The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-23
Circuit Court.
The Grand Jury Report-True Bill
Against Holland and Hopps
For Murder.
COURT ADJoURNs FOR HOLIDAYS

LII HIS SulU TO recover SlU,UUU
damages against the P, b. & W.
railroad company, the jury on Fri
day afternoon awarded Jas. Devers
of Chester, Pa, a verdict for 50, 500.
Devers was employed as watch
man in Chester for the railroad
company and on Oct. 80, 1902, his
Matchbox was struck by an engine
which was shifting some cars and
injured. The defendant company
will carry the case to the Court of
Appeals.
The grand jury on Friday return
ed true bill against John Holland
and William Hopps, colored, for
the murder of Albert Constable,
who was waylaid, fatally shot and
robbed, while walking over Gray's
Hill, near Elkton, on the evening
of August Is last. The State is
understood to have in its possess
sion some very strong circumstan-
tial evidence against the indicted
men. The accused were arraigned
Monday morning in Court and
pleaded not guilty. They elected
to be tried before the Court and
Tuesday, January 3, was set for the
of their trial. l..
Marshall Haines and Senator Henry
M. Mccullough will defend the
prisoners, and the State will have
in addition to J. Wilson Squier,
States Attorney, Austin L. Croth-
ers and William S. Evans.
The grand jury was discharged
after submitting the following
report:
To The Honorable tie Judges Of lae Circuit Court for
Cecil County
The Grand Jurors for the December term of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County respectfully re-
port that they have disposed of all business
brought to their attention. They examined IL
constables and 81 witnesses, made presentments
and found II true bills They visited the Aims
House and Insane Asylum by committee. They
found in the Aims House 80 inmates,-21 white
males, IL white females,6 colored males and
colored female. In the Insane Asylum they
found 80 inmates,-15 white males. 10 white fe-
males, colored males and colored females.
They visited the Jail in a body and found therein
II prisioners,-11 white males 5 coored males
and L white female with two of her children.
They have no comments to make upon the con-
ditions and surroundings of these buildings,
and having fulfilled all their duties would re-
spectfully ask to be finally discharged.
f. AMBROSE PRICE, Foreman.
The grand jury furnished the
Court with list of parties carry
ing on business in the county with
out a license and the Clerk will be
instructed to communicate with all
such.
Friday afternoon the case of
Massey VS.. Anderson & Son was
put on trial. The suit was brought
by Herman B. Massey, of Massey's,
Kent county, to recover 1857
with interest from July L, 1903,
claimed to be due on IL corn plant
ers bought from the Rock Island
Plow Co. by Mr.. Massey and sold
to Patrick Anderson & Son, of
Cecilton, at S32 piece, with per
cent off, if paid for before July /,
1908. Mr.. Massey took the stand
and explained the deal. The de-
fendant had paid 500 on account
leaving a balance of 1857 with in
terest from July 1, 1908. The de-
PENDANTS had asked a larger dis
count and claimed that some of the
planters did not work satisfactorily
to the purchasers. The case occu-
pied all of Saturday up to the hour
of adjournment, when argument
was concluded, and it was given
to the jury, which found for the
defendants.
LeClair Green, of ElktOn, was ar
raigned on Monday upon the charge
of burglary and larceny at the store
of B. Ii. Davis & Bro, in Elkton,
on the 14th inst. He plead guilty
and was sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary.
William Lightcap, of Warwick,
was arraigned upon the charge of
one bushel of corn and a
quantity of corn fodder from field
of John f. Tarbutton's, in the First
district, in October last. He plead
not guilty and asked for jury
trial. The jury returned verdict
of not guilty.
A motion for a new trial in the
case of Hand VS.. the p, B. q w.
railroad, tried at the September
term, with a verdict for the plain
tiff, was submitted without argu-
ment. The second suit of Summers
VS.. the Standard Oil Company, for