Mercer County Magistrate reports multiple docket actions in Bluefield
Mercer County Magistrate Ernest R Six heard numerous cases. Dismissals included assault and trespassing charges against Junior Davis and a bad check case against Sandra Bethel. Guilty pleas included Ralph Hanshaw for trespassing and William Bragg for profanity and public intoxication. Driving while intoxicated pleas were entered by Ted Poole and Paul Thompson with jail and license penalties. Several arrests cited by State Police. Other cases involved worthless checks, battery pleas, and welfare-related warrants.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Ernest R
Junior Davis
Carter Street
Bluefield
Danny Brewer
William Gearhart
John Penn
Davis
Edwin Wiley
Ralph B. Hanshaw
Wolfe
Roger Stroupe
Sheriff's Department
E.L. Fleming
Sandra Bethel
McDowell
Bi-Rite Drugs
McDowell County
C.H. McIntyre
William Bragg
Fayette Street
P.E. Winston
Ted Poole
General Delivery
F.E. Thomas
Ralph Thompson
G.W. Smith
Alvin Roland
Rt. 2
Lil’ Giant Food Store
Shopping Box
Wyatt
D.E. Hager
John P. Boots
Switchback
Donald Sizemore
Thomas Flannery
Niles
Ill
J.R. Rapp
Larry Dean Garrison
A. Bluefield
J.L. Brogan
Paul Thompson
David Pedneau
Leslie Combs
Rt. 6
Box 514
Combs
Deborah Gibson
Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney
William Akers
Martin Lee Griffith
P.O. Box 430
Willard L. Horton
Duhling
Barbara Gunnoe
West Virginia Department of Welfare
Freeman Receives Prison Sentence in Mercer Court
Mercer County Circuit Court judge William O. Bivens Jr. sentenced David Lee Freeman to one to 10 years in the state prison for breaking and entering Fairview Junior High School in Bluefield. Freeman will serve at Huttonsville Correctional Center with credit for time already served. The plea also dismissed two other indictments. In related action, Ben Patterson’s appeal was extended four months. Warren Echols and Randy Belcher received probation.
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Princeton
Mercer County
West Virginia
William O. Bivens Jr
David Lee Freeman
Fairview
Bluefield
Bivens
Freeman
Huttonsville
Fairview School
Edwin Wiley
Thorn School
Western Steel
James Satterfield
Ben Patterson
Satterfield
Buford Early
Allen Dale Flannery
Warren Echols
Plaintiff Wins Accident Suit in Mercer County
Judge William O. Bivens Jr. ruled for plaintiff Jim Foster, awarding $760 in an accident case against Claude Erps. The incident occurred at Bland and Union Streets in Bluefield, with lawyers Larry Morhous for Foster and Buford Early for the defendant. Also noted: Mercer County Juvenile Probation Department handled 34 cases in April, including 10 trials, with multiple outcomes and 24 informal cases, plus a brief note on Berne Switzerland’s onion festival since 1405.
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Jim Foster
Claude Erps
Bland and
Union Streets
Bluefield
Larry Morhous
Foster
Buford
Berne
Switzerland
Guilty Plea Leads Macos To Five to Eighteen Year Term
Bluefield man Jerry Boykin pleaded guilty in Mercer County Circuit Court to second degree murder for the 1974 shooting of Bluefield cab driver Josiah White Jr and the 1974 bank robbery attempt at the Peoples Bank of Bluewell. Judge William O. Bivens Jr. sentenced him to five to 18 years in the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, with credit for time served.
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Barbara Hawkins Dal
Princeton
Bluefield
Bluewell
Mercer County
West Virginia
William O. Bivens Jr
Jerry Boykin
Moundsville
Boykin
Billy Burkett
Randall Veneri
Deborah Gibson
Bivens
Josiah White Jr
Peoples Bank of Bluewell
White
Jerome Katz
West Virginia Supreme Court
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James Dunford
Mercer County Circuit Court
James Wright
Nemours
Willie G. Williams
Box 1192
Oceana
Thomas Lilly
Maude Williams
Robert Browning Jr
Pineville
David Price
Rt. 3
Box 696
Michael Lilly
Dreama Woody
Cherry St
Oldridge Lee Thomas
Thornton Ave
Morris L. Mosico
Department of Welfare
Robert E. Manning
Rt. 4
Box 305
W. Terry
Mercer Circuit Court
Mercer County Juvenile Probation Department
Probation Department
Department of Corrections
Juvenile Probation Department
Brushfork Armory
Kenneth Ridings
North Greenville Jr. College
Furman University
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute
Hendersonville
North Carolina
Grassey Branch Baptist Church
Asheville
Mountain Tate
Sheraton Inn
The
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Bluefield Sheraton Hotels & Inns
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Warlicks
Stove Weide
Warlick
Raleigh St
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