The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-19
Enral anh peraunal
Friday, April 10, 1912
The Circuit Court


with Judges Beall and Camalier on the
Bench.
The following cases have been tried
since our last report:
Alexander vs.. Lightbown. Action for
damages caused by Alexander.s child
falling in Lightbown's we'll. Tried by
aJury, case taken from jury and verdict
for Lightbown rendered by Court. Raj
ston & Siddons for defendant and Geo.
n. Calvert and Clarence Roberts, for
defendant.
Gray VS.. Judkins. Action for DANA
ges. Removed from Montgomery coun-
ty. Tried by Jury and verdict for
Judkins of SITS damages. Stanley, &
Boss, and Spates for Judkins, Peter
and Calvert for Gray.
Duckett VS.. Browning. Action for
debt Case started before jury. but
continued Duckett for Duckett, Ma
gruder e Stephen for Browning.
Following criminal cases have been
tried:
State VS.. Tate. Indicted for larceny.
Tried before the Court and sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary.
Merrick for Tate, Roberts for State.
State VS.. Wiseman: Indicted for at,
tempt to rape. Tried by a jury and
fSIulCC VI iOI guilty. AASAAASh AVA
Wiseman and Roberts for State.
State VS.. Christian. Indicted for lar
ceny of automobile tires. Tried by the
Court and found guilty. Not sentenced.
Roberts for State for prisoner.
State vs.. Bartnick. Indicted as an
accessory to larceny of auto tires.
Tried before the Court and found not
guilty. Clagett, Turner and Keeper for
Bartnick.
State VS.. Douglass. Indicted for
rape. Plead guilty and sentenced to
ten years in the Maryland Penitentiary.
Roberts for State, Merrick for prison.
er.
The Grand Jury adjourned on
Wednesday last, after making the
following report:
REPORT OF GRAND JURY.
To the Honorable Judges
of the Circuit Court
for Prince Georges County, Md.
We; the Grand Jurors for the April
term, 1912, of the Circuit Court for
this county, beg leave to submit the
following report,
We have examined SO witnesses and
have returned % presentments and 81
true bills; cases were dismissed for
lack of evidence, clearing up the
docket as presented.
We were in session 8 days, during
which time 20 constables reported no
violations of law in their district ex-
cept those which have always been
brought to our attention.
We visited the Jail in body and
found the prisoners well cared for, and
the building in a clean and sanitary
condition, for which the present war
den deserves credit. We find that the
well needs deepening to provide suffi-
Gent water for that institution and re-
commend immediate action. At pres
ent there are "a prisoners-9 white
males, IL colored males and 2 colored
females.
We wish to express our thanks for
the untiring efforts and legal advice
of the States Attorney, Mr.. Roberts,
on the many questions arising before
us in the course of our sessions, and
for the efficient management by our
foreman, Mr.. W. D. Pyles. We
also desire to express our az precia-
Suit and his deputies In the aid render
ed by promptly jsummoning the witness
es before the Grand Jury.
We wish to call the attention of the
Circuit Court to the apparent laxity
of the parties selling real estate and
cigarettes in applying for their re-
spective licenses.
We attach hereto the report of the
Committee who inspected the Aims
house, and as the work presented to US
has been finished, we respectively ask
to be discharged.
WIN. D. PYLRs, Foreman.
REP oRT OF AIMS HOUSE COMMITTEE
The committee of the Grand Jury of
the Circuit Court for the April term,
1912, appointed by the forenoon, Mr..
Pyles, beg leave to submit the follow
ing report:
This institution at present has "a in
mates, of which Is are white and the
balance are colored. This institution
has credited to it the following live
stock; horses, aged and 20, 1 cow,
shoats, weighing about 100 pounds each
2 sows and l boar, and a number of
chickens. The products on hand con-
sists of barrels of sweet potates and
some white potates. There is also a
considerable amount of manure and
wood ashes, which the Superintendent,
Mr.. Nicholson, says will be used on the
truck farm.
The Superintendent states that he is
restricted in producing from an area of
80 acres of ground, more than the in
stitution can consume, the balance as
result of his labors to be thrown to
the stock, instead of being sold and the
money produced therefrom, being used
to reduce the cost of the upkeep of the
institution.
The only exception to this rule is the
production of sweet and white potatoes
which are considered non-perishable
vegetables. The committee believes
that the Superintendent should be CIV
en- the power to raise such quantities of
other vegetables as he sees fit and sell
any excess there may be, accounting to
the county for all proceeds.
In relation to the 80 acres of ground
credited to the institution, the commit
tee understands that acres of good
woodland are lost to the county owing
to the misunderstanding as to the loca-
ton of the boundary line, and that the
land has been fenced in by the adjoining
owners and has been claimed by them
for about 20 years. If the committee
has been correctly advised as to the
facts in the matter, it is legal question
as to whether the county has lost Its
title by reason of adverse possession.
This is a legal question with which the
committee is not familiar.
The institution has at the present
time, the main structure built of brick,
containing 20 rooms, and 3 frame out
buildings, which are occupied by the
inmates This main structure houses
the Superintendent and his family and
inmates.
The committee upon examination of
it's books, finds that the attending ply
stefan, DR.. John L. Warning, makes an
average of five visits month and re-
ceives compensation of $3.50 year.
In conclusion, the committe makes
the following recommendations
l. The pay of the attending physi-
clan be reduced to s12O a year, which
would be about 81 a visit.
2 That an invalid chair be provided