Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-09-29

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limits and In the Chesapeake Bsv,
Messrs. ]. B Gray ardT. Spe-cer
Crane appeared for the defendants,
and States Attorney Combs and
w. Il. HELEN for the State.
State VS. Reuben Ovens. Indicted
Tor destroying . lot OF wood" Plea
OF not guilty and trial before Court.
Judgment OF guilty and sentenced
TO House OF Correction for IL noot. 9
Saturday. the Grand Jury came
INTO Court. submitted It's report.
aud was discharged with TIE thanks
OF the Court.
REPORT or THE GRAND jury.
y" The Honorable J~dges of tie Cir
ca,t CouTt:-We. The Grand Jurors
OF St Mary's coup'v, State NJ Mary.
lano, Tor the September Term n The
circuit Court 1910, respectfully re-.
rort that We have examined and IN.
CURED into ali violations of Lac
which have coma to our knowlsdoa
ano have found presentments in an
cases where We believed the evid-
ence justified.
we have visited the .jIil and we
nnd 10 in better condition than wa
nave ever found il before. Il has
recently been whitewashed and
painted and the SURROUNDINGS ara
In good condition. We give the
keeper, sheriff and County Commits
sloners great credit for the good
condition Ia which we find it.
we have examined "a witnesses.
out are sorry TO report to your Hon.
ous that one witness, a magistrate
ignored our summons.
A good many cases of liquor sell.
Ing on Sunday, especially in the
First and Third districts have been
brought TO our notice, but your Hon.
ors well understand the Difficulty
OF securing evidence in such cases.
We would recommend that YOUR
donors Instruct the proper oficars
10 suppress the gambling which has
oeen reported T. us as being habi.
tuaily practiced on Saturday night
and Sunday morning on Leonard
town wharf.
We would recommend that Coun-
ty Commissioners REQUEST tho var;.
Gus magistrates TO render an itemiz-
ed account prior tn each jury term
OF Court OF all fines imposed by
them. ~
1t seems to ba the case now and
has been for an indefinite time. that
when a magistrate in trying cor
poration cases finds the prisoner
guilty and fines bim that the fines
are turned over to the corpora,ion
officers. but IL the prisoner is &C.
Quilted. both the magistrate and the
oaiiIH look 70 the county for their
costs.
We do not think the custom of
some magistrates imposing a fine
almost certain 10 result in a short
Jail sentence, very helpful in main
tanning good order. A sentence TO
the House OF Correction would be
very much more beneficial.
We have looked over the list OF
Licenses and find that with few ex-
ceptions our merchants have obser
we'd the laws. A few are slow and
although they did not stop selling,
they did not take out a license until
several months after May l, thereby
receiving the benefit of a reduction.
One merchant was an tff4ndnr in
this way for the years 1919, 1909
and 1910, thereby defraudIng tho
county out Of about $75 ia l,uuor
and $50 ia merchandise licenses.
. We would recommend to tho Coun-
~ C";Emi s$iOncrS tuat they make
such IMPROVEMENTS ia the County
Cie-k S offi1e as putting in a metal
c. ling. painting the walls and paint
ing the shutters and trimmings q
lighter color. ard that glass doors
he put on the ti.rg cl~rs and tile
n o. hid 1S with the open cases and
the present q nor il is impossible TO
keep the County records clean.
We recommend that The old steps
now on the North and West entran-
ces 20 the Court House yard be re-
paced oy neat and substantial iron
gates. There il also a bad leak in
the Court House just over the
Judges room. and a threatening
crack In the Court room which wa
would urge the County Commits
sioners TO look into at once.
We would recommend that the
Clerk OF the Court. when making up
list OF merchandise and liquor H.
censes, group them by districts as
this would save the time OF the
Grand Jury.
Thanking the Honorable Court
and the officers for their uniform
courtesy, we now respectfully ask
TO be discharged
JESSE TURNER, Foreman.
On the second Monday OF Court,
the 18th. instant. the Court was oc-
cupied with the case OF Rudolph
Ludeke. charged with an assault on
Eliz, de GanLe't. Jury trial. ver-
dict, mot guilty."
Robt. Butler. co'ored, was tried
by Court on the charge OF larceny
and acquitted.
On Tuesday, the caseo State VS..
Joseph Bowen. co'ored, indicted for
q criminal assault on Louisa Mason,
colored, was tried before q jury.
which retired at 4, p NJ. and had
rot reached a verdict at 10, A. NJ,
Wednesday.
The cases OF st tie VS.. S. M. Bren.
ner. charged with the Illegal sale Of