The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-12-21
The Circuit Court.

! Ut AAEGtiC SOuFCs
The report of the proceedings OF Court in
our last issue covered those of last F;day.
On saturday the trial of the case OF Thos.
| NJ. Simuoe vs.. VIM. f. Moses, Harry G.
Snowden and Don j. Walling was begun.
This was an appeal from the decision of JUS
tice Deford of North East and was brought
to recover $500, the balance in payment of
| a ducking scow. 1t was claimed that the
| boat did not prove good as represented
and payment was resisted. On Monday after
the evidence was in and the Court instructed
the jury to find for Simcoe. Albert Consta-
BILE and j. W. Falls for plaintiff. +. G.
| Thackery and l.. Marshall Hanes for de-
| fendants.
Charles Haste alias Charles Haister was
| tried on the charge OF stealing horse be
| longing to S. ID. Mccullough Of North East
| in October 1888. Haste is young white
man who was tried at the last ter u of court
and acquitted of the charge of larceny of
money from Evan Ainscow. The evidence
in the horse stealing case was very conflict
ing. Mr.. Mccullough testified that the
prisoner hired horse from him which he
did not return. Constable Mckinney and
another witness both heard the young man
bargaining with Mr.. Mccullough for the
hire of the horse and with still another citi-
zen of North East positively identified the
young man. A citizen of Havre do Grace
identified Haste as the man who traded
horses with him, giving him Mr.. MoCul
lough's horse. Witness obtained a receipt
tied. All the witnesses said Haste wore
bicycle suit. a Port Deposit lveryman to
whom ruan dressed in il bicycle suit wan
ted to trade the horse he obtained from the
Havre de Grace man, could not identify
Haste as the man. Two citizens of Perry
vile who saw the horse thief did not think
Haste was the man. Haste took the stand
aud stated that he was not in Cecil county
at the time of the robbery. He did nos sign
the receipt as he could not write. A young
man named Goodyear, with whose father
Haste boarded in Philadelphia, testified that
he knew positively that Haste was not alb
ssut from that city from Augdst 18th 1888
to February 1889, covering the period during
which the horse was stolen. The jury re-
tired about 1.30 p. III. on Monday and not
having agreed upon a verdict were dis
charged. The jury stood seven for convic-
ton and five for acquiral from first to last
Hester Hess and Daniel Bratton defend
ed Haste.
The case of G. II. Anderson, wholesale
liquor dealer of Chester, Pa, against the
p. w. Il B. Railroat for $780, 600 damages
was commenced on Monday afternoon. Mr..
Anderson alleged that while on his way
from Philadelphia to Chester just before
reaching the latter station noticed that the
train stopped and the conductor called
- Chester" He got out and was struck by
northbound train. He suffered a COM
pound fracture of one OF his legs just above
the ankle the physicians who attended
him related the extent OF his injury and
plaintiff showed his injured limb to the Jury
The leg was made nearly an inch shorter
than the other. His big toe was crushed
off to the first joint and part of the flesh
torn from his foot He was in danger of
his life for two weeks. The jury found
verdict for plaintiff, allowing him $4,000
damages. Albert Constable and Orlando
Hacvey for plaintiff. Jones and Hsines,
Hon. VIM. Ward and S. U. Ward of Ches-
ter for defendant.
Joshua Smith was tried on Thursday on
two charges of violating the prohibitory law.
Tue jury after being out all night, on Fri
day morning rendered verdict of not gull
ty in one case and failed to agree in the
other. We understand that the States at
toruey stetted the last case.
r. E. McClenahan, foreman of the Grand
jury being unable to attend owing to illness,
Judge Stursp discharged the Grand Jury
ON Monday.
A Hartford county civil case of little in
terest was on trial when we went to press.