Maryland free press. [volume] (Hagerstown [Md.]) 1862-18??, 1867-03-07
Adieurnmeat .ef IGeart.

On Monday last the, Circsit Court for WASH
ington county met At II 4. L., in the Court
Han. After the adjournment Of the November
Term cpd the calling Of the March Term, the
Sheriff proceeded to call over the list pejprors.
whom he had summoned for bis own anpsepept.l
They Eeye nearly i Rat, quite Ill present, and I
iovSiy cFoya they were. With the exception Of
some two or three, whose superiority over che
balance only served to rsader more conspicuous
and glsring the un6tness Of the rest, we think
that ''Pon'' must have tried himself to see how
incompetent and how worthless Q set Of jurors
be could select. We did think 1t the time that
1t would be hard to have raked together worse
jury than that which was inflicted upon us last
Nove@ber, and we supposed that the 'Towest
Depth had then been reached, but the jury
summoned to the present term shows us that If
possible ia lower deep can still be found.,' ~
We give q list Of the jury yhq wo1ld have
been the very men, In ''Pon's'' opinion, to try
''Pete' s. libel suit and sundry other like claims
against the Judges of election, and the indict-
ments Of our registers, &c, &c. Here be the
list, 1t needs no further note or comment:
Michael Yessler. Isaac Carver, r s Roach.
Peter Hull, Jacob Stsver, Daniel Spessard, Isaac
Hiidebrand, Solomon Smith, II r Lowman, 81.
John i Smith Rssid Ksiier, Joseph J Hine
Edward Houck, Samuel H. Miller, Jeremiah
Ds~as Abraham Grcse' John real Ga.
! shs, !. J.. shSSss hfs PsFo;ss, hrr
William BIB, Aaron b Frey, Charles Delliuser,
Samuel u. Stake, George Wolf Hiram Sickle.
Louis p. McComas, John wantz, Samuel Sci.
bert. Joseph walAek, AR Magruder, Hezeki-
alb Robinson. William xposls, Jacob n Startz.
man, Henry A HORNE, Samuel L Kiug, George
Fisher. a 20 '.-
After the calling of she names Of this precious
crew, Judge French remarked that sin &c the last
November Term Of the Court, the LEI stature of
this State had passed Law changing the mode
Of selecting jurors In Washington, Carroll and
Frederick counties. He alluded briefly to the
provisions Of the new law,a synopsis Of which has
already appeared In our columns, and with which
we presume our readers qsqEe tolsFaRly familiar
ana thap proceeded to give his views in regard
to his duty under the law. He remarked, that
with the expedieucy and policy of the law he
had nothing to do, but as the oustitutionslity
Of the Act had been denied by SEINE, he would
consider that question. If he conceived the Law
to be unconstitutional it would be his duty 70
disregard It, and he should not, in that case,
hesitate to do 80. The only clause Of tue consti
tuition that h.s been cited as being In conflic.
with this Act is the provision that ''the Gcner-
al Assembly shall pass no special law for any
case for which provision has been made by an
existing general law" His Honor then sho wed
in few brief and pertinent remarks that since
the ed9Eton Of ite gEeseat constitution there has
been NO existing gsnerg law In the State relating
TO the'selection ofjurors. The juries in the four
Courts of Baltimore city were selected in q man.
ner vety similar to the provisions of the Act
POW under consi ieration. He hal no doubt
whatever as to the constitutionality of the pres
ent lev, and cited the opinion OF Judge Pearre,
OF AllegaPy, given ip relation to a similar law
that had been passed in 1865 for summoring ju-
rors in that county, in support of his views.
His Honor then discharged "Ron's" jury, and
shortly afterwards adjourned the Court until the
first of April, by which time jury will be sum
monsd in accordance With tho provisions Of the
new.lay.
T44s IN Y very few words Of plain common
sense. did Judge French completely sweep away
and demolish the luminous aud profound argu-
ments of that learned and eminent legal lumina-
ry, that ''sucking Mansfield" ''Fleet Pete
This indeed was "the most uukindest cut Of
ell"