Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-08
MANY POLICY CASES
An Pleaded Guilty and Took the Sentences
Imposed By the Court

All Pleaded Guilty and Took the Sentences
Imposed By the Court
After recess Of two weeks the Police Cour,
juries reconvened this morning and the day q
assignment was made up Of policy cases.
Lawyer Williams appeared as counsel in sew
eral cases, while Lawyer McNally represented
one defendant. Most Of the defendants were
willing to plead guilty and take their chances
with the courts imposing the usual sentence,
and in each case where such action was taken
excuses and promises were in order.
John Kraft was the first to answer and in his
case Lawyer Williams said it was his intention
to give the court as little trouble as possible
and he would do SO by entering plea Of guilty.
The defendant. he said. had made arrangements
to enter other business soon az he satisfies the
penalty which the court might iufiict A SEN
tence Of sixty days was imposed.
Lawyer McNally next appeared, and he told
the court that William Grinton, a colored man
charged, had large family to support: that he
had permanently retired from business, as had
his employers, and that when this case is fin
ished he will 60 to work. similar sentence
was imposed.
The next called was q neatly dressed and
weil-behaved colored woman named Cora
Brooks, alias Annie Thomas. For her Mr..
Williams stated that she was employed as a
domestic by ex-senator Jones Of Florida, who
Is now living in New York, and that she is as
anxious to return there as the ex-Sen-
ator is to have her return. He said
he did not believe that she could be convicted
under the proof; that she was not really guilty,
but had gotten in trouble through a relative.
Onoer the circumstances he was willing to
have plea Of guilty entered in the case If the
court would suspend sentence.
Mr.. Mullowney, the prosecuting officer,
agreed to this arrangement. He said that she
was arrested while going across the bridge
nan In. h..v hut hn
trouble.
us this woman a sister Of Whitley Brooks!''
asked the court, and counsel replied that she
was not
The Judge said he would adopt the course
suggested and told the woman that her per-
sonai bonds would be taken upon condition
that she abstained from the business. and
added that the sooner she got away from its in
huences the better.
MIR. Mullowney remarked in an undertone
that he would lose what cases he tried, as he
had seen red-haired woman. q cross eyed
man and had failed to expectorate over his left
shoulder.
The next case called was that Of Samuel Tur-
ner. who had demanded q jury trial, but, like
the defendants i'll the other cases. he was will
ing to plead guilty and take whatever sentence
the court might impose upon him.
He has stopped the policy business and ID
looking for other employment" was the plea
made by counsel who also stated that the de-
fendan: had three children to care for.
turner's face looked familiar to Judge Miller,
who asked him if he were not before the court
last summer.
Turner's reply was in the negative, but the
judge pressed his examination of the man until
he said, 1t was in April when l got four
months"
The court accepted Turner's technicality and
Informed him that the line was closely drawn,
as he was not very far from summer The
judge listened to the mans promises and then
imposed sensence similar to those in the other
cases.
Harry McGlue and Henry Rankin were de.
PENDANTS in the last case called, and although
changed their minds. Counsel stated the cir.
cumstances in their case and they we're fined
S25 each.