The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-04-16
COURT PROCEEDINGS

criminal cases nave Ueeli ui7 P''N
since orr last issue the following have
been tried
Willard Thorne VS.. E. L. L. Edelen;
.,+omnbile case; Alan Bowie for
Thorne, Nj. H. Magruder for Edeleh;
trial before Court and verdict in favor
Of Thorne for S43.3O, :,
State vs.. Samuel E. Hungerford'
CHARGED with hunting on Sunday t'ia'
hofore Court and verdict not guilty;
Rvon for State: Alan Bowie for DEFEND
ant
State VS.. Walter Williams, John
Proctor and Charles Stobos-store
breaking and larceny; tried by CouF !
found guilty and sentenced to the pen
;+ontiarv for three years each. Llliaro
tnr Williams and Proctor, r. W Weiis'
for Stnhbs and Ryon for State.
Stare vs.. Earl Lewis; assault ano
battery charge; trieHby Jury and YER
dict Of not guilty rendered Ryon Tor
S+st. L. G. Sasscer for prisoner.
c+a+s VS. Leo Hawkins; charged with
m,rder; tried by Jury; verdict or lnsan-
NV. Rvon for state, {. M kooerls ioi
qtate v. VIM. Tyler; larceny; tried
hu Court and found guilty. Ryon TOT
ctata Magruder and Jerry l.. Smith
for defendant.
The Grand Jury was in session only
four DAYS. Following is their report:
GRAND JURY REPORT
To the Honorable Judges OF
tb, Circuit Court for Prince
Georges county, Md
crr.F,, FN-The Grard Jury con-
yaned at 11:45 April 9Th. 1920, and I'M
m. diately proceeded II WOO X anu Deg
tosubmit the following report:
Il o,sa. Investigated IS indictments
returned; 81 witnesses examiner i0
ports :om constables.
A.. ,.er suggestion from the Court
c.,.,-..f,ls v;i, :ae;ructed to request
) sic o the peace 10 MAKE 'liai US,
,r.i,io, of I'll cases in which they haa
authority TO do s.. thus saving the time
of fine Grand Jury and expense 10 the
county
Tho Iurv recommend that commls
sion be appointed to provide ways an'
means to give epileptics and persons
suffering from mild form OF IN aA'ty'
DIT. per care and treatment.
h Iury visited the Jail and found ]
newly whi1ewashed and clean, but IND
thai sanitary conditions are very Dao'
We recommend that new pump DC
put in operation so that the closets Il,
the cells be flushed and kept clean. his
should have Immediate attention..
There were confi"ed III the jail at the
time Of our visit: IL colored males and
E white males.
The locks on the cells appeared to be
new and of good quality aud WEE
proper guarding no one should escape
We now wish 10 call your attentloi:
to a matter which we deem OF vital I'M
portance, and that is the sanitary con-
ditiou in the Court House, aud which
we sincerely hope, will receive lmme'
date attention We therefore recon-
mend that thu County Commissioners
convert the room used by the SuperVl-
sors of Election into two toilet rooms,
equipped with sanitary closets and wash
basins. and that the entrance to these
rooms be plainly marked, "For Men
and "For Women, " as the case may be
The County Commissioners have very
kindly assured US that they Will confer
with he Court relative to conditions IL
the building.
We attach herewith renort OF the
Committee that VS. ted the AIMS House
and heartily concur IN their recommen
dations.
In conclusion, we wish to thank the
Court for the kindue eXten led US, TIE
SAFES Attorney, MIR J, Wilson Ryon
for valuable assistance, and the Cour
officials for their uniform courtesy.
Respectfully submitted,
X. FULTON GATES,
Foreman.
| agree with the above recommends
ton of the Grand Jury and would add
they consult some expert plumber DC
fore beginning this very necessary I'M
nrovement, which should be done i'm
mediately. TcEN +. SANsBURY, NJ. D..
Health Officer
AIMS HOUSE REPORT.
We. the undersigned Committee, az
pointed by the Grand Jury TO visit tn
Aims House; Wis ted the same Ap'll Q
1910, and report as follows:
We found white males, white re
male: col1red males and colored te
males. We found also the fol OWN
property hogs and pigs, z COVE,
horses, 40 barrels of potatoes, IS Oarrel
of corn. III tons of nay.
We found the house in sanliar
condition, and we further found ali tb
inmates comfortably kept
We recommend that The buildings b
put in repair, and the road leading t
the institution be repaired; also til
County Commissioners give the heepe
authority to purchase supplies III til
open market, for we find that price
paid are excessive.
Respectfully submitted,
Z. Nj. SUIT,
F. EUGENE LoVELEss,
FREDERICK BINGER,
q Inc I,uca Committee