The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-05-26
Circuit Court for BALTIC. County.
MAY TERM, 1866.


Before Hon. D. G. H. Emory, Judge; John T.
Ensor, ESQ.,, States Attorney.
FRIDAY, May IS.
State of Maryland, upon the petition of Edith
Gentleman, guardian, VS.. Caroline Short, for a
writ of habeas corpus for the infant body of j. 7.
Mason, infant custody of the infant awarded to
Edith Genteman,l petitioner and guardian
State ofMaryand upon the petition of William
III Cope vs.-Lincoln, manager of the house of
refuge for writ of habeas corpus Cope, it APP
pears, was committed to the house of refuge as
vagrant by Justice Spicer, of Baltimore city, and
it was contended this his (Pope's) mother (who,
by the way, is the mother of twenty-five children
had means amply sufficient for his support
Judge Emory decided that under the law giving
justice of the peace power to commit Migrants to
the house ofrefuge he could not inquire whether
person so committed was a vagrant or not
that the question of vagrancy was one which the
justice of the peace had sole power to decide, and
that his decision was final, and consequently
Judge Emory rejected the petition for the writ
of habeas corpus.
SATURDAY, May 10.
Caspar Hoffman VS.. Charlton w. Billingslea,
executor of Richard Green-bill for the specific
performance of a contract and to compel the said
Billingslea to give him a deed for about sixty
acres of land sold by said Green to said Caspar
Hoffman. Argued before the the court by Thorn
as J. Warrington, Esq, for complainant and by
Walter Farnandis, Esq, for defendant. Held
sub icuria.
+ State vs. LEWIS Norwood, removed from Balti-
more city, and convicted short time since of
murder in the second degree. Motion for new
trial agued by R. w. Dougherty, Esq, for the
prisoner. Held sub curia.' Court then adjourn
ed until Monday, when the May term of the
court begins. U
MONDAY, May 2lst.
The May term of this Court began this morn
ing The Sheriff presented his list of Jurors
summoned, and the following gentlemen were
drawn as the grand jury:
Amos Matthews, foreman John H. McCub-
bin, VIM. Thomson, Nicholas Smith, Sr., Geo.
Fox, Geo. F. Whiting, Caleb Hopes, Adam H.
Krout, Geo. Lynch, Josiah Wheeler, c. H. Nico-
lai, John T. Philips, Anthony Maggie, George
Norris, John Spicer, Brown Sparks, Michael
Parsons, VIM. Burns, VIM. Mari, Samuel f.
Baublitz, Thos j. English, Francis B. Croft, Jos.
Parsons.
The petit jury is composed of the following
gentlemen
B. B. Bush, Lewis R. Cole, Joseph Leaf, Fran
els Kendg c. A. Kelly Geo. Councilman, Saml
G.tWilson, Ira Upton, Ambrose S. Bull, Owen
Gooding VIM. P. Jean, George King, Henry
Kone, Jehu Peregoy, Jacob Shamberger, John
Ames, VIM. G. Strong, John L. Lloyd, Freder-
lex Fowble Josiah Blackjack, VIM. Sykes, Jos.
~, no"e, fulentlne OrOSS, aaron Iuckef, DarOy
S. Ensor.
The Grand Jury was briefly charged by his
Honor in reference to their various duties, and
after the calling of the dockets and the assign
ment of several cases for trial, Court adjourned
until tomorrow morning.
TUESDAY,, May 22d.
Aaron Kemp and George W Day VS.. Angus
tus A. Baggs. Judgment by confession in favor
of the plaintiffs for $685.32, without interest
from date, and COSTS Messrs Hinkley and Nor
ris for plaintiffs Messrs. Daniels and Grason for
defendant. VIM. Fort, indicted for larceny, and |
whose case was removed from Baltimore city, |
not being in court his recognizance was forfeited.
Geo. W. Dutton security. John Young and |
Robert ThurSby, indicted for conspiracy, and |
whose cases were removed from Baltimore city, |
not being in court yesterday, their recognizance
was forfeited This morning the forfeiture was |
stricken out, and the cases fixed for Thursday, |
May 3lst. State VS.. VIM. Lkecomer, indicted |
for an assault with intent to ravlsh Catharine |
Fogle, and also for a common assault. Remov-
ed from the Criminal Court of Baltimore city
Plea of not guilty confessed by the State on the |
first count of the indictment, and plea Of guilty
confessed by the defendant on the second count. |
Fined 81 and costs. Thomas A. Hopkins, Esq,
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