The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-12-14

| ing shot and buried him before the
"morn's early dawn" on July 23d ult. But
death did not redeem his characterize
the thinking of some who testified. To
Mr.. Ward, however, it was the sufferance
of such a loss as only good and suffi-
cient" damages could repay. For this he
asked And this he did not get.
Mr. Henry Constable, of counsel for
Ward, undertook to prove that the dog
was, in life, a housekeeping, wellbe-
haved canine, attending strictly to the
affairs of his own glete and valuable in
| watching thereover. Sundry witnesses
| made oath that such was the case exact
! ly. Mr.. Joshua Clayton, of counsel for
| Erwin characterized precisely that same
| dog as a plowling nuisance, of no value
whatever to Mr.. Ward as a watch dog
and of much annoyance to the community
| by reason of certain ill-mannered be-
| havior by day and ill-considered mean
| derings by night-one of which latter
| brought him to Mr.. Erwins house in
Zion on the night of his untime'y Tor
| timely end. Numerous witness IS mace
| oath that this view of the case was
| perfectly correct. The jury coIli not
| make up its mind what view of the case
was correct, and falling to agree the
| Court discharged them.
Meantime a peaceful community of
neighbors and friends is rent asunder by
SUCH thing All, how great strife a
| little matter too frequently enkindleth!
God pity us-poor foo.s and sinners that
| we be-
SMITH VS.. ALLEN.
! Case was an appeal from Magistrate
| docket wherein John ]. Smith had re-
| covered a judgment for $89.49 at Magis-
| trate's hands against John NJ Allen for
work done on macadam road-Warburton
| & Warburton for Allen, Joshua Clayton
for Smith. On motion of counsel for AL
len, Court granted an order to strike out
| the Judgment and grant the indictment,
| with costs on Smith, but without preju
| dice to his case, on ground that Magis-
| trates judgment had been improperly
| rendered because of his failure to comply
with the procedure prescribed in the
Act of Assembly, in such case provided.
| FOSTER VS.. CORRIDOR.
Case wherein Otho Foster sued Frank
| Corriden to recover amount paid for
horse bought from Corriden on June 10,
| l9l2-Roman Crothers for Foster, War
| burton & Warburton for Corriden. Fos-
ter claimed that Corriden had sold him
the horse for $50 with the promise that
| the horse should come all right" from
| the lameness from which it was suffer
| ing at time of purchase that the horse
did not come all right" and he had re-
| turned ii to Corriden's premises, whn
afterward sold it as an estray. James
| Harsha, Wesley McAllister, Herbert Paul
| Cadmus Price were called as witnesses
for the plaintiff At close of plaintiffs
case, counsel for defense offered prayer
| to Court to take case from jury on
| ground that plaintiff had net offered suf-
| ticient, legal evidence to recover, not
| having established any express warranty
| on Corridens part. The prayer was
granted and counsel for Foster took a
| nom pros.
STATE VS.. MCKINNEY.
Case set for trial on Thursday morn
| ing, and when about to proceed, Court
was offered physicians certificate of
the lllness of one Reed Kirk, a material
| witness for defensa, which asked con-
| tinuance of case. Request granted upon
notice by Court that the case would not
| be continued again at instance of de-
fendant
STATE VS.. WILLIAMS
Frank Williams, colored, tried before
| the Court upon charge of having stolen
a bund c OF dry goods from the buggy of
Alvin Russell on the night of Oct. IL, in
North East-States Attorney Henry
Constable, Esq, assigned by Court for
| prisoner defense Alvin Russell and
Wife swore that Mrs. Russell had pur-
| chased the goods at a store in North
East on the night in question, placed
| them in buggy, went to another store for
| further purchases, and upon return TO
| buggy the goods We're gone. Paul Read,
Stella Wesley, Eliza Messick all col
ored, sHore that the accused had dis
played a bundle of such goods in their
| presence, claiming that he found the
bund down near the Bridge The az
cused, in his own behalf, Store that he
had never displayed such a bundle, had
never said he had found such bulGle,
that the former witnesses were putting
| the JOB on him to clear their own skirts
| He further detailed his movements
since the night OF the theft, showing that
he had not attempted to run away, but
continued to work in the neighborhood,
until his arrest, some weeks afterward.
This closed the testimony and after ar
gument by counsel, the Court rendered a
verdict of mot guilty"
STATE VS.. BLADEN.
John Bladen, colored arraigned upon
charge of stealing chickens from Benja-
min Brown, colored, of Eighth district,
on April 12-Wilson Squier, Esq, assign
ed to his defense. Ben Brown swore to
having overheard Bladen confess the
theft to Joseph Peters. Joseph Peters
corroborated this testimony. nnnabe.
Scott, colored, swore Bladen had spent
night of the tlleged theft at her home
Case submitted to Court without argu-
ment. Verdict, guilty, and Bladen SEN
fenced to six months in House of Cor
rection.
Samuel Wilson, the colored boy charged
with breaking into the Duhamel store at
Earleville, plead guilty, and was sent by
Court to Maryland House of Reformation
for Colored Youth.
MURDER CASE REMOVEDV
This concluded local cases to be tried
at this term of Court. On Friday morn
ing began the trial of Oscar Teats (col-
ored) for the murder of John n. Gala
han twhite). This is a removed case
from Talbot county and will probably
| on ha