The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-03-11
COURT TERM DRAGS
Not One Case Tried This Week Judge
Pearce Gives Plain Talk To Lawyers
And Litigants- Grand Jury Breaks
Record For Short Sessions


Associate Judges William H. Ad-
kins and Philemon B. Hopper, open
ed the March or Spring term OF the
Cecil Circuit Court at 1890 O'Clock on
Monday morning with Clerk Of the
Court Cecil Kirk, Sheriff J. W. Nc
Allister and other officials present The
juries for the term were constituted as
follows:
GRAND JURY.
Edward A. Clendenin, Sixth district,
Foreman.
First distrct-George w. Jones, A.
E. Burke, W. J. Manove, James u.
Lusby.
Third district-B. B. Craycro.t, David
Gilpin. J. Harvey Groves, George B.
KerfoOt
Fourth district-Clarence w. Steele,
c. c. Brokaw, w. T. McAllister, a.
w. Gather.
Fifth district-Joseph r. Williams,
William L. Crouch, John II. Thomp-
son.
Sixth district-John A. Fox, Ernest
Brickley.
Seventh ds s.aict-R. J. Archibald,
Frank H. Nickle, George NJ Christie.
Ninth district-Joseph T. Grove, Z.
Wilmer McVey,
PETIT JURY.
First district-Robert Register, J..
Id, Husielt, John B. stephens. Samuel
Frazer.
Second district. Ruley Kirk.
Third kstrcr-G Ell oft Brown,
Nathan Marple, H. Ashton Gilpin,
Samuel B. Foard. Howard s. Vincent,
William H. Marcus.
Fourth district-George r. Ewing.
Fifth district-A. Woodall Holt,
John F. Peach.
Sixth distrlct-W. O. Brumhe!d, W.
J. Kearnev
Seventh district. J. Wright, John
stump, A. ). Jackson, J. S. Bevan.
Eighth district-Wiliam NJ Fulton,
David B. Love.
Ninth distrct-Hugh NJ. Cameron,
Thomas H. Warburton, David T. Reed
Messrs. j. I. Bailey, Charles r.
Foard. Dennis Mullen, W. K Bird
A. Mccullough aud Christie Jack.
OF the original panel were excused, and
Messrs, Samuel Frazer. J. r. Kirk.
W. H. Marcus. J. F. Peach. J. S Be-
van and d. T. Reed were drawn in
their places,
His Honor Judge Adkins charged
the Grand Jury. He said that, as a
rule, less criminal business was de-
yeloped in Cecil than any other county
III the Circuit, and for this term she
had broken her record as there was
but one case to be acted upon. AS
required by statute, his Honor charg-
ed the body as to deialcations by pub
lie officials, certain cases OF medical
malpractice, and sales OF cocaine or
hpving the drug for purposes OF sale
as also violations OF the license fea-
ture OF the game law and the Corrupt
Practices Act
The Grand Jury then retired and
the call OF the dockets proceeded.
Alter the recess the Grand Jury made
its final report in substance as fol-
lows. They had examined eight con-
stables and one witness, made one
presntment and found one Indictment,
against Samuel Wilson. colored
youth, for larceny Of watch at his
employers home A committee OF the
body-Messrs. f. w. McVey, w. T.
McAllister r. J. Archibald and James
I. Lusby had visited the Insane Asy-
lum and Almshouse. The inmates in
both institutions were we'll cared for
and seemed contcnted. The Grand
jury visited the jail in a body and
found therein 3 white and colored
males, but no female prisoners. The
body endorsed the recommendations
OF the December Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury also endorsed the
other recommendation made by their
predecessors in December, that the
narrow steps at the wall OF the Court
House yard be replaced with broader
ones OF concrete, with a coping above
the wall and a substantial guard rail,
and that the dSused well sunk in the
yard be filled. This would prevent ac-
cldents to pedestrians and make a
marked Improvement OF the county's
property.
A ommittee-Messrs. Joseph T.
Grove, John A. Fox and George M.
Christie, visited the Clerks and Regis
ter's offices and reported the lack OF
rom in both for records, etc. The
Grand jury would recommend that a
story be added to the Offices in the
Court House to provide more Office
room, waiting room and a woman s
toilet room, the rear wall to be moved
out to the line Oh the countv's prop
erty the first story o be finished as
up-todate, tireproof office buildings,
and the Court House and all the offices
be heated with hot water or steam.
Judge Adkins told the Grand Jury that
it had certainly been expeditions in its
work and il would be discharged with
the thanks OF the Court and the tax
payers OF the county. The body's re-
commentators would be submitted to
the County Commissioners
TUESDAY.
Court met at $50 a. m. with the full
bench present. Defendants counsel in
Armour vs. Wilson, in which the plain
tiff recovered $500 at the December
term, for injuries to horse and dam
age to buggy in collision with de-
fendant's automobile. near Rising Sun,
on July last, withdrew his motion for
q new trial, and the verdict stands as