The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-11-13
Circuit Court Proceedings.

The November term of the Circuit Court
began on Monday last, with Judge John 4.
Smith on the bench. ,rs1r
Daniel Burns and James Marshall were ap-
pointed bailiffs at the gates; Henry Poole
bailiff to the petit jury, w. H. Beltz bailiff to
grand Jury, and W. II. Blizzard messenger
The grand jury was drawn as follows
David Roop of A., foreman; Uriah foglesong,
Jabez G. Shreeve, John Roger, Isaac klleri
Joshua Lockard, Jacob Null, Ezra J; Little,
Lafayette Banes, George 5. Little, J. william
Earhart, Herman 2. Keek, Philip ,. Snader,
John L. Haines of j., William A. Shriver,
Gustavus w. Crapster, Daniel Reese, james
Robertson, Jesse Crowl, Amos Duttera, Al
fred c. Bachman, John W. Kelbaugh, Milton
Schaeffer.
The following constitute the petit jury;
Archibald Graham, George W. Ward, John
Newcomer, Charles w. Bowersox, William
K. Leppo, Theodore Hoffman, Lewis o..
Meyls, George C. Hartman, David Rinehart,
John Arthur, James Reindollar, John Z.
Shipley, Thomas l.. Worthington, Charles y.
Miller, Franklin A. Eckenrode, Robert d.
Gorsuch, Josiah Crowl, Lewis A. koontz,
Isaac Green, Jr., Robert L. Ward, Benjamin
Poole, Perry G. Wilt, Isaac 7. Green, Henry
NJ. Norris, DIR. James P. Summers.
In charging the grand jury the court told
them that It was their duty to reject all cases
where the evidence would not appear to be
such as would likely convict IN open court,
as it was their duty to present and lndict IN
ali cases where the evidence showed proba-
Bile guilt. Their attention was also called to
violation of the license law, selling liquors
without license, selling on Sunday and on
election day and selling to minors, to cary
ing concealed weopons-pistols, billets, brass
knuckles, SLING shots, razors, &C.; the CRIME
of abortion, and to defalcation OF public
officers.
W. H. Thomas, Esq, was sworn in as an
attorney.
The dockets were called and when that was
finished court adjourned for the day.
TUESDAY.
The first case called was peace warrant
case. John Humbert and wife were against
Francis Ann Flickinger, their daughter. The
two families lived in the same house. Mrs.
Flickinper's husband rented the farm. The
families have never lived very happily togeth-
err, and the differences eliminated In peace
warrants and counter peace warrants. The
case was tried before the court, and resulted
in Mrs Flickinger being required to give bond
to keep the peace. Henning represented the
state; Bond represented the Flickingers, and
Reifsnider & Reifsnider the Humberts.
The petit jury was discharged about II
a recess.
WEDNESDAY.
After waiting about an hour for cases to
be gotten ready, the court concluded that, as
several attorneys were at the court of appeals
who were interested in very many cases, and
no criminal business being ready, 1t would
be useless to keep the petit jury, so they were
discharged until Monday. An unimportant
case, involving only point of law, was dis
posed Of 49,,
Court has been in session all the week, but
the grand jury is the only part that has been
up next week, and there will be no delay in
the business of the court for the balance OF
the term, which, as heretofore noted, will be
very long. Inthe Burke and Kennedy case,
alone, removed from Baltimore, there are
about one hundred witnesses summoned, and
it will likely occupy a week or ten days.
Judges Miller and Jones will both be on
the bench next week.