Evening star., 1903-11-23
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Grand Jury Returns 136 Indictments
Interesting Point Raised.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. November % 1903
The grand jury for the Move mber term
Of the circuit court for this county ad-
! journed Yesterday afternoon after twe.ve
days of hard work one hundred and
thirty six indictments were returned H-ing
the largest number ever found by g-and
jury in this county. About one-haIf of
these were for violations Of the local op-
ton law, each of whica contained from
| one to fifteen counts MAJ king an aggregate
of about DO local option cases Th,=e in
| dicted represent all sections of the county
and include the following: James Be ean.
six cases; Joseph +. Bissett seven cases:
John McDermott, three cases; Frank Trip
lett, five cases; John u. Riley. I'VE y.ees:
John Howard. seven cases; William Brad
ley, five cases: Charles Du,!.nay. five cas- $;
Carl BlaubGck two cases; Oliver : Naus
five cases; George Brown. one case: tic ge
Holland, one case: Levi Powell. one ,.tse;
Henry Fox, one case; Stephen Fox. one
case; Victor McQuaGe. one case: Ami use
PlJcton. two cases; William johnson. inur
| cases; Isaac Norman, four eases; Edward
Frazier, two cases. William tiunn.il. one
case; Laura Smith, cue case; Dennis C.ai k
three cases; Martheda Kelchuer four cases:
James +. kelclmer. one case, Peter Mum
roe one case; Robert Wilson. one case;
Morris BeaH, two cases; Felix Bar ard,
| three cases; Mary X. aud Joseph y Keim
twelve cases Aaron LuSter. two cases: John
Curtin, one case: Robert Hoffman. four
eases; Baker Bowie. one case; Henry
Swartzback, two cases. BENJAMIN I..no-
witz. eleven cases; Nancy Starred. three
cases; Walter McGaha. one case: Richard
Collier, nine cases; Joseph T. Barry. five
cases; Homer Wells. one case; George w.
Sullivan, fourteen cases; Sadie Huuck
seven cases, and Lizzie Thomas, three
cases. An aggregate of thirty-thr cases
was also brought against William IL. and
George Bobinger. Thomas and John Moo
nan john Johnson and Clinton Williams. IL
being alleged that they were responsible for
violations Of he law at Cabin John Bridge
Hotel.
In compliance with suggestions of Judge
henderson, the grand jury report contains
recommendation that the local option
law be amended as follows. and calls upon
the countys representatives, in the lngisll-
ture TO use every effort to have the law so
changed, That the fii ST offenSe be subject
to punishment by fine Imprisonment at
the discretion of the court: that the : cond
offense be punished by fine and imnrison-
ment, that the holding of a United States
internal revenue tax receipt for tn. sale
Of liquors shall be prima facie evidence of
violation of the law; that the paraphernaiia
of bar room and the possession of intoX-
icating liquors Oh the premises shall he
prima facie evidence of guilt that It shall
be the duty of the sheriff and his depu les
and the constableS to inspect suspected
places, when complained of. and to seize
Intoxicating liquors and furnish them
an evidence Of guilt; that any officer of the
constabulary who stall furnish Information
resulting in conviction and fine under ttiS
law shall be entitled to one-fourth of the
fine imposed.
Concerning the collection of fines in local
option cases. d point of considerable inter
est has been raised by Mr. Franh Higgins
the anti-saloon league attorney. The law
provides that the sheriff must first show
that person in his custody upon whom
fines. penalties or foTfeitues have been i'm
posed by the court is iuSolVent before he
can take the prisoner to the house of cor
rection in default of payment Of fine, pen
atty or forfeiture imposed. The question
arose when It was learned that BENZ jamin
Lenowitz the Halpne merchant, who
pleaded guilty in eleven cases, and who was
fined So. 400, had refused to pay the fines,
and would be taken to the house of correc-
ton.
States Attorney Talbot gave the matter
attention. and after looking carefully into
the law on the subject directed the clerk
of the court TO issue an execution upon all
the Judgments of the court wherein fines
We're imposed upon LenowitZ. Lenowtz
owns property at Halpine which ii is be-
lieved is of sufficient value 20 cover The
amount of the fines. but if the proceeds of
the sale are insufficient he will. IL is slid,
have to go To the house of correction for
six months in default of the payment of the
shortage.