Evening journal., 1913-09-18
MANY SENTENCES
In COUNTY COURT

In General Sessions Court today Wal
ter Faulkner. colored. Of New Castle,
was sentenced 70 pay a fine Of $50 or be
imprisoned for one month for carrying a
concca led iazor.
Josephine White. Hester White and
William Wright colored. pleaded not
guilty TO the charge OF larceny of $3.50
from Roscoe Allen
Clarence Segars, colored, pleaded not
guilty to an indictment charging him
with wife beating.
Thomas ~ Willis. q white youth, was
placed on trial for attempting 10 pass a
forged check purportipg TO have been
drawn by John Brown q. Dare Hop
kins appeared for the state.
G. p. Buck. Of the Security Trust and
safe Deposit Company, testified that on
the morning Of July ! Willis presented
at the bank the check and the signature
was discovered 10 be a forgery.
The prisoner. upon being sworn. said
ne met young Brown, who requested him
70 20 to the hank TO get the check
cashed
The mrv returned a verdict Of guilty
with a recommendation TO mercy He
was sentenced TO he imprisoned for one
year.
John Gears was next placed on trial
for assault with attempt TO commit
murder. John Mitchell, the prosecuting
witness. appeared in court with his
head bandaqcd. G. Dare Hopkins in
openinc for the state, said Gears slash
ed Mitchell in the head in September
Mitchell testified that he saw Gears as.
sault woman beyond Market street
bridge. Words passed between them
and Gears slaehed him across the head
and face. Witness said this was the
third time that Gears had attempted &c
cut him.
Ceare, upon being sworn, said that on
the night Of September 10 Mitchell ran
at him and Knocked him down He had
q small penknife in his hand with which
Mitchell was cut He admitted he had
served a term IN the workhouse after
q man had been stabbed Eleanor Gears
corroborated her husband as to the as
aauit. She said Il was Mitchell who
started the fight The jury returned
verdict Of not guilty.
Lawrence Cunningham pleaded
guilty to the larceny Of hfty-three
yards Of cotton cloth from the Joseph
Bancroft and Sons Company. VII
liam J. Gibbons, Chief Of Police
Black. Frank P. Ewing, John B. Tay-
llor. George Wright and Frank Stout
gave Cunningham a precious good
lreputation. J. Frank Ball, who repre-
sented Cunningham. said his machine
in the mill tore several pieces OF
lcloth and Cunningham took them
awav to avoid being discharged Tie
asked that Cunningham be paroled
The Court reserved its decision.
Edna Warrington, colored, pleaded
ruiifv IN assault. She had been in
dicted on a charge Of assault with
sntent 10 commit murder and had
heen in the workhouse for three
months. The court sentenced her TO
be imprisoned for two years. In
passing sentence Judge Conrad said
that of forty indictments returned
10 the present term of court eight
we're for assault with intent to COM
NIT murder.
A Jury was drawn TO try the case
of George Price. indicted on charge
of larceny of set Of harness, the
property of Henry S. Brady, Of ST.
Georges hundred.
Price put in no defence. The jury re-
turned a verdict Of guilty, With a rec
otnmcndaiion 10 mercy. Price and
Charles Stafford, the latter having
pleaded guilty 70 the charge, were SEN
tcnced to six months Judge Woolley
in passing sentence said the boys had
been before the Kent county court on
the charge Of stealing horse. Their
scntence begins on January 2, 1914. The
grand jury returned the following true
bills:
Murder, Levi Sparks; larceny. Charles
Dolbow, Ida Lewis, Howard Hill. John
Jones, William Daniels and Lawrenc'
Dorsey.