The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-10-06
CIRCUIT COURT.

State VS.. Fl. c. X. Fox for violating
the Plumber Law. was taken up before
the Court and the constitutionality of the
law was attacked BY counsel for the de-
Tense. They filed a demurrer to the in
dictment Maulsby and Pearre for Fox,
Willard for the State. Decision with
held
Charles Toms, indicted for stabbing a
COW belonging to Mrs. Bessie Patterson,
was fined $ro.
Miss Grace DeGrange plead guilty to
deserving her infant. Sentence has not
been imposed.
Declaring their marriage null and void,
Judge Motter handed down an opinion in
the case of Franklin H. Duvall by Ella
F. Martin, his mother, VS.. Ethel c. Du-
vail. The case is one from Brunswick,
and one in which William Martin, father
of Ethel c. Duvall. caused the young
man, who was not I6 years old to marrv
the girl, aged 2I. Young Duvall was
threatened with death if he refused to
marry the girl, and the license was gotten
by Martin in this city. The couple were
married by Rev. George r. Sanner of
Brunswick.
Mrs. Martin was formerly widow, her
name before her marriage to Mr. Martin
being Duvall In the suit for the annull-
ment OF the marriage, she stated she had
never given her consent to the marriage
of her son, and that she was made i'll by
the conduct of Mr. Martin, prior to the
marriage of the two young people. 1t
was stated in the testimony that Mr.. Mar
tin does not now speak to his daughter.
Mamie E. Lands, through her attor-
ney, Reno S. Harp, has applied for a
divorce from her husband, c. Hayes
Lands.
The case of Leroy Anderson, charged
with killing horse belonging to Charles
Pagan, was taken up before the Court
Anderson was charged with driving to
death horse which he hired from Mr.
Pagan on July g. The horse was valued
at $3.50 The formal charge against An
derson was malicious destruction of prop
erty and cruelty to animals The defense
was that the horse died of natural causes
Anderson was found not guilty. He was
represented by Wood & Wood, Reno S.
Harp and Leo Weinberg.
Charles Ryer pleaded guilty to the
charge of stealing baseball paraphernalia
from the Frederick Association. Sen
tence was suspended.
Kieffer Summers of Frederick charged
with selling liquor on Sunday was found
not guilty.
Mrs Leila A. ]. Payne, of Brunswick,
charged with embezzlement and false pre-
tense, was tried before the Court. Mrs.
Payne sold several lots in Brunswick,
over which some controversy arose. She
was found not guilty Reno S. Harp was
her attorney.
!. Howard Burrier was tried before the
Court and found not guilty upon the
charge of bastardy.
Harry Griffith, arrested upon the charge
of selling liquor to minors IN Frederick,
pleaded guilty and was fined $40 and
costs.
A jury returned verdict of guilty in
the case of Howard H. Bell. indicted for
forgery, and he was at once sentenced to
six years in the Pententiary. Bell came
to Frederick last spring, represented him.
self as salesman for a New York music
publishing house, arranged with local
music store, to distribute music to be sold
by house to house canvass, and then
got clerk at the store to identify him at
local bank and endorse a check, on
which he secured $50. The check proved
worthless, and Bell was apprehended in
Washington, d. c.