Smyrna times., 1915-07-14
CASES HEARD AND PENALTY
IMPOSED IN KENT COURT
CASE OF FRANK n. THOMAS OF
WYOMING CARRIED OVER

Vim. Il. Moore Charged With Non
Support Pleaded Guilty and Or
dered to Pay Wife SI2 Per Week
Kent County Court convened at
Dover Tuesday of last week, with
Judges Rice and Heisel presiding
The trial of Frank H. ThDmas. the
Wyoming fruit broker, wh) was in
dicted at the February term for en-
bezzlement, and at the April term for
/ forgery, both of which cases had been
continued to the present term, was
set for Wednesday. Thomas has been
/ in the South, were. it was claimed.
/ he hah contracted a fever He is
said to be in poor health. Walter
/ Benson indicted for an assault and
battery, pleaded guilty an! was SEN
fenced to one years Imprisonment in
the New Castle County Workhouse.
Howard T. Gaines, indicted for an
assault and battery. pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to pay a fine of
$50 and costs.
Louis Gusbrecht pleaded guilty to
the charge Of assault and battery and
was sentenced to pay a fine of $40
and costs. amounting to over S35.
He paid the fine and costs and was
released.
William Rash, continued case from
October. 1914. plead guilty and was
released upon paying fine and costs.
amounting to s32 "A. George Waters.
indicted for unlawful selling of liq-
uOr. Jury trial j; verdict. guilty.
Sentenced TO pay fine of $50. SIX
months Imprisonment in New Caste
County WoIkhouse
William II. Moore, Jr.. charged
with nonsupport, plead guilty. Re-
quired to pay wife S12 per month.
Oliver Waters plead guilty TO as
sault and battery. Sentenced TO one
year Imprisonment in workhouse at
Greenbank
Cove S. Shorts plead guilty 10 as
saulting Game Warden Dillaha. and
was fined $40 and costs of prosecu-
/ tion.
Harry Wilson. indicted for assault
ing Officer John w. Baker, occupied
all of Monday last. Case submitted
to jury without argument. Verdict
guilty; sentenced to six months in
the WOrkhouse at Creenbank.
The July term of the Kent county
eouSts closed at Dover Friday after
noon sitter a session of three days.
William II. Moore, Jr indicted
for non support of his wife. pleaded
guilty and was ordered to pay his
wife SIP per month. He was required
TO give $500 bond.
Cove S. Short. of Little Creek.
indicted for an assault and battery on
Albert Dillahay. a Kent county game
warden, pleaded guilty and was fined
$40, with costs, S2S. O6 in all.
William Rash. West Dover far.
mer. indicted for an assault on Will
liam Uhilg, owner of the farm Of
which Rash was the tenant, pleaded
guilty, and was insd So. 90 and costs.
which he paid and was released.
Richard Pryor, colored, indicted for
the unlawful sale of intoxicating liq-
oTs, pleaded his own case, EN-.
phatically denying he had ever sold
any liquor to Walter Stevenson, the
prosecuting witness. or anyone else.
The jury declared him not guilty.
Walter Stevenson. who pleaded
guilty to the unlawful sale Of intoxi.
eating liquors. was sentenced to three
months imprisonment and fine of
$50.
The large part of Fridays session
was taken up by the case of Harvey
Wilson. indicted for assault and
battery on Assistant Chief of Police
John w. Baker Of Dover. 1t was
warmly contested on both side. The
jury returned a verdict Of guilty cou-
pied with a recommendation to mercy.
Wilson was sentenced to six months
in the wOrkhouse.