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COHN STEALING.Some party, or parties, have been help-I *»v ' *log themselves to the corn belongiog to Jas. Miller, Robert Cox, Samuel Lewis (of Mapleton), and others. The corn wasstolen from the field, and was carried1 ' . ‘away by the sackful, and in one instance by the wagonful. Warrants were sworn out and the following men were arrested^ and tried on Saturday last before hisr * • . 9Honor, Esquire J. EL Petree* assisted by , Esquire John R. Bowman ; John Raines, Wm, Morris, (son of Painter—panther— Bill), John Morris, (son of SorreJ John),I -— Rolston, and —— Frasier. A large I crowd of witnesses and spectators assem-! bled in Port ior the trial, the outcome ofwhich we have not heard. Constable% rrested the parties. Sam. Lewis informed us he counted twenty lour shocks in one row, which had been denuded of every ear in reach without throwing open theJack Downs, assisted by Dan Royer, ar-shock. We were compelled to leave beafore the trial terminated, and so are unable to give results.
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Register
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Fri, Dec 08, 1893
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