Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-05
SLOAN IS SENTENCED
. AND PAROLED BY JUDGE
Detroit Man Promises To Be
GoOd---Other News About
the Court House

Cecil Sloan was arraigned before
Judge Percy R. Kelly in the circuit
court this morning, plead guilty to a
charge of giving liquor to minor
waived time and was sentenced to one
year in the county Jail. Upon the
recommendation of District Attorney
Ringo, however, the sentence was
suspended as the young man promised
to be good in the future. Mr.. Ringo
told the Judge that Sloan had been
charged with bootlegging in the com
mon reports about Detroit where he
lives but as Detroit is on the county
line most of the alleged crimes were
committed in Linn county.
Judge Kelly gave Sloan a severe
lecture and the young man gave his
promise that he would straighten up
in the future and get a steady job if re-
leased. He was ordered to report to
Mr.. Ringo once each month as long as
the district attorney thought it neces-
sary. Sloan is now in the county jail
serving a sentence of 20 days for dis.
orderly conduct.
The greater part Of the day was
taken up with the selection of.the jury
for Claud o. Ross, who is charged with
having forcibly ravished Ada H. Sui
livan at Mill City last July. Miss
Sullivan appeared in court with her
baby in her arms to testify in the case.
Ross is now in the penitentiary serv.
ing sentence on a charge of forgery.
He was sent up from Portland on the
later charge. The charge of rape under
which he was indicted was alleged to
have been committed at Mill City. Ross
was brought down from the peni.
tentiary in charge of the sheriff to ap.
pear in court
The arraignment of t. Lee and
Adrian Whorley, charged jointly in
the indictment with contributing to the
delinquency of minor was heard in
the circuit court this morning. Lee
made answer through his attorney Wal.
ter Wmslow and plead not guilty but it
appeared that Whorley had jumped his
bond and his $3.50 cash bail deposited
with the county clerk was declared
forfeited. Lee is out under similar
bond. The men were arrested in a
down town rooming house in January
in a room with l6 year old girl now
IN the custody of the matron Of the
Girls Industrial school.
When the grand jury reported Sat
urday the grand jury reported a "Not
True Bill'' in the case Of the State
against Phil Hecker thereby establish
ing the precedent that it is no crime to
ran the coat tails Of a visiting swain
Wlth birdshot provided the father oh.
leets to said visits and attentions paid
to his daughter. This is a Woodburn
case and it was charged that Charles
Johnson, on the evening of January
ialled to outrun a load, of shot and he
preferred a charge of assault with
dangerous weapon with intent to kill.
Sheriff William Esch left this city
yesterday morning for Fairfield, Solono
county, California, to bring back Fred
peterson to this city to stand trial on
a charge of burglary. Peterson was
taken to California by Sheriff j. j..
Me Donald to be tried on a charge Of
robbery and murder in that county. The
prisoner was acquitted Of the charge
and will be returned to this county to
stand trial here for his alleged partici
patton in the burglary Of a store at
sublimity,
A suit for divorce was filed in the
circuit court today bv Irving Bunee
against Jennie Bunce. 1t is alleged in
the indictment that the couple were
married in this county in 1901 and no
children or property rights are involved
m the controversy. Attorney Ben s.
Via is representing the plaintiff.
New novels are scarce. Evidently
he best fiction writers are now work
ing IN summer resort circulars.
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