The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-12-19
CIRCUIT COURT.
Continued from Peg !

the 1Unr Etltf SlllllIar CaStS ltlullE
against the accused and sentence wClss
deferred.
The next ease tried waS State vs..
Harry Young, ou,orph, of st. Augustine,
charged by Sarah Carter, coiorcd, of
Chp> sprnkr City, with being the father
of an illcgitimatr child. Tried before
the following jury William Vi. Usue,
/. l.. Hot. Thomas Garvin, Howard
bradley, James johnson, Alan ID. John
srl, John +. Pierce. X. \. Mccullough,
irorge W. Chidestcr Cn1meliuS Tome,
W. Irving Hill. Il. VI. Cameron. The
defense attempted to show that the
lpltIsrcutrix had sought to lay the charge
luFun lanes Ham. colorcd. of ElktGn.
but the jury found Young guilty, and he
WAS ulI,>red to execute the uSual bond,
and. failing. be confined in Jail for six
months.
| The second case of State vs. Alfred
Bender. selling liquor. was then tried
before the following jury II. II. Cum
mings. FormnIr. Charles X. Lynch, j.
NJ. Hrvclin. NJ. &. Rrrdrr, +. Kirk
Cameron. Il. Il. Russell. BENZ. =. Will
,or, William ID. Dunbar, Morris Dunbar,
lThumaS W. George, Robert h. Frazer
and H. Winfield Lewis. ALERT Con
stable. .Jr. for the defence. u% in pre-
viuuS liquor eases, entered a general and
special GrmurrrrS to the Indictment.
which were ovrrrulrd. aud the trial pro
rrr,l,tl.
Rrndrr WINS charged with selling or
giving alcoholic liquor 10 Rufus u. Ben
iamiu ut his place in Port Deposit, rn
July 18th. Benjwnin took the stand and
said he knew Bender. Was at his place
three or four times after ''ambro>ia'
which Il boy brought to him from one
lurm to another in Il hottie. which he
could met say was II beer bottle. He
lpHid the hoy for the stuff. Ii was like
soap ~urlS. hut hard no fruth ON it. He
drank it out of the bottle. which was
uncorkrd. Newer tuck more than two
drinks of it mt Il time He could not say
it was beer. though it had bitter taste.
1t did not affect him nor would the same
Iamuunt Of real beer. He bought it for
'amhrN>ia." and paid 10 cents the hot
tie. He got it not over three times. and
never felt the effects Of alcohol from
drinking the stuff.
| MCHiSrS. Suuirr, Stlahurn and Evans
for the State, asked for Il verdict OF
guilty, but M,SSrS. Constable and Clay
ton, for the defense. held that the Stat,
had not proved its case by the only wit
ness ii had brought The case was OF
all fourS with the previous one in which
the accused had been acquitted Tn,
case WAS given to the jury shortly brfor,
noon. who. after Il brief nb>encr return
ci with II verdict of mot guilty"
The remaining case against Bender
was continued until the March term tn,
States witrrS$ having been returned nul
est.
William COOPER colorcl. II Years old
whose bail wa~ forfeited on Tuesday
was next arraigmrd charged with frlun
ious assault upon Harry WINS. II Tom,
Institute student. in Port Deposit, near
Williams store on November 9TH last
WINS WAS stabbed in the thigh by Coopr
whom he jr>tlcd on the pavement. Coop
"r ard tw" comrades claimed Tho, affai
was an accident as he had Il Barlow
knife in his hand ut the time sharlrnin.
a lead pencil. The State withdrew tn,
; charge of assault with intent to kill, an,
the jury found him guilty of common rs
>lut. SQuirr and Evans for State II
L., and Albert Constable. Jr. for de
f"ll>r. Cooper WAS given six months il
the House of Correction. Judge pcarc,
cauti"ting everybody about the need %
giving right uf WHY to pedestrians.
Samuel Dixon, coioryl. plead guilty I,
the charge of stealing Sundry tools va
lur,I ut $500 from Samuel Mnrtinslc
Of near Blue BAL, On November 10Th
AMI WAS given two years in the pcmit"n
tiary by Judge Pcarcr.
Among the pY"svntmrmtS ignored hN
the Grand .Iu.% WAS that of X. ID. Aikrl
late of Warwick charged with mayhem
upon +. j. Henry. of ElktuE in MAY
last The September Grand Jury ndict
ed Aiken. lut the foreman failed to sign
the bill. Tho Indictment WIS uua>hrd
bond w. r'M' wed with ]. c.. and +
Ambrose Price G> Surrti,>. and new
prcsrntmt mt made this week. which tn,
Grand Jury Ignored.
The trult, on learning of the matter
requested the States Attorney To exam
Inc it, legal features aud give his opinion
- That if it were not already closed
;hr case could he submitted to the next
'land Jury for its action
Court then adjourncd for the day.
The Grand Jury came into Court. at
T. p. m, on Thursday, and submitted tn,
following report =
TO the IIorowhlc, the Judges of tn,
Circuit Count for Cecil County :
We the Grand Jurors fol. the Dcccm
lrr term of 1903 beg leave to report that
We have examined q CunStablcS and 81
vitnr >'~r>, have made % prcscntments
| oun3l % true bills and ignored cases