Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1883-05-25

Geo |. Ch hlppslear, John I. Bradley,
PETIT JURY
Jno. W. Owens, jr. Alex Ter. I. Lloyd,
John I. B. Perry, John W. F Beale,
William A. Middleton, William E. Dement,
r. T. jameson Jas H MONTGOMERY, jr.
John H Hancock, William w Padgett,
Hugh Mitchell Catadus II. PsSey,
William l.. Cooke Benjamin NJ. Edelen,
Theodore L. Rohey, William S. Chiles,
Philip A. L. Contee, Francis N. Digges,
Frank Wade, 7. Elzear Gar liner, jr.
James II. Morgan, Geo. W. Berry,
S,muel W Adams Henry E. Mudd,
7. Y. Robey, jr.
After a short but concise ch ,rge to the grand
jury by his honor they retired to their chamber.
The appearance docket was then called over
ana Judgment rendered in plain cases. The case
Of Dr. Andrew j. Smoot vs.. County Commis-
sioners was then called This was case grow
ing out of the refusal of the Commissioners to
pay DR.. Smoot for vaccntting certain poor
lersons in his neighborhood, after herring Of
the case jed dgment WAS given for DR.. Smoot
for $3.50. E ielen for S moot, Wilmer for
Commissioners.
Tuesday.-Judge Brooke having reached
town on the evening train Monday took his
seat on the bench when court was called at 10
O'Clock on Tuesday. The appeal case of
Sylvester Muld vs.. Hanson MAkel! was called.
This case has been standing on the docket for
several years. Judgment was rendered for ap
pellant for costs.
The appeal case Of J. II. Langley vs. II. A.
Turner taken up. This was appeal
from Justice Robey, and Involved the right to
a carriage which is held by appealee and claim
ed by appellant, and which the appellant sought
t, recover by ,eperin. Tried by the court
and held sub curi1. j. II. Mitchell for appellee
D. R. Magruder and r. H Edelen for appellnt
The next case tried was appeal case be-
tween Wm. h. Main and VIM. Waters his COL
ored tenant The facts of the case were that
Mr. N lin, who lives in Washington and owns
a farm near Glymont, let SIN Ill portion of
land to Waters to cultivate upon shares, the
landlord to receive enc-thrd of the crop. Wa
ters made crop of corn, and during Dacem-
Der and Jtnuiry h. b iuled it in and begun
shuckisg it out. Main came down several
times during the shuckiny, and mol fading his
tenant on handt sent him word TO meet him
and divide the corn, remaining down two or
three days for the purpose. Waters failed to
do SO, but claimed that he made a division
himself giving Maia barrels and he retaining
Is barrels, putting inns share in the corn
house and his own in loft or granary where
NJ lin also had some corn and other produce =
Some time in March he sued out wri, Of re-
plevin by virtue of " hich he broke open the
door of the loft and took out seven barrels Of
corn. The chief question in case Was whe-
ther, under such circumstances, the tenant had
"a right by his own clandestine act to make
such division of the crop as the landlord
shall be compelled TO accept. The court held
that he had and decided in favor of Waters
An effort will be made to set the Judgment a.
side. L. A. Wilmer appea ed for Waters and
F. NJ Cox for Main
On motion of Mr.. R. H Edeloa, Edmund
Jacks, who was confined in j ii, about ten days
ago for the larceny of money from Mr.. Robert
Marbury, Was ordered to be disch ,rgel by the
Court, no case having been IN ,ds out az inst
him. The sheriff discharged the prisoner
Heanesday- Court called at 10 o'clock,
case of State of Maryland VS.. Alexius Campbell
was called. Campbell was charged with an
attempt TO burn a ON the land of DR.. s.
w. Dent. Tried by tho Court AMI held $40
cuTia. Matthews for State Ele!en for defeRse
Case of State of Maryland vs.. Ann Matthews
was called. Tnisi is the Use of the wo n IN who
is charged with an attempt to poison the fAni y
of Joseph Penn, of Pomoukey, about monrh
ago. The WON WAS arraie en.d and plead
n)t guilty, AMI elected t, b. tried b, the
Court. The case did no; go to trial. Sydney
E. Mudd will defend the prisoner
ed with an attempt at rape on a colored wo-
man in August 1881, was called but did not
come to trial. r. H. Elelen for defense
The case of Rich Payne next friend t, Alice
n. Payne vs. R. B. Herbert. was taken up.
Payne replevined crop that had been seized
by constable Herbers for rent. Demurrer to
repleyin was entered and argued and judge
ment for plaintiffs on demurrer was given by
the Court.
Francis II. Neal VS.. Henry A. Turner was
called. In this case Neal had entered IL claim
in the growinr crops Of farm that was
bought by Turner at mortgages sale. Tried
by jury.
Tursday-The Court rendered its de sion
in the appeal case of Langley vs.. Turner.
affirming the judgm'nt of the lower Court.
Each party in the case to pay his own costs.
The case of Neale vs.. Turner which Was on
trial at the adjournment of Court on Wednes
day, was then proceeded with. The case
was ably argued by J. II. Mitchell and L. A
Inner for plaintiff and Judge igtuder and
R. II Edelen for defendant, and was g ven to
the jury, bu. no decision rendered at the time
we go TO press.
Remarkable Sow.
Mrs. Mary c. Cotton, of Allins Fresh has 4
SOW which on Saturday before last gave birth
10 litter Of four pigs, nothing remarkable
about that, however, but on last Monday, nine
days after, she again gave birth to two more,
which is quite a remarkable fact and one tn t
we are unable 10 fsthon. Gun any one help
us out of the difficulty?