The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
SUPERIOR COURT TO CONVENE.
GRAND JURY WILL DE CHARGED
THIS MORNING.

Enough Criminal work to Keep the
Court Busy Until the Middle OF Jul
Iy-SeveraI Murder Cases on the
DOcket-Fhe Justices of the Peace
Accused of Malpractice VIII he
Tricd-The Abram Small Case Re-
fore the supreme Court.
The June term OF the superior court will
convene this morning.
There is enough criminal business on
the docket already" said Judge Falligant
yesterday, ito hold the court. fear, unit.
the middle of July"
The grand jury will be charged this
morning Just at this time with the work
of the grand jury for the March term just
completed and the decisive stand that
jury took concerning public matters, it is
Of interest to know just what will be the
nature of the charge of the court. 1t will
be remembered that when the last grand
jury was before the court to enter upon
its duties, Judge Falligant delivered very
interesting charge bringing to its attention
such matters as at that time appeared to
him to be necessary to investigate. He
laid especial stress upon the alleged irreg-
uIdF mGtnOCS OF Justices VI lllC pSaNC VIM
have been charged with malpractice in Of
flee.
Judge Falligant said that he did not
dream that the investigation by the grand
jury would evolve such sensational con-
ditions of affairs as 1t did. 1t had been
brought to his attention that some of the
justices were engaged in irregular meth
DDS of dispensing justice, and he asked the
attention of the grand jury indirectly to
this branch of the judicial department. of
the county's government. He did not
know anything definite at the time as to
the charges. and was surprised at the ac-
cusations brought in tie presentments of
the grand jury.
The work of the last grand jury for the
interests of the county has been widely
praised, and it is quite likely that in view
of the conditions of affairs brought out
in that report to the superior court Judge
Falligant will have much to say to the
grand jury, which will to-day take up the
work for the June term.
Solicitor General Osborne will not be in
attendance upon the court to-day having
gone to Atlanta to argue several cases be-
fore the supreme court He will argue
one branch of the much talked of Abe
Small case which has special bearing
upon the plea for another inquest to be
held over the body of Jensen Neve, for
the murder of whom Small has been held
accused, found guilty and sentenced to
hang. The case, as Ii appears before
the supreme court, is a motion for a new
trial. 1t is held that the inquest held after
the killing was not conducted properly,
and for this reason the testimony of the
jury should not be allowed to have weight
in the case.
Mr.. Osborne will return tomorrow, and
will begin the work of the assignment of
cases for the present term of the court.
There are several murder cases to be
taken up, and many cases of assault with
intent to murder. The cases that have
been made against the justices of the
peace on the charge of malpractice in Of
flee will also come up, and may be among
the first in the line of assignment, as
their offices are vacant until some de-
cision is arrived at by the court as to their
guilt or innocence.
One of the murder cases to be tried is
that of Joe Desvergers, colored who is
accused of killing his amour on Houston
street about a month ago. Desvergers
was a barber, and had made threats
against the life of the woman He was
seen with her not long before the murder
and while the evidence is circumstantial,
it seems that the case will be strong
against him.
Another murder case is that against the
negro who, in collision with another ne
gro, killed his wife and threw her dead
body in the canal near the Central rail-
road wharves.
Judge Falligant believes that the crimi-
nal work Of the June term will occupy six
weeks, and that the civil branch of the
court will not be reached until about the
middle of July.