The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-09-29
Circuit Court.
The Grand Jury came into court
Thursday afternoon, made the fol-

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Thursday afternoon, made the fol
lowing report and was discarged:
To the Honorable, The Judges Of &e Circuit Court .to
Cecil County.
Sirs;-The Grand Jury for Cecil county for thu
September term respectfully report that they
have completed their labors, having disposed o
all matters brought to their notice. They have
examined nine Constables and sixty witnesses
and have made nineteen indictments, and have
ignored six cases brought to their notice. They
have visited the County Jail and find confined
therein twenty-one prisoners, five insane, eleven
waiting trial and five serving short sentences.
| The sanitary condition of the prisoners seemed
| to be good and the prisoners seemed well cared
| for. They found the Jail building in fairly good
| condition, but requiring some repairs, and would
respectfully recommend that both for the security
of the prisoners and the preservation of the build
| ing and enclosure that the walls Of the Jail and
| yard be repaired with cement where the same is
| in bad condition; that new floor be laid in the
corridor ofthe Jail to replace the old one, which
is badly worn; that the plastering in the cells be
| repaired where necessary, and that the exterior
metal work be painted.
A committee OF the Grand Jury composed of J.
| Alfred Mackey, John Drummond and II. e..
| Montgomery, visited the County Aims House and
Insane Asylum, and find the Aims House: has
thirty two inmates. twenty white and six colored
males and four white and two colored females
who had the appearance of being well cared for.
The buildings are in good order and the live stock
on the farm attached in goodIcondition, and the
crops presenting the appeance of good yield.
The committee found the Insane Asylum has
thirty inmates, fifteen white aud four colored
males and eight white and two colored females,
| all OF whom seemed to be well cared for. The
buildings and grounds are in good condition, ex-
cept portion of the fence enclosing the grounds
which is in need OF repair for the security of the
inmates, but the repairs, the committee have
| reason to believe, will be speedily made by the
proper authorities.
| All of which is respectfully submitted tor your
information. am, gentlemen, very respectfully
yours,
R. L. McCLENAHAN,
Foreman.
j. Martin McNabb VS.. Catherine
Dougherty, removed from Hartford
county. J. j. Archer and VIM. T.
Warburton for plaintiff; Albert
Constable for defendant. Suit was
brought by McNabb, an attorneys at
law of Belair to secure certain coun-
sci fees in settling up the Dougherty
estate. The plaintiff asked for $500.
The trial consumed two days, a YER
dict being rendered by the jury for
the plaintiff for $4,000.
The case of State VS.. Hugh
O'Conner, indicted for larceny, was
quickly disposed of. O'Conner
plead guilty and the Court sen
fenced him to four years in the
penitentiary.
The trial of Margaret L. Morrison
and Hannah J. Morrison, indicted
for assault with intent to kill their
sister, jeanette Morrison, at their
home near Rowlandville, occupied
the Court Saturday.
In June last Jeanette Morrison,
the elder sister, was attacked by
Margaret L. and Hannah j. Nor
rison and beaten over the head and
face with bootjack, and for a time
her life was departed of. On the
witness stand the family troubles
of the past 40 years were ventilated.
The testimony of jeanette was to
the effect that her two younger
sisters had threatened to kill her
on one or more occasions, and in
June last had entered her room and
beaten her with bootjack and a
club. Elizabeth, the fourth sister,
went to her rescue and was likewise
treated. The defendants admitted
the assault, but alleged that
jeanette struck the first blow.
The case was given to the jury
at B O'Clock Saturday afternoon,
and after remaining out until 8
O'Clock Sunday morning, were
brought into the court room unable
to agree and were discharged. The
jury stood 10 to 2 for conviction on
common assault.
On Monday Vaughn Harvey and
Wilson Biddle, of North East, were
sentenced to nine months in Jail for
assaulting John Rodgers, of Oxford,
Pa, at Red Point fishing shore last
May.
The case of Martin Richey, who
represented himself as a physician
and who was indicted for the lar
ceny of a pair of gold cuff buttons
from DR.. John III. lamar, of Elkton,
was tried before the Court. He
plead guilty and was sentenced to
six months in the county Jail. f.
X. Finnan for defendant.
Eli Young, colored, indicted for
the larceny of a roll of carpet from
Taylor McKenney, was acquitted.
Hester Hess for defendant.
A large number of witnesses
were in Court from Hartford county
on Monday to testify in the Ste
phenson will case, but owing to the
absence of important witnesses the
case was continued until the DE
cember term.
The jury was discharged late
Monday afternoon, and the Court
announced that it would adjourn
after hearing testimony and argu-
ment In the ease of the sale of the
Singerly Pulp and Paper Mills and
other property by the trustees
under a decree for $lO5,OOO. The
bondholders and others have filed
bills of exception to said sale,
The sale of the property came up
for ratification before the Circuit
Court in equity on Monday evening.
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