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AL.JUDGE MILLER'S OPINION.mWhat lie Kajs on ibe Forbe# Cam.SnbjtThere seems to be a general desire onSon4 hprthe part of the people for a speedy trialcradlemm w Vof the negro Ernest Forbes, who is cowthe m1800.confined in the Baltimore city jail to escharmcape the vengeance of the lynchers,.A verlt;•awaiting his trial by the Circuit Court ofgiven8U b#C-« mad*Anne Arundel county. Forbes has nevhis mlt;er had a regular c *mmilment, and nodeathyear.-h fnl1hearing, as it was found impossible toness, ias anachary-give him shearing after he was arrestedwere iand placed in jail. Judge Miller says theand stvert is-only course to pursue in the present caseand uU comin bis opinion, i- the convening of a newP7* g*-•— ........... ^jury, which will be drawn in the regularHow iway as though a new term was about toin deacommence. No authority it given himin moK Kto reconvene the grand jury recently diston st1*90 .charged, and under the circumstances hehis m«1 M JR Kwould prefer taking no risks. The prisin life0 a m5 a toip. m.oner in a capital case can, on suggestionful miremove his trial |o another county. Inshe p0 i m*8 d. m*ordinary cases the removal can be doneword*rou *only w hen the party satisfies the judgesringii2 a. m. 5 a. to.» p m.that such a course is necessary. It is thememointention of the court to have the princiness cip. in.ip ID.pal witnesses on hand on the assemblingand hof the grand jury, ani the indictment*It is aa mshould the evidence warrant it, may betor Ha. infound the same day. Dr. Cheston. the at*whentending physician of the girl, will, it islor to. Sun*said, tie the principal witness next to thewho ti m.»—K in .girl whose testimony will be confinedof aniturn.chiefly to identifying the prisoner. Dr.couldnrerCheston will testify as to the injury reby tineeived by Miss Phipps.0mot lita i.iJudge Miller said a colored man wasmanypot :sentenced by him to be hanged twentyhe saiw►r» a. m-years ago in Howard county for thisdear iip IUspecies of crime and that there has notday, tbeen a similar case of assault in thatfor alcounty since.gentUtrail, aOnly once tefore has Judge Millered thtmiuifound the necessity for calling a specialaway65 a. it*term of court This was in the case ofturnei a. m. ia p. inSimms the colored man win assaulted athei r40 p. TOw hite girl residing near Odenton in theson vt B -To a p. infourth district of Anne Arundel countydear ltirnor*and who w an taken out of jail and banyourie»«rged before the court could interfere.A n' at 9.(10Judge Miller says he was on bis wayin balto Annapolis to prepare for the trial ofgresslY.Simms, when he saw the body of the col«nga*iored man dangling from a tree near CampmothiParole He had prepared an order con“thatvening a special term of the court, andmothi1 •after he arrived he went to tht courtAletter-whouse and revoked the paper. The orderthinkW.was dated June 11, 1875 and was revokman t-Theed on the 22nd of June.loved . %statestwen-Things Worth Knowing.thougmotht
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Annapolis Evening Capital
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Wed, Nov 12, 1890
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