The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-09-28
CECIL CIRCUIT COURT
Grand Jury Report-The Numerous
Cases Indicate Long Term

Cases Indicate Long Term
The September term of Circuit
Court for Cecil County convened at
Elkton ON the 18th inst. The num-
erous cases marked for trial indicate
long term.
The Court selected Wilmer j. Falls
as Foreman of the Grand Jury, and
the juries were constituted as fol-
lows:
Grand Jury-Wilmer ]. Falls,
Foreman; James v. Bailey, Jeffer-
son D. Mccoy, Ira Moore, Joseph W.
Zebley, Rufus K. Wells, Elisha d.
Kirk, Gerald Dunbar, George A. At
kinson, F. l.. Lindamood, Herbert 0.
Lynch, Stanley s. McCubbin, Ralph
H. Rees, Harry w. Pippin, John
Lawrence, Creston S. Sturgeon, The
odore B. Holden, Elmer e. Mayberry,
Lawson c. Tosh, Frank w. Clapp,
Harry K. Taylor, David S. Cline, Ed
ward Stapp.
Petit Jury-Lee Matthews, Benja-
min Bailey, Clifford Hoover, Walter
Wood, Thomas M. Price, Charles A.
Jackson, Joseph H. Smith, Charles
E. Pierson, John w. Sartin, Earle
Dean, Harry L. Bunting, William T.
McAllister, George L. Peterson, Ed
Ward T. Williams, Louis Ulary, John
H. Terry, Jerome Murray. Samuel
Aiken, William H. Cole, Jr., Guy
Kirk, William R. Little, and William
j. Boyles.
The appeal case of Arthur Ken
nedy VS.. Arthur and Harry Dins-
more, an appeal from the docket OF
Justice of the Peace Benjamin Bris-
coe, was tried before jury. YER
dict for appellees for $40.
Petition for condemnation by the
P, B. & w. r. R. Co. of property in
Port Deposit owned by Cecil Clyde
Squier ct al, was taken up, and after
the jury had viewed the property at
Port Deposit, the case was argued, a
verdict being found for the petition
er, the railroad company awarding
the owner of the property $4,000
damages.
The Grand Jury completed its la
bors on Wednesday of last week and
was discharged, after making the
following report:
We have examined SO witnesses.
We have considered 81 cases of
which we have ignored z. Found 80
presentments, 29 True Bills.
A committee composed Of Gerald
w. Dunbar, Lawson C. Tosh and
John Lawrence visited the County
Almhouse ON September 18th, 1928,
and made the report attached hereto.
Our body as whole visited the
Jail where we found twenty prison
ers, 10 white males and 10 colored
males, of which 10 were County
prisoners and one Federal. We
found the Jail to be in deplorable
shape, due to the bad sanitary condi-
tions. We recommend that the
prisoners quarters be thoroughly
fumigated and white washed, (the
latter, if feasible, by the prisoners)
at least once month. That the
present toilets be replaced by new
ones and that two additional toilets
be installed, thus providing separate
toilets (1) for white males, (2) for
colored males, 60 for white females,
(4) for colored females. We furth-
er recommend that the ventilator be
put in good working order, and that
the spouting which is now in bad
condition be renewed, and that all
leaks in the roof of the building be
stopped.
We would call attention to the
fact that some of the above recon-
mendations have been embodied in
reports of former Grand Juries but
as far as we can determine no action
has resulted therefrom.
1t has been brought to our atten-
tion that an oil stove is utilized by
the inmates for the cooking of their
meals. We deem this a dangerous
practice and recommend its removal
from the prisoners quarters.
We recommend that the cornice
and balcony of the Courthouse be
put in good condition, believing that
at present it constitutes menace to
the public safety.
A delegation appeared before us.
the County Womens
Christian Tmperance Union and var
ious other Church Organizations OF
the County, requesting the coopera-
tion of this body in an effort to seek
better means of law enforcement
against the more or less general
practice of gambling and the Illicit
sale of liquor throughout the county.
Failing to receive any definite
plans of procedure from these petit
TONERS on which to act, we believe
that nothing can be accomplished un-
less there be adduced sufficient evil
dence to convict the alleged law vio-
lators, we therefore, recommend that
the States Attorney use every means
at his disposal to eradicate the con-
ditions complained of, even to the