The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-29
Circuit Court.
WEDNESDAY 10Th.

dlAISh OoyO, "sNo put oh SA1etA OC-
fore a jury.
Suit brought by Burrell against
estate of Patrick Boyd to recover
the cost of improvements put on
the Central Hotel property in
Havre de Grace, owned by Boyd.
The case was removed here from
Hartford county.
Hopper and Haines, attorneys
for defendant; Constable and Archer,
attorneys for plaintiff.
The case was on trial all day and
was concluded at noon ON Thursday
when the jury retired.
THURSDAY.
Judges Stump and Wicks pre-
sided.
The Criminal case of State VS..
John Rowland, of Chesapeake City,
indicted for assaulting his mother
in-law, Mrs. Annie Kirk. Tried
before Court, verdict guilty, after
severely reprimanding the prisoner
Judge Wicks delivered the sentence
of the court that he be fined $40
and costs and stand committed
until same are paid.
Criminal case State VS.. Dallas
Birkhead alias Dallas English,
indicted for forging the names Of
Ira Mclaughlin and William F.
Griffith. Tried before the court.
verdict guilty, judgement of the
court that the said Dallas Burk-
head be confined in the Maryland
Penitentiary for the period of five
years from this date.
Case: Matthew d. Spence VS.. the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Comp
any was continued.
Trial No. Educational Bank of
Elkton VS.. Barney Moore. suit to
recover amount of notes discounted,
O.6S, was tried before the court,
a judgment being returned for the
bank. l.. M. Haines for plaintiff,
Albert Constable for defendant.
FRIDAY-A TURKEY IN COURT.
Judges Wicks and Stump, the
jurymen, Chief Deputy Clerk Jack
Williams, the attorneys, witnesses,
and the spectators were afforded
little diversion from the monotony
of law and statutes on Friday
morning, when the larceny case of
State VS.. Samuel Short was called.
Sam was a prisoner ON the charge
of stealing a turkey from Joseph
Kline, near Elkton. The turkey,
alive and kicking, was brought into
court, and which was found in the
possession of Harry Boulder, and
which Boulder testified Samuel
Short had sold to him.
Mrs. Kline testified that it was
her turkey, and that she was sure
of its identity. Some of the testi-
mony brought forth considerable
laughter and Crier Shockley was
called upon to demand "Silence in
Court"
Mr. Kline testified that they had
tried to raise turkeys at their farm
but most of them were carried off
by turkey lovers.
Short was defended by W. S.
Evans and James F. Evans, Esqs.
States Attorney Crothers and John
e. Wilson, Esq, represented the
State,
The jury returned Short guilty.
AYKROYD FINED, FELTON, HOUSE
LICENSE ANNULLED.
The case of State VS.. e. F. Ayk-
royd & Bro. proprietors of the
FELTON, House, Elkton, indicted for
selling liquor to minors, was before
the court. They were found guilty,
find 500 and costs, and their
license annulled.
The second charge of keeping a
disorderly house, was stetted.
Court adjourned until Monday
when the murder case of Horace
Cooper, colored, was called. Cooper
is indicted for the murder of Maggie
Pitt, colored. Judges Stump and
Wicks on the bench. A jury was
selected with T. B. Lakeland fore
man. Albert Constable and John
&. Cuttings were the prisoners
counsel.
Cooper shot and killed the
woman Sunday morning, Novem-
Der IS, 1894, at Cokesbury, near
Port Deposit, because she would
not marry him. She was shot with
revolver in the left breast, in the
left thigh and clear through the
body from the back.
The woman lived at the house of
Perry Gibson, who testified that
she did not care for Cooper, who
had been told by the witness not
to come to the house. On Saturday
night the prisoner got into the
house by a ladder and was in the
act of shooting the woman with
pistol when her cries brought help.
She had hold of the pistol with one
hand and of Cooper's collar with
the other. The witness drove the
prisoner from the house, but he
returned early Sunday morning
and, waiting till she came down
stairs, fired three pistol bullets into
her. She ran from her assailant