard Payne at or before the Sealing and delivery of these
Presents the receipt of which is hereby Acknowledged hath
Granted bargained & sold And by these these Presents doth
Grant bargained and sell unto thesaid Richard Payne & his
heirs for ever a Certain tract or Parcel of land Contour
by Estimation three hundred and thirteen be the same
more or Less and bounded by several tracts to with John
Jasperson the south William Armstrong & Williams
Rutledges on the West Thomas Rutledges & David Henderson
on the North and John Huntonson the East the March
Trees of which bounds may more fully appear by deed
made to thesaid Joseph Love by
and all houses buildings Orchards ways waters water
Courses Profits Commodities Hereditaments & [Appurtenance?]
whatsoever to thesaid Premises hereby Granted or any
Part thereof belonging or in any wise Appertaining & the
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To all people to whom these ~
Presents shall come Greeting Know ye That we Abraham a
Mohawk Cheif [sic] Sennghors an Oneida Cheif [sic] Sagnarisera a ~
Tuscarora Chief, Chenaugheata an Onondaga Cheif Tagaaia
A Cayuga Cheif and Gaustrax a Seneca Cheif, Cheifs [sic] & Sachems
of the six united nations and being and Effectually representing
all the Tribes of thesaid six united Nations send Greeting
Whereas Johonerissa Scaroyadia Cosswentanicea Cheifs [sic] or
Sachems of thesaid six united nations did by their deed duely
executed bearing date the second day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty nine forand in
Consideration of the following Goods and Marchandise being
paid and delivered to them at a full Council of thesaid six
united nations Delawares and Shawnesse held at Logs
Towne on the river Ohio on this Second day of August one
Thousand seven hundred and forty nine That is to say two ~
hundred and forty Strouds four hundred Duffield Blanketts [sic]
four hundred and Sixty Pair half thicks [sic] Stockings two hundred
shirts twenty Pieces of Callicoe twenty pieces of Callimancoe
twenty Pieces of Embossed Serge fifty Pounds of Vermillion
fifty Grosse of Gartering fifty pieces of Ribbon fifty dozen of
Knives five hundred Pounds of Gun Powder ten hundred of
Barr Lead Thre [sic] thousand Gun flints fifty pounds of brass
Kittle four pounds of Thread one thousand Needles ten dozen
Jews Harps twenty dozen Tobacco Tongs and six hundred ~
Pounds of Tobacco Grant Bargain and Sell unto George
Croghan of the Province of Pennsylvania Esquire in fee
Certain tract or Parcel of Land situate lying and being
on the [Southerely?] side of the river Monongehela Beginning
at the mouth of a run nearby Opposite to Turtle Creek
and then down The river Monongehela to its Junction with
the river Ohio [Computet?] to be ten Miles then runing [sic] down
the Eastern bank and sides of and unto thesaid River Ohio to where
[Racoon?] Creek emptys [sic] itself into thesaid River [illegible] up
[illegible] Creek te[illegible] and from thence on a strait [illegible]
[illegible] Place of Beginning on the aforesaid River
[written in the left margin of page 1:
(illegible) and
Delivered to
(illegible) (Calbertson?)
