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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1981

Page

8

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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