The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-11
Circuit Court.

Circuit Court.
The May Term of Court for Garrett
county opened its session on Monday
morning under favorable eircum-
stances, it being a bright and clear
day, an exception to the general
state of the weather during the for
mer sessions of court in this county.
/ The arrival of the train at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ, was the signal for all persons
to appear at the court house, as on it
came the Judge, Hon. George A.
Pearre, and many attorneys from
! Cumberland, who attend and are
members of this bar.
The term was opened at 104 A. NJ =,
with Judge Pearre on the bench. and
w. Ii. Tower, clerk, and Thos. Cod
dington, sheriff, in their proper
places. d. f Offutt, Esq, was Sc
lected as foreman of the Grand Jury,
which was drawn in accordance with
the law passed at the late session of
the Legislature. The call of the
docket was then gone through with !;
first the originals, then the trials,
in which entries were made as fol-
lows: Marked for trial, 81 judg-
ment entered in %; continued, 30 !;
passed, 2, to be taken up during the
term dismissed or settled, II and
|, being No. 90, S. A. Cox VS.. Geo.
I. Duniop, administrator of EX-Gov.
Francis Thomas, was removed to
Allegany county for trial. After the
| colling of the docket was completed,
the appeals were taken up, and 4
were dismissed; Judgment reversed
in 4; settled, l continued, 4, and
judgment affirmed in l. No. 6 APP
pealS-caSe between ThoS. j. STAN
ton and Adam Hartman, was jury
a trial, PedGicord appearing for
appellee, and Hamill AID Jones for
appellant. Thejury after being out
a short time returned with a verdict
for the appellee, and judgment enter
ed in his favor for 1882. No. APP
peals, b. q O. r. r. VS.. E. H. Bart
lett, was settled, the company agree
ing to pay the appellee the damages
which were awarded to him by the
Justice Of the Peace, for the killing
of COW on the railroad.
On Tuesday the Appeal docket was
disposed of and trials taken up, the
first being the case of e. Droege VS..
the Perry heirs, for the recovery Of a
lot of land, which has been in this
court for the past three or four years,
and after some argument was con-
tinued until September term, 1873.
No. = trials, Solomon Siebert VS..
Louis Lininger, for trespass, was
called, jury empanelled, and trial
commenced, when objections having
been made by Peddicord and Cox,
attorneys for defendant, to evidence
produced by Hamill and Jones, at
torneys for plaintiff, the case was
continued at cost Of plaintiff. After
tnis, suit for $1,000 damages, of
Joseph GrOer VS.. Garrett Dixon, for
false imprisonment, was entered into
and occupied the balance of the day.
Veitch and Price for the plaintiff and
Hamill and Jones for defendant.
Court adjourned before it was finish
ed, but il was taken up on Wednes-
day morning, when the arguments
We're concluded and rase submitted
to the jury which after having been
out about nine hours, returned with
verdict in favor of the defendant.
Criminal docket called and only
one case ready for trial-tliat of State
of Maryland VS.. Daniel Mosser, for
selling LIQUOR without license tried
before a jury, who after hearing the
case, returned a verdict of not guilty
The criminal docket having been
disposed of, the trials were again
taken up and No. IS, Christian Soel
ders VS.. John Barnes was tried be-
fore jury which decided in favor of
/ abe defendant, giving him verdict
Of | cent damages and costs. On
Thursday No. so Wheeler d Wilson
Manufacturing company VS.. John
M. White, was called jury trial {;
brought to recover amount ola PROM
issOry note given by the defendant
in payment for a sewing machine I;
tried and jud -ment rendered in favor
of defendant. No. 1917, Benz. Shaffer,
VS. Gilmor 5. HamilI, administrator
of Lydia Wilt, an appeal from the
decision of the Orphans Court which
gave judgment in favor of defendant
for $500 and costs and interest, was
tried before the judge and judgment
of Orphans Court rC YerSed and cause
remanded to that court for further
proceedings. All OF her cases marked
for trial We're then called over and
either continued or an entry of judg-
ment made.
No other business appearing, the
Grand and Petit .juries were dis
charged and the May Term OF court
adjourned.
Millinery.