June 1779
(illegible) Order]
[written in the left margin of page 5: 1871]
��Page 2
Monongehela Containing [illegible] Estimation one hundred ~
Thousand Acres of Land be the same more or less And ~
Whereas thesaid Johonerissa Scaroyadia & Coswentanicea
Chiefs or Sachems as aforesaid for the Consideration herein after
mentioned to them in full Council as aforesaid paid and delivered
that is to say one hundred and forty Strouds two hundred & forty
Duffield Blanketts [sic] two Hundred and seventy pair of half
thick Stockings one hundred and Twenty Shirts twelve pieces
of Callicoe twelve pieces of Callimancoe twelve pieces of Embossed
Serge thirty pounds Vermillion thirty Groce of Gartering
thirty pieces of Ribbon thirty dozen of Knives three hundred
Pounds of Gun Powder Six hundred of Barr Lead one
thousand Gun Flints thirty Pounds of Brass Kettles four
Pounds of Thread five hundred Needles six dozen of Jews harps
six dozen Tobacco Tongs and fifty Pounds of Tobacco did by one
other deed bearing date the same day and year last aforesaid
Grant bargain and sell unto thesaid George Croghan in fee
one other tract or Parcel of Land situate lying and being on the
River Yoxhiogeni Including the Indian Villiage [sic] called the
Seurckly old Town thesame tract or Parcel of land Containing
fifteen Miles in length on thesaid River and ten Miles in
breadth and Including the Lands on both sides of thesaid
river Yoxhiogeni which fifteen Miles in length and ten
Miles in breadth he thesaid George Croghan has liberty
to Locate either up or down thesaid River Yoxhiogeni but
never theless in such manner so as to Include and locate all
thesaid Indian Villiage [sic] and land Called (the) Seurckly old
Town which said Tract or Parcel of land [illegible]
Estimation Sixty Thousand acres be thesame More or less
And Whereas Thesaid Johonerissa [illegible]
And [Coswentanicea?] did by one other deed bearing date the
day and year last aforesaid for the Consideration herein
Mentioned to them in full Council paid and delivered as
aforesaid that is to say for Ninety six Strouds one hundred
and Sixty Duffield Blanketts [sic] one hundred and eighty four
pair of half thick Stockings eighty Shirts eight pieces of
Callicoe eight pieces of embossed serge twenty pounds of
Vermillion twenty Groce of Gartering twenty [pieces?] of Ribbon
twenty dozen of knives two hundred pounds (of) gun powder
��Page 3
Four hundred of Barr Lead one Thousand Gun flints twenty
Pounds of brass Kettles two Pounds of Thread five hundred
Needles four dozen of Jews Harps four dozen of Tobacco Tongs
fifty Pounds Tobacco Grand bargain and Sell unto thesaid
George Croghan in fee one other tract or Parcel of land
Situate lying being and Beginning on the East side
of the River Ohio to the northward of an Old Indian Village
Called Shanopinstown at the mouth of a Run Called the
two Mile run then up the said two Mile run to where it
interlocks with the heads of the two Mile spring which
empties into the river Monongehela then down thesaid
two Mile spring to the Several courses thereof unto thes [sic].
River Monongehela then up thesaid River Monongehela
to where Turtle Creek empties itself into thesame river there
up thesaid Turtle Creek to the first forks thereof then up the
north or Northerly branch of thesaid Creek to the head of the
same thence a north or northerly Course until it strikes
Plum Creek then down thesaid Plum Creek until it
empties itself into the river Ohio and then down the said
River Ohio to the Place of Beginning where as [aforesaid?]
The two Mile run discharges itself into thesaid river Ohio ~
Containing by Estimation Forty Thousand Acres be thesame
more or less which said several Grants bargains and Sales
duely [sic] made and Executed by thisame last Mentioned Cheifs [sic]
or Sachems in Pursuance of Certain Powers & Authorities
delegated to and Vested in them for the Purposes aforesaid
by the Cheifs [sic] or Sachems of the Onondaga Council in [full?]
