Evening journal., 1915-09-22
.LASHES FOR TWO
IN Theft Cases
Superior Court Grants Di-
vorce Decree; No DISPOSE
lion Made of Children
MANY PRISONERS
ENTER PLEAS

The General Sessions Court room was
today with witnesses and spec
tators About $50 spectators stood
around the walls of the auditorium.
Warden Crawford brought from the
for trial twenty-six men. one
colored woman and three small white
girls As two of the latter were being
held as witnesses. the need of more
suitable place than the workhouse for
the detention of children as witnesses
was pointed out.
I'm superior Court the divorce case of
Daniel LudlAm ys. Martha Ludlam was
called J.. Irving Handy represented the
petitioner and Caleb n. Burchenal APP
peared for the respondent. The ground
OF the application was statutory. The
couple were married in 1891 and separ-
ated iu 1911. The couple have six chill
dron.
A decree uisi was granted, but the
court reserved its decision regarding the
custody of the two minor children.
In General Sessions Court, James
Mason, colorcd, pleaded not guilty TO the
charge of larceny of a 81 watch
Guilty. was the plea entered boy
Thomas Saunders, colored, TO the charg,
of larceny Of five cents worth of mush
John G.. Hall pleaded not guilty 10 tn,
larceny of S23 from Lafayette Britting
ham. William McCaullcy. colored, plead
ed not guilty 10 the charge OF larceny oi
sis caps belonging 10 the Wilmington
Gas Company.
lakcy Anderson. colored, pleaded MOI
guilty % assaultmg Daniel stephens
Thomas Saunders, colorcd. was parole,
ON account Of his physical condition
Iachariah Stewart, white. pleaded
guilty to assault ON erman Wright am,
he was sentenced 10 be imprisoned fol
six months. lie has been In the work
house four months.
Charles Boyles. colored, pleaded not
guilty to the charge OF twenty-five
chickens and the charge OF sixty
chickens from another person in
pencader hundred
A jury was drawn to try the case OF
George Butler. colored, indicted on a
charge of larceny Of a pair Of pants
valued az Sc. the property OF Charles
Winfield. Butler had room al tn,
house, and the pants were found In q
! Front street second hand store b,
Officer William J Davidson Tit
latter was told by Butler where q
{ find the pants and he recovered them
The jury returned a verdict OF guilt
without leaving the box Butler wa
given six months and twenty lashei
Frank Harrison. colored, was neA
placed on trial. charged with tn
larceny of S12 from James Gould.
/ white man, on September s. The me
had been together all day and Goul
, said that when he went TO sleep Ha
! rison was with him, and when
awakened his wallet was gone
contained Sl2. a pay check for Sl6l
and S1.5O worth of meal tickets. l
T, understood S41O was recovered.
Valentine Myers said he met Gou
on the Market street causeway an
later saw Harrison coming from II
place where Gould said he had bee
robbed. AS soon as Harrison sa
. officer Brown he started to run. bl
the officer caught him.
officer Samuel r. Brown told ,
the arrest and said he found S4.i
on the man. Gould Identified Harr
son as the man who robbed him.
Harrison made no statement Tn
Jury returned a verdict Of guilt'
Harrison was sentenced 10 be i'm
prisoned for nine months and twent
lashes.
The grand jury returned the fol
lowing indictments today
Larcony-Iame Rogers, Wiiliar
.IC Moore. Harry Mccain. .Williar
Lee. William McDevitt and Frederic
Lee.
Driving of a motor vehicle withou
consent Of the Frederick Lee
Disturbing religious worship
Jakey Anderson.
Carving concealed deadly weapo
Thomas Murray
I In General Sessions Court yestel
day afternoon. William Freihofe
. pleaded guilty and was fined $50 o
the charge OF Offering for sale loi
Of bread below the standard weigh
William j. Mcknight, sealer
weights and measures. some time az
caused the arrest of a number 4
city bakers on charges of Offerir
and selling loaves Of bread averagir
"A ounces, whereas the law fixes q
I weight at one pound ayerdupOis.
Mark Chambers, who pleaded gull
10 driving of team. was sentenc,
TO six months i'm the workhouso.
Louis Evans. colored was aoQuitt'
Of a charge Of larceny Of a pocke
book and SO in stage money fro
Albert Gattis. Evans denied stea