Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-15
BUSY CRIMINAL TERM OF COURT
Fifteen True Bills Returned by Grand
Jury. Which Ic Adjourned Until
January S. When Special Matters
Will Come Up-Case o. z T. Jones
For Trial Today.


December crimina! term az 10 oc."rK
Yesterday morning. a grand jury being
impanell-d with Mr. W. 7. chaplin a.
, foreman The court fully charged
the jury and then informed II thar
this was the first grand jury since
the election in November and. tha'
| while the court had nothing to lay
| before the jury concerning IN" eler
ton, if any of the jurymen had heard
reports of any alleged irreguiari;i les
in the election the jury should make
proper Investigations TIL" jury
should make proper Investigations
! The jury made no rcpor, on the mat
ter.
Fifteen Indictments.
Nine indictments We're returned by
the jury when court adjourned for
! tn. dinner recess at ! O'Clock and SIX
other indictments were returned at
the aft, rnoon session. The true bills
were As follows:
Commonwealth vs.. Harry Grimm
alias j. Jones, alias Geo. Jones. no Use,
breaking
Commonwealth vs.. Harry grimm,
alias J. Jones, alias Geo. Jones. house.
breaking.
Commonwealth VS.. Harry Grimm
alias J Jones. alias Geo. Jones. house
breaking.
Commonwealth VS.. Edward King,
hOuSebreaking
Commonwealth Us. Arthur Minus.
housebreaking.
Commonwealth Us. ChaS. Howard.
alias Chas. HARDWOOD. housebrraking.
Commonwealth VS.. Geo. Murphy
Yates. housebrcaking.
Commonwealth vs.. Lewis StoorS,
alias Lewis StovcrS. burglary.
Commonwealth VS.. Geo Potts. burg.
larry.
Commonwealth vs.. Kittie De Mar,
alias Pansy Buckley. grand larceny.
Commonwealth vs.. ChaS. }. Lann"y.
grand larceny.
Commonwealth VS.. Frank Clemson,
grand larceny.
Commonwealth VS. John Peterson.
felOniouS cutting.
Commonwealth vs.. Cornelius Allen.
felOnious cutting.
Commonwealth vs.. T. s. Elliott.
nOn-support of wife and child.
The jury returned not true bill in
the case OF Earnest Corrington.
charged with felonious shooting
Grand Jury Meets Again.
When the jury completed lis work.
Judge Rarham adjourned it until
Tue sday. January 5. when special
matters will be laid before the grant
jury.
Judge Barham set his docket for
this term yesterday. The case Of T..
T. Jones. charged with having AT
tempted to criminally assault the lit
tie daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G. ".
Blick. is set for hearing this morn
ing. Tomorrow the case of James NJ.
Vaughan. charged with malicious cut
ting. is set for trial and on Wednes-
day the cases Of John billiard and
Mamie Jackson. both charged with
malicious cutting; and James Stokes,
charged with HOUSEKEEPING. will b.
taken mp. Frijay Arthur Minus viii!
he placed on trial for hoIsebreak-
ing.
Forfeited Bail Bonds.
Saturday morning the proce edures
of scire facias upon forfeited recog'
nizances in the following cases will
le taken up and heard by the court /:
Commonwealth W Mamie Byrd
and Geo Burcher.
Commonwealth VS. 8 W Clarke
and r. ". Motley.
Commonwealth VS.. Sam Jones and
J. E. Hubbard.
Commonwealth vs.. W. II. l.. Kent
and T a. Fowler
Commonwealth vs. Robert Diggs a
nd Wesley Raney.
Commonwealth Us. A. NJ Mueller
and J. j. McKeon.
Commonwealth VS.. Charles Davis
and G. W Lewis.
Commonwealth vs. Larry GRAY. :
and Wesley Ranev.
Commonwealth VS.. WingfcId Bolling
and Wesley Raney
COmmonweal' vs.. Lucy Hill and ]
r. hubbard
Commonwealth vs.. Nick Pettowa:
and Anderson Pettoway
Next Monday. Judge Barham viii
again resume III" trial OF ieionies,
Harry Griffin alias J Jones. alias
George Jones. and Edward King. boil
charged with houschrrakinE. being
tried on that date. On Tuesday De-
cembrr %. the cases Of harlcs How
ard alias Charles HarwoOd. charg' d
with hoHsebrraking. and George
Potts. charged with burglary. will /"
placed on trial
The case OF Gcorg" Ellis. charged
with perjury and convicted IN n" 70,
lice court. will b" heard upon appeai
to the Corporation Corr on W"dn"s
iav. December % On hat dat" II Is
expected thai IN" Merchants and Min
crs steamer upon which IN" witn' ss"s
in the Casc are employ I'D. vi y" a.
this por'
sdemeanor Cases
Enllnxinr the hearing OF this caNn