Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-02
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.

january Term, Which convenes ON the
14th. '% t
The next term Of the United States
District curt converts on January
l4th. Monday afternoon, ION the ap-
plication OF District Attorney William
Michael Byrne, Jury { commissioners
William 6. Mahaffy and James. Z.
Winchester drew grand and petit juries
TO eervs at that term, The grand Jury
is summoned 10 appear on the 18th at ii
o'clock a. M, and the petit jury at the
same nour on the 2lst. The panel is as
follows:
GRAND JURY.
Wilmington hundred = James NJ.
Bryan, Archibald s Reed, James
Megary, &. Parke Postles. Alvin X.
Morrison, Frank It. Clymer, Marx NJ.
Cleayer and Thomas Z. Doud,
Christiana-James Cranston and John
W. Il. kigore.
Red Lion John ]. Mess q and Daniel
b. Stewart.
st. Georges j. Cowgirl Alston.
DUCK reek, Kent ounjy-William
L. Hall and Willard q. Pierce.
Mispilion j oseph A. Calluway.
Broad Creek, SUSSEX Luther II.
Clifton, John NJ. Collins and John E.
James.
Georgetown-W Z. Torbert.
North west \ orlS John Todd
Seaford Frank Arohey.
Broadkiln David Cunwell
PETIT JURY.
Wilmington hundred John Il. Do'an,
! joseph jackson Perce, Joseph Ban
croft, Frederic Pyle, Henry d. Thomp.
eon, FREDERICK Keinle, Harry f. Roho
len, j. Smith brennan, +. Frank
Sharpley and Charles Mcintirs
Brandywine Winfield s. Orr and
James NJ, c. Pr ncs.
Christiana- William Armor
VIII TO lay Creek-Arthur L. Neale
and Walter Curtis.
Red Lion Peter j. Mulligan and
James A. Mulliean.
St Cleo gfs-Merritt N. Willis.
Duck Creek, Kent county -Ephraim
Lawer, Clarence frettyman and Walter
U. HoiIecker
Keuton William p. Wright.
East Dover-Danie NJ. wilson.
Mispillion--John Anderson.
n Little Creek, SUSSEX county m onelaus
Ellis and Elijah John Ellis.
Cedar Creek Frank q. Shaw.
George own Nathaniel ii. Wilson,
Eli Pepper, II. Il. Lynch and John l..
Thompson.
North west Fork Enos Wright.
Slarord - Elijah II. Sp.oer and
Thomas N. Rawlins.
Lewes and Rehoboth Robert Arnell
and william ID. Wilson
or the petit jurors drawn Harry r..
Robplen ana Frederick keinle are dead.
There are plumber OF important cases,
the chief one be ny Against Henry q.
Long OF Lewes, charged with tamper.
ing with the mail. There are also Sow
eral postal and internal revenue matters
10 be Opposed OF and IL all are taken UP
long session of court is promised, The
business has beel accumulatipg fol
some tire.
The last grand jury was discharged
about April 18th, 1899. The petit jury
which was summoned ut the sRme time
was discharged about May 10th of thai
year Another petit Jury was in at
tendance in the came court on July
10th, 1899, served one day and was dis
charged There has been no grand iurJ
in the Circuit CoCrt since the JUNE
term, 1899 Petit iuries served 10 thA
court at the June and October terms
1900, considering civil business. Tner'
has been no Tetit Jury in that cour
since the October term, 1900.
The same grand and petit iuries cal
serve In both courts. Only one Judge
Judge Bradford, sits in the Distric
L curt, while more than one can sit il
the Circuit Court. Four terms Of th,
District curt are held each year, beg n
, ming on the second pnesd y In January
April. June and September, and Their
are two terms OF the Citcuit Court IL
the same Eeriod, beginning on th
, third Tuesday in June and October.
Grand and petit juries are drawn n
the request of the district attorney. Flo
! terms of court at which there s n
, business scheduled in his department,
8 no luries are necessary, except wher
> there is civil business requiring iurie5
in which event juries can be asked 10
{ by the parties interested. Whenever
a however, the district attorney has bust
I ness to come before the SQUIRT he nolitie
s the resident judge within two weeks G
8 the converting Of any term and tn
I. judge makes an order requiring IN
q jury commissioners, who at present ar
8 James Z. Winchester, u Democrat, an
. William q. Mnhatly, the deputy oler
OF the court, q Republican to draw jur
and ms soon as possible \ ter receivin
! the order the commissioners oompl
! herewith, and the United States maj
T shal summons the jurors in time fo
9 them to attend on the opening day.
Q Grand juriss are necessary where in
/ dlctEens are desired, but in some case
y a trial can he had on an information
h in which event a grand jury 10 nc
Z necessary.