The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-11
TWO GRAND JURIES MEET.
John Cunleel Again Indicated in the
City Court. -

The Superior Court Grand Jury
Tackles the Road Question The
General Sentiment Seems in Favor
ofIssuiug County Bonds Civil Bust
ness in Three Courts Lem Davis to
Be Tried Next wednesday,.
Grand juries were the order Of the day
at the court house yesterday, those of
both courts holding sessions.
The city court grand jury had very
little business before it, although it was
expected that it would have to re-indict
all the parties indicted at this term of the
court on account of Capt. John Riley hay
ing served on the jury without being on
the grand jury LIST.
The law on this subject, However, has
been looked up, and it is believed that
/ only those indictments which were OBJ
tanned with eighteen grand jurors pres
| eut will have to lie returned again, Us
| eighteen is the minimum limit that can
transact business, and when Capt. Riley
served at such times there were only
| seventeen legal grand jurors present.
/ CUNNEEN GIVEN ANOTHER TRIAL.
| Consequently very little OF the work
] W III nave At bC AuIC OFtE. I'i00dblN
/ about 10 or 20 of the "a indictments are
| yitiated by this circumstance, in case the
| law makes it all right so long as there
! were eighteen legal era nd jurors present.
| John Cunneen, the party charged with
| keeping policy lottery, about the spell
! ing of whose name there was, or seemed,
! so much diEiculty, and who also had an
| indictment quashed because of Capt. Ri
| ley's presence on the grand jury was IN
! diCted again yesterday afternoon, and
| this time his name was not only properly
/ spelled, but there were more than eigh-
| teen legal grand jurors present. It APP
/ pears that he will not ind il so easy to
! have this new Indictment quashed.
/ James Munroe was indicted for stab
| bing G. d. Cohen July -, and Henry
| Phillips was indicted on a charge of lar
| cenY from the house, he being charged
| with stealing a pair of pantalooas from
! Louis Bluestein.
BONDS FOR COUNTY ROADS
The superior court grand jury was oc-
! cupied largely with its civil business and
! in making arrangements for drawing the
| general prcsentments, which will be pre-
sented to the court at the final meeting of
| the jury Monday afternoon.
Much interest has been express ID in
! the forthcoming preseutments of this
! grand jury, especially as to what it will
say upon the road question. The bond
! question, 1t is believed, has been dealt
with, and the general opinion Is that good
county roads cannot be otherwise con
! structed than by an issue Of bonds. The
| question has been discussed ia its various
phases, but it is believed that it would
| meet the situation to issue S5OO,OO long
term bonds at low rate Of interest, and
| then put large number of men to work
as soon as possible on the work of i'm
proving and building the public roads IL
To IA VIII u md
will do upon this question.
Mary Green was indicted by the grand
jury of the superior court on charge of
| accessory before the fact to the crime of
murder, it being charged that she had
something TO do with the killing Of VIII
lam Thomas, July 2, just southeast of the
! city, beyond Esiill avenue. William Nc
Crea was indicted on the charge of this
murder, and Lily Smith, who was
thought to be another accomplce was
not connected with the AFFAIR, and was
subsequently released.
Henry jackson, colored, was indicted
on a charge of burglaFizing the store of
John Mitchell July u, at which time
about IS worth Of goods was stolen.
CIVIL BUSINESS IN BOTH COURTS.
In the superior court little civil bust
ness OF any importance was transacted
Diana Jack sued James NJ. Simmons,
executor of the estate of Dora PoOler, for
an amount claimed 70 be due her for nurs-
ing Dora Fooler in her last illness. The
jury brought id verdict in the defend
ants favor.
The Diamond Dust Soap Powder Com
panp was granted articles of inoorpora-
ton by Judge Falligant.
Anna Ashby brought suit against the
Miller Company in the city court, on a
charge of trespass. After opening the
case ltwas found that the charge of tres
pass should have been against the A. j.
Miller Company, and the suit was dis
missed by the plaintiffs attorney Mr..
w. IL. Leaken represented the plaintiff,
and MIR. K. ii. Miller the defendaudt.
In the case of j. J. Reilly against
Charles G. McIver, motion was made to
open the Judgment granted IN favor of
the plaintiff The case was submitted to
the court without argument, and Judge
MacDOnell overruled the motion
j. b. Ohveros was appointed a CONNER
] cial notary puhlic nv .l1dgp E'aIliront