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The trial of a North Laurel woman charged in the murder of her common-law husband has been postponed until May 29 to determine whether expert testimony on battered spouse syndrome will be allowed as evidence.Beverly Seward had been scheduled to stand trial today for the fatal shooting of Archie White on July 29. Seward claims White beat her over a 10-year period and that she shot him in self-defense.At a hearing yesterday, Circuit Court Judge Raymond J. Kane foundthat "good cause" exists to postpone the case.

Their lives were unremarkable. She was a medical technician. He was a computer operator. She worked the day shift. He worked the night shift.She was outgoing and talkative. He was quiet and kept to himself. They lived together for 12 years.Beverly Seward, 39, and Archie White, 37, led a comfortable, middle-class existence in a North Laurel town house until a warm Sunday evening last July, when a single gunshot shattered their secret lives.White is dead from a bullet wound to the heart. Seward is chargedwith first-degree murder and scheduled to stand trial Wednesday.

A protective vest saved a city police officer from serious injury yesterday when he was shot as he tried to break up a fight among several youths at Gwynns Falls Park in West Baltimore.Officer Charles A. Seward Jr., 24, was shot in the chest about 3:15 p.m. in the southeast section of the park at Norris Road and W. NorthAvenue.The bullet lodged in the officer's protective vest, said Sam Ringgold, a police spokesman. The officer was taken by ambulance to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center as a precautionary measure and was released soon after.

A circuit court judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether prosecutorscan compel a North Laurel murder defendant to undergo psychiatric testing, which they hope will refute the woman's battered-spouse syndrome defense.Beverly Seward, 40, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Archie White last July 29 at the couple's town house in North Laurel.In a Howard County Sun article Jan. 27, Seward said she shot White in self-defense after he beat her frequently over 10 years.

On September 12, 2009; beloved husband of Eleanor (nee Damesyn) Stillwagoner. Survivors include two sisters, Ardella Nutter and Geraldine Wyke and sister-in-law, wife of the late Charles Stillwagoner; also brothers, Robert, William and Russell. A special "Thank You" to our neighbors and Damesyn family members who aided in his care, namely Richard Damesyn, Zenona Paska and Genevive Seman. To Sandra Seward, Kathleen Seward and Robert Goodman may you be blessed for your caring aid. A Mass of Resurrection is to be offered on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 11 A.M at St. Francis de Sales Church, 1450 Abingdon Road, Abingdon, MD, 21009.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of a woman who was walking with her sister in the 1700 block of Latrobe St., police said.Homicide Detective Walter Akers said David Johnson, of the 1600 block of Latrobe St., was arrested about 7:30 last night at his girlfriend's residence in the first block of N. Washington St. on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting Tuesday night of Linda Renae Seward, of the 1800 block of Barclay St.Johnson was also charged with using a handgun in the commission of a felony, Akers said.

On July 6, 2004, JOHN GEORGE MERRILL, SR.; beloved husband of Peggy L. Merrill (nee Heath); devoted father of Cyndi L. Michael, John "Buddy" G. Merrill, Jr., Michael Anthony Merrill, Brent Joseph Merrill, Christopher Dale Merrill and Eric Duane Merrill; loving grandfather of Jamie L. Seward (Yates), Tammy M. Lockner, Kristi M. Balius (Merrill), Sean M. Merrill, Kaitlyn M. Merrill, Kurtis K. Merrill, Evan M. Merrill, Gregory J. Merrill, Christopher S. Merrill, Jason D. Merrill and Joshua D. Merrill; great-grandfather of Courtney L. Merson, Amanda A. Morome, Sydney L. Seward, Jace A. Seward, Emilie H. Balius and Kayla M. Gaydosh.

A second person in the Johns Hopkins University office that handles buildings and maintenance contracts has been dismissed during an expanding investigation into possible improprieties there.Robert F. Seward, the university's manager of technical support, was required to leave his job Friday."I don't feel like I'm guilty of anything," said Seward, 63. "I never stole any money from the university. I've never taken any money."Seward and three others said his forced departure was linked to allegations of financial improprieties that led to the April 11 ouster of Robert J. Schuerholz, then Hopkins' executive director of real estate and facilities.

From the back garden of Sandra Seward's rowhouse in Federal Hill, the bustle of downtown Baltimore's Inner Harbor seems miles away instead of a few blocks. That suits her just fine. "We bought the house next door so we could take over the garden," Seward said, pointing to an adjacent structure with a second-floor wrought-iron balcony and fence. While the fronts of the two Warren Avenue homes are attached, further back each narrows by two feet, forming a walkway, or sally port, between them.

Brandon Seward likes to pick his trees before he cuts them."We do a very, very selective cutting. It's sort of like going out to your garden and picking the right tomatoes. So, when we leave the woods, you really can't tell we've been there," said Mr. Seward, the president of Timbertech Inc. of Darlington in Harford County.But Mr. Seward would appreciate it if the mailing lists he buys were as picky.Last month one of his mailers, explaining the benefits of "extracting" or "harvesting" mature trees in one's woodlands, ended up in the wrong mailbox in Clarksville.