Council Assembled And Whereas thesaid first
Mentioned Cheifs [sic] or Sachems of thesaid six united Nations
Parties to these Presents are not only truely [sic] Sensible & [illegible]
that thesaid George Croghan hath faithfully and Justly paid
And delivered unto Johonerissa Scaroyadia and ~
Coswentanicea Chiefs or Sachems as aforesaid all and [illegible]
the Goods and Marchandize herein Particularly recited &
Mentioned but of the great Justice and Integrity of thesaid
George Croghan used and exersised [sic] by him towards the Six
nations and their Allies in all his Publick & Private [illegible]
and transactions wherein [they?] have been Concerned
��Page 4
Now know ye therefore that we thesaid Chiefs or
Sachems of thesaid Six united nations in full Council Assembles
at Fort Stanwix for and in Consideration of the sum of five
Shillings to them in hand paid by thesaid George Croghan the
recipt [sic] whereof they do hereby Acknowledge and for and in ~
Consideration of the Aforesaid Goods and Merchandise paid &
delivered by him unto Johonerissa Scaroyadia and ~
Coswentanicea Chiefs as aforesaid, Have granted bargained
sold Aliened released enfeoffed ratified and fully Confirmed
and by these Presents Do grand bargain sell alien release
enfeoffe [sic] ratifie [sic] and fully Confirm unto his most Sacred
Majesty George the third King of great Britain [sic] France
and Ireland Defender of the faith and soforth his heirs
And Succissors [sic] for the use benefit and behoof of thesaid
George Croghan his heirs and Assigns all those theabove [sic] described
or mentioned tracts or Parcels of Land Granted or Intended
to be granted by thesaid several recited deeds as aforesaid and also
all Mines Minerals [Ores?] Trees Woods Underwoods waters
water Courses Profits Commodities Advantages rights ~
Liberties Priviledges [sic] hereditaments and Appurtenances ~
whatsoever to thesaid several tracts or Parcels of land belonging
or in any [wise?] Appertaining and also the reversion and
reversions remainder and remainders rents Issues and
Profits thereof and of every part and Parcel thereof and all
the Estate right title Interisperce [sic] Property Possession Claim
and demand of them thesaid Abraham Sennghors ~
Sagnarisera Chenaugheata Tagaaia Gaustrax Chiefs or
Sachems aforesaid and of all and every other Person and Persons
whatsoever for belonging to thesaid Nations of into and it
of the Premises is and every Partand [sic] Parcel thereof To
have and To hold thesaid several tracts or Parcels of
Landand [sic] all and Singular thesaid Granted or bargained
Premises with the Appurtenaners [sic] unto his said Majesty
his heirs and Successors to and for the only use benefit and
[behoof?] of thesaid George Croghan his heirs and Assigns for [illegible]
and thesaid Abraham Sennhors Sagnarisera China[illegible]
Tagaaia and Gaustrax for themselves and for the six
��Page 5
Nations and all and every other Nation and Nations Tributaries
and defendants on the said six united nations and their
and every of their Posteritys [sic] thesaid several tracts of Land
and Premises and every Part thereof againt [sic] them thesaid
Abraham Sennghors Sagnarisera Chenaugheata Tagaaia
And Gausteax and against thesaid six United Nations &
their Tributaries and dependants [sic] and all and every of their
Posteritys [sic] unto hissaid Majesty his heirs and Successors
to and for the only use benefit and benefit of thesaid
George Croghan his heirs and Assigns shall and wile
warrant and forever defend by these Presents Provided
always [sic] Neverthless [sic] and it is the true Intent &
meaning of these Presents and thesaid Abraham
Sennghor Sagnarisera Chenaugheata Tagaaia and
Gaustrax do hereby Covenant and agree to and with his
said Majesty and his heirs and Successors to and for the
only use benefit and behoof of thesaid George Croghan
his heirs and Assigns that if any or all of thesaid several
Tracts of land or any part thereof shall here after be
found to be within the Bounds and limits of a Certain
Grant bearing date the fourth day of March in the year
of our Lord one thousand six hundred and Eighty one
made by Charles the Second king of Great britain [sic] &
to William Penn Esquire for the tract of Country Called
and known by the name of Pennsylvania that then and
in such case his said Majesty his heirs & Successors to &
for thereby use benefit and behalf of this aid George
Croghan his heirs and Assigns shall be permitted and
shall have and enjoy full right power and Authority to
survey and Locate thesaid Several Quantitys [sic] of one ~
hundred thousand Acres Sixty Thousand and forty
Thousand Acres of land be thesame more or less as
Contained within the Limits and bounds of thesaid
several and respective tracts or Parcels of Sand mentioned
and described as aforesaid in such Quantities & in such
Parts and Places of in and within the [illegible] or
Grant of Land or Territory which shall be Ceded and
��Page 6
Granted at the Conference Aforesaid to thesaid King of
Great Britain by the Chiefs or Sachems of thesaid six
united nations any thing herein Contained to the Contrary
thereof in any wise notwithstanding In Witness
whereof we thesaid Chiefs and Sachems in behalf of
our selves respectively and in behalf of the whole six
united nations Aforesaid have hereunto set our hands
and Seals in the Presence of the Persons Subscribing as
Witnesses hereunto at a Congress held at Fort
[Stannrx?] [illegible] this the fourth day of November
in the Ninth year of his Majestys [sic] reign and in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Sixty Eight
The mark of his Nation
Abraham or [Tyahanesera?] a Chief of
[symbol] [initial] LS
the Mohocks [sic]
the Steel
The mark of his nation
William or Sennghor a Chief of the [symbol] [initial] LS
Oneidas
the Stone
The mark of his Nation
Hendrick or Sagnarisera the Chief of the [symbol] [initial] LS
Tuscoraras [sic]
the Cross
The mark of his Nation
Bunt or Chenaugheata a Chief of the
[symbol] [initial] LS
Onondagas
The Mountain
The mark of his Nation
Tagaara a Chief of the
[symbol] [initial] LS
Cayugas
The Pipe
The Mark of his Nation
Gaustrax a Chief of the
[symbol] [initial] LS
Senecas
The high Hill
��Page 7
Sealed and Delivered
in the Presence of us
}
The word “Croghan” being first written on [Razures?]
