Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-05
FELONY INDICTMENTS
ARE REDUCED TO -FOUR
But Grand Jury Returns Fourteen
True Bills in Liquor
Cases.
2,514 PEOPLE GET THEIR QUART
Express Company Files Report Of
Liquor Imported During Month of
Observation-Disclosures Much Larger
Business During Holidays.

Statewide prohibition, has not only
reduced drunkenness to a minimum i'm
klchmond, but has cut down crime to
such an extent that the police and
court officials were amazed yesterday
when the grand jury in the Hastings
/ Court brought in only four indict :
m"ntS for fclonicS committed during
, November The average number Of
true bills found by grand jurieS in the
past has been twenty-five. E.Xami-
nation OF the court record show ed
that the grand jury which me, in De-
comb"r. 1915. brought in twenty in
dictmcnts Tor crimes committed during
the preceding month.
The indictments for felony found in
clud"d such crimes US murder. house
breaking. grand larceny and malicious
woundiug. In addition there wore
fourteen true bills returned By the
grand jury against persons alleged to
have illegally had liquor in their pos
session, which oMensc is classified as
msdrmeanor and not felony. These
are the first indictments found i'll
Richmond for violations of tho anti
liquor law. with the exception Of Il
few found by the grand jury in tIus-
tinGS Court Fart H.
INDICTMENTS EOH
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS
l:iw violations are follows:
William Allen. Henry Boykin. Il. L.
cook, Lloyd Davis. w. -. Grant. Will
Hams Johnson. alias fill Bailey; -. H.
rurvjs. Charles Purcell Sailie Ruilin.
Mrs ~ (. Royal. Louis Reid. William
Rhoads Frank Strang and T.. l.. Wat
son.
Eut to say that iSly-and- beer
drinking in Richmond has ceased would
ist Under the onc-quart a month
privilege many residents here patron
iZcd hnuor dealers in the wet cities
toward the North and had their quota
shipped To them by express. Under
the law, all express companies deliver
ing liquor consiGnmcntS must iiie
report Of tho amount each month with
IN. courts. The Southern Express Com
pany has filed its first report. which
consists of nothing but the aftidavits
signed by the conSisnees swearing mat
they have not received more liuuor
during the month than is allowed un-
der the new law.
TOTAL OF 2.Ii4 PEOPLE
GOT THEIR QUART LAST MONTE
An unofficial count Of these atida-
Wits made Yesterday in the liustinEs
Court. shows that 2,ilt people each
received "a quart Of whisky. or three
gallons Of beer. during November. rms
number is regarded as extremely moo
est and every indication is that IN"
total for December viii DO more IMAM
double this Most Of the liquor re-
ceiyed here during November was just
prior to Thank sgivirg Day. when the
shipments jumped by leaps and bounds
the amount coming in during the early
days Of the month being -neHliS ipie
Because of preparation for the ChriS'-
mas holidays. it is estimated that the
far
received during the first month VIZ
giuia lived under the dry regime.
While some Of the af,idavits showed
that the conSignecs preferred beer 10
whisky, the description Of zone quart
wa: counted many times TO that OF
craze of beer.
The grand jury took no action IN the
matter of wagers placed on the cam
didatcs in the presidential election
last month. II had been reported That
II was likely that probe would be
made into such cases where u WAS
known that the stakes nlaced yer"
more than So. and uucasimess was
manifest in some quarters.
NO MENTION Is MADE
OF ELECTION Bk;rrISG
In his charge to the grand iurv
Judge Richardson did not mention tho
matter of election betting. However.
i'm addition 10 his customary charge
NJ. ~hld lnat SnOulu any 81 the grand
jury he in possession of anv irforma-
tion which they deemed sufficient to
inquire into any matter that thev were
at liberty to have any witnesses aun,-
'noncd. No witnesses. other than those
named in the prcsrntmcnts made Nv
commemorative ATTORNEY Wise. were
called into the franh Jury room
The afhdavits filed with the court by
the express company are for the use
Sio y
his deputies. No one is permitted to
copy tho names Of those receiving ship
mcnts or ardent spirits. This is done
TO prevent lists being compiled to lie
used for the purpose of the solicita
ton of orders by whisky houses which
carry on their business beyond the
lines of the Old Dominion.
Those indicted by the grand jury on
felony charges were as follows: NJ n.
Bloom. houscbreaking; George Fauntle-
roy. hous"brcaking: Dianah Lacy.
malicious woundinG. and Lewis Simons.
murder.
Annual Meeting Of nible Class.