The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-09-25


The Commissioners met on Tuesday last.
Present-Messrs. Dr. Cromwell and Giles
pie.
Order for merchandise, John Campbell,
pay H. c. Ncsbitt, $40.
Account of Edward ]. jackson, Super.
visor Seventh district, for repair of bridges,
S29.53; account of Wilson Marshall for
repair of bridges in Ninth district, $107.1
account of Samuel Logan (of Thes.) for
repair of bridge in Fifth district, S12. Elk
amined and passed.
Ordered, That John McCleary locate the
road by the late survey on Section No. IS,
and present the bill to the County Commits
sioners.
Ordered, That NJ. T. Nesbitt, Collector
Sixth district, for 1875, release Adam r.
Magraw, guardian of Park Crawford, tax
on $612, and return the same ipsolvent.
State tax, S1.25; county tax, $3.67-total,
$4.92.
Wednesday, Sept 22nd.
Present-Messrs. Biggs and Gillespie.
Account of insolvencies of Jethro McCau-
ley, Collector of Third district for 1866,
examined and passed. State tax, So.
Ordered, That William Warning be APP
pointed County Surveyor, to fill the une1-
PRED term of G. G. Brokaw, decd.
Commissioners adjourned to meet Tues.
day, October 18th, 1875.
Boots and Shoots, selling at your own
prices, at T. DRENNEN's.
Court PrOceedings.-After recess from
jury sessions for some six months, the
Circuit Court for this county met in its
Fall session on Monday morning last, at
ten o'clock; Judge Stump upon the bench,
and all the officers present.
The first business transacted was the
calling and swearing of the Grand Jury fol
the term, of which Mr.. Nicholas p Manly,
of the Third District, was appointed Fore
man.
After session of three days, the Grand
Jury closed it's labors (which must have
been exceedingly arduous) on Wednesday
afternoon, and were discharged. During
their brief career they found seven indict-
ments, six of which they returned as ''true
bills" and one "ignored." OF the indict-
ments returned as true bills, two were for
arson, two for selling liquors to minors
being both against the same person., one
for resisting an officer in the discharge OF
his duty, and one for refusing to serve pro-
cess as constable when directed to him.
No criminal cases have been tried, the
civil trial docket having occupied all the
time so far.
Monday was occupied all day in calling
the various dockets by the Clerk, entering
judgments by confession and default, and
marking cases for trial, and the general
business of making entries in the various
cases.
The first case called on Tuesday morning,
was that of Jesse ]. Coale rs. VIM. II.
Flitcraft Co. After proceeding for while,
and all the testimony for the plaintiff taken,
sudden climax was reached, necessitating
the withdrawal of juror and the continu-
ance of the case till late in this term or to
the next one.
The Court then took up the case of Geo.
P. Thomas & Co. Us. William P Howard.
This was an action to recover from the
defendant the amount of a bill of goods,
some $500, sold to one Dunbar, and which,
it was alleged, were sold on the credit of
the defendant. The jury, however, before
which the case was tried were of differ
ent opinion, and rendered a verdict for the
defendant. This case occupied until the
adjournment on Thursday.
Thursday morning the case of Jacob
Tome, administrator of Christian Tome
us. George Gillespie, was taken up before a
jury. This was an action on a promissory
note, alleged to have been given by the
defendant to one J. B. Homer for $500,
aud by Homer assigned to Christian Tome.
The defense set up that the note was for
gerry, or if the signature was genuine, that
it was obtained by fraud. The case occu-
pied all Thursday, and upon Friday morn
ing the jury having taken the matter I'M
der consideration, rendered sealed YER
dict upon their coming into Court for the
defendant.
Our report here closes until next week.
Judges Robinson and Wicks are both
present, and occupied the bench on Wednes-
day and Thursday. Altogether things have
been little dull so far. Friday promised
to be lively day, however, when the CON-
bination parties in appeal cases get together.
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