The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-16
MARCH TERM BEGINS
JUDGE SPEER AND OFFICERS AR
RIVE TO OPEN SESSION.
IN UNITED STATES COURTS
CRIMINAL MATTERS AND ASSIGN
NIENTs OCCUPY COURT TODAY.

Discharges in Bankruptcy To-day.
Others Delayed by Objections.
Calendar of the Courts.
The United States District and Cir
cult Courts will convene this morning
at 10 o'clock. Judge Speer and Off
GERS of the court will arrive from Ma
con shortly before the time for con-
vening the courts. A telegram re-
ceived last night at the De Soto from
Judge Speer announced his coming.
Several of the other officers of the
court have arrived, among them As
sistant United States District Attor-
ney Alexander Alderman. Among the
officers who are expected with Judge
Speer is Mr.. L. NJ. Erwin, deputy
clerk, who will assist in conducting the
| business of the court
Clerk H. H. King is expected from
Florida, where he has been for several
weeks. The work of preparing the
dockets has been completed by Deputy
Clerk S. F. B. Gillespie. The calendar
has been made up for some time, but it
is probable that at the session this
morning some changes will be made,
since quite a number of cases were
displaced by the order of the Judge
declaring an adjournment of the
court, which was expected to convene
last Thursday, until to-day.
Defendants to Plead.
1t is probable that at this morning S
| session a number of defendants in
matters of criminal nature will APP
pear before the court and plead guilty
Some of these reported several days
ago to Assistant District Attorney w.
R. Leaken, had their bonds revised,
and now stand ready to plead before
the court. There will be no trials of
criminal cases for at least week, no
jury having been drawn.
1t is thought that at the session
to-day a grand and petit jury will be
drawn as there are matters of i'm
portance to engage the attention of
both. None of these matters are
pressing, and can as easily be taken
up at later date.
To Discharge Bankrupts.
There are also quite a number of
matters, in bankruptcy to be present.
ed to the consideration of the court
Besides half a dozen objections to dis
charges, which will come up a little
later in the term, there are a score or
more of discharges which have been
prepared for the courts signature
1t is not known whether the cases
assigned for trial this week will be
taken up tomorrow in their regular
order, or whether the dislodged cases
will first be disposed of. The latter
are numerous, but owing to the fact
that nearly all are formal or interlocu-
tory matters, it is probable that they
will be taken up at once, so that they
may be disposed of and the regular
| calendar observed in the trial of cases.
Cases This Week.
The important cases which will en-
gage the attention of the court, as
well as the calendar for the March
term has appeared in the Morning
News. Below is given the calendar
of cases for the present week, together
with the list of cases assigned for last
week, but dislodged. The cases as
signed for this week follow, there be-
| ing no cases assigned for to-day. These
are subject to change.
Tuesday, March 17-Actielskabet
Barford Company against Hilton and
Dodge Lumber Company.-W. G.
Charlton for plaintiff; Garrard & Mel
drim for defendant.
Wednesday, March 1S-United States
against Jacob Rauers.-Condemnat ton.
w. W. wi GOiiB anu .. d. <10dIllS
for defendant.
Thursday March 19-J. S. Barstow,
ct. al. against Isaac Beckett, ct. all
| Garrard & Meldrim for plaintiff; Ad-
ans & Adams, and SauSsy & Saussy
for defendant.
Friday, March 20-Brunswick Light
and Water Company against city of
Brunswick.-Crovatt & Whitfield for
plaintiff; F. e. Twitty for defendant
(Nnnza1pG fy1G 10
Torras.-Crovatt & Whitfield for plain
| tiff; Atkinson & Dunwody for de-
PENDANT.
AS soon as these matters are dis
posed of the admiralty docket will be
taken up and disposed of. The cases
assigned for Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of last week were:
Matters in Equity.
Intervention of Mcintyre against the
Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany, w. r. Leaken and E. S. Elliott
for intervenOr; LaWton & Cunningham
for defendant.
Rubber Tire Co. against J. F. Ward
and ]. F. Glatigny. Staley and Bow
man for plaintiff; Craig and Toulman
for defendant.
Thomas L. Nisbet against G. A. Hor-
kan and Hammond. Haden and Travis
for plaintiff; Pearsall and Shipp for
defendant.
Augusta Vera Cruz against Pablo
Gonzales ct al. Crovatt and Whitfield
for PLAINTIFF; Atkinson and Dunwody
for defendant.
Charles Hebard against G. H. ia
cobs. Crovatt and Whitfield for plain
tiff.
Speer and johnson, receivers, against
Waycross Opera House. Crovatt e.
Whitfield for plaintiff
Mrs. F. r. Mills against New South
B. and L. Association. Ancillary bills.
viz: Mrs. Eva Keller (Lester & Raw
eneD; Mrs. Ellen Burns (Twiggs &,
oliver; Mrs. Emma Cannon and Mrs.
w. K. Meeks alexander & Hitch; j.
F. Harvey and Mrs. A. Butzloff (Os-
borne & Lawrence).
Mrs. NJ. c. Alexander against South
ern Home Building and Loan Associa-
ton. Auxiliary bills,s viz: F. H. Fer
guson and Corinthia Mitchell &c. B.
Whatley); Adam Robertson and F. B.
Irons, j. j. Easterling. A. f. Flint.
Lena LantZen, j. A. Barrow, Gruver
and Vereen and L. Robinson. mo at
torney).
A. E. Dixon against the Atlanta Ma
tional Building and Loan Association.
Auxiliary bills, viz: Henry J. Rruton
"a. ;. Hawes) Order for hearing Jan.
4. Waycross Opera House ct al. Order
be taken by Crovatt & Whitfield.
Lon Dickey against the city of Da-
rien to be assigned for trial. Jay and
Wymberley for plaintiff.
The Civil suits.
NJ. A. Connally against Oberlin NJ
Carter. ct. aL-Mercer and Barrow for
plaintiff: w. G. Charlton for defend
ant