Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-08
VINEGAR COMPANY IS
UNDER INDICTMENT
Charged With Shipping Intoxicants
Into North Carolina With
out Label.
FEDERAL GRAND JURY BUSY
indictments Against DIR. Boyce ID.
iSrookcr Under Harrison Antinar-
cote Law Are Corrected-Othcr
True Bills Arc Returned.

The T.. S. shelby Vinegar Company
Inc, Of this city, was yesterday in
dtctcd by the grand jury of the United
states District Court for shipping two
Kegs containing Intoxicating liquors to
l. &. Hazard. at Windsor " c. with
out labelling them as to show plainly
the name Of the consignce, and the
nature and quantity OF the contents
y second count charged the COMPANY
with consiSninS three kegs with the
Same contents to tho Colon Grocery
Co. Colon, y c. The kegs arc alleged
to have left Richmond on July %
James and Frank HaEan, the two
boys who plead guilty Wednesday to
tho charge Of breaking into the post
office at Now Bohemia Prince George
County. were, respectively sentenced
by Judge Waddill To two and four
Years imprisonment and fined $500 each
The younger boy. James. received a
lighter sentence than his brother on
account of extreme youth Judge Wad-
dill reminded them In pronouncinE SEN
t"ncc, that no circumstances could
bring about valid reasons for commit
ting the crime of which they stood
convicted. and he hoped their expert
cnce would teach them II valuable les
son. ThciS plea was that broken for
tunes and the necessity of procuring
means with which to care for their
family drove them TO an attempt ut
larceny.
CHARGED WITH BOARDING
4 VESSEL. HEFoHE IT'S INSPECTION
other Indictments returned Yesterday
by the grand jury arc as follows:
Harry Ncrcnbloom, for boarding the
British steamer Wilberforcc. near New
port News on August 20 before The
vessel had been properly inspected by
customs and quarantine officers.
w. NJ. Swanncr and Freeman Spencer,
Tor shipping kegs containing intoxi-
eating liquors from Norfolk TO Wash
inCton. y. c., without labelling them
SO as To show tho nature and quantity
of their contents. y second count
charges them with agreeing together
to commit tho alleged ofense.
Tonic Jamatc, for making a false
statement and concealing assets in
bankruptcy proceedings at Norfolk. Au-
gust = Tn" indictment cmbodies two
counts.
panos H. Iancs, for permitting aliens
to land at iambcrt's Point from the
steamer Dionisias Strathatos. Hanos
was an officer on the vessel.
NORFOLK FIRM CHARGED WITH
FAILURE TO EFFACF: STAMPS
II. q. Williams x Co, Inc, OF Nor
folk. for failure to etfacc STAMPS on
kegs containing distilled spirits, after
tn" liquor had been drawn OFF The
alleged offense occurred on May 10
David Avent, for operating an Illicit
V1Stll'EE III tfccneSNllle county. There
arc two counts embodied in the indict-
mcnt.
James T. Faison, for the same onensc,
with two counts
Or. Boycc d. Rrooker. two indict.
mcuts--corrcctions OF tho one returned
last Monday for violation of the Hair
rison antinarcotic act.
Examination OF witnesses in the case
OF Ira c. Smith, former storekecpcr-
Gaurcr in the internal revenue service,
stationed with the Richmond Distillin@
Company, who is charged with per
hitting the government 10 be defra I'D
I'd OF revenue, will be resumed this
morning. Tho court went into trial
Of tn" case yesterday afternoon W. ID.
Cardwell and Harry NJ. Smith, Jr rcr-
resent the defendant