Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-03-25
March Term of the Circuit Court. ;.

Charles r. hlTK, OF Olney QlStrlct, was Sc
lected as foreman of the grand jury, with
the following additional members LLOYD
c. Collifiower, Uriah H. w. Griffith, Henry
B. Gardiner, Hiram ]. Stottlemyer, BENZ
F. Hawkins, James G. Cooley, Dewalt j
Willard, John NJ. Heagy, Frank B. Horner
William B. Vincent, Willard L Rice, Curtis
W. Kisner, Louis E. Shoemaker, Marshall
Brown. William H. Wade, Wm. T. Bur.
riss, Zadoc NJ. Cooke, Joseph H. Mills, Geo.
r. Bell, Darius Clagett, Thompson Viii,
liams.
Judge Henderson's charge to the grand
jury was very brief. He stated that the ex
pense at the last two or three terms OF court
was very large, owing to the many separate
indictments found for msdemeanors. The
practice heretofore has been to bring a sep
arate Indictment for each misdemeanor -
The consequence of which has been that
1t frequently happened, where person was
engaged in the Illicit sale of liquor, a half
dozen separate indictments were found
against him, with the same prosecuting wit
ness in each case. He instructed the Jury
that where there was more than one INSIDE.
meanor charged against party, to find an
indictment with as many counts as there
were charges, which will be the means of
saving considerable expense to the county
He also charged them to recommend In their
report that the county commissioners have
the court house lighted with electricity.
The civil term of the court will be very
short, large number of the cases having
been continued. The criminal term will be
an exceptionally long one, there being one
hundred and thirty two cases on the docket
in which indictments have already been
found.
The following is the petit jury: Ulysses
Griffith, Thomas A. Hickman, Charles Sell.
man, Chas. II. Welt, Jr, Michael Conroy,
John IL, Harrlss, John Broadly, William l.
Cashell, VIM. IL, McCeney, James N. b N,
ton, Willie G. Offutt, John Thomas, Eiw.
p. Thomas, Alex H. Harriss, Joel Wolfe,
James A. Reed, VIM G. Brewer, VIM. + e.
Watkins, RUFUS X. King, Jas. W. Wilson,
Philip Scherrer, Lawrence Hogan, VIM. p.
Beall, Thomas Grandson.
The case of the State of Maryland vs.
James Liddard, who has been confined in
Jail here since Christmas, charged with as
sault with intent to kill his brother 10. law,
James Reed, was on Monday dismissed, the
traverser paying the C sts.
Judge Henderson has appointed Hardy
Healy, Washington d Waters ami Nor.
decai Morgan as court baiiffs.
Richard II. Addison and Isabella Addi-
son, his wife, VS.. Annie +. Miller, removed
to Howard county.
Richard II. Addison vs.. Annie E. Miller,
removed to Howard county.
State of Maryland use of County Com.
missioners of Montgomery county VS. Chas.
r. Harriss, two cases, removed to Frederick
county.
John W. Hebb VS. President, Managers
and Company of the Baltimore and Fred
Turnpike Company, appealed to
the Court OF Appeals of Maryland.
George Chandler vs.. Samuel w. Green
field, on trial
Lights not Required.-The Commits
sioners of the District Of Columbia on Tues
day gave public hearing on the question Of
the proposed police regulation requiring
lights to be placed on all motor carriages
and vehicles drawn by draft animals during
the period between an hour after sunset and
an hour before daybreak, provided such
carriages and vehicles move at a rate of
speed faster than a walk. Probably no more
gathering OF the business men
of the District ever appeared before the
Com .nissioners than was that which pro-
tested against the enforcement of the regu-
lation. Another feature of the hearing, a
one, in view OF the fact that the
had invited, through the
press, the attendance of not only those who
opposed the regulation, but also those who
were in favor of it, was the absense of those
who believed the regulation good one and
should be enforced
A statement, in opposition to the order
requiring lights on vehicles, adopted at a
meeting of business men, was presented by
Mr. Frank B. Noyes, after which the ques-
lion was discussed by Messrs. W. s. Knox,
John II. Magruder, A. M. LothrOp, James
F. Oyster, John L. Newbold, Theodore ]
Mayer, Isadore Saks, and F. b. Noyes Mr..
Asa M Staber, representing the farmers of
his county, also made an address in oppo.
,ition to the proposed order.
After the close of the discussion the Com.
nssioners decided TO rescind the regula-
ion.
Reuben +. Baker Dead. Reuben f.
Baker, President of the Columbia Railroad
and Secretary and Treasurer of the Norfolk
and Washington Steamboat Company, died