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sssisisssssss: ssssss^sssS^ss^, Circuit Court.The Hendricks Circuit Court adjourned'v' •' . * -•..: • '*. ' •': .*?'■ *■ .lt;*- ;v ' * ■■ '■ ■ ’• •on Thursday morning last, having disposed of all the business on fche docket, A large majority of the cases tried were tint important, and a report of them would be of little or 'no interest to our readers:The case of the trustees of Union township against Sylvnster G. Weather-ead, Was decided in favor of the defendant, because the road alledged to have been obstructed, was not made in accordance with the statute. The order by which the road was established, did not define the width of the road, %nd it was, therefore, decided by the court, that said order was null and void, and that the road was not a legal one.The case of Scearce against D. D. Hambleton and others,(appealed from the magistrate’s court, and of which we gave a report sometiihe ago) was tried, and the decision of the court below sustained. \Indiana Chapman obtained a divorce from her husband Hugh R. Chapman.The case of Freeman against Ellington was taken back to Indianapolis.The case of the State of Indianaagainst William B. Perkins for the murder of his own child, was continued to the next term on account of the absence of the witnesses for the State. Perkins is still confined in jail at this place.The Hotel case of Morse against Dan. Pearson, was continued.Anong the Attorneys from abroad we noticed A. A. Hammond, Esq., Judge David McDonald, and JSfewcomb and Harvey, all of Indianapolis.
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Danville Advertiser
Danville, Indiana, US
Sat, Apr 08, 1854
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