The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-02-10
FEBRUARY COURT.
Grand Jury Chosen and For
NAL Charge to Them Made
by Judge Motter-Personnel
of Petit Jury-Cases Marked
for Trial Court.

with Judge John G. MOtter on the
bench.
After the usual preliminaries a
roll call of the jury was made and
the grand jury drawn as follows:
Rev. Isaac NJ. Motter, foreman,
John Dadisman, Enoch l.. Fritz.
zell, Aaron Davis, VIM. ii. Ii.
Kemp, Reuben Staub, George W.
Myers, John T. Albaugh, Clarence
Strine, William Roderick, George
NJ. Albaugh, Willard Markey,
Roy Gardner, Hanson T. Draper,
Orlando l.. SeiSs, Chas. p. Kefau-
yer, Thomas Page. William II.
Leatherman, Albert f. thinner
man, Isaac Z. Davis, Emory
Boyer, Isaiah o. Moser and War
rem Danner.
The petit jurors are as follows:
Charles W. Kopp, Eugene E.
Haffner, Francis Mahony, Willard
Elliott, George H. Lambert, Vim
cent FL. Kepler, Ellis X. Devilbiss,
John +. Palmer, Daniel l.. Smith,
Clarence G. Holtz, Charles Lay
man, George Edward Myers, Geo.
w. Thurman, Nathaniel L. Wach-
ter, Edward S. Clabaugh, John
d. Holtzapple, Alvin Green, j.
l.. Leather, William l.. Guyton,
Harvey Johnson, William H.
Thomas, Daniel Huffer, John
Nee. Nusbaum, George. NJ. Crum.
nit, Joseph M. Null.
Judge Motter, in his address to
the grand jury, called attention
to the statute requiring the doors
of all public buildings to open out
ward to expedite the escape of
persons inside in case of fire or
other dangerous occurrences. This
law, he said, the court had been
informed, had been violated and
should be investigated thorough
ly. The statute regarding the
selling of drugs and the actual
commission of abortion was refer
red to but Judge Motter, stated
the court had not heard of any
violation of the law. Judge Mot
ter, with some force, called the at.
tention of the grand jurors to the
law regarding the destruction of
a will referring to the Mercer case,
now pending in the Orphans
Court. This, he stated, was an
especially serious matter and he
understood a will had been de
stroyed recently and the case
should be searchingly investigat-
ed. A similar case had never
come under his jurisdiction. He
further said the Orphans Court
had an opportunity to investigate
this case to the fullest extent but
had failed to do so and it would
be a grave mistake if the grand
jury did not make some present
ment in the matter. Judge Mot
ter then called attention to the
nefarious traffic in cocaine. He
said in spite Of the action of the
Legislature, in passing both a
general law and a local law, the
sale of this harmful drug cOntinu-
ed almost in the same degree as
formerly. The action of the grand
jury in September did not even
seem to check the sale ofthis drug
and that this grand jury should
make an even more diligent search
for persons dealing the drug than
the especially careful investiga-
ton of the last grand jury. He
closed his instructions to the grand
jury by asking that they expedite
matters as much as possible.
John Poland VS.. Renner and
Kemp. Appeal from Justice Jno.
Francis Smith. Tried by jury
and verdict rendered for Renner
and Kemp for SIG AZ. Eichel
berger for Poland; Rohrback for
Renner and Kemp.
Charles E. Jones VS.. Lewis
Owens. Appeal from Jnstice
Waltz. Entered settled.
Waters and Black, executors
of Maggie S. Martin, VS.. Hsmil-
ton Geisbert. Appeal from Justice
John Francis Smith. Tried by
jury. Verdict for Geisbert. Wood
for Geisbert; Coblentz for appel
lants.
Obenderfer VS.. Ritter, trustee.
Appeal from Justice Wood. Set
tied.
Cyrus F. Flock ct al, trustees,
VS.. Mrs. Gala Dusing. Appeal
from Justice Eckstein. Tried
before the court. Judgment re-
versed and judgment for appel
lants for $500. Gaver for APP.
pellant; Etchison for appellee.
Orndorff and Moore VS.. j. G.
Minnick. Appeal from Justice
john Wood. Tried before the
court. Judgment affirmed. Brown
for Minnick; Pampel and Heagey
for the appellants.
Case of Williams VS.. Denny,
removed case from Carroll county
being tried Thursday. Grouse OF
Westminster and Rohrbsck OF