120 Salem Township; James Douglass, Oxford Township ; and Abraham Knisely, of Goshen Township. The first Associate Judges were John Heckewelder, Augusta Carr and Christian Deardorff. Common Pleas Judge was William Wilson. The first Grand Jury to sit in council to arbitrate, in reason, the differences of their fellows, consisted of Samuel Mosser, Godfrey Hoff, Gideon Jennings, John Harbaugh. Abraham Kinsely, George Stiffler, Isaac Deardorff, ■ James Smiley. Lewis Knaus, John Knaus. Abraham Romig, Joseph Everett, Philip Zeigler and Conrad Roth. The first Petit Jury recorded in criminal case in Tuscarawas county was composed of Aaron Corey. Tobias Shunk, John Baltzley, Philip Itskin, John Uhrich, John Bexver. Boaz Walton. Charles Hill, James Welsh. Jacob Wintsch, John Junkins. John Romig. James Carr, and William Mullain. The first criminal indictment recorded was tried before the Associate Judges, on the 28th of August, 1809. David Wolgamot, of Oxford Township, was charged with having sold three quarts of whiskey to John Jacobs, an Indian, for four deerskins, contrary to
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