The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-31
REoPENNC OF TIE COURTS
They viii Be ID Pull Operation After
September y.
CALENDAR FOX COMING YEAR
Will 10 Five Terms Of Common Pleas
Court Of Three Weeks Eaeh and =
similar Number Of Terms
Of Criminal Court.

| In another week the business Of the
courts In this county Will resume. Mon
day, Sept 2. the grand jury will sit
and dispose of criminal cases for the
October term of court. Under the
new rules of equity court cases will
be argued while the grand jury Is In
| session
The reopening of court Is always
awaited with considerable interest
Since the first week of July the temple
of Justice has been "a deserted man
Monday. Aug. IL. ON which midsum-
mer court was held and opinions, etc,
We're handed down. That was the
busiest midsummer court day held
| since Lackawanna county was or
ganiZed.
There will be scarcely any cessation
| from next week until the summer rolls
| around again. The legal business In
this county has grown to such magni-
tude that judges from other districts
have to be called in to preside at every
| term. In order to assist the local judges
In disposing of the work that accumu-
lates.
According to the new court calendar
the grand jury win meet and con-
stables will make returns on Sept. 3.
1895. for one week for october term:
| on Nov. 4. 1925. for one week. for the
December term on the first Monday OF
January. 1885, for one week, for the
February term: ntthe third Monday
of March for the April term: and on
| the Monday preceding the last Monday
of May for the June term of court.
Equity court will also be held coin
cident.
Return BAYS Fixed,
Constables. aldermen and justices Of
the peace will make all such returns
as they are required to make under ex-
listing laws as follows: For the Feb
ruary term. on the first Monday OF
January; for the April term on the
third Monday of March; for the June
term, on the Monday preceding the
last Monday of May; for the october
term, on the second Monday Of Sep
tember and for the December term. on
the first Monday of November.
There will be SO weeks of court trials
each year until ortherwise ordered.
There will be five terms of common
pleas and orphans court of three
weeks each: five terms of criminal
court Of to weeks each; five terms of
argument court of one week each:
five grand jury sessions of one week
each. and one week of license court.
beginning on the second Monday of
March. 1896.
Common pleas court will begin on
Sept. l6 and last three weeks and on
Nov. II, and last three weeks. On
the second Monday of January. 1896.
II will begin and last three weeks. and
the same terms will be held beginning
on the fourth Monday of March and
on the last Monday of May.
The pImhar nf rapulnr MprYNS Of
quarter sessions, oyer and terminer
and general Jail delivery will begin as
follows to continue two weeks: Mon
day, Oct. I. 1895: Monday. Dec. 2, 1895;
the Monday following the fourth Mon
day OF January; the third Monday
after the fourth Monday Of March,
and on the third Monday Of June.
Argument court will meet for week
on Monday. Oct. II; Monday, Dec. 16:
the third Monday after the fourth
Monday Of January; the fifth Monday
after the fourth Monday Of March, and
the Monday following the fourth Mon
day of June.
Days Of Sheriffs Sale.
The first sales Of real estate by the
sheriff will be made on the Saturday
preceding the first return day Of every
term and the second sales will take
place on the Saturday succeeding the
first return days. The return days are
those on which the week Of common
pleas court begins.
Two important murder cases Will
come before the next grand jury. Wis.,
niskie, the Polander who killed a coun-
tryman on the South Washington ave-
nue. Flats. and ParettO, for the muir
der Of Mike DemarkO at JesSup.