The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-06
WORK OF TsE COURTS.
The Hitt Case Tried The Superior
Courts Big Docket

OOuEb . DIX OOCE6I-
The city court was occupied all of yester-
dsy in the trial of the suit Of Hit & Co. vs.
Barnett & Cohn and N. Y. & d. I. Mo.
Intyre, garnishees. The suit involved about
$1,000. Mrs. Barnett and Mrs. Coin were
eJpartners In business, which was con-
Quoted By their husbands. Hit & Co. OBJ
tanned a Judgment against the firm, and
learning that certain moneys supposed to
belong TO Barnett & Cohn, placed through
Ebrlich & Bro, was in the possession of IL.
Y. & D. |. Mcintyre, had q punishment
served to stop the funds Messrs. Nc
Intyre answered that they had no funds be-
longing TO Barnett & Coin. The answer
was traversed, and the issue tried by the
Jury 70 decide whsther the transactions in
volving the fund were really for Ehrlich a.
Bro. or Barnett & Cohen. After consider
ing the case for quite awhile the Jury re-
turned verdict for the plaintiffs, Hit e.
Co., for 81, 900 and interest from the date OF
Judgment. Charles N. West, ESQ, repre-
sented Hit & Co, and Garrard & Meldrim
the defendants.
The superior court. which convenes to-
morrow, has big docket on hand. There
are 29S civil and criminal cases to be tried.
The civil docket is as follows: Equity 81,
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ton TO recover land /. liens g appeal IS.
certiorari l, alimony2. common law Z, dam
ages II, statutory action to recover personal
property l, dispossessory warrant 4, arbi-
tration and award 9, divorce %.
illegality 43. partition Z, GER
tiorari cases II, foreclosure cases G.
The criminal cases are: Murder, 10; rape.
!; assault with intent to murder, Is; buying
ard receiving stolen goods, 2; misdeneanor
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swindle, /; larceny, 2; burglary. 4; carry
ing concealed weapons, 8; stabbny, /;
robbery, 2; forgery, 2; selling cigarettes to
minors, l.; assault with intent to rapa 2:
keeping an open tippling house on the Sab
bath, 10; assault and battery 2; seduction,
l; pointing pistol at another, l; keeping a
lewd house, l.; failing to pay liquor tax, 2.
The criminal docket doesn't include any
cases except those in which true bills have
been found. There are three murderers in
jail and numerous prisoners charged with
felonies awaiting Indictment, which will, of
course. greatly increase the docket. There
are ten murder cases on the docket, but
seven Of these, Isham Brown, George Rey-
nolds, Samuel Mu-chison, Charles Cum
mings, William Robinson, Isaac Simons and
Charles Thompson have never been captured,
The others are Barclay, who killed Res
pess; Rogers, who killed Dixon, and Mai.
farmer named Lee on the Louisville road
about eight years ago. The boy was tried,
convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment
but since being taken to the penitentiary a
new trial has been granted. Judge FALL
CANT and A. r. Lawton, Jr, defended Lee
on his trial, His case has been docketed
for trial at the coming term, and Thomas
S. Morgan, Jr., will defend him. As a
matter of course Judge Falligant will be
dlSQualifGd from sitting in no
count OF his former connection. Pttman,
Hughes and Nyles will be indicted by the
gra d jury Tomorrow for murder, and De-
Lauter, Turner and Perkins for robbing the
express car, if their cases can be reached.
The divorce docket will be tackled by
Judge Falligant Tuesday. He has twenty
nine cases down for hearing The sensa-
tional ones, of which there are a few, will
not be tried until the March term, it is
understood
w. w. Osborne, ESQ.,, will act as solicitor
general during the absence of Solicitor
General Fraser in Augusta in attendance on
his mother-in-law's funeral.
The trial of criminal cases will be begun
in the superior court about w ednesday.
The first efforts will be directed to clearing
the jail.
The United States courts are to open to-
morrow. Several important criminal and
civil cases are to be tried at this term.
The court of ordinary convenes for the
December term tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
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