The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-10-28
The Gore Case and the County
Commissioners.

will greatly improve upon their past habits
Of economy as exhibited in their conduct Of
the financial affairs of the County during the
wears ,6s. ,6.. ,s5. ,ss and 'G7.-and we
are dulv thankful for The reference made in
the last ;sspe of the Sent;nsl. tn tho con.
duct of Tho prasent hoard Of Coun,v Com.
miss;opers in relation To the aGore case.'
7, WIN. our ;ntent;on IN have adyerted 10
th;s case al the time Il p,ssed .brongh the
eorms of n trial nj Frelar;ck in (etober. 'gs,
I'M, refrained from so doing simply ont Of
reg,rd for some who are interested in the
result Since. however. Mr.. Cores politi
cal friends seem to think the case needs
ventilation, we will ioin hands with our
ne;ehbor oyer the way. and exhibit some of
the interesting features of this remarkable
case.
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.;ono,. consisted or po,;au;n ShrnL Tbos
r shonhord .nd John II Cbow with Tho
Hon John y smith as their local aaviser.
all or who, ara ,y,no,,,, 10 he Radicals
The Reco, DIS Of the Commissioners office
exhibit Mr.. Cores Indebtedness To the Conn.
ty Mt that time ,e4. to have been between
$1,000 and $1,000. with an accumulation of
interest. the exact amount of which we do
no. know II was during The wear 1864.
that sn;, WINS first bronybt in the Circu;t
Cont for this County against the Bond of
Mr.. Gore and II il 10 be presumed, rs their
Counsel that year received 500 for profes.
s;onaI services. that A mart of those services
was rendered in advising the Commission.
ers rs tn the propr;e,v Of this suit. II is
true that this does not appear from the
Books of the Commissioners Office, which
simply show that the Counsel of the Board
for that year, received 500 for his profes.
sional services "for the sake of brevity and
eonven;snce n, least. they have agvregated
the sum leaving the outside world to guess
the itemsn On the 10th day of April,
,ss5. Mr.. Gore anneared in the Circuit
COM, and made affidavit that he could not
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and his case was accordingly removed to
Frederick County, where it has been quietly
sleeping until the present Board came into
Office; and be it said to their credit, that
they have used every reasonable endeavor
to amicably adjust the differences between
Mr.. Gore and the County, and failing in
this, they have sought by every fair means
in their power to bring the case to an i'm
partial determination before the Courts
The case came on for trial at the Fall term
'6s Of the Circuit Court for Frederick Coun-
ty, and the jury rendered their verdict for
the Defendant. The verdict was almost
universally regarded as an absurdty, and
some Of Mr.. Cores political friends SO pro-
nounced it, and for the sake Of furnishing
our Radical friends with information that
they may regard as reliable, we would re.
specially refer them to Benjamin Skunk
and Thomas F. Shepherd for & more de.
tailed statement than we are enabled to Il, G
our reaiers.
After the verdict above referred to. the
Commissioners applied to the Court to grant
them a new trial, on the ground that the
verdict was directly contrary to tie evidence
and the law Of the case. On the s0th o.
October, 1868, the Court granted a new
trial and the case again came on for tria
during the present month, when Mr.. Gore
made affidavit that he could not have fail
and impartial triaI in Frederick Couptv. and
remarkable TO relate, the case was again nj
his instance removed. this finn, 10 Howard
county. We will now ask who has occa.
stoned the DELAY in disposi,p of this cas-,
and who Is RESPONSIBLE for the heavy costs
the County has been Obliged To meet in tho
effort Of her Commissioners IN save he,
citizans and taxuayers from a loss of moi
less than Eleven Thousand Dollars. w,
| have gone as far with our statement Of fact,
ma tho case has progressed. and will nov
With Measure answer some Of the interroua
tor;es. our ne;ghbor has sugpe,ted in IN,