The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-21
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4. =. GRIFFIN RELEASED UNTIL
MONDAY By COURT ORDER.

Rail in TrOvcr Proceedings tnstttu-
ted Against Him by Nit Morrison,
DesreputabIe Woman of the
CITY. for Furniture stored with
Him by Her sister Sue-Part of the
Furniture Had Been Levied on
and Sold After the sisters Abrupt
Departure From the City Last
Year-UnabIe TO Give Bond MIR.
Griffin would Have Gone to Jail
bat for the Order.
Upon application by his attorney, A. S.
Griffin, the defendant in an action OF bail
in trover, instituted by Nit Morrison, was
released from the custody of the sheriff
of the City Court on yesterday afternoon,
and an order was granted directing the
plaintiff 10 show cause before Judge Nor
wood why the case should not be dis
missed
The case exemplfes the hardships that
may easily be inflicted by anyone who
desires to take advantage of the action
of bail in trover, hardships that would
have resulted from the institution of the
present proceeding, but for the kindness
and courtesy of the sheriff and his OFF,
GERS and the prompt action of Judge Nor
wood.
Nit and Sue Morrison are couple Of
women Of the tenderloin The defendant
in the bail in trover proceedings. is a re-
spectacle business man of Savannah,
though be is of limited means. The facts
in the case appear to be that last year,
when the women were forced to move
from their then abiding place. by the po-
lice, they came to the conclusion that il
would be wiser and better for them, if
for while, they shook the dust OF the
city entirely from their feet and this they
determined to DO.
Having then no use for the furniture
which had been used in their house, Sue
Morrison had it stored with Mr. Griffin
who is in the furniture storage business
She entered into contract with him for
the storage of the furniture and had il
insured with a local firm of insurance
agents for $1,000. Then, presumably. she
and her sister left Savannah AT any rate
they were net heard OF in police circles
for number of months. test that af-
fords reasonable satisfactory evidence
that they were not in the city.
AS soon as their creditors heard of the
women's departure from the city they
sued out garnshments and attachments
against every one who they believed owed
the women anything or had any goods Of
theirs in his possession. Among the de-
PENDANTS in attachment was Mr.. Griffin
His answer to the attachment showed that
the goods that he held had been left in
his possession by Sue Morrison and that
he had known nothing of Mit in the trans
action,
Under an order of a Justices court.
regularly and legally obtained, the goods
in his possession were levied upon for the
debts of the sisters, were advertised and
enough of them to satisfy the claims of
the creditors were sod.
Lately Nil Morrison and possibly her
sister returned TO the city, and enc of The
first acts of Nit was to institute an ac-
ton of bail in trover against Mr.. Grit
tin. In this she alleged hat he had in his
possession furniture belonging to her ana
amounting in value to $1,000. She assert
e1 that the rent on the furniture for the
time he had had 1t in his possession was
we'll worth $500 and petitioned The court
to allow her that sum, also over and
above the value of the arlcles she
claimed.
The law regulating the action of bail in
troy pr vides that the def ndant in such
a proceeding shall either produce he ar
ticles for which the action is instituted
give bond for twice the amount of their
value, Tor their forthcoming TO answer the
final decree of the court or go to jail.
Mr.. Griffin was moi in a position to com
ply with but one of these requirements.
Some of the articles for which the ac-
ton had been brought had been levied on
and sold under the executions issuing from
the Justices court in favor of the credi-
tors of the two women. Mr.. Griffin is a
man of linajted means and not able to
give bond for twice the alleged value of
the furniture and its renal, so that all
that he could do, under the strict letter
OF the law, was TO go to Jail. BY the
courtesy of the court officers, Mr.. Grit
fin was permitted to be at liberty on his
own recognizance until yesterday after
noon, when a hearing was had before
Judge Norwood and the facts were made
TO appear to the court by Mr.. w. F. Sla-
der, representing the defendant.
Under this showing Judge Norwood
granted an order directing that the de-
PENDANT be permitted to continue at lib
erty until Monday and that at noon of
that day the plaintiff be required to show
cause why the privilege should not be his
indefinitely. Had the defendant been less
well known in the community and the
officers of the court for this reason, at
all doubtful as to his good faith i'm OBJ
serving the promise 20 appear promptly
at the time set for the hearing, he would
have been languishing in Jail since the
day the bail in trover proceeding was
first issued.