Eleven times and the Words “and, ordown [sic], Tract” being
first Interlined
} Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of us all
the foregoing Interlinations [sic] [Razures?] and Writings
On [Razures?] being first made
WmFranklin Governor of New-Jersey
F[N?]: Smyth Cheif Justice of New-Jersey
Thomas Walker Commissioner for Virginia
Richard Peters } [of the Council of Pennsylvania]
James Tilghman } [of the Council of Pennsylvania]
John Skinner Capt. in the 70th Rugment [sic]
Joseph Chin of Connecticutt [sic]
John Weatherhead of New York
John Walker of Virginia
[Fitch?] of Connecticutt [sic]
Thomas Walker Junior Virginia
John Butler Inturperter [sic] for the Crowne
On the Seventh day of January in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and Sixty Nine before [illegible]
Isaac Jones Esquire Mayor of the City of Philidelphia [sic]
came the Reverend M Richard Peters Rector of the
two united Churches of Christ Church and Saint Peter
In Philidelphia [sic] one of the Subscriting [sic] Witnesses to
within written deed and made Oath on the Holy Evanga[illegible]
of Almighty God that [was?] present and did [scithe?]
within named Abraham or Tyahanesera a Chief of the
Mohocks William or Sennghois a Chief of the Oneidas
Hendrick or Sagnarisera a Cheif of the Tuscoraras
Bunt or Chenaugheata a Cheif of the Onondagas ~
Tagaara a Cheif of the Cayuga and Gaustrax
��Page 8
Cheif of the Senecas make the several Marks in the within
written deed against their respective names Placed as the
Particular Mark of each nation and did also see the said
Abraham or Tyahanesera William or Sennghois Hendrick
or Sagnarisera Bunt or Chenaugheata Tagaara and
Gaustrax respectively seal and as their Act and deed
deliver in behalf of Themselves and the several nations
which they Effectually represented the within written deed
Poll and that the name Richard Peters Subscribed thereto
as a Witness of thesame is of this own hand Writing [sic] &
also that thesaid Richard Peters saw WFranklin ~
Governor of New Jersey Free Smyth Chief Justice of New
Jersey Thomas Walker Commissioner for Virginia
James Tilghman of the Council of Pennsylvania John
Skinner Capt. of the 70th Rugment [sic] Joseph Chew of ~
Connecticutt [sic] John Walker of Virginia Fitch of Connecticutt [sic]
Thomas Walker Junior of Virginia John Butler Interpruter [sic]
for the Crown Subscribe their names as Witnesses likewise
to the signing sealing and Delivery of the within written
deed Poll Witness my hand and Seal the day & year
Above said
H: Jones [initials] LS
[initials] LS
Recorded in the Office for recording
of deeds for the City and County of Philadelphia
in Book I Vol. 5 Page 239 &
Certified under my hand and Seal of Office Aforesaid this
12th January 1769
Will Parr [Recdr?]~
[Macourt?] Continued and held for Augusta County at
Pittsburg September the 23^d. 1775
This deed of Bargain & Sale from the Sachems
Of the Six united Nations of the Indians to George Croghan
Esq. was Proved by Thomas Walker & John Walker
Gentlemen two of the Witnesses thereto & Ordered to be
Certified
��Page 9
[Macourt?] held for Augusta County by Authority of the
Commonwealth of Virginia at Staunton Aug^t. 19th 1777
This deed of Bargain and Sale from the Sachems
of the Six united nations of Indians to George Croghan
Esquire being formerly Proved by the Oaths of Thomas
and John Walker Gentlemen two of the Witnesses thereto
Subscribed at a Court held at Pittsburg was this day further
Proved by the Oath of Thomas Walker Jun. another
of the Witnesses thereto Subscribed and Ordered to be
Recorded
Lest.
