The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-04
SPOKE OF THE SHIP FIRES.
Special Features Of Judge Falligant'S
Charge 10 The Grand Jury.

The Crimes Should Be Ferreted Out and
the Criminals Punished-The Grand
Jury Sworn in and Some Bills of In
dictment Found-Judgment Of the ST.
preme Court in the Davis Murder
case-civil Cases Assigned and other
Matters Disposed Of.
The superior court began its work for
the December term yesterday morning at
10 O'Clock
The first thing in order was the swear
ing in Of the grand jury which is made
up as follows: Messrs. c. NJ. Gilbert,
foreman; Robert H. CornweH Alexander
S. Delannoy, John Lyons, ]. S. Collins.
c. B. Malone. Thomas Halligan, Reu-
ben L. Rockwell, A s. Bacon, ]. H. II.
Osborne, Michael Carolan, I. B. Tiedeman,
John F. Crohan. R. B. Reppard. George
c. Gobbel, William c. McDonough,
James McGrath. John Sullivan, John F.
LaFar, VIM. f. Guerard, Charles Seller,
T. H. Mcmillan and Raymond Judge.
In charging the grand jury Judge Fal-
ligant went over the usual grounds call
ing especial attention to the violation of
the gambling and Sunday laws, and COM
mented on the incendiaries who set fire
to the cotton ships last September. He
referred to it as a serious blow to the
city's commerce, and said that no stone
should be left unturned to ferret out
the criminals and bring them to jus
tice. He called attention in a general
W n he viz Of oil 10
and frauds in elections, and said that in
the exercise of the franchise care should
be taken to see that neither side in a con-
test of this klnd did anything Illegally.
The grand jury retired to consider sew
eral criminal cases, and brought in the
following bills of indictment:
Isaac Wilson, assault with intent to
murder John Sandiford, Aug. 81, by at
lacking him with a pair of ice hooks.
Monday Reed, burglarizing the place of
Henry Ambos at Thunderbolt Sept. q.
Peter and Matthews Warner, simple
larceny of a heifer Aug. 3, from Fortune
Washington.
Joe Seabrook and Tom Gallishaw, sim
pie larceny of heifer Oct. %, from Sol
Thomas.
Charles Cox. assault with intent to
murder Pink Williams by shooting him,
Sept. IA.
MUSES. INpuinEpIt 0Ailpit AdAtEly VI d
white COW from Frank j. Wright.
r. M. Williams, burglary of the tailor
ing establishment of NJ. Flaum, Oct 9.
c. j. Montgomery, burglary of the store
of c. r. Holmes, Aug. Is.
Henry McGrath, assault with intent to
murder J. J. Deignan with a sledge ham
mer, Nov 26.
James Moran. burglary of the dwelling
house of Robert Robinson, Nov. 4.
Considerable time was consumed in the
assignment of civil cases for trial in Jan
uary and February. Answers to a large
number of suits were filed by the attor-
neys for defendants.
The Intervention of the Boyd White
Carpet Company in the suit of c. o. Bax-
ter against ]. S. Tart and others, for an
account amounting to $11960 was allowed.
An order was granted allowing Daniel
T. Elliott to adopt his neice Clara Keevil.
girl Of 10 years.
In the case of the state against Eddie
Davis charged with the murder of Willis
Brown, the remittitur from the supreme
court was made the judgment of the lower
court, and Davis will be sentenced to be
hanged sometime during the present
term.
In the suit of James Douglass, plaintiff
in certiorari, against John W. Foughner,
defendant in certiorari, the matter was or
dered back to the court of Justice Thomas
]. Sheftall for a new trial.
In the suits for foreclosure of mortgage
of J. w. McAlpin, Jr., guardian of Claudia
T. McAlpin, against Sophy Baker amount
ing to $500, and against Henry Norman for
500, the defendants were ordered to pay
the amounts of the mortgages into court
before the first day of the next term.
The following suits were dismissed: Pc
tition of Margaret O'Connor for sale of
property for division Lottie Clayton
against ]. c. Clayton, divorce; William
Stiles against the Electric Railway Com
pany, suit for damages for killing stock,
the latter suit having been settled.
The grand jury will meet again this af-
ternoon at o'clock.
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