The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-09-08
CIRCUIT COURT.


the bench One of the Jurors beng
absent, Thomas Arnold, of Burkittsville,
was drawn to fill the vacancy. Mr.. c. f.
Cline was named as foreman. Judge
Urner delivered the charge to the grand
jury.
There are several acts of the assem-
bly,, he said, which it is the duty of the
court to call to the attention of the grand
jury. The court has no personal knowl-
edge that these acts are being violated,
but 1t is the duty of the grand Jury to in
qulre If these are being violated The
States Attorney will bring them before
you.
The court will simply call attention to
the subject matter in these acts. The
first one which will be brought to your
attention is the statute relating to abor-
ton. The statute provides penalties for
those who produce abortion. The second
statute to which attention will be called
is that which relates to the defalcation of
public officers who are entrusted with the
collection of revenues of the State, county
or CITY. The third statute which applies
to the cities of Maryland is that which
provides that the doors which lead from
buildings which are used for theaters,
churches, schools, ETC., shall open out
ward. 1t also provides that the aisles of
such places shall be kept open. Serious
results have occurred from failure to COM
ply with this statute. The court does not
feel that there is any occasion for a
formal charge at this time. There have
been violations of the law but as whole.
the community is law abiding one and
there are no particular classes of viola
tons to mention.
Judge Urner then called attention to the
importance of the duties Of the grand
| jury. He told them that with them origi-
mated the prosecutions and he urged
them to investigate all the charges which
were brought before them. He asked
that they complete their sessions as soon
as they conveniently could as matter of
economy of the tax payers money.
William Angevine has been appointed
bailiff of the grand jury and Eugene
Alexander baillff of the petit jury.
The members of the grand jury who
were drawn are Casper E Cline, fore
man, William H. Gaylor, Arthur A. Sell
| by, Charles A. Herman, George W.
Duval. Charles H. Baughman. Scott
Pryor, Lorenzo T. Day. Charles w. Bar
rick, William l. Weems, George F.
Tabler, James A. Stockman, William H
Nicodemus. William R. Staley, Amos c.
O'Neal, William H. Gilbert, William a.
Turner, Mahlon L. Rice, George F.
Hightman, Clayton McAfee. George F.
Grabill, George E. Gaver, Tracy H. De-
lauter The members Of the petit jury
are: Rufus A. Rager, Samuel Slagle,
Clagett D. Ecker, George Norman, Will
liam l.. Cutler, Samuel A. Hemler,
Richard N. Rowlus, Thomas F. Haugh,
Charles E. Nichols, Joseph c. Eaton,
Edward l.. NJ. Lighter, Edgar l.. Grimes,
Samuel J. Warner, Leonard R. Waesche,
Joshua T. Humphreys, Charles w. Price,
George F. Stottlemyer, William P. Hol
ter, Andrew A. Amman, Thomas Arnold,
Richard A. House, A. J. Eichelberger,
| John w. Lawson, Daniel E. Strawsberg,
U. A. Tough.
| After the cases on the docket had been
called over, States Attorney Willard
called the attention of the court to the
deaths of Col. Ulysses Hobbs, of New
Market, and John w. Kolb, sof Bruins
wick. William P. Maulsby moved that
the court appoint committee of three to
draft resolutions on their DEATH
The case of Robinson VS.. Eureka Life
Insurance Company, was before the
court on appeal from the decision OF Jus
tice John Francis Smith. n. d. Etchison
| for plaintiff, George A. Pearre for defen-
dant
The case Of Samuel Rosenstock ct al.
VS.. X. Clinton Zimmerman, and Laura K.
Zimmerman, his wife. was dismissed,
costs to be paid by plaintiff Maulsby,
Buckley and O. B. Coblentz, for plaintiff
Rohrback for defendants.
The damage suit of John c. Burrier, of
McKaig VS.. Cornelius McDevitt, for 500,
an appeal from Justice McGill, was heard
by the court.
The insurance case Of Mrs. Anna f.
Robinson VS.. Eureka Insurance Com
pany for $1,000, an appeal from Justice
Smith, was decided in favor of Mrs. Rob
inson, affirming the decision of Justi c
Smith.
Judge Motter rendered decision in the
| case of Marshall L. Etchison, Casper E.
| Cline, Thomas P Rice and Mrs. F.
| Schroeder, undertakers of this city, who
brought suit to compel the State Board of
| Undertakes to refund the license fees
| they had paid
The Judge holds that as the board is
creature of the State the only remedy of
those who want their license fees refunded
is to be found in application to the Legis-
lature, though personally he believes the
money should be repaid
The suit was brought on the strength of
a decision of the Court of Appeals that
the law governing undertakers was I'M
constitutional outside of Baltimore county