John Madison
This Indenture made the Eighth
day of August in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred
and Seventy Seven between Joseph Love and Mary his Wife
of the County of Montgomery and Commonwealth of Virginia
of the one Part and Richard Payne of the Country of Augusta
of the other Part Witnesseth that thesaid Joseph and
Mary Love forand in Consideration of five Schillings
Current Money of Virginia to them in hand Paid by the
Richard Payne at or before the Sealing and delivery of these
Presents the receipt of which is hereby Acknowledged hath
Granted bargained & sold And by these these Presents doth
Grant bargained and sell unto thesaid Richard Payne & his
heirs for ever a Certain tract or Parcel of land Contour
by Estimation three hundred and thirteen be the same
more or Less and bounded by several tracts to with John
Jasperson the south William Armstrong & Williams
Rutledges on the West Thomas Rutledges & David Henderson
on the North and John Huntonson the East the March
Trees of which bounds may more fully appear by deed
made to thesaid Joseph Love by
and all houses buildings Orchards ways waters water
Courses Profits Commodities Hereditaments & [Appurtenance?]
whatsoever to thesaid Premises hereby Granted or any
Part thereof belonging or in any wise Appertaining & the
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Pittsburgh City Land Grant
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Native Americans
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A land deed between George Croghan and the Six Nations tribe of Native Americans. The land in question was 150,000 acres of wood in the Colony of Pennsylvania in what is today Pittsburgh.
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County African American Records: Miscellaneous Documents
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African Americans--History
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Voting Register Colored (African American) 1904
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Voting Registers
African Americans
Suffrage
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Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
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A 20th-century voting register for African Americans in Augusta County Virginia. The register dates back to the early 20th century and was restored with the help of the Augusta County Genealogical Society and Kofile Technologies. A physical copy of the register is available in the Deed Room at Augusta County Circuit Court.
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County African American Records: Miscellaneous Documents
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African Americans--History
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Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Marriage Register Colored 1888-1910
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Marriage Records
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African Americans--History
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Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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1888-1910
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Library of Virginia
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African Americans--History
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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1865-1867
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Library of Virginia
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Augusta County African American Records: Miscellaneous Documents
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African Americans--History
Augusta County (Va.)--History
Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Matthew Wingfield
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Freedmen's Bureau Record of Freedmen 1865-1868
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Freedmen--United States
Children of Freedmen
African Americans--History
Augusta County (Va.)--History
Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
Description
An account of the resource
This record was created by the Freedmen's Bureau and given to Augusta County Circuit Court in 1868. The document contains quartermaster information, marriage information, as well as the names of children of recently freed slaves. The document was digitized as a part of the CCRP grant program at the Library of Virginia. A physical copy of the document can be seen in the deed room at Augusta County Circuit Court.
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Freedmen's Bureau
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Freedmen's Bureau
Publisher
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Date
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1865-1868
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Library of Virginia
Kofile Technologies
Matthew Wingfield
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PDF
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English-Handwritten
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Text
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ACCH-AA-FB-001
Coverage
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Virginia
Augusta County (Va.)
