The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-03-23
GRAND jury REPORT.

The grand jury made the following report
on Tuesday afternoon and was discharged:
To THE HONORABLE, THE JUDGES OF THE
CIRCUIT COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY:
Th" Grand Jury for Cecil county for the
March term, 1901, respectfully report that
disposed Of all matters brought to their
motto"
They have examined cIght cunstablcs and
thirteen witnesses: have made nine present
mcnts, and found nine true bills, and ignor-
ed two cases
They have visited the County Jail and
found confined therein eleven inmates, five
white and six rolorrd. all males. The con-
ditioIs of the premises are not neglected.
but the building is sadly in need of repairs,
and tn" Grand Jury would call the attcn-
tiUn of the county authorities to the recon-
mendation made by former Grand Jurirs,
and that said recommendations hr carried
out II soon a- possible IL tn" hutldng is
damaging from neglect
They visited III" County Insane Asylum
and Aims House Il, committee composed
of Thomas $ Miller. Waiter smith and
Wilmer u, Thompson, whose report is here
unto attached, all of which is respectfully
submitted. \. l.. DuYcEINcE,
Foreman.
liErOEr on rnL tuNMirrEE APPOINTED 10
VISIT the AG,rs House. NNn TIE Is,
SANE ASYLUM
After careful investigation. we lind tin,
number of inmates in the Asylum to hr "a
whites 81, colorrd s.
| We find in the Insane Asylum 2s inmates
81 white and coorrd.
We find all the buildings clean. and
nicely kept. We recommend that the floor
of the Aims House, the inmates dining
room, should be ccmrntrd for Il prcrautior
of foul smclls also, that there be al
overhead passagcway built between tn,
ovcrserr's building and mems department
to protect the attendants in going from on,
to the other. THOMAS $. MILLER,
Chairman of Committee.
PREsENTMESTs FoUND.
The following presentments were returned
| bN lub Slduu Jury. -Nt!SOu W . pCJil, VI lItll
caster county, Pa, arson, burning distiler,
at Rock Springs; Thomas Webster colored
carrying concealed deadly weapons; Ben
| jamn Schall, colored, similar offence; Johl
T. Kitchens, larceny of overcoat from JohE
Thackery; John Sullivan, burglarly at vii
| liam Yonkers: same carrying concealed
deadly weapons; John Sherman, colored
larceny Of rings from Charles f. Beatty
jerome Bayard, colored. larceny of team
from William Vansant: William Cobbs, color
ed, same offence.
CRIMINAL CASES,
William Cobb and Jerome Bayard, bott
coored, were sentenced by the Court to
term of two years in the Maryland House o
Correction for driving of with a team with
out permission belonging to William Vansant
of near Elkton.
Benjamin Schall and Thomas Webster
both colored. were convicted of carrying
concealed weapons and were sentenced by
Judge Pearce to the Maryland House o
Correction, the former for twelve month
and the latter for eight.
| John sherman, colored, indicted Tor tn
larceny Of three gold rings from Judg'
Charles Z. Beatty, of North East. Declare,
not guilty by jury.
John Sullivan tried for breaking into ant
robbing the house of William Yonkers nea
Mechanics Valley. Sullivan pleaded his owl
case. The Court held the case under con
sideration that the mans sanity be examiner
into.
At noon on Wednesday Court adjourned
until Monday next when the case OF State vs
Nelson W. Scott, of Lancaster. Pa, indicte,
for arson, will be placed on trial.