The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-10-02
CIRCUIT COURT
Criminal Docket Nearly Clear
ea--ScoH JohnSon'S Trial
poSfponed-- SfeWarf GiUen
Two Years. Wilson Case
Pending


shoes from George e. Logan's store,
at Rowlandvillc, which was tried be-
fore the Court. lie was caught with
his plumber. lie was found guilty and
was given a year in the House OF Cor
rection. Another indictment had been
found agaius. him for stealing
watch from an Italian, but the case
was steued. Constable for State;
Strahoru for defendant.
State vs.. LcClair Green, charged
with attempted burglary at Walter
II. Taylor's former store, in the Hurn
Block, on the night oi May 9. last, was
next put on trial before a jury Con-
stable for State; Finley for defendant.
Clark Grant. Russell b, Grant, George
C. White, Michael Lipman. Ernest
Moore, George Karl, Jr. Mrs. Clara
Freeman. Charles Jcilers and Bailiff
Potts were the States witnesses. The
Mcs,rs Grant told oi hearing the
crash oi breaking glass as they were
about tn enter their team in front OF
r. r. Frazers. Later they found that
the crash was AT Taylor's, and directly
after il. Green passed down the street
and sat on box under James l..
Dean, store porch George {. White
saw Green come ont from the rear OF
Council Hall not long before the
crash ard eros, over toward Deans.
The Grants saw Green pass up the
street and pass down again before and
after the crash. The cellar door at
Taylor had been lifted, aud the glass
IN the trau>um over the rear door OF
lipman', store, now occupied by lay
Tor. had been broken. Another Wit
ness. who had been with Green about
midnight. said Green had tried the
handle oi Taylor's door Green and
thrcc other, had been carousing, and
they parted with him more than an
hour before the Grant heard the crash
ui the breaking glass I he case went
To- the Jury shortly before adjournment,
and after short absence. they return
cd a verdict oi guilty.
The case 81 the State vs Arthur W.
Lindsey charged with dc,crton and
non support was ,tcttcd. the defendant
lgrce'ng I" pay the costs. Constable
"for State W. ). Evan, and j. ".
Chamhcrlainc, ui ,Ia"rc lie Grace, iar
defendant.
Stat, ", Jacob Moore, colurcl. Tor
the larceny ni twelve chickens from
the premises oi Charles A. Ben, ,a,nin,
at Leslie. IN December last, was tried
before q jury. Constable for State;
Hes, for defendant Moore had gone
10 Newark. whcr he wa, arrested and
held ior the Maryland authorities.
The case lasted up /" adjournment and
was resumed on Tuesday.
TUESDAY.
When 1t was argued auu livrn at
roun to the Jury. who promptly found
HIM guilty lie was given ~ months
N the penitcntlary.
State vS Charles Boldly, colorcd,
charged with assault with intent To
kill Harrison Jones and Rachel Laruc,
colurcd at her home near Octoraro
Junction. was tried before jury. Con-
stable iur State. Clayton iur defend
ANT 1t WAS pleaded in behalf oi Boldly,
whu was said /" he about sixteen wears
old, that hc was drunk on hard cider
when hc shot at the man and woman,
Mho were brought I" Union Hospital
Tor treatment. aud was not entirely re-
,p"uslblc The jury found him guilty,
but commended nim to the mercy OF
the Court, which imposed sentence
ii hitccn months in the pcnitcriiary.
In the case ri Roland Ilartshornc.
,"lorcd charged with larceny. a Scu-
tcnce l"r like otfcusc. which had
been suspended at the September term
II 1907. was imposed the Court giving
hm one year IN the House OF Correc-
ton, the last indictment being stetted.
State vs. John Prcttyman. coorcd.
i"r attempted iclonious assault upos
Elizabeth Fisher. an eight year old
,ul"rcd girl. oi Elktnn. near the Half
Moon where he took the child and
her brother To- fish in the Big Elk, one
day last summer. sending the boy
home before hc troubled the girl. was
tricd before 4 Jury Constable for
state: + + IIancs and CLAYTON for
defendant lie case was begun Tues
day evening.
WEDNESDAY.
State IS, Prcttyman waS continued
and given tu the jury in the alter
noon The defense claimed tina, the
charge was uninundcd and was piece
ot spitc-work against the accused by
people who had prompted the Girl and
made up tic story She told. The Jury
however, found him guilty.
State v. Harrison Jones, colored.
tor larceny OF bicycle from Iohn
narvne, was tried before a jury. The
charge was preferred while Jones was
At Union Hospital. after being shot bv
Charles Roddy Constable Tor State:
J. Il Evans Tor defendant. The case
was given To- the jury late in the after
noon and they found him guilty.
state vS. Harrison Biddc. colored.
'or larceny OF provisions from his bro
ther house was tried At night scs-
@"n, but the State failed to make ont
rs case, aud he was acquitted. Com
table Tor State: Squicr Tor defendant
The cases OF Frank Taskcr and
frank Bouldcu. charged with stealing
window Sashcs. who are under bail,
were continued
William + Craig colorcd had been