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Augusta_County_African_American_Records_Miscellaneous_Documents/ACCH-Free-Negro-Register-Part2.pdf
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Augusta County African American Records: Miscellaneous Documents
Subject
The topic of the resource
African Americans--History
Augusta County (Va.)--History
Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
Description
An account of the resource
This collection contains all of the digitized Augusta County Circuit Court records pertaining to African American history. This collection is an important first step in documenting the black experience in Augusta County, VA during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Physical copies of most of these documents are on view in the deed room of Augusta County Circuit Court in Staunton, VA.
Creator
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Publisher
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1865-1904
Contributor
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Library of Virginia
Kofile Technologies
Augusta County Genealogical Society
Matthew Wingfield
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English
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Text
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ACCH-AA
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Virginia
Augusta County (Va.)
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Book
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Title
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Free Negro Register Part 2
Subject
The topic of the resource
African Americans--History
Free Blacks
Augusta County (Va.)--History
Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
Description
An account of the resource
Free Negro Register Part 2 is a document originating in the Augusta County, VA Circuit Court. The book serves as a register of Free Blacks who lived in the county around 1810. The document lists the applicant's name, age, description, and the circumstances surrounding their freedom.
Creator
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Augusta County Circuit Court
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Publisher
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1810-1860
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Kofile Technologies, Matthew Wingfield
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PDF
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English-Handwritten
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Text
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ACCH-AA-FNR-002
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Virginia
Augusta County (Va.)
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Augusta_County_African_American_Records_Miscellaneous_Documents/ACCH-Free-Negro-Register-Part1.pdf
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Title
A name given to the resource
Augusta County African American Records: Miscellaneous Documents
Subject
The topic of the resource
African Americans--History
Augusta County (Va.)--History
Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
Description
An account of the resource
This collection contains all of the digitized Augusta County Circuit Court records pertaining to African American history. This collection is an important first step in documenting the black experience in Augusta County, VA during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Physical copies of most of these documents are on view in the deed room of Augusta County Circuit Court in Staunton, VA.
Creator
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Source
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Publisher
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1865-1904
Contributor
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Library of Virginia
Kofile Technologies
Augusta County Genealogical Society
Matthew Wingfield
Rights
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Collection of PDFs
Language
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English
Type
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Text
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ACCH-AA
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Virginia
Augusta County (Va.)
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Book
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Title
A name given to the resource
Free Negro Register Part 1
Subject
The topic of the resource
African Americans--History
Free Blacks
Augusta County (Va.)--History
Augusta County (Va.)--Genealogy
Description
An account of the resource
Free Negro Register Part 1 is a document originating in the Augusta County, VA Circuit Court. The book serves as a register of Free Blacks who lived in the county around 1810. The document lists the applicant's name, age, description, and the circumstances surrounding their freedom.
Creator
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Augusta County Circuit Court
Publisher
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Augusta County Circuit Court
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1810-1860
Contributor
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Kofile Technologies, Matthew Wingfield
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PDF
Language
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English-Handwritten
Type
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Text
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ACCH-AA-FNR-001
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Virginia
Augusta County (Va.)
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Rockingham_County_Criminal_Court_Criminal_Cases/ccr001_001_032-commonwealth-v-john-shifflett.pdf
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
Description
An account of the resource
This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
Creator
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
Date
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1778-1971
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PDF
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Ccr001
Ccr002
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Text
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Date
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1889
Title
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Commonwealth v John Shifflett
Subject
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Felony
Theft
Description
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Defendant charged with felony theft.
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JMU LIbraries
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Contributor
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Jennifer Taylor
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PDF
Identifier
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CCR001_001_032
Shifflett
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Rockingham_County_Criminal_Court_Criminal_Cases/ccr001_002_001-commonwealth-v-a-c-baugher.pdf
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Title
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
Description
An account of the resource
This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
Creator
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
Date
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1778-1971
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Ccr001
Ccr002
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Text
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Date
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1893
Title
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Commonwealth v. A.C. Baugher
Subject
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Felony
Assault and Battery
Description
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Defendant charged with felony assault and battery.
