The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-04
THE JUNE TERM OPENED.
THE SUPERIOR COURT READY FOR
TWO MONTHS BUSINESS.

The Grand Jury Sworn and Some
Indictments FOund-The Business
for This Term Appears TO BE
Lighter Than UsuaI-The oldest
Case on the Docket Disposed OF.
The Trust Fund Deposited by
Frank Werm Distributed.
The superior court convened yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock for the June term.
Most of the important litigation was dis
posed Of at the March term, and the
term before that, so that there will be
very little to do this term unless some,
thing new turns up.
The grand jury was sworn the first
thing, and received Judge Falligants
charge upon the duties of grand jurors.
Judge Falligant called attention TO the
fact that grand juries before this one
had done their duty well. and ne had
reason to believe, he said that sucn
would be the case with the present grand
jury. The present grand jury is COM
posed Of w. W. Starr, foreman; Armin 3.
Palmer. James S. Silva, Clarence S. Con-
nerat, W. 1. O'Brien, NJ. Y MacIntyre.
Frank f. Jones, Fred c. Wylly. Isaac G.
Haas, Abram Netsburg, Alex b. Hun,
William s. Rockwell, John j. Gaudry,
Vi. >.
L. Byck, Charles G. Bell, William NJ.
Bent John ]. Carolan, Arthur r. Lau-
ney, John Schwarz.
After receiving it's charge the grand
jury retired and returned the following
bills of Indictment:
Edward Moyle, assault with intent to
murder William G.. Woodfin, April "a.
Thomas Johnson and Gus Floyd, bur
glary OF the residence of Mr.. William
Neyle Habersham, April 20.
Jackson, alias Ned Green, the burglar,
pnfpFnn Savannah TpEinanCRN
and satisfied himself with the small plum
der, was indicted on a charge of burglar
izing the residence of Gen. a. r. Law
ton.
Henry Jones was indicted on charge
of burglarizing the residence of A. 3.
DOtson, on May IA.
Henry Williams was indicted on
charge of assault with intent to murder
Ned Rivers, on March 6.
Simpson Reader was indicted for the
simple larceny OF COW from Ben Lain,
on Dec. 10.
Patrick Noon was indicted for the sim
pie larceny of a COW from Joannah Muir
The month of June after to-day will be
devoted to criminal business as usual.
There are two or three murder cases on
the docket but ii remains to be seen
whether any of them will be tried. OUT
side of these there are not very many
cases of Importance on the docket. The
civil business Of the court will be taken
up regularly next month.
Several civil matters were disposed of
yesterday, however. A consent decree
was rendered in the case of Frank Werm
against Catherine Waldner and others,
which was petition asking the Judgment
Of the court with reference 10 the dis
tribution of a trust fund held by Mr..
Werm. The fund amounts to S6,6H.5l, this
amount having been paid into the regis
try of the court The distribution is as
follows: Cost and court expenses, $le6.65;
estate of Nicholas Wolf, S216.66; Frank
Wolf Annie Rheinhard, Annie Redan and
Francis Gigiovitch $S50.0S each, and Cath
pripp Waldnar 4650 0S
In the case of Lehman AIoyse & Co.
against the Standard Manufacturing and
the following plaintiffs in the sums men
toned: Lehman Moyse & Co, $205. As prin
cipal, and S2499 interest; Strauss Pritz
& Co., S20l.42 principal, and &7: "a interest;
Savannah Grocery Company. $444. 76 princi-
pal and $50S4 interest; Swindell Bros,
S25o2S with interest,"; Cleveland
and 1886 interest; Chaskel Chemical
Works $17246 with Interest," A. Letter &
Son, $l3596 principal, and $3.50 interest;
L. I,ippman L. Hubbell. n. Lang, r. Col
lat, and NJ. l.. Byck $220.72 and interest.
1t was also found that the other plain
tiffs should have no right of any recovery
as against the claims OF the last men,
toned plaintiffs.
The suit of Francis Harper and others
against Kate Harper and others, the oldest
suit on the docket, 1t having been there
about fifteen years has been settled and
was marked dismissed. 1t was suit for
the possession OF some property n Rob
among the heirs. In the meantime some
of the lawyers, and some of those who
were heirs at that time, have died. The
remaining heirs got together and decided
to settle the dispute and be done with il.
In the suit of w. r. Dickerson against
Mary Dickerson, a final decree and total
divorce were granted, giving both parties
the right TO re-marry:
In the suit of Washington Won der Heller
against c. NJ Hoist. foreclosure of a mort
gage to secure a loan of $1,000, rule nisi
was granted. The same course was pur-
sued in the case of Jacob Cohen against
w r Constantine, in the matter of fore
closure of a mortgage to secure an indebt-
edness of $500.
Among the other cases dismissed are the
following: A. r.. Fawcett against the Su-
burban and West End railway; Josephine
Dieter. administrators, against D. G.
Purse ]. H. Estill and others Julia A.
Enright against Bridget Monahan; Thorn
as Houlihan, trustee, and others against
Il H McIIaws and others; J.. Ryan against
]. Kaufman Sheriff w. F.@Blois and w. G.
Cooper; Winton and Burgess against the
Savannah Volunteer Guards; H. c. d. Sui
ter against Sheriff John T. Roman. d.
Schroeder and others; Ellen N Dodd
against Frank S. Dodd, and William Sails
against Emma Sails.