The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-03-05
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Verdict Against a Turnpike COmpany-Dr.
Haley Found Guilty.

When our report closed last Friday the case
of John NJ. Dherit, by his father and next
| friend, against the Baltimore and Reisters-
town Turnpike Company, had just been given
to the jury About ) O'Clock the same day
! the jury rendered a verdict for $1,000 for
| the plaintiff.
| About O clock the case of the State VS..
| Louis NJ. Haley, indicted for the shooting OF
| Charles Buckingham, was taaen up. Haley
was indicted at the November term, and after
a trial lasting three days the jury failed to
agree. Buckingham was employed on pub
| lie road that passes Haley's house. In front
| of the house were some stones lying III the
road that Haley claimed belonged to him and
which he intended using in building he had
under construction. Buckingham notified
him to remove them, but Haley did not com
ply with the request. Later Buckingham
undertook to remove them himself. He had
hauled away one load aud was i'll the act OF
getting another when Haley appeared on the
scene with revolver. Hot words passed
and then fight, Haley using IA revolver and
buckingham using stones. Buckingham was
twice shot down, but rose each time to renew
the battle. One ball struck him in the breast
and passed out near the neck, and another
struck his left arm. In the last trial, which
ended on Tuesday afternoon, with verdict
of guilty Of assault and with assault with IN
tent to kill, there were many witnesses and
the case was long drawn out.
Haley is IL newcomer to Carroll, having
previously lived at several places i'll Baltimore
county. AT the first trial he represented him
self as having come from the State of Wash
ington, and that his mother was Mexican
woman. The States Attorney has had here
for week or more a colored woman who says
she was his wife and that she was divorced
fro,, no
born in Markham, Farquier, Va, and says
that Haley's mother was a colored woman,
and that he was born near Alexandria, Va
The woman lives in Pittsburg, Pa, where she
keeps boarding house, and was brought here
to contradict the statements OF Haley should
he be put on the stand
Haley had number of friends, who stood
by him in his trial. and many spectators who
heard the evidence would not have given
verdict against him, not that they cared any
thing about Haley, but because of the cir
cumstances leading up to the shooting and the
aggravation under which it was done.
The case of Edward NJ. Gross VS.. Baltimore
aud Reisterstown Turn1ike Company was
next taken up and tried before jury. 1t was
an action for 50, 500 damages for injuries re-
ceiyed on the road of the defendant. A
verdict for So. 90 was given for the plaintiff,
Harry L. Stem vs. John T. Diffenbaugh
and David G. Ogle. was case from Union
Bridge 1t was u replevin case, and was tried
before the court. A verdict of one cent dam
ages was rendered.
On Thursday the court decided the case OF
Charles L. Fink VS.. Irene c. Bennett, ad-
minstratrix, giving a judgment for the PLAIN
tiff for $4,000.
Yesterday morning friday the case OF
Bennett & Co. VS.. Charles E. Fink, action OF
assumpsit, was taken up.