The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-03-26
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
A Week Spent on Local Option Cases.
MANY TRIALS. BUT FEW CONVIC-
TIONS.
WITNESSES WHO COULD NOT TELL
GINGER FROM WHISKY

blankets from several sleighs at the colored NJ.
4. Church, Bel Air. The jury rendered II verdict
of not guilty iii one case and similar plea was
entered bv the State in two other cases against
jackson. Maynadicr for The State, Young and
| Cooley for defence.
VIM. II. Bauer, charged with assault upon p
Howard; jury trial; verdict not guilty. May
nader and VIM. Young for the State, II. w.
Archer for defence.
| On Friday the local option cases, of which
there were 40 out of the II cases on the
docket, were taken up The first case was
that of the State VS.. George Chenworth, of Dub
| lin, charged with selling quart of whisky to
Simon Brown, last Christmas Eve. Brown tes-
titled that he had given Chenworth 81. so to get
whisky for him and he keptthe jug contain
ing it at Chenwolth's place After examining
the witness Mr. IL. W. Archer, who is assisting
States Attorney Maynader in the prosecution
of the local option cases, said that the evidence
was not sufficient to sustain the charge and the
jury, upon instructions from the court, brought
in u verdict of not guilty. VIM. Young for de-
| fence.
Philip Fox of Havre de Grace. was then tried
Charles w. Thompson testified that he went in
| to FoX's place, called for drink of "ginger"
got it from Fox and paid him ten cents for it.
| In his opinion it was common whiskey. Fox
testified that he never sold Thompson anything
of the kind The jury acquitted the accused
Cooley for defence
| The case of VIM. A. Mackinson, of Edgewood,
was also tried on Friday. | saac Welsh, color
ed testified that he bough from Mackinson,
for quarter of dollar half pint of whisky,
| with which to make ague medicine. No evil
| dence was presented for the defence. Mr.. VIM.
| Young, counsel for the accused, argued that his
client had only obeyed the dictates of humanity
in this case and that 1t was "justifiable giving
away" of the whisky. Mr.. Henry w. Archer,
for the State, argued that Mr. Mackinson, not
being a regular pharmacist, was not aul horzed,
| under the law, to sell whisky even IN cases of
extreme illness, and he had never heard of a
neighbor charging another for a little whisky
| in case of sickness. The jury brought in a
| verdict of not guilty
On Saturday morning Thomas Dorman, of
Lapidum, was on trial. George Trago testified
| that he got drink of whisky from Dorman,
last December, paying him ten cents for it,
Major Burrll testified that Dorman removed to
Lapidum some time between the 9Th and the
10th of December the Indictment charging that
| Trago bought the whisky on the LIST of Deem
ber Verdict guilty. Young and Cooley for
defence, Maynadier for the State.
Inc next case was also against lnOmaS DOR
man, for violating the local option law. j.
Howard Hanna, the prosecuting witness, testi-
fled that Dorman kept hotel at Lapidum -
Some time last winter witness bought half a
pint of whisky from Dorman, paying him %
cents Tor it. The witness could not fix the time
positively, when he was at Dorman's. Dorman,
the traverser, testified that he never sold j.
| Howard Hanna any whisky. The case was
submitted without argument. Verdict guilty.
Maynadier for the State, Young and Cooley for
defence.
Philip Fox, of Ravre de Grace, was tried
again on Saturday. for violating the local option
law, and acquitted. The prosecuting witness,
Jarrett Spencer, testified that he bought some
thing from Fox that looked, smeled and tasted
like whisky, but he did not believe it was that
dangerous article. Maynader for the State,
Hopkins and Cooley for defence.
