The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-25
SUPERIOR COURT
TO OPEN SESSION
FOR THE NEW OCTOBER TERM.
WILL CONVENE IN FIRST SESSION
OF OCTOBER TERM, OCT. 3.

DOckets Filled With Cases and ses-
sion VIII Be a Busy One-Besides
Cases Held over for That Term
by Consent, There Have Been
About rs New Cases FiIed-RuIes
for Taking Up Cases Governing
other Terms Will Prevail.
One week from tomorrow the oc-
tober term of the Chatham Superior
curt will open for its first session.
his is the new term of court that
was authorized by the recent summer
session of the General Assembly.
Everything at the Court House is
rounding out in preparation for the
opening. The majority of the officials
who have been on their vacations have
returned, and those who are still away
will return during the coming week.
Clerk ]. K. P. Carr is expected back
during the early days of this week and
Judge George T. Cam will return be-
fore Saturday.
The usual rules Of the court, regard
ing the hearing of cases, will be fol-
lowed. These rules were announced
by Judge Cam several months ago,
and they will apply to the new term of
the court, as well as to the other
terms. The first day will be given over
to the calling of dockets and the as
slgnment of cases. The divorce cases,
uncontested, will be taken up on the
second day and continued thereafter
day by day until disposed of.
The criminal business will be taken
up in its turn. There are a number
of cases to be heard, several of them
of general interest and Importance. No
announcement has been made as yet
concerning the summoning of a grand
jury, but this important feature will
be taken up Immediately after the re-
turn of Judge Cam and both grand
and petit jurors summoned for duty.
Many Cases Filed.
When it was certain that the new
term would be granted by the Legisla-
ture, several cases which were assign
ed for the December term were, by
consent, moved up for hearing at the
October term. Besides these, there
were many cases which naturally will
come up at this term, owing to the
early date at which they were filed.
Besides these, there have been many
new cases filed, the majority of which
are for this term, though under the
law, several must lay over until the
December term. The total will number
about seventy-five, and these, coupled
with the old cases, and the cases to
be tried at this term by consent, will
make the session a busy one.
All manner of cases are among the
new ones filed. There are libels for
divorce, damage suits, bail in trover
cases, and others of varying characters.
Some of the cases will take several
days in the hearing. Judge Seabrook,
acting for Judge Cam. has assigned
some cases for trial, though these as
signments were all made subject to
change by Judge Cam.
Term a Great BENEFIT.
The new term, which was suggested
by Judge Cam, has proved of great
benefit in several ways. For the first
time in years the courts have been
able to close down for six weeks dur
ing the summer, though much of the
credit for this is due to the rapid man
ner in which Judge Cam conducted
his cases. Old cases which had been
burdening the docket for years were
taken up and either disposed of or an
order of dismissal given, and the
dockets to-day are clearer than they
have been for long while.
The usual rush of the December
term has been done away with. Be
fore the establishment of the new
term all cases not filed in time for
the term which closed during the early
summer were forced to lay over until
the December term. AS result that
term was one of the busiest in the
year and very often the dockets were
so heavy that the cases could not be
disposed of. This rush has now been
done away with and the December
term dockets greatly benefited.
Court House officials, members Of
the Chatham county bar, and in fact
every one connected in any way with
the court are praising Judge Cam for
his work in the interests of the new
term. The benefits Of the new ar
engagements are recognized, especially
by the attorneys practicing at the
courts.