The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-09-30
Court Proceedings.


by John W. Brown and wife to recove
from Samuel J. Brown. Executor of Isaac
/ Brown, (deceased), the value of service:
! rendered to Isaac Brown during his life
| time, was on trial. The jury returned /
/ verdict in favor of defendant. Constable
and Vandver for plaintiff; VIM. S. Evan.
and H. Mccullough for defendant.
Friday and Saturday were consumed in
| the trial of appeals from judgments ren
dered by Justices of the Peace. The first
case tried was that of William II. Pearcc
against Robert Dunn; an appeal from JUS
tice Terry, on an account. At the same
time was tried the suit of John Wrotll
against Robert Dunn, sarnshee of Pearce,
in which the same facts were involved
| The jury rendered verdict in the first
case that Dunn was not Indebted to Pearce
| and therefore the attachment case of Wroth
against Dnnn failed. II. Mccullough foI
! Pearce and Wroth; James I. Mccullough
| for Dunn.
| The next appeal case, VIM. Hunt against
II. G. Logan, an appeal from Justice Ben
iamin, was tried before the Court, and the
! Judgment affirmed in favor Of Logan.
| Constable for Hunt; Jones & Haines fol
Logan.
The next and last appeal case tried was
Wilson; an appeal from Justice Howard
| was tried before the Court, and judgme mt
affirmed.
| On Monday morning last, the first case
taken up was State Is. Edridge, indicted
| for rape. The traverser elected to try the
case before the Court. After the examina,
| ton of the woman Frost, who made the
| charge and Swore very positively, three
witnesses were sworn for the defense, and
testified to such a state of facts as at once
convinced the Court that the charge could
not be sustained, and, after hearing Il few
witnesses as to character, a Judgment OF
not guilty was promptly rendered. G.
| Mccullough for State; \. Evans and Jones
| for traverSer.
The next case taken up was that of John
B. Dunbar against the Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore Railroad Company:
an action for damages for putting the plain
tiff off train near Newport, Del. some
time last February. Dunbar, the plaintiff,
testified that he had a round-trip ticket
| from Elkton to Wilmington and return.
used only on certain trains; that lie had
| used it on the trip to Wilmington in Il
| proper train, and, coming home on the
through express, on which such tickets are
not received in full for fare, that he offered
the ticket, and was told by the conductor
that it was not good on that train that he
offered sixty cents additional, the differ
ence between a round trip ticket and regu
lar tickets to and from Wilmington; that
the conductor refused to take the sixty
cents, and demanded ninety cents, the full
| price of Il ticket from Wilmington to Elk
ton; and that upon his refusal to pay ninety
| cents, they stopped the train and were
| about putting him Oft, when he offered to
| pay the ninety cents, which the conductor
| then refused to take, and he was elected
in deep cut in the darkness. Conductors
| Pettijohn and Lyle testified on the other
hand that Dunbar rendered the round trip
ticket, but refused to pay the sixty cents:
that they then stopped the train near New
| port, and hauled up to the depot, where
Dunbar was put off, and that he at nc
time offered to pay the required fare, but
said that he had 10 money. The case was
argued by Vandiver and Constable for the
plaintiff, and by A. Evans and Jones fol
defendant, and given to the jury, who,
after being out all night, came into Court
declaring they were unable to agree, aud
were discharged.
| After the disposal of Dunbar as. tbs
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad Company. the case of Robert
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transcript of record from Kent county
was taken up. This was an action to re
cover about one thousand dollars, the price
of lot of ashes from the burnt tobacco
warehouses of Richmond, sold by Turner
& Son to either Wilkins or his son E. NJ
| Wilkins. The plaintiffs witnesses testi
| fed that in 1861 the defendant purchased
4 ton of these ashes, and tried and approved
them, and that in the following Fall he
| purchased the residue on credit Of twelve
months, on faith of the previous trial
| The defendant set up two detenSes: one
that the ashes were sold on guaranty
and that there was to be no pay if they did
no good, and testimony was offered that
they proved worthless; the other defense
was that the ashes were really sold to f.
! NJ. Wilkins, the son, and not to the de
PENDANT. There was some terrible hare
swearing and some fearful freaks of mem
Dry on one side or the other. Another
feature of the case was the development o
disrupted family ties and long cherished
social relations. II was ably conducted
for the plaintiffs by w. Elwell Goldsbor
ough, Esq, of the Baltimore Bar, ant
Hon. Alexander Evans; and for the defend
ants by J. Alfred Pearce, Esq of Chester
town, and Henry W. Archer, Esq. The
case Was given to the jury at . O'Clock OF
| Thursday evening, who came in Court yes
terday morning with Il verdict for plaintiff
for 5000.
On Thursday the Court announced tina
the remainder of the week, after the dis
posal of the case of Turner as. Wilkins
would be devoted to the trial of criminals
and all witnesses summoned to testify il
civil cases were thereupon discharged til
Tuesday morning next, to which time thu
Court will adjourn to day.
The Grand Jury sat all last week anl
closed its labors on Monday last. Twenty
seven indictments were found during tn,
session.
At the time we go to press the Court j
engaged in the trial Of the Port Deposi
| rioters.
Is Canton Flannels from s to % cts.
Medicated Red and All Wool White Elan
nels, Blankets bought since the late decline
Merino Underwear and Hosiery Of all kinds
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