The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-03
COURTS CONVENE MONDAY.
Some Interesting Cases to Be Heard in
the Superior Court.


Over 400 Cases on the Docket, ~ Of
Which are Criminals-Wednesd is
Divorce Day-The Criminal Docket
to be Reached This Week - Judge
Ferrilrs Court Also Meets To-mor-
row Criminals in the City Court
Yesterday.
All the courts in Chatham county
having Jurisdiction over state and county
matters will be in session tomorrow. The
December term of the superior and the
ordiuary's courts will begin at 10 o'clock,
and the city court has been in session
for a month.
Judge Falligant is expected back from
Darien to-day, where he has been holding
court in Mcintosh for the last week, and
he will convene the superior court and
charge the grand jury tomorrow at 10
O'Clock. Judge Ferrill will also be back
to-day and will convene the probate court
tomorrow morning. The ordinary's
court has a small docket for this term
and there are very few matters of any i'm
pOrtance to come up.
CRIMINAL CASES IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
There are in all seventy-two cases on
the superior court criminal docket, thirty
of which are Jail cases. The others are
out on bond, and among them are some
that will perhaps, be the most interest
ing of all There are several out on bond
charged with embezzlement, forgery,
gambling and similar offenses, cases
which excited no little interest at the
time the charges were made.
There are thirty criminals now. in Jail
awaiting trial by this court. Among
them are five charged with murder. two
old cases, Blois and Hayward, the Meyer
murderers, and three whose deeds have
been committed within the last three or
four months. Isaac Young. charged with
the murder of a woman on Wilmington
island, and William Quartermain and
Bristoe Hunter who murdered Joe Davis
at Thunderbolt one Sunday night about
month ago. The other criminals are
charged with lesser offenses.
OTHER BUSINESS IN THE COURT.
There is a good deal of other business to
be transacted in this court though the
docket is by no means an unusually large
one
Monday will be devoted largely to as
signments, and Tuesday it is probable
That Judge Falligant will go up to Au-
gusta. Wednesday will be divorce day
in the court, and the criminal docket
which will be gotten out of the way first
will be taken up during the latter part of
the week.
OF civil jury cases there are 1888 old and
81 new, a total of 224; of certiOrari cases,
13 old and new, a total of 81; of fore
closure cases, 6 old and new; so mo-
tions, 70 criminal cases and 50 appear
ance cases, or a grand total of 42S cases
with which the court will have to deal
during the December term.
IN THE CITY COURT.
The city court will continue to grind,
The criminal department of this court
has of late been doing work which Mai.
Blandford has desired for sometime,
namely, sending recruits to the chain
gang. A good batch went out as the re-
suit of yesterdays work, as follows:
Robert Airline got four months, and
William and Joseph Beck $40, or three
months, for vagrancy.
Henry Jenkins was sent out for twelve
months for the larceny of an overcoat and
pair of pants from the house of Josiah
Williams.
Aleck Coleman was sent out for twelve
months for stealing two coats from the
house of Bradley Johnson.
John Sweet got $50, or six months, for
the larceny of pair of horse clippers
from an unknown party. He could not
account for their being in his possession,
and the only supposition under the cir
cumstances was that they were stolen
Henry Russell was sent out for twelve
months for stealing some clothing and
other articles from the house of B. A.
Daley.
Richard Page got twelve months for
stealing a coat and vest from jackson
Young
Ben Wallace, Robert Washington and
Wilson Morton, charged with vagrancy,
and Thomas Vincent, charged with sim
pie larceny, were acquitted.