The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-23

morning with the regular officials in
attendance, save Clerk Charles S.
Peacock, Deputy Clerk William G.
Purnell acting in his place. The Court
designated Joshua Clayton, Es., asq
States Attorney in the absence of
Charles B. Finley, ESQ.,, now serving
with his command at Eagle Pass,
Texas. The juries We're constituted
as follows:
Grand Jury.
J. Edward Crothers, Ninth district,
Foreman.
First District-William X. Thorn
ton, Durney Oldham; Second district,
James H. Vinyard, Arthur Purner, A.
E. Davidson; Third district, James
Maloney, w. c. Brogan, Irwin H. Del
bert; Fourth district. William A. Hill,
Jesse Bedwell; Fifth district, George
0. Carey. Morton C. Reeder; Sixth
district, John A. Hall. John H. Kimble,
Samuel T. Wiley; Seventh district,
George B. Campbell, Clarence l.. Cole,
Thomas Kane, Sr; Eighth district,
Benjamin B. Garvine, Edward E.Daw-
son; Ninth district, William Grarham.
John. NJ. Clayton.
Petit Jury.
First district, James T. Watts, Jas.
A. Pearce, Eben Frazer; Second dis
trict. Clarence Thornton, Clifford d.
Whiteoak, Charles A. Kirk; Third dis
trict, William P. Dean, r. Day Cant
we'll, Eugene Feucht, Otis Kline;
Fourth district, John T. DeCrea, Chas.
F. Burton; Fifth district, Albert NJ
McNamee. Clinton w. Purner, Harry
r. Barnes; Sixth district-John L.
Stephens, John S. Cullen, H. Elmer
McCardell; Seventh district. Joseph
Coudon, of Hy., Herman jackson,
Alonzo Gillespie; Eighth district,
John W. Taylor.
The Grand Jury was charged briefly
and retired, the call o fthe dockets
followed and lasted up to the noon re-
cess. A number of civil cases and
three appeals were marked for trial.
The suits of John R. X. Moffett, Harry
A. Boyer and William Wyre against
the B. 4 O. R. R. for damages for
personal injuries were removed to
Talbot county and that of Ward
against S. G. England and Son to
Queen Anne's county. The suit of
Christos Alevizatos against Graham
Clements and Sutton for personal in
iuries, removed here from Kent county
was set for trial on Friday, Septem-
Der %.
After the recess Pounds VS.. the
State from the Appeal docket, was
put ntrial before a jury. John
Pounds, the appellant, had been ad-
judged guilty, at a magistrates hear
ing of assault and battery upon Will
liam Smith on the night of August 7,
last, near the railroad station in Port
Deposit, and took an appeal. 1t was
shown that Pounds had cursed and
abused Smith at the ball grounds
earlier in the evening and attacked
him later, striking him with his fist
and butting him. The jury found him
guilty. H. A. Warburton for appel
liant; Clayton for State.
Tuesday.
Court met with the full bench pres
ent but as no civil cases were ready
for immediate trial the petit jurors
We're discharged until Wednesday
morning. George f. Pugh, colored,
charged with bastardy, was unable to
give bond and, as confinement in jail
would prevent his maintenance of the
child, sentence was suspended and he
was paroled in custody of his en-
| ployee, Wallace Daniels. with the un-
derstanding that he contribute to the
| child's support.
Wednesday.
State VS.. Joseph Peters, colored
was put on trial before jury. Clay
ton for State; Henry L. Constable for
defendant. Peters, who had done time
several years ago for a like offense
was charged with assaulting, with in
tent to kill James Jones, colored, on
the morning of Sunday. June 4, last
at his home at Conowingo Jones
who owns pair of horses and col
/ lects junk and rags, testified that
Peters came to his home, the base
ment of the colored church. on the
evening of June 3, and asked him tC
| drive him to Texas, about five miles
distant. Jones told him he could not
do so as his horses were tired from
ploughing. About half past five the
| lISNI ilolIlIlS NSulluaN) eIeIS anu
Ernest Boldly aroused Jones at his
home. They had bag containing
beer in bottles. They gave Jones a
bottle and also one for his wife and
later offered him whiskey. Peters hao
revolver and showed some car
tridges. Presently he heard his wife
cry, Get out of here, and rousing up
found Peters in his wife's room
Peters faced him at the door, pointing
his pistol and said, "You son-of ABB
I'll shoot you" Jones threw up his
hands and Peters fired, the bullet
going through the hand. Another
bullet grazed his head. In the strug-
gle that followed Peters struck Jones
over one of his eyes with the pistol
He and Peters had been friendly be-
fore the trouble. Jones admitted that
he had lived with several women, bui
said he was now married. He did not
sell whisky to Peters, nor gamble
with him during the night and was
rot shot in a struggle over a IS bill.
Jones' wife, Dorothy. testified that
he and she We're married about a yeal
ago She was in bed when the trouble