The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1910-04-15
Friday, April Is, 1910
The Circuit Court

The second week of the April term
of the Circuit Court convened on Mon
day with Chief Judge John P. Briscoe
: and Associate Judge Beall on the bench,
Judge Camalier not arriving until Tues
day morning.
A number of civil cases that were on
the docket have been either settled out
of Court or continued.
The following are some of the cases
that have been tried:
E. S. Brunn VS.. Chesapeake Beach
Railway. Action for damages for
burning property. Judgment by agree
ment for Brunn for SITS and costs
Peach for Brunn; Wells for Railway.
Emerson VS.. Beall. Action for at
tachment for keep of race horse. Tri-
ed before Court and verdict for Emer-
son. Attachment proceedings quashed.
Peach for Emerson; Calvert for Beall.
Moreland Brothers VS.. Richard Har-
desty. Action for debt. Tried by the
Court and verdict rendered for More
land Bros. for S345 and costs. .-Magru-
der and Stephen for Moreland Bros;
S. Marvin Peach for Hardesty.
Joseph Beall, tenant, VS.. R. Lee
Mullikin, landlord. Action for debt of
$40 extra services. Tried by jury
and verdict rendered for Beall for
$50. .16, he to pay costs.-Magruder and
MIL,
Beall.
State VS., Maggie Howard. Indict-
ment for murder; plead guilty and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
State VS.. Alfred Ford and Moses
Henson. Indictment for assault with
intent to rape. Plead guilty of the
second count and sentenced to the pen
itentiary for years.
State VS.. Frank Brouner, Harry
Coates and Chas. Moulholland; indict
ment for breaking into pool room;
plead guilty and sentence suspended
for two years. Magruder for State,
S. M. Peach and ]. C. Rogers for pris-
oners.
State VS.. Charles Lee. Indictment
for breaking into pool room; plead
guilty and sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary for years. Magruder for State,
J. C. Rogers for prisoner.
State VS.. William Calvert, alias VIM.
Butler and Joseph Newman. Indicted
ment for robbery; plead not guilty; tri
ed before jury and found guilty; not
yet sentenced. Magruder for State,
Alan Bowie for prisoners.
State VS.. William Holly; indictment
for assault and battery; plead guilty
and sentence suspended.
The Grand Jury adjourned Tuesday
afternoon and the following is theil
report
To the Honorable, the Judges of the
Circuit Court for Prince Georges
County, Nd:
We, the Grand Jurors for the April
term of the Circuit Court for this
county, beg leave to submit the follow
ing report:
We have been in session for eight
days, have examined rs witnesses, re-
turned 10 presentments and found ~
true bills.
There have been several cases of
minor importance brought to our atten-
ton, and there not being enough evil
dence to warrant our bringing in an in
dictment, they were dismissed.
All the bonded Constables of the
county have appeared before us and re-
port that they know of no violations of
the law in their respective districts ex-
cept what have already been brought
to our notice.
We visited the Jail in body and
found confined therein 21 prisoners-1
white female, white males; 2 colored
females and 13 males. The prisoners
stated that they had nothing to COM
plain of, they being well fed and prop
erly cared for. We found the Jail in
clean and bedding clean and sufficient.
In the rear of the Jail we found that
the sewer, which was recently put in
to carry off the offal, out of order en-
tirely and the refuse had to be dumped
in pit, which, we consider, is men
ace to the health of not only the pris-
cLers in Jail but to the residents of the
town. We urgently recommend that
the County Commissioners have Install
ed at once a system of water works to
carry off the refuse.
We beg leave to thank the States
Attorney for his kind and courteous as
sistance in rendering us legal advice on
questions bearing upon our official du-
ties, also to thank the bailiff who has
always been pleasant in the discharge
of his duties. Our thanks are also due
She riff Sweeney and his Deputies fol-
their promptness in securing witnesses
for the Grand Jury.
A committee having been appointed
by this body to Visit the Aims House,
their report is hereto attached.
We thank your Hono1s for the aic
given and the courtesy extended to us
and now that the work before US has
been finished we respectfully ask to be
discharged.