Publisher
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JMU LIbraries
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Jennifer Taylor
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PDF
Identifier
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CCR001_002_001
Baugher
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Rockingham_County_Criminal_Court_Criminal_Cases/ccr001_001_033-commonwealth-v-a-j-vanpelt.pdf
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
Description
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This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
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JMU Libraries
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1778-1971
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Ccr001
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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1889
Title
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Commonwealth v. A.J. Vanpelt
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Misdemeanor
Sale of Alcohol
Description
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Defendant charged with misdemeanor sale of alcohol.
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JMU LIbraries
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Jennifer Taylor
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CCR001_001_033
Vanpelt
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
Description
An account of the resource
This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
Date
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1778-1971
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Ccr001
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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Date
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1889
Title
A name given to the resource
Commonwealth v. Adam Wood
Subject
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Felony
Break and Enter
Larceny
Description
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Defendant charged with felony break and enter and felony larceny.
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JMU LIbraries
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Jennifer Taylor
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PDF
Identifier
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CCR001_001_034
Liskey
Wood
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https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Rockingham_County_Criminal_Court_Criminal_Cases/ccr001_001_054-commonwealth-v-albert-radford.pdf
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
Description
An account of the resource
This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
Creator
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1778-1971
Rights
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PDF
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Ccr001
Ccr002
Contributor
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Text
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Date
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1891
Title
A name given to the resource
Commonwealth v. Albert Radford
Subject
The topic of the resource
Charges Unknown
Description
An account of the resource
Charges unknown
Publisher
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JMU LIbraries
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Jennifer Taylor
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PDF
Identifier
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CCR001_001_054
Radford
-
https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/files/original/Rockingham_County_Criminal_Court_Criminal_Cases/ccr001_001_063-commonwealth-v-annie-gay.pdf
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Title
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
Description
An account of the resource
This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Rockingham County Criminal Court
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
JMU Libraries
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1778-1971
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Format
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PDF
Identifier
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Ccr001
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Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Rockingham County Circuit Court
Text
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Date
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1892
Title
A name given to the resource
Commonwealth v. Annie Gay
Subject
The topic of the resource
Felony
Kept a House of Ill Fame
Description
An account of the resource
Defendant charged with felony kept a house of ill fame.
Publisher
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JMU LIbraries
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
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This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
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JMU Libraries
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1778-1971
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1899
Title
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Commonwealth v. Archie Webster
Subject
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Felony
Attempted Murder
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Defendant charged with felony attempted murder.
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CCR001_002_046
Johnson
Webster
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OCT
1932
COMMOffl\LTH
v.
ARTHUR LAY -
Felony
fJ.
(murder)
�7
�Commonwealth
of Virginia:
.
You are hereby commanded
.·//f, To e Sheriff of Rocking ha
to s11-1nmon
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to appear before the Judge of the fjcuit
atk-'t,;Jock,
a. m., on thef]J:J;;iy
Court of
at the Court House thereof,
of. ............. .
to testify and the truth to say in behalf of the Commo wealth before the GRAND
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and indicted for a felony misdemeanor.
. ... ..shall not omit under f1enal!J1of £100.
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there this Writ.
P
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L. PRESS,
HARRISONBURG,
VA.
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Commonwealth of Virginiat
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To-Wit:
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To JIV- 0
a Constable of said County:
Whereas, {j!Dl'IA.
- f5iu ~~~~aid County, has this day made
complaint and info~ioo-oJl---¢h
bef~_C~J
_______
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said County, tha(d:.-E-_---t::--u---J~~--,,,{__e--y-------s~7'9------------------of th
ounty, on t~e~/
~ daJ\of_~-------.-'
lW~ in the said County, did
~:J.-e/4
These are therefore, in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to command you forthwith to
apprehend and bri befo~r
s - other Justice of the said County, the body of the said
to answer the said complaint and to be fu
to summon____
er dealt with according to law. And you are required
..
'\
to appear and give evidence in behalf of the Commonwealth, on the examination touching the said
offence.