On Monday another case against George Chen
worth, of Dublin, was tried. Samuel White
testified that on last Christmas morning he
bought pint of whisky from Chenworth and
paid him so cents for it. George Carr testified
that he heard White request Chenworth 10 buy
him ten gallons of whisky John H. Haines
testified that shortly before Christmas White
| asked Chen worth to order him one gallon. Lar
| ry Kehoe also testified that White gave him a
drink and said that was the kind Of whisky he
| kept at Chenworth's. Mr.. Chenworth, the ac-
| cused, testified that he ordered gallon of whs-
| ky for White and brought it from Baltimore the
| day before Christmas Verdict not guilty. Hop
| kins and VIM. Young for defence.
| Lewis Jones, of Stafford was next tried
| George Trago testified that last fall he got q
pint of whisky from Jones, out of some Jones
had tor medicine There was nothing said
| about paying him for it, Some time after wit
| ness gave Jones 40 or so cents, but did not
know what for he did not owe him
anything Jones testified that he gave Ira
go the whisky. Trago attended gathering at
his house, the price of supper being 81. Some
time afterwards Trago gave him some money.
but nothing was said about what it was for
| Verdict not guilty. Cooley and Stump for de-
fence.
| On Tuesday morning the case of Louis W
Williams, of Havre de Grace, also indicted for
| violating the local option law, was called The
States witness, John H. Richardson, the portly,
good-looking barber of Havre de Grace testified
| that he went into Williams saloon TO get a
stimulant and called for ''ginger." He got
something stimulating but could not say that it
| was Intoxicating, or that it tasted like his
whisky. The case was briefly argued by MIR.
Maynadier for the State, and by Messrs. Hop
kins and s. Archer for the accused. Verdict not
guilty.
Joseph Warner, for violating the local option
law. Charles w. Thompson testified that he
went to Warmers place, the bar-room of the
Hartford House, in Havre de Grace, and bought
from him several drinks of "ginger," which
tasted like whisky. Joseph Nash testified that
Thompson told him that he had given his
(Nash's) name to the grand jury because he
wanted him to clear Warner. The case was ar
gued by Mr.. Maynadier for the State, and sub.
mitted without argument by the counsel for de-
fence, Messrs. Lee ana Hopkins. Verdict, not
guilty.
The third case against Philip Fox, of Havre
de Grace, for violating the local option law, was
also tried on Tuesday. JarrettSpencer testified
that being engaged in fishing he usually kept
whisky on hand for use in bad weather. Need
ing some he went to Fox's place and called for
al pint of ''ginger." He got it in bottle, car
ried it to his fishing shore and put it away. The
next morning he tasted It, 1t did not look nor
taste like whisky and had the flavor of coal oil.
There was no spirtuous liquor in it, He threw
bottle and all overheard. Upon this evidence
the States Attorney consented &c a verdict of
not guilty. Maynadier aud II. w. Archer for
the State, Hopkins and Cooley for detence's.
The fourth case against Philip Fox was also
tried on Tuesday The States witness, Charles
w. Thompson, testified that he bought "gnger''
at Fox's place. 1t tasted like whisky He had
been at Fox's place dozen times. Fox swore
| that he never sold Thompson anything. Verdict
not guilty Maynadier and Fl. W. Archer for
the State, Hopkins and Cooley for defence.
John II. Serricks of Havre do Grace, for vio-
lation of the local option law. VIM. II. Hopkins
testified that in December last he went into Ser
ricks' and asked for whisky. Serricks told him
he had no whisky and did not sell it, but had
ginger. Witness then asked him for ginger and
O bottle being placed before him he poured out
half glass and drank 1t, paying him 10 cents
| 1or IT, LII TASTED ike whisky, but he could not
say 1t was anything but ginger Supposed 1t
was spirituous liquor of some sort, The record
| of Serricks' conviction in 1883 of u similar of.
fence was read by the States Attorney. Argued
by MIR. Maynader for the State Young for de-
fence. Verdict not guilty.
Joseph Hergenrother, of Havre de Grace, for
testified that he bought ginger from Hergen-
rother, at ten cents drink. 1t was a little
| stimulating, but not intoxicating and unlike any
| whisky he had ever seen. Verdict not guilty.
| Stump and Young for defence.
Another case against Hergenrother followed.
John II. Richardson testified to having bought
| tonic beer from Hergenrother. 1t was not lager
| beer. The case was abandoned by the State and
| q verdict not guilty rendered.
| Joseph Warner, of Havre de Grace. Jarrett
| Spencers testimony was that Warner keeps q
| kind of a saloon at the Hartford House. Last
| summer Warner gave him bottle of whisky in