The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-03
ALL THE COURTS IN SESSION.
JUDGE sPEER MAPS OUT A GOOD
MONTHS, WORK.

He Promptly Excuses the Jurors
Summoned First by the Superior
COurt-The Grand Jury to BE
Charged To-day-Cases Assigned
fer Trial All During the Month.
A Defendant Fined for ExpectO-
rating on the CarDet-Business in
the State Courts.
Judge Emory Speer convened the United
States court for the eastern division Of
the Southern district Of Georgia yester-
day morning at 10 O'Clock.
The grand jury was sworn as follows:
r. d. Munford, Chatham county, fore
man; Henry Sutton, Irwin; Amos G. Hor-
ton, Wayne; J. p. Williams, Chatham;
James A. Warnock, Bulloch; d. B. Nor
gan, Chatham; Moses L. Warren, Bryan;
c. B. Malone. Chatham; William p. Brew
err Liberty; W. G. Tonge, Decatur; r. p.
Lowell, Chatham; William Henderson,
Screven; J. c. Rowland, Chatham; w. L.
Green. Thomas; James McNatt Mont
gomery; William L. Speir, Bryan; Jonas
W. Proctor, Bulloch; Thomas II. McMii-
Ian. Chatham; E. d. Rodgers. Charlton;
James 3. Clements, Irwin, and James S.
Silva, Chatham.
The traverse jury of the circuit court was
sworn as follows: Nathaniel Harrison,
John NJ. Brown, Berne Gordon, II. Nj.
Branch, George w. Allen, W. d. Stegan,
William p. Hardee, r. G. G aillard. z. Tru-
lock, w. H. Oliver, T. +. Thomson, John
Schwarz, William Quantock and William
B. Nell.
There was no full panel of the district
court jury and others had to be sum
moned. AS there was considerable bust
ness on hand for the day, Judge Speer
postponed charging the grand jury until
this morning at 10 o'clock.
Messrs. w. S. Tison, Joseph Rosen-
helm, Norton Frierson, w. X. Pearce and
w. b. Metzger summoned as jurors, ap-
peared and made statements to the eff
feet that they had previously been sum-
moned by the superior court. Judge Speer
told them that Judge Falligant was the
czar on this occasion, and that under
the circumstances they had better hurry
down to the superior court as soon as
possible in order to answer to their names
there. The colloquy between the cour,
and the jurors was pleasant one, and in
some respects humorous, but Judge Speer
showed every desire to avoid interferine
with any action of the other courts.
There were about thirty attorneys pres
| ent IN the court room. The morning was
| taken up with the assignment of cases,
| as follows: tuesday, March 3, John Fletch-
| er VS.. Z. 5. Darling, libel in personam
| United States VS. L. B. Toomer,
charged with pension frauds; Oar
zen zen, TTowbfoat Company VS. steam
| Wednesday. March 4, Charles A. Janser
| VS.. the schooner Jennie Thomas and r
Mcmillan against Kavanaugh &c Brennan
! thursday, the intervention of Alfred
| sharpe in the Central railroad litigation
| Monday, March 8. Julia Bernheim VS. d
= Clnclair; Admission National Bank vs.
| ,~.flr. TT,,sN,
| States VS.. Chesley Faircloth and the
| United States against A J. Dickson: Tues.
| day, March 10, Electric Railway Company
| vs.. Sloss Iron and Steel Company; United
| States against John Joyce, and the Unit.
| ed states VS.. ID. II. Bennett: Wednesday
March II, Bennett, receiver of the Ogle-
| thorpe National Bank of Brunswick VS.
| Mrs. A. F. Burbage and vs. J. F.. Bailey
| Atlanta Lumber Company VS.. Wheelright
| & Co., the United States VS.. Alfred Kirk.
| land, Bill Bird, Jack Collins and Lawson
! Warren; Thursday, March u, the United
| States VS.. a lot of jewelry, etc, levied OF
in the hands of I. Levkowicz, the United
| States VS.. j. Mason Rice: Thursday
March 10. National Bank OF Brandon VT.
VS.. A. Kaiser & Co, Conner & Hayes, re
| ceivers, VS.. the tug Maggie, and the United
states VS.. A. H. Castor; Monday Marcel
VS., the tug Royal Arch; Tuesday Marcel
! II, the United States VS.. the tug Ripple
| the United States VS. the steamship Chat
tahoochee and the United States VS.. tn,
! steamship Chatham; Wednesday, Marcel
| IS, United States VS.. A. f. Holt; Thurs
day, March 10, Norman w. Dodge VS.
| Powell ct. al, and Norman w. Dodge VS.
| ellis, two cases; Monday, March %
| United States VS.. Fl. X. Salter and others
| Tuesday, March "A, United States vs. Ma
| mic Oliveros.
1t win be seen that Judge Speer ha.
made assignments through almost the en-
tire month.
Messrs. O'Connor & O'Byrne, as attor
| neys for the defendants in the case o.
| the Electric Railway Company VS.. tn,
Sloss Iron and Steel Company for SIS OC
| damages, on account of the defendan
| having brought a receivership bill, filed
| the answer of the defendants, in which
| they denied that any conspiracy existed
against the paintiff, or that they used tn,
| accounts in question to accomplish tn,
ruin of the plaintiff company, as Il
| claimed
Judge Speer will hear on Wednesday
| March II, the application of Messrs. H. w
| Reed and ]. l.. Beach, temporary receiv
| ers, and W. G. Brantley and S. c. Akin
| son, their attorneys, for compensation
| The permanent receiver of the Wheel
| wright Lumber Company, Mr.. A. H. Lane
| has been directed to file a fun report will
| the court before that date.
Jack Collins, a defendant, charged will
counterfeiting, was fined 81 by Judge Spec
| for splitting on the carpet. He tried to ex
| cuse himself, but the court insisted tina
| such conduct would not do.
The court will meet again this morning
| at 10 o'clock.
JUDGE FALLIGANTS CHARGE.