The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-04-18
The Circuit Court

close. Judges Beall md Camalier have
been presiding since the beginning of
the term. The following cases have
been tried:
VIM. S. Rogers VS.. Jas. D. Hughes;
action for debt. Tried before jury and
verdict for appellant for ISL and costs.
Chas. B. Calvert for Rogers and T.
Van Clagett and Harry A. Hegarty for
Hughes.
Thos. M Baldwin VS.. C. A. M. Wells;
action for debt. Tried before Jury and
verdict for appellant for $23.25. Mar
bury for Baldwin; Clagett and Peach
for Wells.
Theodore Sonnenberg VS.. VIM. Shedd
Holton; action for debt. Tried by
Court and judgment for Holton. Cal
vert for Sonnenberg, Peach for Holton.
Alfred 1. and Omar C. Strawn vs..
VIM. R. Smith; action for damages.
Tried before the jury and verdict for
the defendant. Roberts for strawn,
Magruder for Smith.
State vs. JOS E Wedding; criminal
appeal. Plead guilty and sentenced
to pay fine of $500 and costs, less
witness fees. C. M Roberts for State,
Jos. K Roberts for Wedding.
State VS.. Isador J. Wolfe, criminal
appeal. Warrant quashed. Roberts
for State, Clagett for Wolfe.
State VS.. Robt. L. Nichols; criminal
appeal. Tried before jury and verdict
not guilty. Roberts for State; M. H.
Magruder for Nichols.
State VS.. Pr. Marsteller, criminal
appeal; tried before the Court and ver-
dict guilty and sentenced suspended for
the period of two years. Roberts for
State: George w. Merrick for Mar
steller.
State VS.. Charles Radtke; criminal
appeal; tried before judge and found
guilty, sentence not yet passed. Roberts
for State, T. Van Clagett for Radtke. |
State vs.. Howard Shepp and Oscar
Nichols indictment for larceny; plead
guilty and sentence suspended for the |
period of two years. Roberts for State |
Besides these several prisoners have
plead guilty and are awaiting sentence.
The Grand Jury adjourned on Satur-
day after being in session only six days. |
The following is their report:
The Grand Jury adjourned on Satur.
day, which brought to an end the short
est session of any Grand Jury drawn
here in many years. The report of |
that body follows
To the Honorable, the Judges of the |
Circuit Court for Prince Georges Co. Il
GENTLEMEN We the Grand Jury |
for the April Term 1913 of the Circuit
Court, beg leave to submit the follow
ing report
We have examined 81 witnesses in az
cass and have made z6 presentments
and found 26 true bills, cases being
dismissed for lack of evidence.
We have gone through the form of
examining sixteen constables, who of |
course know of no violations of the
law in their respective bailiwicks,
which had not been already reported in
the regular way, and we would respect
fully suggest that this use ess custom |
be done away with, except when they |
are directly summoned.
The Grand Jury visited the Jail in a |
body on Thursday and found the same |
in very good condition, but would re-
commend that more expeditions means |
be employed to get the cases of insane
INN ates disposed of and the parties re-
moved from the Jail where there are no |
adequate means to care for them. We
refer to the case of one colored insane
man confined there particularly.
We found confined therein IS per
sons, viz white males, white female.
colored males and colored females.
A committee composed of Messrs W.
BeaH Bowie w. E. Carrick and Geo
N. Palmer were appointed to visit the
Aims House and their report is hereto
attached.
We beg leave to state that complaint
has been made to the Grand Jury of
the dangerous condition of the bridge
crossing Charles Branch. on the road
leading from Marlboro to Groom, and
that the Road Board has been notified
of this fact as is evidenced by their
placing sign there some months ago,
warning those who cross that they do
so at their own risk
1t is stated that this bridge has been
in a bad condition for the past three
years
1t is obvious that if a warning sign is
all that is needed in bad places our
roads could soon all he left in an i'm
passible condition. and we suggest i'm
mediate steps be taken to remedy this
condition.
Our attention was especially called
by the Court, at the opening of the
session to the alleged existence of pool
selling and DO * making on the grounds
of the Southern Maryland F air Associa-
ton here at Marlboro in violation of law
We have given the matter serious
consideration and have been ably as
sisted by the States Attorney and have
come to the conclusion that however
much we condemn the existing condi-
tons, any legal remedy through our
body is of such doubtful nature, that
in as much as the present meeting is
practically concluded and as the rules
of the Jocky Club preclude the holding
of two meetings on half mile track in
any one year, which means before the
next session of the Legislature, we can
see no good reason for taking so I'M
certain a case into the Courts when re
lief can be obtained by the Legislature
We wish to express our thanks to our
able State Attorney for his aid. assis-