The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-04
TERM BEGINS TO-DAY
GRAND JURY OF SUPERIOR COURT
TO BE EMPANELLED.
JUDGE FALLIGANT'S CHARGE.
WILL DE DELIVERED AT 1OO'CLOCK
THIS MORNING.

Forty Grand Jurors Have Been
Drawn and Summoned, of Whom
Twenty-three VIII Constitute the
Grand Jury of the March Term.
others VIII BE Excused-This
Grand Jury Is the Body Before
VIII Bring Its COmplaints-NO
Criminal Trials to BE Had Before
Wednesday.
The March term of the Chatham Supe-
rior Court will be convened this morn
ing, when Judge Falligant will deliver
the charge to the grand jury.
Forty grand jurors have been drawn
and summoned to appear in court this
morning. OF this number several will be
excused for cause or disability and some
others will be excused by the court. The
remaining twenty-three will constitute
the grand jury for the term. The names
of those drawn and summoned are as fol-
lows:
]. R. Sheldon, Lee Roy Myers, Daniel
Hogan, Walter Coney, L. Putzel, George
w. Allen, Charles F. Prendergast, I. a.
Solomons, Sc. Theus, George P. Walker,
j. NJ. Dixon. John Derst, George ]. Bald
win, w. w. Aimar, John O'Gorman
George W. Lamar, Joseph Phillips, A. s.
Delannoy, ]. Moultrie Lee, Nathaniel
Harrison, w. T. Leopold, F. III. Marshall,
T. F. Johnson, L. w. Haskell, e. B. Ma
lone, Jesse p. Williams, f. G. Bell, W.
J. Robider, Lee G.. Armstrong, Peter Ra-
hey, Adolph Berg, ]. Ferst, Andrew Han
ley, w. D. bearing, ". w. Williamson,
d. Y. Dancy, John A. Gaudry, Abe S.
Guckenheimer, Armin B. Palmer.
Some interest attaches to the personel
of the grand jury of the March term, for
the reason that 1t is the body before
which the Law and Order League will
bring its complaints of infractions of the
laws in regard to Sunday closing, and
from which it will seek to secure indict-
ments against these alleged violators of
the law. Mr. l. A. Solomons one OF the
grand jurors summoned lis druggist,
and although he does not sell soda water
on Sunday, it is reported that he has been
guilty of some of the other high crimes
tionary and shoe polish on that day,
which the Law and Order League is de-
termined to suppress. What truth there
is in these serious charges against Nj.
Solomons is not known.
There will be no trials of criminal cases
III the Superior Court before Wednesday
or Thursday Solicitor General Osborne
is attending the inauguration ceremonies
at Washington and the criminal business
of the court will be postponed until he
returns to the city Henry Brooks, the
alleged murderer of Patrolman Harry
Fender, who was to have been tried to-
morrow, will have some additional days
in which to prepare his defense. Brooks
will be represented by Messrs. Twiggs &
Oliver. while the solicitor general viii
prosecute for the state. The case it is
expected, will prove to be an ex-
ceedingly interesting one and the trial
will abound in incident.
For other days during the week there
have been assigned for trial cases in
which indictments have been already re-
turned by the grand jury of the last term
of the court. There are thirty-five or
forty of these cases, and there is but lit
tie criminal business for the grand jury
that will be sworn in to-day to take up
just at once. The last grand jury made
almost complete sweep.