The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-06-14
CRIMINAL DOCKET TAKEN
Up ON MONDAY MORNING
With Associate Judge Wagaman
Presiding

up MONDAY morning at the beginning
of the second week of the present ses-
sion of Court, with Associate Judge
Frank G. Wagaman, of HagerstOwn,
presiding, in place of Judge Doub
who was present all of last week and
who returned to Cumberland Wednes-
day night following the adjournment
Of the grand jury whose report to the
Court appears on another page of
The Republican today.
With the calling Of the criminal
docket the petit 5urors, who were not
summoned to be present at last weeks
session Of Court, appeared, but up to
the time this paper goes to press the
services Of these officials of the court
was required in but one case.
The following cases have been tried
since Monday morning.
Criminal Appeals
Andrew Day, Annie Day and Lucy
Day, children of Charles Day, resid-
ing near Deer Park, were each fined
81 and costs by the Court when they
appeared in an appeal case from JUS
tice West. The charge against them
was an assault committed several
months ago upon Dewitt Minard
neighbor, following war of words
between the parties over some trivial
matter.
Dr.. Hugh Strachan, of kitzmiller,
in an appeal from Justice POOLS
court at KitzmiIler, was found not
guilty by jury, thus reversing the
lower court which had assessed the
appellant $500 fine and costs on the
charge Of operating a motor vehicle
while under the influence Of liquor.
Criminal Trials
State VS.. William Gibson, indicted
for keeping a gaming table, entered q
plea of guilty before the Court and
was fined 525 and costs OF prosecu-
ton. The oHense with which Gibson
was. charged occurred while he was
engaged in the restaurant business
on Railroad street in Oakland last
fall
Herbert Coddington, of near
Friendsyille, was sentenced to serve
a term of eighteen months in the
Maryland House of Correction after
he had been found guilty by the Court
of stealing six chickens from the hen
house of man named Fike residing
in the neighborhood.
John Malouse, a foreign born resi-
dent OF Kitzmiller, indicted for hav-
ing sold Intoxicating liquor, submitted
his case to the Court on a plea sof
guilty confessed. Sentence has not
been imposed by the Court at the
time this paper goes to press.
Cornelius H. Smith, who resides in
this county a few miles west of Bar
ton, was indicted twice by the grand
jury. One charge, that of libel, was
dismissed by order Of the States At
torney after Smith had been adjudged
innocent by the Court upon the in
dictment charging him with sending
a threatening letter through the mail
to a Miss Mckenzie, teacher of the
public school in the neighborhood in
which Smith resides.
Eliza Paugh and Harry Paugh, OF
near Bond, were tried before the
Court Tuesday on an indictment in
which they were charged with having
disturbed public meeting being held
in a school house in their community.
The Court imposed a fine Of So upon
EACH and costs.
Sampson Paugh, who was also in
dicted for the same otfense as set
out in the above, was found not gull
ty by the Court before whom the case
was tried.
Frank Mashak, another foreign
born resident Of the county, living at
or near VindeX, was tried before the
Court for having sold Intoxicating
liquors. He was adjudged guilty.
Yesterday at the noon hour the
case Of julius Jordan, indicted for the
murded Of Paul Mukush, aged forty
years, a miner Of Russian birth, who
was stabbed in the stomach by Jordan
at shack occupied Oy number of
miners at Vindex on March IL, was
taken up before jury. Mukush died
as result of his injuries on March
10Th in the Allegany Hospital, Cum
berland. Following the death Of Mu-
q kush Jordan was placed under arrest
by Sheriff Ashby and brought to the
Jail here where he has been confHed
ever since.
The trial sstill on at the hour this
paper goe to press. The evidence in
the case was closed by the defense
this morning and argument is being
made to the jury of which j. NJ. NJ
gent is foreman.