The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-02
CECIL CIRCUIT COURT
September Term Likely To
Prove Lengthy-Grand
Jury Report

Prove Lengthy-Grand
Jury Report
The September term of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County,
in Session at Elkton, is likely
to prove a lengthy one, as the
cases to be considered are
numerous.
The Grand Jury completed
it's labors on Wednesday last,
) and was discharged.
The Jury reported 81 wit
nesses examined, 43 present
ments and 43 true bills found,
and ignored four cases. Con-
stables from the First, Third
and Fifth Districts were ex-
amined.
The committee appointed to
visit the Aims House reported
finding inmates clean and APP
parently we'll cared for, the
buildings comfortable. but rec
ommend that the living room
be papered, and repairs made to
two rooms on the second floor.
The barn and outbuildings in
good repair, farm well titled
and apparently in productive
condition. There were 26 in
mates: Is white male, 8 color
ed; 5 white female, and 3 col.
The Grand Jury visited the
Jail and found 20 white male
and 5 colored male inmates.
Found the interior of the Jail
in a good sanitary condition.
and compliment Sheriff Buck
worth on the cleanliness of the
institution. The Jury recon-
mend that the electrical wiring
be inspected and the hazardous
condition removed; also rec
ommend a new floor covering
in the kitchen.
The indictments found by
the Grand Jury were: Francis
Coyle, criminal assault VIM.
T. Linton, criminal assault;
Saml. r. Logan, criminal as
sault; Jos. G. Peters, MURDER;
Ernest Benjamin, larceny; LIE
Roy Austin, false pretense;
Stanley Benjamin, larceny, H.
w. McCardell, bastardy; Ham
|pton Hall, assault with intent
to kill; Andrew Caldwell, as
sault with intent to kill; Albert
Caldwell, assault with intent to
kill; Allen w. Briscoe, deser-
ton of minor children; John
w. McMullen, intent to kill;
Michael Czyzewisz, breaking
and entering; John Kaspezek,
breaking and entering;, Walter
Blair, larceny; Harry Davis,
breaking and entering; Zebu-
Ion Goodyear, breaking and en-
tering; Andrew A. Leyare, dis
orderly house; George r. Bid. q
we'll, larceny; George Warning
ton, fornication; Ralph T.
Craig, perjury and bigamy;I
George Bassett, assault with in
tent to rape; Geo. E. Purnell,
larceny; VIM. H. Purnell, lar
ceny; Albert ]. Linton, lar
ceny; Geo. F. Davis, larceny:r
Robt. T. Williams, larceny; G.
c. Hines, larceny; William A.
Gregson, larceny; Earl w.
Girard, larceny; Chas. Swan
son, larceny: Russell Dixon,
breaking and entering; Oliver
w. Hollister, bastardy; Harold
H. Cosner, arson; Columbus
L. Bolt, arson; John Powell,
permitting excavation to be
made on his property in Elk
ton, and leaving same improp-
erly guarded and exposed.
The case of State VS.. Herman
McClothlin was tried before the
Court. McClothlin had been
adjudged guilty of carrying a
concealed deadly weapon, at a.
hearing before Magistrate Geo.
w. Owens, of North East, and
sentenced to one year in the
House of Correction, from
which decision an appeal was
taken. He was found guilty
by the Court.
Camillus Thompson, of Leeds
section, indicted for larceny of
Sheriff's pistol, carrying con-
cealed deadly weapon and jail
breaking, plead guilty to the
charge OF larceny, and was SEN
fenced to one year in House of
Correction.
Ralph Craig, of Chesapeake
City, indicted for perjury and
bigamy, plead guilty and SEN
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