Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-06-01
Circuit Court.

Court closed last week by stating the case OF
Neale VS.. Turner had been given to the jury
About 81 clock the same evening the jury
returned IA Judgment for plaintiff for the sum
of S51. Mitchell and Wilmer for plaintiff
Magruder and Edclen for defendant.
Friday Court was called at 10 o'clock
Judges Stone and Brooke on the bench. The
c,se of State vs.. Henry Bros. l. Co., indicted
for selling liquor on Sunday was called, tried
by the Court and found not guilty. Edelen for
defense Matthews for State.
State vs. Ann Matthews, charged with an
attempt to poison the family of Joseph Penn.
Tried by jury, found guilty and sentenced to
the penitentilry for FIVE years. Mudd for de-
Tense, Matthews for State.
land, who was confined in Jail on the charged
of SMOOTHING horse belonging to his brother
last winter, an account of which we gave at
the time, was discharged, no case having been
made out against him. The Court ordered the
sheriff to discharged the prisoner. Also on
motion of Mr.. Matthews, Lemuel Penn, who was
committed by Justice Boswell ii few weeks ago
for shooting an oyster dredger at Lover Cedar
Point in the thigh, WAS discharged, no one
aDIe caring to prosecute him. lie was set al
Ii oerty.
The grand jury submitted the following re-
port to the Court to-day, and asked that they
be discharged. The Court after receiving the
report discharged them. The following is the
report:
To the Hon Court The Grand jury respect
fully report, that we have Investigated all the
cases before US "a in number and examined So
Witnesses; having visited and examined the
Jail and found il in good order and that the
prisoners are well cared for. There beng no
other business before US, we respectfully ask
for our discharge. MARSHALL CHAPMAN.
Foreman.
Saturday.-E. D. R. Bean, indicted for SELL
ing liquor at Patuxent City from the lst Of
May to time of the indicted without license was
arraigned, and pleaded guilty. Fiend $50 by
the Court. Also Bean & Wight Indicted for sell
ing general merchandise for the same time and
same place without license pleaded guilty and
fiued so. We understand, from the clerk of the
Court, that the Judges will forward petition to
as there WIS no intention on the part of the
parties to defraud the State. Mr.. Bean stated
that he Was under the imp; esson all the time
tina. he had Forwarded his application for
license to the clerk, and it was Il surprise 10
lin when indicted The clerk states that if
such application had heea sent he no knowl-
edge OF receiving it. There seems to be
little doubt tha, the Governor will remit the
flies.
State vs.. Ashton Coatee colored, Indicted for
committing rape on Mary Wheeler, also
colorei, alta church festival in 1881 was taken
up. Tried by jury, and found not guilty.
Edelen and Mitchell for dcfense Matthews for
State
Chief Judge Stone having business before the
Court of Appeals on Monday and J Judge Brooke
having urgent public business AT Marlboro on
the same day, there was no session of the
Court on Monday. 1t adjourned on Saturday
evening until Tuesday morning at 10 o clock.
TaesdIy Court was called at 10 clock,
Judge Brooke on the bench, Chief Judge Stone
being still eng ,ged at the Court of Appeals
The case of State vs.. Geo. ". Carpenter, Jr.,
was called This is an action for rape, which
occurred on Friday, the 18th last, the particu-
lars of which We forboro publishing last week
at the request of counsel for the accused for
fear that it might have some weight in orming
or influencing public opinion, and so render
it difficult to obtain a jury. The victim o.
the outrage is Miss Ellen B. Scott, a young
girl l9 years Of age, living with the family of
Mr. Thomas Groves in Nanjrmoy. The evidence
was to the effect thu on the day the
alleged outrage was committed, Mr.
and Mrs Groves left home 10 60 to Wash
ingion. leaving the CIR! to keep house until
their return, hich fact was Known to CaIpen-
ter rs he was at the "harf when Groves and his
wife took the boat Immediately after the
boat left Carpenter proceeded to the house
where the cir! was, and as he expected found
her alone. He went in, carefully locked the
door, threw the girl on bed and with fore.
and violence accomplished his unhallowed
purpose. Carpenter returned to the house
again on Saturday evening but found Mrs
Mudl, aged lady who hai come to rem sin
with the girl until Groves return, there, and
after few minutes conve .saton with this lady
left. The girl made no complaint to any one of
the injury that had been done her, until Mr..
Groves return home on Monda; evening, when
sh. Immediately related to him what had taken
place during his absence. He came to town
with tn: girl on Tuesd ~ morning went before
the grand jury and had Carpenter indicted for
the crime. The regular panel was exhausted
before jury could be obtained in the case, and
twenty talesmen were summoned to complete
t. panel hen the following jury was obtain
cd: VIM A. Middleton, J. Fl. Montgomery, Jr .,
Theodore L. Robey, W. W. Padgett, Thos X
Ching, VIM. A Cook, Frank Wade (colored),
Philip B. Swami, J. T. B. Perry, b. NJ Edelen !,
Wm L. Dement,, T. E. Gardiner. r H Edelen
H. Mitchell, L. A. Wilmer, and S. E Mald,
represent the d.fense, AMI States Attorney
Matthews and ex-Judge Magruder the State
A lively tilt occurred on Tuesday afternoon
between NJ .ssrs. M,gruder and Wilmer, and it
looked at one ii ne as if trouble would be the
result as there was much excitement and
warmth displayed on both sides during the
war Of words. The disturbance WAS amicably
settled however, by the friends of the two
kpar,ies.
This case has since occupied the attention OF
Court up the to one O'Clock yesterday,
it WAS given to the jury. Great interest
en- manifested in the case, an unusually
crowd of spectators being in attendance,
/ times every available standing place
the Court house was occupied. The
dencs on the part of the defense was
ee accused himself, who claimed that
n6d his purpose without force and
~ Scott. He claimed TO
ID the consent Of N's'- .aaly 1 Ks
nave ,D ,ha GIRL on the public ro''u s0 Nv thsl