Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-16
THE JURY TERM BEGINS.
COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL
COUNTY MEETS.
Judge Revell Charges The Grand
Jury, Mentioning Lawless-
ness In County.

With Judges Revell and Thomas on
the bench the Circuit Court for Anne
Arundel county convened for ths reg.
ular October term in this city this
morning. There was the usual crowd
of countians present, and the vicinity
of the Court House on Church Circle
was hustle with witnesses, lawyers
and others whose business drew them
hither.
The docket contains but few really
important criminal cases, but the i'm,
preston prevails that the present
grand jury will produce some results
in the discussed lawlessness and
prevalence of vice in the upper part
of the county There is only one muir
der case, that being the one of Hayes
Donaldson, a white man charged with
the murder of Patrick Cummings a
month or two ago near Curtis Bay one
Sunday afternoon.
The docket for the tero contains s
civil appeals. A trials. % appear
snces, 10 criminal continuances,-
criminal appearances and l. criminal
appeals. The grand jury was charged
by Judge Revell Immediately after
the court had convened. The jury is
composed as follows Henry b. Ny ers,
foreman; William G.. Brewer, Robert
Redmond. Elijah e. Parson, Richard
Dorsey of F., William f. Kuethe,
Enoch Welch, John f. Bird, John
S. Marriott. Charles ID. Reigle. Arthur
Stallings, James II. Griffith, Henry
@. Mulliken, Julius Phipps, James r.
Williams, William II. Burtis. Oden
Rice, Charles r. Harman, Albert s.
Hammond. George 3. Stinohoomb.
George w. Owens, Thomas L. Corner
and W. @. Claude.
To these men Judge Revell said in
part;
"At every term of the Court, the
court is under obligation to call your
attention TO number of matters.
The conduct of the judiciary, the clerk
or the officers of the court, are TO be
investigated and il found guilty of
wrong they are to be indicted without
fear or favor. You are watohmen
set upon the towers to.bring TO justice
all violators of the law.
The Judge then called the jury +
attention to the several local laws, the
laws regarding abortion, carrying of
concealed weapons, against the sale Of
cigarettes TO minors, of the desertion
byshusband of his wife and children,
against gambling and pool-selling and
especially the "abominable" practice
of playing "erap," also the law pro.
hibiting the sale Of cigars aud tobacco
on Sundays. and that relating TO the
taking out of Licenses. The court
called TO the notice of the jury the
fact that in some of the local option
sections of the county licenses for the
sale of liquor have been procured by
certain parties from the government,
especially in the Eighth district.
"Why is il 20 said the Judge
"Are the officers of the Federal gov
ernment more loyal to the law than
the officers of the State 20 Speaking
of gambling, the Judge said it w"s
particularly difficult to manage these
cases at Curtis Bay, in the Fifth dis
trict When the time for trial comes
on the party accused gets certificate
from q physician that he is too sick
to come down to trial, and the game
still goes on. Cars go down to these
places filled with maids and matrons
and men of all classes and grand jur.
les have said (these not my words,
but theirs) that these places have
strong police protection. The patrons
of these resorts return to Baltimore
in a condition that puts the lives Of
respectable persons in jeopardy. / do
not know why the officers of the law
do not do their duty. l have told them
they could break into these places
and arrest, and | must come to the
conclusion that what twenty three
grand jurors said was true, that these
places have "strong police protec-
tion.