The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-09-21
The Circuit Court.

The September term of the Circuit
Court for Cecil County began on Monday
Judge Frederick Stump on the bench.
The grand jury was drawn as follows:
George Ricketts,, foreman; Jos. K. Lewis,
Arthur Johns, Alonzo Boulder, Robert
E. Gillespie, James NJ. Naudain, Joseph
T. Groves, John Creswell, VIM. P. How
ard, Robert A. Scott, Theodore Ewing,
James W. Clark, James Merry, VIM. T..
Hammond, VIM. T. Boulder, Aaron ].
Michener, Samuel R. Carson, Robert G..
Lewis, Daniel Husfelt, Samuel A. Rey-
| nolds, John j. Buck and George B. Davis.
The call of the dockets followed. The
indications are that the term will not be
| lengthy.
The Dawson vs.. the County Commits
| sioners of Cecil County was tried before
jury. The Board of County Commits
sioners refused to pay Dawson for roads
| that he had contracted to repair. Ver-
! dict for Dawson. Constable and Warbur
ton for plaintiff. L. NJ. Haines and c, c..
Crothers for county.
On Tuesday John White, of Perryville,
| was found by jury to be of uusound
mind and without means of support. He
| will be sent to the county insane asylum.
Assault cases against Lewis H. Ashton
and James H. Moore were compromised
| by defendants paying costs.
The case of Catherine Dempsey VS..
| Martin McNabb, executor of Miles Crow,
was taken up Wednesday. This case was
| removed from Hartford County. Plaintiff
sued for $40 and interest for services
rendered testator during his lifetime.
John S. Young, James Archer and VIM
| Young for plaintiff and Van Bibber and
| Constable for defendant. The jury on
Thursday found for plaintiff for $40 and
interest, the amount claimed.
On Thursday the case ofC. Aultman 6
| Co. VS. jeremiah McIntire was taken up.
This was suit to recover value of ma
chinery sold defendant. 1t was removed
from Hartford County. Congressman
Stump and William s. Evans for plaintiff.
Van Bibber and Constable for defendant.
The case of G. Aultman & Co. vs. McIn-
tire was given to the jury on Friday
morning. Another Hartford County case
was taken up. The grand jury concluded
their labors on Friday morning at II
o'clock. They submitted the following
report:
To the Honorable Court:
The Grand Jury having examined and
passed upon all matters brought before
them are now ready to adjourn. We have
visited the Jail and found it clean and
well kept. Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE RICKETTS,, Foreman.
The grand jury made the following in.
dictments: Luke Goodyear Tor violating
p ohibitory law; same keeping a gamb.
lin ghouse; Joseph Goodyear violating
prohibitory law; Charles Swift violating
prohibitory law; Alfred Fury assault and
riot; Joseph Shippers, colored, carrying
concealed deadly weapon; Charles Haste,
alias Charles Haister, stealing horse OF
S. d. McCullough; same for larceny OF
money from Evan Ainscow; VIM. Lloyd
assault on Lewis Covington; Jos. Davis,
colored, carrying concluded deadly weap.
on; Miles Bullock for assault and battery
on Jane A. Henderson; Henry johnson,
colored, for assault with intent to kill
James McKane; Joseph A. Smith two
cases violating prohibitory law; same for
selling goods without license; George
Barnett and Smith Lowe for unlawfully
and corruptly endeavoring to influence
Henry A. Davis, witness before the
grand Jury in case of State VS. Joshua A
Smith; Archibald Trim BILE, Robert Demp
sey and Lewis Dempsey for disturbing q
religious meeting at Bethesda M. P
Church, Eighth district; Thomas Brown
stephen Bayard and Charles Groves fol-
larceny of meat from James M. Devine