The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-12-14
DECEMBER COURT
TERM SHORT
But Long Enough Considering Much Of
The Stuff That Engaged 1t

The December term of Court opened on
Monday, Chief Judge Albert Constable
and Associate Judge William H. Adkins
on the Bench. Judge Constable's charge
to the Grand Jury was brief, so brief
that its brevity seemed significant, as If
the new Judge We're saying I'VE Will
discard the talffest and get down to
business" The law requires the Court
10 bring to the attention of every Grand
Jury the statutory provisions relating to
Embezzlement of Public Funds, Abortion,
Selling of Cocaine and Cunning Licenses
for Non Residents. Judge Constable did
so by enumerating them. 1t has been
the custom for the Court to also charge
each Grand Jury on the Corrupt Practices
Act; Judge Constable did SO briefly, and
then dismissed the Grand Jury to its
labors.
GRAND JURY REPORT.
on Tuesday evening it concluded those
labors and reported as follows:
To the Honorable, the Judges of the Cir
cult Court for Cecil County:
We, the Grand Jurors for the December
term of the Circuit Court for Cecil
County, in the year 1912, respectfully
submit our report as follows:-We have
carefully investigated and considered all
the business brought to our attention
and of which we have knowledge our
selves and have acted on the same as
expeditiously as possible. We have ex-
amined constables of the county, all of
whom state that they have no crimes or
irregularities of Importance to submit.
We have examined witnesses, made
presentments, found 2 true bills.
The commit of the Grand Jury which
visited the Aims House and Insane Asy-
Jun found everything clean and in good
shape. Grand Jury visited the Jail in
body and made an inspection. Found
premises in good shape. Repairs are
needed to the building. Grand Jury re-
pommends swinging beds, fastened to the
wall ,as is used in other institutions of
this kind In the Jail found 8 white males
and 5 colored males.
The Court discharged the Grand Jury,
thanking them for the expeditions man
ner in which they had performed their
iabors.
The Grand Jury was composed as fol-
iows:-Thomas H. Warburton, Foreman; !;
Fred Robinson, ]. D. Mccoy, Morris Dun
par, c. X. Lynch, George R. Howard,
Norval C. Brown, John Stump, Howard
Bradley, Ross Smith, ]. A. Wooleyhand
j. P. Meredith Harry D. Richardson, j.
Marry Poist Edwin H. Rowland, l.. T.
Il N. Janney, C. H. Price, E. e.
~. o. Burlin, j. A. Fisher, Robert
i4.sfzs,s Il, j. Frank Blake.
~ FABLES sworn before Grand Jury
!. .H s9@s, T. Walmsley and w G. Jones, OF
t.5 district; S, j, Crouch Fifth district;
II Barrett, OF Sixth district and R. T.
SEQ hrd, of Ninth district.
PETIT JURY.
yrhe Petit Jury was published last week
Y iut was subjected to several changes,
Owing to the death of S. w. Megll, Frank
\ Finn and Thomas Garyin and the grant
ing of excuses 81. E. Davis, S. W. Davis,
Robert Craig and S. s Johnson. Jasper
Scott, Harry Richardson, L. T. Logan
were sworn to fill vacancies, after which
Court proceeded with the trial docket.
RUSSELL VS.. b. & o. R. r.
p, First case brought to trial was that of
a /. Russell VS.. B. & o. r. R.-War-
Con & Warburton for railroad, Henry
.-- Unstable, Esq, for Russell, who was
sueing for damages to fruit trees and
lumber tract near Leslie, caused by fire
in April, 1911. Mrs. Gray, tenant of Rus
sell place, and Mr.. Ellsworth Shippers,
owning property adjoining, testified that
spread thence to Russells trees. Pushell,
Strommel and Jacobs testified as to the
damage done the fruit trees and lumEer
tract. Russell himself testified as to
his damages and having secured a verdict
for said damages from Squire Bidde OF
North East, the Railroad appealing from
that verdict to Court. For the defense
f'loydd Rogers, section foreman B. G. o.
f. R., Jerry Mahoney, John Holt and w.
Dennison, all of whom examined the
burned tract, testified that the fruit
trees were very small and scrubby and
that the lumber tract was really more
tike brush land, mot a saw log in it,
This closed testimony Upon prayer of
counsel for railroad, Court directed jury
that their verdict must be for Russell,
with damages limited to one cent
PLUMMER VS.. ALLEN.
Case of Eugene Plummer VS.. Jacob
Allen-Henry Warburton, Esq, for Plum
iner, F. B. Evans, Esq, for Allen. Suit
10 recover price of an o!d cow sold tc
Allen for $40 by Plummer in Fall Of 1910.
Cow died in spring of 1911 and Allen de-
clned to settle, claiming that Plummel
had deceived him as to her age and that
agreement was that he should pay for
her only if she lived until June l, 1911.
Parties to suit were heard as witnesses,
also Mr.. George Spear, a neighbor OF
Aliens. The case was tried before the
Court which found a verdict for Plum
mer, assessing damages at $3.50.
ALL OVER A DOG.
The Ninth district held the boards on
Tuesday and Wednesday, a large part o
its population being summoned as wit
pesses on one side or the other in the
case of damages of Ward VS. Curtis Err
win. Ward, ~ appeared, had been the
owner of a certain dog of the shepherd
variety las to which there was general
agreemenD but of disputed character and
standing (as to which there was much di-