Legal Battles

1834	Valentine Leopold vs. Elizabeth Leopold
1835	Barbara Ann Musser vs. Joseph Musser
1839	John James Murdered Henderson Berry
1870	Phillips vs. Calhoun
1888	Alf McCoy Gets Life Sentence
	Bob Starks Arrested
1894	Ruth Kelly Confesses
1895	Stephen Strong Arrested
	Thomas McGraw/James Tanner
	Abe Smith vs. Simon Labold
	John Overturf Indicted
	Charles Morton gets 4 years, John Weathernax gets 3 years
	Charles Hoyt Escapes from Workhouse
1896	William Williams Charged with Stealing
	Governor Bushnell Pardons Edward Pollog
	Thomas McKee, Alleged Dynamiter
1897	Sunday League must pay costs
	Penn Heirs of Scioto County
	H.C. Wade Awarded $10,000 in Damages
1899	A J Padan Files Bankruptcy
	Thomas W. Kinney declares bankruptcy
1901	Mollie Frye
1902	Mollie Frey sues estate of William Hill
1905	Herman Hamilton Pleas Insanity
	Fined for Contempt
	Albert N. Burris charged with forgery
1906	John Dever Sues Solomon Dever
	Jarred O. Hughes Indicted for Murder
	Thomas McNeal Convicted of Murder
1907	James R. Anderson Confesses to Starting Fire
1911	Lawyers Get No Fee
	Carl Davis Sentenced to Life
	Dr. George B. Nye Trial Begins
	Dr. George B. Nye Trial Begins
	Dave Clapper & Wm. Hughes Escape from Prison
	Felix Crabb confesses to murder
	Rufus Burcham Owes Life to Governor's Wife
1913	Cox Fair Toward Labor is Verdict
1915	Good Moral Character is Defined by State Liquor Commission
1916	Rich Widow in Cell with Negress
1918	George Washington Baker and Pauline Panatoni sentenced to electric chair
1919	Patrick Hunter Arrested
1922	Dry Law Violators
1923	George Bombrey questioned for trying to sell baby
1930	Deputy Sheriff Lew Turner's Home Raided
1931	Walter Carver Says He was Forced into Robbery
	Miss Jean West Dismissed from Miami University, Court Battle Starts
	Charles Williams Held for Court Action
	William McClanahan
	Marguerite Tidd/Judge William R. Sprague
	Liquor raids
	Arson ring
	G.W. Hatfield
	2 Deputies Dismissed
	Sheriff Office Probe Planned by Grand Jury
	9 Indictments Found Against Ousted Sheriff
	Ex-Sheriff In Jail to Serve 30-day Term
	9 Indictments Found Against Ousted Sheriff
1932	James Myers sentenced to US reformatory
	Louis Dyer sentenced to prison
	Russell May sentenced
	Paul Christian confesses to robberies
	Leon Marshall Faces Forgery Count
	Lloyd Lockhart Goes to Prison
	Virginia Queen Charged with Death
	George O. Scott Sentenced to Prison
	Paul Christian Sentenced to Life
	Arthur F. Young, Refused New Trial
1933	The Lloyd bill passes
	Felming Will Appear
	Grover Fleming answers criminal libel charges
	Pusateri "Love Murder"
1934	D. W. Gustin Appointed to Liquor Investigating Committee
	Meningitis Outbreak in Scioto County Jail
	Damage Claim Case Goes To State Court
	Horace L. Small Indicted
	O.E. McConkey Arrested
	Kangaroo Court Endorsed
1935	Oakley Earl Wyatt arrested
1936	James Thompson Executed
	System Used to Free Prisoners is Criticized
1937	Mrs. John Shope Charged with murder
	Bookies Banned in Portsmouth
	Rocky Howard Freed by Jury
1938	Lamb Apologizes, Disbarment Dropped
1946	Gammon Divorce
	Santa Claus Sues C. F. Rickey
1948	George Kimmell Charged In Holdup
1949	Curtis Floyd Akers Held for Theft
1950	Earl G. Stevens Pleads Not Guilty
1951	Leonard L. Adkins Arrested
1952	Narcotics Probed
	Robert Yates Accused of Raping 3 Girls
1953	Marie Kelburn Arrested
1954	6 Escape from Scioto Jail
1956	Dr. Charles A. Stockham Charged with Murder
1958	Manslaughter Charges Filed
1966	Franklin Broughton Ordered to Lima State Hospital
1974	George Washington Charged with Aggravated Murder