The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-03-01
The Egis & Intelligencer
Bel Air, Md, March 1, 1859.
Court PrOceedin gs.

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Court was I'D tess'ou as"'h on -"o"u"f' i"s
first case that came up was that OF the state vs..
Ira Wells charged with selling whisky in
II. 4. croo. vi,bont n license This hsinol
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the hrst case under tue ainenueu Ia" II c'eateu
considerable interest. TIE State was represent
-. ~ s,o,.,s A,tor,av Wehster and q Will
-, w wa, Gao v N,v,,d,a, and
isnls' "n' io""s' 49,
Vim. l.. Cooley appeared Tor tie defence
The latter first demurred to the indictment
because /, did NOT specifv what particular Kind
- a., M olo,,,. t.,
oil liquor was solo, arguing 'ha' 'ns e'auSe III
the law declaring 1t not necessary TO do mora
than alIege in general terms that spirItuous,
s.a,,.s ~ in,o~;o,,,r- ,;oror WA soId I.
ieu VI
uhcohs'tutiona'' Vuuse "a''e'e o'el' u'eu TUG
demurrer, holding that the law is binding on
the court until declared unconstitutional BY
,h. Cortt Of ArnooIs Evcantio,s ws,s taken
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by The defence 10 90 before the Court oil Ap-
meals. Jury was than sworn, consisting Of
Andrew Torhert Matthew Cain. Jno ?. NcGaw
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samuel Dee's' 10 w. hughes, jacob W. hol-
fecIer, Jesse Burbank, W. b. Harris, K. II.
Smith. Geo. A. Crcycpsten. VIM. Durham and
p.,a,tn n.
W.
Inc state onered 10 tue Court the law as con-
tanned in the Code. Th. defence argued that
pos,s Code aid MT ,aLc sTsct mill Ian 9t,. tho
alleged ofT.nse baviny been comm ittsd Ian i5th.
Thai the Code snneT.eGed ,be law en.ctcd by
the legislature. ,Judge Waters held thar the
sists conId show VIVA, l,w vas in force m The
15Ih AZ ,annarv snscisI sTccn,ion va rotnJ
TO the ruling.
The certificates Of the nubIisher. ofthe Sir, and
American were taken tn show th.t Nh. far.
moI,tirs r.nnired Inv law win reference 90 The
Gods were com nlied with Mr.. Geo i Finn.v a
Judge of Election, testified TO having signed and
The yntss cast for and against prohlbition In,t
November, All of the Judges eXcept Mr. SiI.
yer of Hall's Gross Roads and NJ r. f Ham
wsy. of Abingdon. foIlowed The aid custom and
did not seal their balIot.boxes, as required by
inc new election law
W 9 Forw"od 'Ir Dcnu,v CIerk of Carrt
testifed that the PROCLAMATION of the election
wa. sent by him 10 ali tbe n.w.usners of the
county and published therein. The newspspcr
publishers of Inc county were next sworn aud
Judge Waters decided that the law wa. in
force on the lst of last December, Executors
were Noted by the defence at every stage of IN. |
ca,c.
The trial itself then began. George F. Price
testified that ON the 18th of last January h. |
bought half A pint of whisky from Ira Wells for |
O. cents but did NOT look 10 ace whether he had |
q license displayed or not. He afterwards learn |
ed il was Bnrriil's bonse, The state offered the !
License Book to show that Wells has no license
Wells testified thai he is EMPLOYED by Burrill .
At 90 week aud BnrrIIl also testified nat Walls
ia barkeeper and general manager of hi, bouse
in Havre de Grace.
AT this point tbs States Attorney said the
evidence did no. Justify verdict of guilty and
the iury were instrnctsd To .ay "pot Suilty. -
On Tuesday The case oftbs State vs.. Patrick J.
HOLMAN, began. He i.a licensed LIQUOR dealer.
In Hsyrs do Grace, and was charged with sell.
inc beer IN Georgs + Price minor al.
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demurred TO the indictment. on the same
ground, as in the preyious case and also be-
cause the indictment did not saw that the sale
was made with a view to rroGt. The demurrer
was oyerruled by Judge Waters and the Trial
began.
Price testified that he WAS 10 wears old last !
December that on the 18TH of January he
bought three glasses of beer at Hollihan's paw
ing Daniel Kennedy. the bar-keeper. for them,
and treated Kennedy aud Robert McNally. Be.
lag crossex.minrd hs said be was working on
the railroad and had ALWAYS drawn his own
wages He had bought half mint of whisky
at Z O'Clock that evening and drank it before
getting the beer at s o'clock
Daniel Kennedy, Robert b. McNally and Mrs.
Hollihan all testified thatPrice represented
himself as u wears OF age Mr. Robert
MsEally also said lie ahd known Price a
long while and had worked with him lie
thought him of age. Price had He'd mans
place and drawn a mans pay The Jury
brought In a verdict of mot guilty.n Webster
and Harlan for the State.
The next case was against John II. Hall,
another licensed dealer OF Havre de Grace,
charged with selling whisky to the minor,
George +. Price. The evidence was about the
same as in the preceding ca.e Verdict mot
guilty" Webster and Harlan for the State
VIM Young for the defence.
State vs.. Harris Landa, indicted for the lar
ceny OF sos from his aunt, Hannah hamburger,
of Havre de Grace. The evidence was that
l. annn hnd NJ ak ed md ATTAINED Dprmss inn from
his aunt to stay at her house for n week or until