The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-05
THE JUNE TERM OPENED.
Preliminary Business Transacted
the Superior Court Yesterday.


Preliminary Business Transacted in
the Superior Court Yesterday.
The superior court assembled for the
June term yesterday at 10 o'clock, and
the grand jury was sworn as follows:
Messrs. Alexander r. Fawcett, foreman I;
John w. Hinson, Max L. Byck, Joseph
Phillips, Frank G. Battey, William O.
Van Worst, Phillip d. Dafin, Ed
ward II. Smith M. Y. MacIntyre,
Frank A. Exley, John Hender-
son, John B. Withers, Eben B. Peek,
John Schwarz William Fl. Coburn, Will
lam c. Lyon, Samuel p Hamilton, Henry
H, Hall, G. Lucien Jones, William K
Pearce, Augustus G. Green; and William
7. Tisen.
Judge Falligant stated at the outset
that he was rather indisposed and would
therefore dwell briefly on those points re-
lating to the duties of grand jurors. He
spoke of theirlcivil duties, as we'll as those
in connection with the criminal branch of
the court He referred to the fact that
il was their duty to inspect the registra-
ton lists of the county and see that no
person had been illegally registered. His
charge, while brief, was strong one and
CONeIeu lue eublEO ground
The grand jury then retired TO consider
some criminal indictments presented by
the solicitor general and returned true
bills as follows
Samuel HUMPHREYS, assault with in
tent to murder Albert Anderson May q,
by cutting him with akuife
Bill Johnson, assault with intent to
murder James Wright May Z, by cutting
him with a knife.
T1l,-
is charged with entering the office of
Capt. w F. Gibson May 10 with intent to
commit a larceny.
Henry Williams, breaking and entering
car on the Savannah, Florida and West
ern railroad May 10 with intent to commit
a larceny.
The assignment of the court docket was
begun, and will probably be con-
tlnued at a later date this week.
The month of June will be
taken up almost entirely with criminal
business. There is a number of important
and interesting cases on this docket, and
1t will probably require the entire month
to conclude it,
To-day has been set aside and dedi-
Gated by the court to those upon whose
marriage ties fortune has not smiled, and
to whom welded happiness is a
thing of the past The divorce docket
y
and 1t will not take long to break the
bonds of uncongeniality in the applica-
tions which have been made.
In the matter of the petition of Mary
2. Buckley and John N Herman VS. Ann
Eliza Hardee, Messrs. c. H. Dorsett, E.
L. Hackett and Walter w. Gross were
appointed and empowered to sell the
property involved, over which there is a
dispute, and are directed to turn the pro-
Ceeds into the court for distribution.
An order was granted in the suit of
Ambrose Enrich, guardian of Mildred Dill
Ion, against Jackson S. Kaufman APPROX
ing the partition of the property involved
as made by Messrs. G. H. Dorsett, John
9. Rowland and George w. Lamar.i
Mr.. r. H. KING, trustee, was granted
permission to borrow 81, 500 from the
Chatham Real Estate and Improvement
Company to make certain improvements
on real estate.
The following cases have been settled
and were marked dismissed from the
docket: A. J. Winton VS.. the Ocean
Steamship Company, w. w Aimar VS.. NJ.
G. Maxwell, H. M. Conner & Co. VS..
Hatcher & Baldwin, Lizzie F. Porter VS..
Lucius +. Porter, divorce, and A. B. Hull
& Co. VS.. Holoman 81 Co.
James Baraman and Thomas Magee,
former subjects of the Queen of Great
Britain and Ireland, J. G.. Main and Mi
chael Frederick William Schroeder, form
er subjects of the Emperor of Germany
Joseph Halpert, formerly OF Austria, and
Samuel Friedman and George Levin,
formerly of Russia were made citizens of
the United States by Judge Falligant