The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-09-26
Circuit Court.

MUTT Vi DFOOklyu vs.. the Will vi
Ter mother Mrs. Martha g. West,
ate of North East, suit to recover
81 1872. 9S for services rendered and
money loaned her mother previous
10 her death occupied the Court
until midnight on Thursday of last
week when the jury retired. After
out until 2 o'clock on
Friday afternoon they reported
their inability to agree and were
discharged.
The grand jury completed their
labors on Thursday, submitted the
report and was discharged:
The Honorable Judges ofths Circuit Court:
The Grand Jury for Cecil county, for the Sep
TENDER Term 1902, having finished their duties
report
We have examined five Constables, and thirty
six witnesses, have made fifteen true present
ments found fifteen true bills, and ignored nine
cases. We have appointed a committee who
visited the Aims House and Insane Asylum.
They report thirty-two inmates in the Aims
House and thirty in the Asylum They thor
OuSnly Inspected DOIn INSTITUTIONS, ana ma t0em
in excellent condition, and the inmates well
cared for. They also report the pump at the
Asylum out of ORDER and we recommend neces.
sary repairs at once.
We visited the Jail, and found confined therein
seventeen prisoners; the property is in fair con-
ditiOn, and the prisoners have evidence of good
care and treatment.
We thank the Court for the courtesy extended
to us, and having examined into all business
brought before us, we respectfully ask to be
discharged.
DEXTER NJ. LEE, Foreman.
The case of the State VS.. Fred
erick Grogan, Joseph Gaffney and
Frank Bradley indicted for larceny
was taken up. The men pleaded
guilty and were sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary.
State VS.. Harry Seaman indicted
for the theft of a horse, buggy and
harness.
Seaman is the party apprehended
through the efforts of the Rising
Sun Detective Association, for the
theft of horse, wagon, harness,
etc, from James f. Rutter and
other parties at Battle Swamp on
the night of Saturday, May Sd.
He was arrested in the neigh
borhood of Christiana, brought to
Cecil county and lodged in Elkton
Jail. Seaman was tried by the
Court, found guilty and sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary.
The case of Mary E. Tarbert VS..
George E. Poist, action to recover
the value of certain goods by the
plaintiff which were appraised and
sold as belonging to the estate of
George w. Poist, deceased, occu-
pied the attention of the Court all
of Saturday and until late Monday
night. The jury retired shortly
after II O'Clock and brought in a
verdict in favor of the defendant,
Mr.. Poist.
George Anderson, colored, was
put on trial Tuesday morning,
charged with the theft of a silver
watch from John Robinson, of Elk
ton. The jury rendered verdict
of guilty, and the court sentenced
him to six months in the
penitentiary.
Tuesday afternoon Misses Mar,
garet Z. Morrison and Hannah
j. Morrison were placed on
trial for assaulting with intent
to kill their sister, Miss Mary
Janette Morrison. The family
quarrel was shown by the evidence
to have been the outgrowth of
jealousy and money matters. The
jury brought in verdict of not
guilty.
Joseph Peters colored, charged
with assault upon James Hill, of
Port Deposit, was convicted and
sentenced to two years in the House
of Correction.
William Glass, colored, was ar
raigned before the court for assault
ON James Hill. Submitted without
argument. Verdict-not guilty.
On Wednesday the case of
Lycurgus Keen against the May.
or and City Council of Havre de
Grace for $4,000 damages was put
on trial. The suit was removed
here from Hartford county, and is
the outcome of an accident which
befell the plaintiff over three years
ago, when he was injured by step
ping into a washont in the side.
walk in the town of Havre de
Grace. The case is expected to oc-
cupy the Court for several days,
and that will about end the session.
All jurors not engaged in it have
been finally discharged.
The suits of Charles r. Foard
and John Gilpin against Messrs.
Reiter, Curtis and Hill, contractors,
for damages to woodland which is
alleged to have been set on fire by
sparks from engines of the defen.
dants, have been settled outside
the court.
The case DR.. James G. Macken.
zie VS.. the Jacob Tome Institute
has been continued.
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