The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-03-11
CIRCUIT COURT.
March Term Conyenes lat Elkton--
Grand and Petit Jurles.

The March or Spring term of the Cir
cult Court for Cecil County convened al
Elkton on Monday morning, with Chief
Judge James A. Pearce and Associate
Judges William H. Adkins and Phile-
mon B. Hopper on the Bench. The juries
were drawn as follows:
GRAND JURY-William NJ. Pogue, Fore
man; Charles Griffith, r. B. Conrey, William
Fl. Purdy, @. e. Warburton, j. Frank Blake,
William 81. Pierce, Jr., John w. Anthony,
William Drake, @. w. Ferguson, John G..
Cam, George 7. Peterson, James A.. Holland,
William L. Crouch, Samuel McKeown, H. w.
Shallcross, William Clifford, John A, Hunter,
Thomas j. Murray, John McClenahan, Ste
phen e. Nickle Jacob n. Kirk, Clinton j.
Yerkes.
PETIT JURY-G. r. Richardson, Alexan-
der Wilson, John NJ. Reed, Jr., Isaac M. Dean,
w. G. Lake, j. G. Price, Jr., II. F, Witworth.
David T. Devlin, w. T. Bowen, w. Arthur
Mitchell, George M, Campbell, w. J. Arrants,
Emory G.. Love. Henry Eppeisheimer, Lewis
Ewing w. H. Harrington, IT. B. Gillespie, IG.
81. Thompson, s. ]. Reynolds, w. r.. Nesbitt,
Edwin Rowland, G.. M. D. Forwood, Edwin R.
Fill, Cecil Biles.
His Honor, Judge Pearee, charged the
Grand Jury briefly. The call of the dock
cts then proceeded. Over twenty civil
eases were marked for trial, and judg-
ment entered in several others. Three
criminal cases coming over from previous
terms were continued, as were most Of
the cases on the appeal docket. The
appeals of the parties fined by Justice
Gilpin for violation Of the ducking law
were set for trial on next Monday, No
cases being ready for immediate trial,
Court took a recess until 4 p. M, to meet
the Grand Jury, and then was adjourned
until Tuesday.
Court convened at g 80 Tuesday morn
ing, when the case of Craycroft VS.. Brown,
on ithe Appeal docket, was settled, the
defendant confessing judgment for 500
and costs.
The Court stated, through Judge
Pearce, that it had passed upon the mat
ter of of officers conducting sales of prop
erty for taxes overdue, employing lawyers
to make reports of such sales, holding
that such service was needed to safeguard
title to the>property passed, and that the
fee for such service should be $40 irEevery
instance.
The dockets were called again, and
number of cases that had been marked
for trial were postponed or continued.
Kline VS.. the town Of North East was set
for Friday, March II; Mackin VS.. Eyre
Shoemaker Co., removed from Hartford
county, was set for March 16, as was
Taylor VS.. p, B. & w. railroad, to be fol-
lowed by Lee VS.. Gallon, and three cases
of Overland VS.. p, B. & w. R. R. The
two cases of T. M. Lortws. B. & o. R. r.
were set for the first Wednesday of the
September term of Court. Barns VS..
Grason was set for March IS.
No cases being ready for trial, the petit
jurors were discharged until Friday
morning. Court took recess until 4 D.
M, to meet the Grand Jury, which re-
turned indictments as follows:-
Robert Wilson. colored, selling liquor,
three cases; Victor Rhodes and Frank
Woolford, colored, stealing chickens;
Carrie Hawkins, colored, assault with
intent to kill John Overton. colored;
Arthur Reed and Oscar Summers, col
ored. selling liquor.
The Grand Jury and the Court then
adjourned until Friday morning.