Milford chronicle., 1911-10-20
KENT COUNTY COURT IN SESSION.

Judge Conrad sitting. The new Law
n which provides that the petit jurers shal
" not report until the second day of th,
mt term, is saving the county good money
nj as there is absolutely nothing for them t
AZ do while the Attorney General is exam
lining the witnesses and preparing the
- cases to go before the Grand Jury.
The first case called for consideration
ee by the court, was one in which trouble
gS9S over dogs was at the bottom, and in this
VIM. +. Hall, well-knOwn farmer Tesid.
ing on one OF the Potter estate farms two
- miles northwest from Milford, and Harry
Thomas, a neigh boring farmer we're in
VOWED. Mr.. Hall was asking that Mr.
If Thomas be placed under a peace bond,
but Judge Pennewill after asking ques
3 tions OF both men. advised each to for
j. give and forget, and then dismissed the
matter from court
:, The Grand Jury on Monday and Tues
n day found many true hills against ne
groes of Dover for selling liquor. They
{ are nearly all old offenders, and all the
s cases tried on Tuesday we're of this char
acter, and all but one were convicted
1 CONSERVATION prevailed for awhile on
Monday, among the Dover druggists,
when all four were served with forthwith
= subpwnas, by direction OF the attorney.
generals office, to appear before the at
tOrnev- general and later before the grand
jury, with all their prescriptions filled
since April !, 1911, containing Whiskey
or any mixture or compound containing
whskey or gin, particularly all mixtures /
or compounds containing Whiskey and /
genseng.
This action by the encouragement and
| his deputies had been brought about by
presumed violation of the law passed by
I the last Delaware Legislature regulating
the sa le Of Intoxicating liquors by drug
glsts, by the sale of quantities of liquors I
to habltual drinkers and Others tits
claimed that some physicians have been ,
giving numerous prescriptions for whis c
key adulterated with genseng and other a
compounds to form a tonic, when in re. =
ality it wae but one way Of evading the
law. With the summoning of the drug
glsts may come tine summOning of the j
physicians with their books and vouch- b
ers to show what they have been doing N
IN the way OF prescribing whiskey as a 81
medicine. 81
The grand jury returned the following o
true bills at Monday afternoons session. p
OF General Sessions Court: Harry Turner, r,
larceny: Joseph Burris, Abraham Turner, O.
Sr, uulaWfully selling Intoxicating or ~
NIs ~
merchant, for unlawiulv selling malt r
hop liquor; Lace Carson, carving con h,
'ealed deadly weapon Ernest Hill. -
pointing a revolver. IL
Carson pleaded guilty and was sen II
enced TO three months imprisonment ne
n Kent county Jail ra
Joseph Buuis pleaded guilty and was {;
to five months in the New Cas- n,
le County wOTkhouse. II,
In the other cases the defendants en- mo
cred pleas of not guilty. he
In the Superior Court Monday after th
oon, Charles w. Larimore, of Kent Fl.
ounty was granted a divorce nisi from inf
lis wife, Dora Larimore tel
BY virtue of their being county off Of
ials, Charles J. Luff, comptroller of Kent se,
Ounty, and John p. Masten. iurv com.
Missioner for Kent county, have been ex- me
used from duty on the Kent county 81
rand jury. In addition TO these two. sor
rank & Bancroft secretary of the grand sor
Try, was not present Monday, and Juror
ennel Emerson asked to be excused me
'Ilam Townsend, Sr also was excused. de-
Former State Senator j. B. Clements, rea
Clayton, was selected secretary of the
and jury at Mondays meeting. T..
William and Earl Legates. brothers. "a.
no live near Pennington, were indicted III
? the grand jury on Wednesday on the q
large of assault with intentto Kill. These the
en- were implicated in the fight at Har- Hin
lglon last Saturday Dight IN which the and
wn officer was severely cut, be having
ceived 81 wounds.
Dr. Edward O'Day, prominent phvsi-
IN OF Dover, pleaded guilty to the charge
writing a prescription containing In has
Slcating liquor on blank other than our
ose furnished by the Clerk of the Peace non
was fined $500 and costs, and lectnred ter
the Judge as to his conduct in the fn kau
re-. The case is the first of the kind plan
llch has happened under the new law worl
3sed by the last legislature Two other mss
llctments against him on the same Lore
irge will be dropped by the State. Is sa
ne grand jury returned two indictments pain
INST Dr. Cecil de J. Harbolt of Dover. eral
irged with violating the same law. noon
plea OF guilty on the charge of point. Intei
pistol was accepted from Ernest teIl
Y ana ne was sentenced to pay fine MI
poO and serve four months in the Kent Ievel
lnty Jail Mrs.
.dward Holiday was acquitted of sell. ger j
spirituous liquor. w.
divorces were granted fdecraes niei) 90 a we,
liam h. Abbott from Hannah E Ab- Ste
t. grounds, ,desertion; to Louis NJ. Baird ner,
n Anna /. Baird, alias Anna L. Potter. DR.
Annie L Potter, grounds bigamv. were
braham Turner Jr., and Harry Tur wife
his brother, indicted for unlawfullv Mr.
ing spirtuous liquor, were tried SEP ing r
ely aud found guilty. Each was SEN. Mi.
'ed to fine Of $50 and four months Eisi
rlsonment Abraham Turner. Sr.. the Z Mr.
er OF these two boys, also was found Coun
ty by jury and sentenced to six the el
lths imprisonment in the workhouse tons.
fine of $50 Mr.:
ther true bills returned by the grand and n
for failure to take out licenses were and N
nst George Teat, Martin B. Burris. the g
ar Wilson, buying and selling without on Su
ense William j. Robinson, peddling Mrs
tout license. ing he
fred Collins alias James johnson.
found guilty Of larceny and sentenced
imprisonment for six months at the
Nnouse and ten lashes rho
Indictment was found against John mo Nj
ruitt Of Milford, charging him with and h,
ezzlement as bailee Of watch valued Mic,
o ufn n.