The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-12-24
COURT RECESS
FOR HOLIDAYS
Criminal Docket Nearly Clear.
ed GfIpin Found Guilty.
Bench And Bar Pay Tribute
ToL. MarshaU HaineS

The jury IN the suit al jenkins VS.
Boyd. last Friday evening. found a yer.
dict for Miss Jenkins Tor $s4o.75.
On Saturday the Court heard the
reading oi testimony taken in suit to
which William u. aud Edgar J. Davis.
sons OF the late John W. Davis. OF The
First district, are parties, involving
title TO land aud resting upon the
construction oi their fathers will
On Monday, Robert Green. culorcd,
pleaded guilty To stealing an oyercoat
and other articles oi clothing from
Thomas H. Harlan. liverymau. OF Elk
ton. As il was his first offcnsc, he was
given one year IN the House oi Cor
reciion.
John Gilpin. oi Pcrryvillc. indicted
ior extorting murcy from A. Leon
Campbell, hiS ialher-in-law. under
threat ui charging him with illicit re-
latons with his tCamphel's) daughter.
was pui pu trial before 4 Jury. Gilpin
and his vic testified that Campbell OF
tered the 500 as brlbc 10 hush the
matter up and that 4 was not cXturtcd
by threats, The testimony IN the main.
did not vary much from the story told
OF the affair ir th, county papers when
A1iiHfll was ~ lAHAAilH l llNAl lllA law
Gilpns threat. whether founded OF
jact or not constituted his otfcnsr.
and ., Mn Campbell denied the truth
oi the charge "u which the threat was
based IA, lurl found Gilpu guilty.
Mrs Ctlpiu, who i- rot yet sixteen
year, ulu. admitted uu the stand that
she had lIl dthv Cuuu Clerk that she
W's eighteen when applying Tor n mar
riagc licrr-c here in October last
On Monday evening Court heard ar
eumctn uu motion iur new trial by
MessrS Joshua " Miles. Stanford
and 1oadvnc IN Brittlnghom ". the
Mayor and Council ui Salisbury ~
which The plaintiff had recovered dam
ages in the Talbot Circuit Court, Ia
which the case had been removed.
On Iuc,da Frank Iaskcr aud Frank
Bouldcn ui The North East section.
were tried before the Court ior tx lar
ccuy oi number OF window s1Shc,
from q huu,c. near Charlc,tuwr. own
ed hy Robert Gibson II WA, testified
for The defendant, thai Mike White
had brought the ,ashr, IN q wagon to
= t'H., Hherc Ep-,E.g 'n,d White
when la,t heard from was IN Ntlautic
City. The Court gave the defendant.
the benefit "i the doubt and prunuunc
ed them not guilty. The other crimr
ual eases went over till the CLOSE oi the
holiday recess
On Tuesday afternoon Court heard
argument IN the equity case ni Ella '.
and William T. Scott VS. John 5 Stra.
horn. who n assignee u Sarah Mil.
Ter. holder oi mortgage on the farm
oi the la,' John W Scott. OF the
Fourth district. had been cnjoincd
from selling the property Oh Dcccm
Der I3. The proncrty 5 said to he
worth S7,Coc. and the claim against it
amounts to $1,000 1t was charged
that Mrs. Miller had assigned the
mortgage through a misunderstanding.
The injunction was continued. bu; ties.
iiinony will he taken to show whether
.:r not it shall lie dissolved
On "Wednesday the siiii al Robert
W. Dick vs. ". H. Smith. removed
from Hartford county for damages ior
personal injuries. caused in = runaway,
near lIalrs Cross-rpads. on May :.
1906. when plaintiff horse was fright
ened by defendants automobile, "; :
pu, on trial before Jury Mc,,rs.
Close and w I. Narburtou inr plai"-
til: + I llaiucs. Esd ior defendant.
NJ The c'osc ui the plaintiffs tc,ti-
mony. MIR. llainc, sought to have the
case takcr from the jury pn the ground
that II had ne, been shown thli the
defendant had causcJ or contributed
10 the accident hot the Court dee de-
to let the jury pass upon the pei
and the defendants side 81 the ease
was then presented The case was
givcr. late N The afternoon to the Jury
who found for the plaintiff ior SIoo
tama5cs Court was adjourned until
Tmcsda, January 4