Evening star., 1898-10-04
THE LOCAL COURTS
All in Session for First Time Since
Vacation Began.
JURY PANELS NOT YET COMPLETE
Cases Set for Hearing Tomorrow
in Several Branches.
ECISIONS REND Erred

After three months of vacation all of the
District courts met at 10 o'clock this morn
ing for the October term. The grand and
petit juries were called, but not completed.
| Trials will begin in the different courts to-
morrow morning.
| When the time arrived for the courts to
meet scores of jurymen, attorneys and
| clerks, deputy marshals criers and others
| filled the corridors and gave the city hall
| an appearance of activity that had been
| lacking during the long summer months.
| The various justices of the supreme bench
| were at their respective rooms early, each
| looking very well indeed, and seemingly
| much refreshed by their summers rest.
In Criminal Court No. 1 Chief Justice
Bingham called and examined the jurymen
summoned for duty on the grand jury and
| on the petit jury for his division Neither
| panel was completed, and additional jurors
will be examined tomorrow morning. Mr..
| H P. Galley, clerk of this court has also
returned from his vacation and was at his
| desk this morning.
Justice Cole convened Circuit Court No.
1 and began the examination of the jury
panels. Several cases have been set down
for trial tomorrow. Justice Cole and Mr..
A. q. Buhrman, clerk of his court, have
both been in the city for several days.
A new term was begun today dn Equity
Court NO. l, justice COX, presiding, and
Mr.. M A. Clancy, clerk This court has
been in session nearly all of the past sum-
mer, the judges dividing the time and each
sitting for two weeks. One judge has thus
been constantly at the city hall ready to
attend to any important or pressing busi-
ness that might be brought up.
Judge Cox Signs an Order.
Justice Cox, in the course of the MORN
! ing's business in his court, signed an order
in the of bho, oh
Toomer against Nathan Toomer, requiring
the defendant to show cause October 10,
why he should not be adJudged in con-
tempt of court for failing to obey an order
passed in the case September L, allowing
the complainant alimony during the pend
ency Of her suit.
In Criminal Court No. 2 Justice Bradley
presiding, Mr.. Frank Smith, clerk, the
petit jury was called and the jurors exam
lned. complete panel however, was not
secured, and this work will be taken up
again tomorrow, when the marshal will
make additional returns. The following
prisoners, under Indictment by the grand
jury, were arraigned before Justice Bradley
for the entering of pleas: Lewis Fields and
Martha Jackson. adultery, plea not guilty;
Robert Smith and Alice Tolson, adultery,
not guilty; Nathaniel Arnold, assault with
intent to kill. not guilty; Josephine Simp-
son, housebreakfng; not guilty; George
Waller and Bruce Berkely, housebreaking
not guilty; VIM. Johnson and VIM. War
feld, grand larceny, not guilty; Thomas
Brown, second offense petit larceny, guilty;
VIM Young, second offense petit larceny,
not guilty.
Trials will begin in both branches Of the
Criminal Court tomorrow morning ana will
continue with little interruption. it is ex-
pected, for several months, as the criminal
docket is heavier this fall than for many
years past. The docket includes six or
seven cases of murder and number of
other serious Offenses.
The 1ury called bnt Tod
in Circuit Court No. 2, Justice McConas
presiding and Mr.. N. Carroll Downs serv-
lIg as clerk. Several cases have been set
LOT nearing In this court tomorrow.
A Number of Decisions.
Division No. 2 Of the Equity Court, pre-
sided ever by Justice Hagner, with Mr.
Fred. C. O'Connell as clerk, met promptly
at 10 o'clock. The Judge handed down
humber Of decisions during the morning
He Issued decree in the case of Mrs An
rie V. H. Gibson against Charles A. Glib
son, In which the complainant sought main
tenance, refusing the prayers of The bill
and dismissing the petition.
Justice Hagner also rendered his decision
in the case of Mrs. Isabelle Rudd against
Theodore Rudd. Mrs Rudd was divorced
from her husband April q, 1886. In Oc-
tober, 1886, her husband filed a petition
asking to be relieved of the payment OF
further alimony, on the ground Of alleged
misconduct by Mrs. Rudd subsequent to
the granting of the divorce Mrs. Rudd
filed an answer denying the allegations Of
her husbands petition and bringing cross
charges against him. Testimony covering
900 pages was taken in this city and in
Norfolk, Va. The case was heard by Jus
tice Hagner in the summer, and this morn
ing he delivered his opinion denying the
husbands petition, and dismissing it With
costs. Mr.. Joseph Shillington represented
Mrs. Rudd.
The Court of Appeals met yesterday, as
already stated in The Star, and thus all of
the District courts are in opera ton