Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-04-20
THE VELVET KIND"
AGAIN IN COURT
The Grand Jury Has Not Yet Re-
turned Any Presentments.
PERSONNEL OF JURIES.
Case OF Chapin-Sacks Ice Cream Co.
OF Washington Against Gus Cardes
of This CITY.

Ihis has been more or less busy
week in the Circuit Court for Anne
Arundel county On the trial docket
alone there are Ill cases. with the pos
sibility OF additions.
ON the civil appeals docket there are
lf cases, nearly all of them petty in the
amounts involved. but occupying as
much IF the time Of the Court as cases
involving thousands of dollars or other
important interests. There are seven
cases removed form other courts. anu
thirty one appearances.
One interesting case to be tried is
that of the Chapin-Sachs Ice Cream
Co. Of Washington. against Gus Cardes
OF Annapolis involving the right TO use
the Velvet Kind" ice cream designa-
ton and trademark The granl Jury
has not vet returned and presentments.
bat the criminal business also promis
es 10 be important ARD large in volume
In his charge TO The jury, Judge Jas
r. Brashears called special attention
10 the fact that it was the body which
was charged with the duty Of investi-
eating into any irregularities in con
noction with the session OF the .Legisla-
ture. judge Brashears did not i'm any
way intimate that there was any rea-
son 70 believe that such things had
taken place, but he told the jury that
Was their right and duty 30 look into
any allegations or suggestions OF graft
bribery or similar practices.
Judge Brashears suggested that a
committee Of the grand jury. with Mr..
Boswell its foreman. as member.
call upon Governor Harrington and
find out if he had any reason 10 be
lieve that aUy improprieties had taken
place. incidentally. the Governor has
been quoted as saving that the last ses-
sion of the Legislature was entirely
free from slIch things Certainly there
has been no intimation in the public
press along this line,nor from any re-
sponsible individual The soss on Of
1916 seems to have been singularly
free from suspicion
The matter of the leak of matters be
fore the grand jury was also given
some consideration by Judge Brash.
ears. He said that in former years
parties had known or claimed TO have
known, certain things that had taken
place in the grand jury room. This,
be said. was a violation of the law. and
anyone found to be guilty would be
punshei
The members OF the grand and petit
juries were designated as follows
Grand Jury William x. Boswell
Goremar) Joseph n. Stewart, Richard
F. Gott, Daniel V. Bright. William T.
Devries, George W. Hodges. John W
Crandall, John + Dopghterty. Loui
Stern. a. Barton Suit. John II Bright,
Weems r. Duvall. Frank A. Spriggs
Arthur A. Watts, Claudius Il. Parlett
Charles nuyan, John A. Lowman Eph-
RAIN r. Shafn, Frank r. Long. William
Witt, Robert NJ, Leatherbury Byron
Phelps Rasmus Clauseu.
Petit Jury Basil T. Gates. Albert G.
Macey Conrad Stoll. Lewis j. Gard
iner. Beale Worthington. Charles H.
Leitch Alexander O. Smith. Joseph T
Trott. James w Suit, Edward Collin
son. Harry j. n. Robinson. H. Emory
Gray, Frank ". Gischel. Emory NJ
Shpley. George Z. Schimpf. Harry 4
Levely, j. Morscll Bird. William T.
Wood, Grover C. Boyer, Zachariah
Wood. Ferdinand Fredericks, Joseph
Clancy, David Shepherd. Rudolph Kai-
ser. Julius Tauber