The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-12-03
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Inc Grani jury ADJOURNED on Friday last,
after session of 81 Xtecn days, during which
time they returned SO presentments and bills Of
Indictment to the Court. Their Report
| upon the condition of the Almshouse and
| County Jail will be found in another column.
The Court remarked upon their report that
| it would cause q copy of the same to be pre-
sented to the County Commissioners, and that
unless some steps were taken to provide a
safe and more suitable place of confinement
| for persons charged with ofenses against the
law, it would feel obliged to take the matter
| into its own hands and release parties upon
| their own recognizanccs, or find u more fit
| place ofconfnement for them, as from its own
| knowledge, as well as from the report of the
Grand Jury, it was convinced that this jail
| was both insecure and that it vas an act of
inhumanity to confinc prisoners therein.-
The following cases have been disposed of
since our last report:
State VS.. Cyrus Minnick; assault and bat
terry; plead guilty and fined fifty cents and
costs Rutledgc for State, s. Archer for de-
| PENDANT.
State VS.. same; assault and battery tried
before the Court and adjudged guilty; fined
81 and costs and imprisoned in the county
Jail for ten days. Rutlcdge for State, S. Ar
| cher for defendant.
| State VS.. Thomas Hutton; assault and bat
| terry; tried before the Court and adjudged
guilty and fined fifteen cents; both the ira
verser and prosecuting witness in this case
were mere boys, apparently of not more than
10 or IA years of age Rutledge and S. Ar
| cher for State, Ii. Stump for defendant.
State vs.. Isaac Linson; larceny; tried be-
fore jury and verdict guilty. Rutlcdgc and
Maynadier for State II. Stump and VIM. II.
Dallam for defendant.
State vs. Joseph Parks; indicted for the
killing of Basil Grafton. A synopsis of this
case was given in our paper last week. At
the close of our report the jury had tue same
under consideration, and after remaining out
from Thursday evening until Friday after
noon they returned into Court and reported
that they were unable to agree, upon which
they were discharged by the Court. Outside
rumor has ii that they stood nine for convic-
ton Of manslaughter and three for acquittal
The case will have to be tried over again, in
consequence of their failure to agree.
Statevs. Jennie Blaney; indictment for lar
ceny tried before a jury and verdict not
guilty. Rutlcdge and Hopkins for State,
Stump and Van Bibber for defendant.
William Cooley vs. Enoch Noyes and Henry
Smithson; record from Cecil county; action
on promissory note for 1915, the consdera-
ton being for tue price of mare and mule
Tried before a jury and verdict for plaintiff
$219.10. Stump and Maynadier for plain
| tiff, H. w. Archer and 0. S. Lee for defend
ants
State vs. George Gibson; Indictment for
larceny tried before jury; verdict guilty.
Rutledgc for the State, Stump and Wilson
| for defence
The jury were finally discharged on Thurs
day, after q session of nearly four weeks.
After the transaction of some Equity bust
ness, court will propably adjourn on to-day
(Friday) until the February term