The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-04-19
Hofal ano personal.
The Circuit Court.

The Court is still in session. and viii
continue for a part of next week.
The Jury in the Winebarger trial failed
to agree and was discharged. The secon'
weeks Jury will have to return.
:, In the damage suit of Donohue vs.. TIT
Chesapeake Beach Railroad Company
the jury brought in verdict for ST.
thousand dollars for Donahue.
The cases tried this week were as fol
The apr. al case of Blain vs.. Harrison
Judgment for Blain Messrs Clagett,
Peach and Ma'tingly for Blain aud MI
Merrick for Harrison.
Buck vs. Binger. Tried before jur.
aud Judgment rendered for Buck for $45
Clagett for Buck aud Roberts for Bin ger
The court is now engaged in the tria
Of the Godfrey will case.
The grand jarv, of which Mr.. Geo.
w. Brooke was foreman, adj burned
on Thursday after making the follow
ing report:
GRAND JURY kEPOT.
To the Honorable Judgss ct Me GrrMt
Court for Prince Geo'ge's County:
The grand jurors for the April term
of this court for the year 1927. beg
The grand jurors have been In ses-
sion ten days and have examined ST
cases, 1o7 witnesses, made "a present.
ments and found "a true bills. A num-
Der of cases We're submitted for our
consideration, but the evidence either
did not jus tify presentmento or the
nature of the charge was SO TRIVIAL as
not to warrant us to present.
We examined q number OF witness
es whose names had been suggested
aspersons likely to know of violations
of the Sunday liquor law, but in each
instance we found they could give no
definite information, although We are
inclined to believe they were much
better posted than they were willing
to admit.
The jury as body visited the all
and found 81 pers0aS therein cOnflned.
The Jail IS neat2and clean as far as 1t
is possible for the warden to make it.
We think, however, that the doors
should be better provided with locks
and especially the front door, which
we found in deplorable condition.
We recommend to the County Com
missioners that in the improvements
be made, in which we understand
FIVE hundred dollars is to be expend-
ed, that locks be provided TO assure
protection against prisoners escaping,
and we further JOIN in the chronic re-
port of our predecessors in making
objection to the unsanItary conditions
around the Jail, because it is not only
"a menace to the health of the inmates
but injurious 10 all persons who live in
proximity to it. And we hope when
the improvements are made that the
question of sewerage and drainage
will not be omitted.
The grand jury has been advised
that considerable improvement has
been made in the clerks Office in ar
ranging the thirty odd hundred equity
cases. We commend the clerk for
this improvement and no &c the same
be continued until we have an up to
dale Office. We trust the county Off
GERS will use more energy and perSe
yerauce IN running down the chicken
thieves who have been operating in
Prince Georges county, contig uouS to
the District Line.
The grand jury considers the time
has arrived when the court house
should be enlarged. Each an every
county official. whose business re-
-quires his presence and his labor in
the court house, should have some
suitable room t..r the proper perform
ance of his duties. We note v hen the
grand jury is in session there Is no
place for the School Board or the Su-
:pervisors of Election to meet. There
Is no office for the sheriff or States
Attorney and no place to accommodate
witnesses when summoned to appear
before the grand jury. We believe
THE CouI ty Commissioners should act
lin this matter and If it requires spec
,ial act IL should be considered in the
next leg islature. We visited the aims
:house to which our committees report
is herewith attached.
The thanks OF this body are due and
ARE hereby rendered to the court and
the States Attorney for assistance rem
sdered in the performance of the many
duties devoived upon u.s.. We take
pleasure in thanking the other officers
including our bailiff who has render
ed SO efficient service.
Having finished all the business
called TO our attention in a manner
salts factory, as we hope, to the court,
and to the satisfaction of the county,
we asked to be discharged.
GEORGE W. BROOKE,
Foreman.
AIMS HOUSE REPORT
We beg to report that we have visit
ed the county almshouse, and that we
found IL inmates in said aims house
two white females and twelve males,
three colored females and six males.
The inmates are comfortably clothed
and well fed and we further wish to
state that too much cannot be said of
the efficiency Of the keeper and his
wife and that especiol mention should
lie made of Mrs. Alien, the wife of the
keeper. as we found MANY evidences
of her good management and also that
we would be negligent in our report
were we not TO commend the present
keeper. Mr.. Allen, on the improve
ment of the premises and land, pro.
viding vegeta bles and pork for the in.
stitution- thereby saving the county
considerable expense.
r. V. PUMPHREY,
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