The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-25
THEY MET AND ADJOURNED.
CITY COURT GRAND JURY HAD A
VERY SHORT SESSION.

The Body Met Yesterday for the First
Time During the Term and Two
Hours Later Was Discharged by
Judge Norwood with the Thanks
of the Court-A Number OF True
Bills for MisdemeRnOr Offenses Re-
turned-Grand Jurors Drawn for
the May Term of the Court.
The city Court grand jury for the Feb
ruary term met yesterday afternoon for
the first time. This is probably the only
time in the recent history of the court
that grand jury met and adjourned on
the same day.
There being no business Of sufficient i'm
portance to require the attention of the
grand jury of the City Court, it was not
called together until yesterday, when a
number of criminal matters were submit
ted The grand jury of the Superior Court
for the March term being in session and
giving its attention to the county affairs,
there was no necessity for the grand jury
of the City Court to go over the same
ground.
The body was charged briefly by Judge
Norwood as 10 the law bearing upon the
matter to be laid before them After be-
ing in session about two hours, the jury
returned the following indictments:
Thomas A. Ward, assault and battery;
Nellie jenkins and O. Johnson, assault and
battery; Patrick Bourke, assault and bat
terry; Spero Marco Polo, assault and bat
terry; G, I, NJ. johnson. assault and bat
tery; Robert Bennett, concealed weapons :;
austin Tarver, assault and battery; James
montgomery, receiving stolen goods A.;
lhonas Harris concealed weapons Car
ence Oldham, larceny from the house:
George f. King, bastardy; Edward Walsh.
assault and battery; Albert Hodges. as
sauit ana battery; James Carroll. assault
ana battery; Clifford Bailey, assault and
battery; Ben, Minis larceny from the
mouse; Thomas Roberts, concealed wea-
pons; w. G. Walker assault and battery
Inc grand jury was discharged by Judge
norwood with the thanks of the court All
the petit jurors drawn for the Febl larry
term were also discharged yesterday morn
ing, by order of Judge Norwood.
Inc following grand jurors were drawn
for the May term of the court: Tomlinson
r Johnson, r. M. Butler, A. G. Guerard.
:. a. Cox, T. J. Davis Peter Raby. Henry
t'ANii' W r. A1cNduiey. \. .. Hull, w. e,
Guerard, James NJ. Barnard. G.. NJ. RIVALS.
Waiter Coney, Michael Carolan, NJ. Mac
lean, W. H. Connerat Thomas Daniels.
John G. Butler, Daniel Hogan Henry Kol-
shorn, George W. Anderson, D. B. Morgan.
A. s. Nichols, J. J. hewitt, John Sullivan,
James McGrath, c. +. Prendergast. T. T.
Chapeau, John H. Hunter, c. G. Ander-
son, G. A. Whitehead, c. Fraser Law. Fl.
G. Eorgan, Joseph Huh. Bernard Dub, A.
w Harmon.
The May term of the City Court Will
convene Monday
The cases which were set for trial in the
city Court for yesterday and to-day were
continued for the term.
The case OF the Mutual Grocery Com
pany against the Norwich Union Fire As
surance Society was dismissed, the case
having been settled out of court This is
the last of the several suits against insur-
anaee. oompantes Instituted by the Mutual
Grocery Company.
The. case of W. L. Bierce against the
Savannah Naval Stores Company. filed
for the May term, was also marked settled.