Milford chronicle., 1915-10-15
SUSSEX COUNTY COURT
Has Long Session And Important Cases
Before 1t. Criminal Court Holds
Two Weeks.

The Grand Jury got down to work a
noon of Monday of last week, and b.
Thursday noon it had found III tru
bills of indictment. and as this was tn,
last session for the present members o
the Grand Jury, they made their annua
visits of inspection to the Alnlshouse anC
the County Jail. Their report is pub
lished in full in another part of thi:
paper, and is well worth a special and
careful reading, as it has recommends
tons which should be put into effect
The first day of court was devoted to
divorce cases as follows:
Bermender VS.. Joseph Bermender, de-
cree nisi and custody of the children;
Minnie +. Reed VS. Joseph II. Reed,
decree nisi and custody of the children;
Launa A. Pippen VS.. Wilmer R. Pippen,
decree nisi; Lena Harmon VS.. Elwood
Harrison, final decree.
In the trial lists Peter Nichols was
found guilty of selling liquor, and was
sentenced to three months in Jail and
cost of Prosecution.
The jury rendered a verdict of not
guilty in the case of Rebecca Loo, who
was charged with larceny of clothing last
JGly. The court ordered her sent to the
Almshouse because of her mental condi-
ton.
Wilmer Blocksom for pointing a gun
at George ricketts,, was sentenced to
serve six months in the workhouse and
pay fine of 500.
Isaac Purnell pied guilty to assault
and battery, and was apprenticed to Jos.
J. Ward, of Georgetown for one year.
Frederick KOonz and Harry Carlisle,
both white boys charged with the lar
ceny of horse from John H. Porter, of
near Bridgeville, were paroied to their
parents for two years and ordered to pay
$40 each, to Porter the amount repre- |
senting what had been spent to locate |
the horse, which was found at Dover |
where the Carlisle boy had gone to visit |
his mother. From the evidence it would |
appear that the horse was removed from
the stables of Porter, by whom the boys |
were employed, and driven to Dover
where it was placed in livery stable
and fed. Owing to the fact that the
animal had not been abused the court
showed leniency and therefore probated
them.
Jennie Fisher, colored charged with
selling whiskey, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to serve four months in prison,
pay a fine of $50 and cost of prosecution
in three cases, making the total impris-
onment nine months, $50 fine and cost
of ofprosecution. Three other cases against
her for selling liquor were dropped
Frank Woolford, colored of Seaford,
pleaded guilty to a charge of selling liq- (
uor and was sentenced to serve four
months in the workhouse, pay fine of
$50 and cost of prosecution. Three
other charges against him were dropped. !
Harry S. Truitt, charged with lasciv-
iously toying with female child, Ray '
M. Fowler. pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to serve six months in the work
house and pay the cost of prosecution t
John Parson, charged with carrying
concealed deadly weapon by Hanson /
Gibson, was paroled on his own recogui- i
zance for two years, entering bond in
sum of $500. n
Leonard Barrows, charged by Mrs. I
Bessie BarrOws, of this town, formerly
Miss Bessie Birmingham, with desertion d
and non-support, was sentenced to serve | u
one year in the New Castle county work. v
house, pay a fine of 500 and cost of "
prosecution, and in default serve six N
months additional.
Charles Jones, colored, of Lewes, Ia
charged with selling liquor to Isaiah n
also colored, of Lewes, pleaded y
guilty to nine charges. In one case he h.
vas sentenced to serve six months, while pl
n the others he was sentenced to serve
-hree months and pay a fine of $50 in hi
Zach case and the cost of prosecution. sc
he was also convicted in a tenth case ia
lpon charge of selling whiskey to to
elijah B. Register, white, of Lewes, and
vas sentenced to serve six months and is
,ay a fine of $50. The total sentence in ne
he ten cases amounted to three years
nd dne of $500, together with the id
ost of prosecution. Twenty-four other bU
harges against him were dropped. Evil
ence was produced to show that he had er
eceived from the express office at Lewes do
nd Nassau within a month about n tw
uarts of whiskey. Some of the ship da
lents contained as much as p quarts. ne
Otto Pettyjohn, colored, of Glendale,
harged with using a female child for Sa
IMMORAL purposes pleaded guilty and at
-as paroled to David Reed of E.. of be
for two years.
A capias was issued in five cases against bu
euben Woolford, colored, of Seaford. WI
iarged with selling whiskey. col
Isaiah Holland, colored, charged bv
harles Jones, also colored, with selling ag
hiskey, was found guilty and sentenced me
serve six months in the workhouse
ID pay fine of $50 Both men are tru
sidents of Lewes and Holland was the
tness in nine of the cases against Jones.
The following cases have been retired:
ate VS.. William Pettyjohn charged
tn selling liquor. and Jesse H. Wilson, \
sertion and non-support. The latter anC
retired on condition that he State as wei
IN as he is able to obtain enough mes
,ney and it remains for Sheriff West to R
/. that be purchases a ticket for some MOI
int outside of the State. Pettyjohn spel
ad guilty to one charge of selling A
lor and was sentenced to serve two at t
nths and pay fine of $50. day
second charge against Leroy Little Il
and Eldon Hudson was nolle pressed. ped
richie Lockwood, colored charged M
b selling liquor, entered a plea of Mrs
lty and was sentenced to pay fine of Can
and serve two months in prison. M
harles H. Robinson, colored, en- daul
yed as cook on a schooner that plies brot
Nanticoke River, was acquitted of Re
charge of carrying concealed deadly sumo
pom, preferred by Elsie Spicer, Of j. G.
ford, also colored. Rice