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


suit of c. ID. Hickman against Ohm w
| Carey, OF Doubs, awarded Mr. Hickman
a verdict, giving HIM one cent damages
! The suit was over the right to use al
alley, and while Mr.. Hickman had suec
for $500 damages, his attorneys dropped
( the amount sued for, and asked for nom
inal 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 ac-
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 jury could be
empaneled to try the case of the State of
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
erick 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
dicted 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 they
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 were
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
thias and A. S. Brown are attorneys for
Shafer Bros, and H. K. Delauter for
Miss Lamar.
Shafer Bros. were given verdict for
S4I5 against Miss Emma Lamar. They
sued for $3.50 Shafer Bros. were repre-
sented by Cobentz Brown and Matthias
and H. K. Delauter represented Miss
Lamar.
John N. G.. STRIDE, who sued the city
for s., 900 damages as result of being
bitten by dog, which was supposed to
be mad, through his attorneys, Arthur
d. Willard, Samuel A. Lewis and w. NJ.
Storm, entered a 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
a 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. new
suit Cdll NC DIOuSul Wy OtIiuCs IItu q
verdict of a jury been taken, it would
have meant that Stride would have had
to take an appeal, were the case to DC
further fought.
The SUIT against the city by reason of a
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. Gladhii for $27o was taken up
before a jury. Mr.. Coffman resides in
Hagerstown and formerly conducted a
carriage manufacturing shop. He sold
buggies to Mr.. Gladhill. who resides at
Myersville. and Mr.. Gladhill contends
that he paid note for $27o, upon which
suit is being brought. Albert j. Long, OF
Hagerstown and Emory L. Coblentz and
Charles Nice, Matthias, represent Mr..
Coffman and Arthur d. Willard and S.
A. Lewis for Mr.. Gladhill. John B.
Kiefier, cashier of Hagerstown Bank,
who is a brother of Henri l.. G. Kieffer
and Andrew K. Coffman, well krowu
undertaken of Hagerstown, are two oil
the witnesses in the case.