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)-
¥
day
�Commonwealth
Commonwealth
vs.
the
Defendant
and costs
found
Arrest
:;rrant
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Judgment
That
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guilty
and
fined
as follows:
Fine
Clerk's
Executed
the within warrant
ing and delivering the body of
Fee
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before
a justice
Coun,ty, and by sum-
named witnesses
in person
�and acknowledged
themselves
to be
Commonwealth
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to be levied of their respective
wealth
of Virginia
goods and chattels,
rendered,
of Virginia
tll5m ?f
0
($5~
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. Dollars,
lands and tenements,
each in
for the_ -use of the Common-
and they each severally waved their homestead
exemption
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cognizance; yel upon this condition:
That if the said ...
~........~ .................shall
the Ci,cuit Court of Rockingham County, at the Courthouse~
CJ!:~ ...
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persooally ~before
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7.......
day of ........
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heard,
at such other
time or times
to which the proceedings
and before any court or judge hereafter
the said charge,
.
may be continued
having or holding any proceedings
and then and there answer
the Commonwealth
of Virginia
in connection
concerning
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whereof the sajd ~.~~······
c • rged, and be bound under said recognizance
declared void by order of a competent
or further
with
a certain
stands
until the c_harge is finally disposed
court, then the ~bove recognizance
of or until it is
shall be null and void; other-
wise to remain in full force and effect.
IN ·WITNESS
WHEREOF,
I
hereunto
affix my signature
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.
��COMiv10NWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTYOF ROCKINGF..AJ\1,
to-wit:
In the Circuit
Court
The grand
and now attending
their
oaths
1932,
in said
Floyd
Fultz,
of said
jurors
said
against
in and for
Court
do present
that
County,
County:
at its
October
Arthur
feloniously
the peace
the County of Rockingham
term,
Lay, on or about
did kill
and dignity
upon
1932,
July
and murder
21,
one
of the Conrro.onwealth
of Virginia.
This
indictment
/
Dr. F. L. Byers,
Daniel,
✓
Moubray,
Layton
Nevnnan, witnesses
to give
evidence.
Morris,
is
found on the testimony
V
v·
Nora Morris,
Isla Morris,
w. E. vLucas,
sworn in Court
Geo. Lawson,
and sent
before
of R.
v
V
w. Mc-
Bernard
V'
and S. F.
the grand
jury
�Murder
Commonwea 1th
v) Indictment
Arthur
Lay
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Felony
Uctober
term,
1932
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Foreman
Witnesse1.R.
W. McDaniel
,Dr. F. L. Byers
\!Nora Morris
V Isla
Morris
✓ Bernard Moubray
✓ Layton Morris
! • E. Lucas
Geo. Lawson
✓ S. F. Newman
D. W. Earman
Commonwealth's Attorney
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Title
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
Description
An account of the resource
This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
Creator
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
Date
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1778-1971
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This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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PDF
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Ccr001
Ccr002
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Text
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Date
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1932
Title
A name given to the resource
Commonwealth v. Arthur Lay
Subject
The topic of the resource
Felony
Murder
Description
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Defendant charged with felony murder.
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
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Format
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PDF
Identifier
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CCR001_012_004
Fultz
Lay
-
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
Description
An account of the resource
This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
Creator
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
Date
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1778-1971
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Identifier
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Ccr001
Ccr002
Contributor
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
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Date
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1892
Title
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Commonwealth v. B. Franklin Lafferty
Subject
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Felony
Attempted Murder
Description
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Defendant charged with felony attempted murder.
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JMU LIbraries
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Jennifer Taylor
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PDF
Identifier
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CCR001_001_067
Lafferty
Rogers
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Title
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
Description
An account of the resource
This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years.
Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County.
Creator
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Rockingham County Criminal Court
Publisher
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JMU Libraries
Date
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1778-1971
Rights
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This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Format
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PDF
Identifier
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Ccr001
Ccr002
Contributor
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Rockingham County Circuit Court
Text
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Date
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1872
Title
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Commonwealth v. B.D. Avis
Subject
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Misdemeanor
Sale of Alcohol
Description
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Defendant charged with misdemeanor sale of alcohol.
Publisher
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JMU LIbraries
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Contributor
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Jennifer Taylor
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Identifier
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CCR001_001_025
Avis