Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1914-07-10
PROCEEDINGS OF The
! KENT COUNTY COURT

rl, term of the Kent County
luz =, ~ General Sessions and Superior
So- ., convened at Dover on Monday
I.IIi Grief Justice Pennewlll and AS
viz oI injoes Boyce and Conrad sitting.
;9sll .,rs1d Jury reported and after being
lns = erred a.i,i To their room, where they
;892ln .., VA ~ cases presented to them by
iooA .-+For,rr,ev-general. At the noon re
y. tbey had acted on eight bills all
a9g trle bills. as follows
.' S-sts VS.. Howard Ridgeway' carry
j.. o, "-onoealed a deadly weapon State
rorie Green. larceny State VS.. John
Y, IL H. malicious mischief State VS..
- " Hudson, two indictments,
l-l..r,fnlIv selling spirituous liquor !;
:,.te vs. Archie Bodlne. Sarah Harris
-.3 HIGH Van. all indicted for the IN
.rfuIiv sale Of liquor.
aF I,rirg Llovd. a white boy, appeared
. t-,.,f fbq court and entered plea of
UNA. E;+r IN carving concealed a deadly
s.ac q uair of steel knuckles, and
w. al sentenced to pay fine of S25 and
MA which he paid, and was released;
Naturalization papers were granted
n FatuDato Amaltitano, who has lived
K delaware for over ten years.
Tro divorce cases were heard, those
4 Srsie Marker from her husband,
cJj.boro Marker. both of FELTON,, the
,rn1iestion for divorce being that of de
.sr-io1. The evidence produced showed
ifsf while the man and wife had lived
!, The same house recently that for three
yssrs past they had not been living as
nan and wife. A decree nisi was grant
The second case heard was that of
MYRTLE |. Knox from John l.. Knox, the
ater at present being a sailor on the
Tinted State battleship Iowa. The
cr1pnd for divorce was desertiOn, the
apsration having taken place April 18th,
.gil The case was heard in detail and
mon the presentation of the marriage
certificate to the court a decree nisi was
granted.
:. In the Kent County Courts, Howard
Rdgeway, colored, indicted for carrying
concealed a deadly weapon, pleaded
guilty. The court suspended sentence
n order that he might be paroled.
Earl Green was convicted of the
larceny Of pair Of trousers, the jury
recommending mercy He was given
six months in the workhouse.
Sarah Harris, a colored woman, of
Milford, was acquitted of charge of
heunawful sale of whiskey. Noll pros
vas entered by the State in the case of
High Van, indicted for the unlawful
sale Of spirituous liquor.
Naturalization papers were granted
70 Harry S. Brown Of near Smyrna, he
having been a resident of Delaware for
lyears. formerly a resident of New
England.
Archie Bodine, Of Milford, indicted for
heunawfu sale of Intoxicating liquors
vas acquitted by a jury and discharged.
Edward Jackson. colored. indicted for
breaking out Of the Harrington lookup,
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced 20
four months in the wOrkhouse.
Thomas Hudson, of Milford, indicted
for the sale of Intoxicating liquors, was
found guilty and sentenced to imprison-
nent in the New Castle County work
tolse for six month.
The case Of John w. Hay, indicted
for malicious mischief in cutting a
Fstaria vine in the yard of his neigh
boz John Lagates Of Clayton, was con-
t1l7d unit. October.
During the hearing of the application
hFa divorce Of John P. Walker, station
99ge1t at kenton, from his wife Emma
l. Walker Several witnesses testified
q seeing Walkers wife in company
vita the correspondent named in the
leuJon for divorce, Reed. Walker tes-
Sled having taken his wife back, after
me left him more than a year ago, for
ue sake Of his children. Mrs. Walkers
l.oi;ner testified to having demonstrated
WIN 1er daughter on account of her
.llaWiui acts, but to no avail. A de-
~ nlsl was granted by the court,
sYsal1Ig the husband the custody of the
y ~ len. The whereabouts of Mrs.
@sAer and her affinity" are not