The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-16
CIRCUIT COURT.

suit OF c. d. Hickman against John w
Carey, OF Doubs. awarded Mr. Hickman
verdict, giving HIM one cent damages.
The suit was over the right to use ar
alley, and while Mr.. Hickman had sued
Tor $500 damages, his attorneys dropped
the amount sued for, and asked for nom
NAL damages SO as to establish the right
OF their client to the alley. The court
suggested that the parties to the suit
should get together. ard establish such
/ grades as will give Mr.. Hickman full &C.
! cess to the alley. Stoner and Weinberg
represented Mr.. Hickman and John S.
! Newman and John Francis Smith appear
ed for Mr.. Carey.
The regular petit jury of % members
present were exhausted and as talismen
were summoned before a jury could be
Maryland against Robert A. Fraley and
Evers Weddle, who stand charged with
receiving stolen goods. The goods found
IN their possession were stolen from the
Seeger Hardware store during the Fred
erlck Fair OF 1912. Messrs. Fraley and
Weddle commended that they purchased
the goods from fellow following the
fairs.
Robert A. Fraley and Evers Weddle
were declared not guilty by jury which
sat in the case. The two men were IN.
dlcted upon the charge of receiving goods
known to have been stolen. The stolen
property in question was that which was
taken from the Seeger Hardware Store
and was recovered in the possession of
the two men. They claimed that thew
secured it from man who conducted a
ring game at the Frederick Fair. The
State commended the two men got the
plumber from Jesse Derr. Derr had been
tried on the charge of robbing the store
and acquitted. Leo Weinberg, Arthur
D. Willard and F. Marion Fauble we're
counsel for the accused.
Court was resumed Monday morning,
and the case Of Shafer Bros, contractors,
against Miss Emma Lamar, was taken
up. The suit is based upon The differ
| ence in accounts for the building of a
house. The case was tried before a
jury. F. l.. Coblentz, Charles Nice. Ma
thlas and A. S. Brown are attorneys for
Shafer Bros, and H. K. Delauter for
| Miss Lamar.
Shafer Bros. were given a verdict for
SAILS against Miss Emma Lamar. They
sued Tor $3.50. Shafer Bros. were repre-
scented by Coblentz, Brown and Matthias
and H. K. Delauter represented Miss
Lamar.
John N. G. Stride, who sued the city
tor 81, 900 damages as a result of being
bitten by dog, which was supposed to
be mad, through his attorneys, Arthur
ID. Willard, Samuel A. Lewis and w. M.
Storm, entered non pros in the suit
The action upon the part of Strides
attorneys was taken following the rejec.
ton of the prayer of the plaintiff, and the
granting of the first prayer of the city
This prayer virtually held that the city
could not be responsible for every dog in
the city, and that knowledge of the dog
had to be known. This virtually threw
Stride out of court, but when the Jury
was called upon for verdict Stride and
his attorneys did not answer and the non
pros. was ordered Had they answered
verdict against them wonld haue been
given.
The entry made on the court docket is
Jury called for verdict and plaintiff call
ed in open court and not answering Jury
was discharged and non pros. entered"
By the terms of the non pros. a new
suit can be brought by Stride. Had q
verdict of jury been taken, it would
have meant that Stride would have had
to take an appeal, were the case to oe
further fought.
The SUIT against the city by reason Of q
dog biting the Mackley child was con
tinued. Edw. J. Smith represented the
city in the suits.
The case of Harry l.. Coffman against
Calvin T. Gladhili for $27o was taken up
before a jury. MIR. Cofman resides in
Hagerstown and formerly conducted a
carriage manufacturing shop. He sold
buggies to Mr.. Gladhill. who resides al
Myersville, and Mr.. Gladhll contends
that he paid note for $27o upon which
suit is being brought. Albert !. Long, OF
Hagerstown and Emory l.. Cobentz and
Charles McC, Matthias. represent Mr..
Coffman and Arthur D. Willard and S.
A. Lewis for Mr.. Gladhill John B
Kieffer, cashier of Hagerstown Bank,
who is brother OF Henri l.. G.. Kieffer
and Andrew K. Cofman, a well krowu
undertaken of Hagerstown, are two o
the Witnesses in The CaCa