Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-10-09
MANY Sentenced
FOR LIQUOR Sales
Three Years, $500 Fine on
Charles Jones, Colored, of
LeweS, In Ten Cases
FINE OR PRISON FOR
SEVERAL OFFENDERS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN, Del, Oct. 9.-The
October term OF Superior Court and
Court of General Sessions convened
Monday with Judges William II.
Boyce and Herbert L. Rice on the
bench. The following divorce cases
were decided: Hattie Bermender VS..
Joseph Bermender, decree nisi and
custody of the children; Minnie E.
Reed VS.. Joseph H. Reed. decree nisi
and custody of children; Laura A.
Pippen VS.. Wilmer r. Pippen, decree
nisi; Lena Harmon VS.. Elwood Har-
mon. final decree.
Peter Nichols, for selling liquor,
was sentenced to serve three months.
The jury returned a verdict of not
guilty because of insanity in the case
of Rebecca Too, colored, charged
with the larceny on July of five
dresses. two aprons and a small
quantity Of sugar, from Annie Col
Inns, also colored. OF Baltimore hun
dred. The court ordered that she
be sent to the almshouse because of
her mental condition.
Wilmer Blockson, colored, charged
by George Ricketts, with pointing a
shot gun, was sentenced to serve six
months in the workhouse and to pay
a fine of 500 and costs Of prosecution.
Isaac Purnell, colored, charged with
assault and battery by Vance Hol-
land, pleaded guilty and was paroled
to Joseph j. Ward. of near George
town, for one year.
Frederick Rooms and Harry Car
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the larceny of a horse from John II.
Porter, OF near Bridgeville. were
paroled to their parents for two years
and ordered to pay $40 each to Por-
ter the amount representing what
had been spent to locate the horse
which was found at Dover. where the
Carlisle boy had gone to visit his
mother.
Jennie Fisher. colored. for selling
whiskey. was sentenced to serve four
months in prison, pay fine of $50
and cost of prosecution, in three cases
making the total Imprisonment
months, $3.50 fine and cost of prose
cution.
Frank woolford, colored. of Sea.
ford, pleaded guilty to a charge OF
selling liquor and was sentenced to
serve four months in the workhouse
pay a fine of $50 and cost of prosecu
ton.
Harry s. Truitt, charged with i'm
proper actions toward a child. Ray
M. Fowler. pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to serve six months in the
/ workhouse. John Parsons, charged
! with carrying concealed a deadly wea
! pom, was paroled.
: Leonard Barrows. charged with de
lsertion and non-support, was sentenced
to serve one year in the New Castle
= county workhouse, pay fine of SlO'
and cost of prosecution and in defaul
serve six months additional.
Charles Jones. colored, of Lewes
for selling liquor, pleaded guilty t
nine charges. In one case he wal
sentenced to serve six months, while
in the others he was sentenced L
serve three months and pay a flint
of $50 in each case and the cost o
prosecution. He was also convicted
in a tenth case upon a charge of sell
ing liquor to Elijah B. Register, white
of Lewes, and was sentenced to servI
six months and pay a fine of $50. Tit
total sentence In the ten cases amount
ed to three years and a fine of $50
together with the cost of prosecu
ton. Twenty-four other charge
b against him were dropped. Evidenc
was produced to show that he ha
, received from the express office a
Nassau and Lewes within a month
about n quarts of whiskey. Some o
the shipments contained as much a
% quarts.
> Isaia Holland. of Lewes, coloret
| for selling whiskey, was sentenced
serve six months in the workhous
and pay a fine of $50.
The following cases have been con
5 tinued; State VS.. Joseph II. Care!
assault and battery; Jennie Thor
oughgood, assault and battery; Alvi