Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-07
CUNNINGHAM PAYS FINE
FOR ILLEGAL SALE OF DRUG
Druggist Pleads Guilty to Charge of
Unlawfully Dispensing
HerOin.
SETTLES FOR $50 AND COSTS
had insisted On His Innocence, and
Ihtimatcd That His Arrest Was a
Police "Frame-Up"-Plea of Gull
~ Causes Surprise.

The strength OF tho police evidence
in the crusade against alleged trat-
icers in drugs was yesterday attested
when Judson Cunningham. the drug
sist at Seventeenth and Franklin
S'reets. VINO was recently arrested with
Roland III. Childrey on charge OF
Illegally dispensing heroin. entered a
plea OF guilty before Justice Grfggs.
! ana was fined SIS and costs. The plea
OF guilty was entered through At
, torncy ID. c. OFlaherty, who said that
I his client technically may have vio-
lated the law, but that he had had no
intention of doing so
Cunningham was arrested by De-
tectlve Sergeant Krengel and Detective
GORDON smith on n charge of honor
ing an order signed by j. r. Jones
for quantity OF heroin
me plea OF guilty came us n sur
prise even to the police. Cunningham.
up 10 the time he appeared in court
yesterday, maintained his innocence In
no uncertain terms, and lntimated to
The Times-Dispatch, In an interview
on the night he was arrested, that
the police had framed up the case
against him. The druggist Is we'll
known throughout the city, and is con-
nected with number OF prominent
organizations
WILLIAMS HEARING
SET FOR JANUARY 20
Detective Sergeant ErcnEel was not
in court yesterday. being III with
pneumonia For this reason tho case
against DIR. j. w. Williams. i0l East
FRANKLIN Street. arrested on a charge
OF illegally prescribing quantities OF
cocaine for the use of habitual con-
sumers of the drug, was again con-
tinued. The date OF the hearing was
set for January &c, ard Williams was
bailed to the sum OF $500 for his APP
I'm, a l.,t. J. l1t
attorney, William NJ. Justice
The attorney made strenuous cf-
fort yesterday to have Justice Griggs
near the case against the physician.
claiming that one man had come to
Richmond from Bluencld w Va to
testify In his behalf He said that a
number of other witnesses were on
hand to testify TO the good character
and work of the aged physician. and
predicted that he would be cleared Of
the charge against him, and made to
appear In the light OF II ministcring
angel, rather than as 4 menace, which
he claimed the police were cndcavor-
Ing to make him out.
REFUSES TO PERMIT
WITNESS TO TESTIFY
Attorney George Z. Wise, represent
ing Commonwealth's Attorney Mini
tree Folkes, vigorously opposed tho
proposal to allow L. c. Douthat, OF
" testify CIhlInllE tIitt Il
bad precedent would be set by doing
so. Justice Griggs upheld the Com
monwealth in this contention, and con-
tinued the case.
The case against o. D. Lumpkin, ar
rested by Detectives Krengel and Smith
on charge OF Illegally having in his
possession quantity of cocaine. was
also continued. This case will he heard
January Y. when IL Is hoped Lumpkin
Will be able to appear in court
Another alleged cocaine case which
was continued yesterday was that
against Matte Brown, colored, arrested
by Policemen Bertucci and Sweet on Il
charge OF illegally having in her pos
session quantity of cocaine. This
case was indefinitely continued