Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-31

the county, which has been In session
since Monday, yesterday evening re-
timed the following indictments:
Commonwealth VS.. John Heath, ST.,
John Heath, jr., James Heath. Edward
Heath, James Davis, James lie Fount.
/ ain, Harry Reilly, John Walsh; Robert
/ Slater and Charles Heath for keeping
and exhibiting gaming tables.
George Chichester and Winter Crup-
per for feloniously and maliciously
woupding.
John Heath for selling liquor on
Sunday.
John Bailess for feloniously and ma
liciously wounding.
The grand jury was then adjourned
until to-day.
The above causes were set for trial
at the November term of the court.
To-day the grand jury returned the
following indictments:
Phil Walker and - Foreman for
selling liquor without license; Frank
Forster, selling liquor on Sunday; one
of the proprietors of the St. Asaph race
track, for exhibiting a gaming table
and selling liquor on Sunday, and Fred.
Goldman, for malicious cutting with
intent to kill.
The grand jury also submitted to the
court their report OF their examinations
of the Justices of the Peace ofthe coun-
ty, who had been summoned before
them, which report was read in court
and ordered to be filed. The summary
of the report is asIfollows: "Magis-
trates Lane, Thought, Harris, Payne,
Hooker, Pollard and Schlevogt appear
ed before the jury. An Investigation
of the clerks records shows that Lane
has endeavored to comply with the
law; ex-Magistrate Thought has pre-
sented no record of his cases during his
term of Office; the docket of Harris
shows only Is cases in ten years,
though the court record shows he has
tried more cases and that his financial
statement does not agree with that OF
the clerk. The grand jury also made
examination of letter of complaint
against this magistrate to the Judge IL
reference to threat that this mag
istrate would commit woman unless
she paid certain costs. The grand
jury recommend his removal for with
holding fines, Sc. In the case of Payne,
who became magistrate in July, 1898
no returns were made to the clerk until
October Is, 1895, when he plead igno
rance of the law, but the grand iu y
cannot accept this as an excuse. They
also ascertained that while Payne was
magistrate he was in gambling hell in
the county, that he took part in games
and made no effort to suppress the
gambling. They recommend his re
moval. In the case of Justice Potter
ton, of Washington district, he visited
bar room at St. Asaph on Sunday ard
bought and drank liquor; that he took
no measures to bring offenders to JUS
tice, and that he evaded summons TO
appear in certain case. In the matter
of Jesse Pollard the jury is of the
opinion that he does not possess sutti-
cient intelligence to fill the Office
of magistrate, and as he admits
that he is the employee of race track
they recommend his removal. The
jury is OF the opinion that no officer OF
the Commonwealth should hold po-
sition which would subject him to crit
cism. The books of Hooker and Schle
vogt were kept correctly. Peace and
Thought did not pay fines into the
court"
The Judge thanked the jury and con-
graduated them for their zeal and eff
cheney and expressed regrets at parting
with them. The jury was then dis
charged.