The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-28
CIRCUIT COURT.

hing the store Of Seeper & Co., WAS trieo
before the Court and aquitted. MOUel
/ and Wiucberg for traverSer, Lewis tol
( state.
/ The case Of Harry Buch indicted fol
asSultng DR.. T. B. Johnson was next
called and Jury empsnelled. The case
was desperatly fought by the Council for
the traverser and the states attorney.
The jury brought in verdict of guilty.
Buch was fined 500 and costs. Motter *
Wineberg for traverser, Lewis for the
state.
Robert Johnson and Charles King,
colored. each aged 10. who were charged
with larceny of automobile tires from the
Ideal Garage, through their attorney,
Alban M. Wood, pleaded guilty. Mr.
Wood stated that the boys bore good
regulations. and stated that the oitense
could partially be coudoned. because OF
the fact that the goods were sold to junk
dealers of the city, and said these dealers
certainly knew the goods had been stolen.
If there was no market for this class of
goods in Frederick he stated, they would
not be taken. The court suspended SEN
tence, after giving the boys reprimand.
Adam Robinson, colored. charged with
the larceny Of horse blanket which he
took from horse hitched in front of the
saloon of John II. Frazier South Market
street, pleaded guilty through his attor-
ney, Reno s. Harp. He was sentenced
to three months in jail
Morris Bennett. charged with the lar
ceny of ham from Cecil and Roelkev,
was tried before the court and released.
1t was shown that Bennett was under the
influence OF liquor, and that he was taken
to police headquarters on the charge Of
drunkenness carrying the ham with him.
He was unable to tell then how he got the
ham. 1t was shown Bennett, when sober,
is honest and industrious. Reno S. Harp
was his attorney.
Murray Howard and Joseph S. Trilby,
two Brunswick men, who were charged
with criminal assault. were tried before
the Court. There was no evidence con.
Meeting them with any criminal assault
charged and both were found not guilty.
II. Dorsey Etchison was their attorney.
Sam Lee, colored, charged with the
larceny Of dinner pals, a coat and rails
road trip ticket from the plant of the
Grove Lime Co. at Lime Kiln, asked for
jury trial. Lee last summer escaped
from Officer Deeter who had arrested
him, and was only recently apprehended
in Baltimore. 1t is understood that war
rants for his arrest have been issued from
West Virginia and also from Montgomery
county. Arthur D. Willard and ID.
Princeton Buckley are his attorneys. Lee
was found not guilty. The larceny OF
pair of trousers is also charged against
him. He is being held on this charge.
Frank Thomas. an insurance agent, for
merly of Montgomery county, indicted on
charges of forgery and obtaining money
under false pretenses, was acquitted. In
the forgery case the Court sustained a
demurrer to the indictment. In the other
States Attorney Lewis consented to a
verdict of not guilty
The case of Harry Airey for robbing
gas meter of Mr.. w. N. Jolfe was tried
before a jury and he was acquitted
There are several other indictments pend
ing against Airy.
John Wetzel the German who purloined
the musical clock at Church Hill was
sent TO Montevue, by Justice Dennis at
the request of the Court. He is slightly
dcmented.
James l.. Huey was paroled on pay
ment of costs for robblng a man on the
B. & O. r. R., he plead guilty, Stoner &
Wineberg were his counsel and Lewis for
state.
The case OF Simon Johnson (colored)
for assault and battery on Miss Ada U.
Hammond at her home near Liberty was
tried before jury. Johnson was found
guilty of assault. Harp for traverser,
Lewis for state.
The Chambers case for robbing boarders
at Mrs. r. E. Anderson was tried before
the Court and found guilty Sentenced
was suspended while his record could be
investigated. Harp for traverser, Lewis
for state.
Fritz Voorhees,, of Brunswick, who was
charged with stealing barrel of alcohol
from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at
Brunswick, was found not guilty BY jury
after it had been out but short while.