Evening journal., 1917-09-21
BUSY morning
IN TWO courts
Pleas Accepted and Sen
fences Imposed on Some
Prisoners
GRAND JURY HANDS
UP INDICTMENTS

General Sessions Court sat today In
both No. and No. courtrooms, Judge
Conrad taking the former and Judge
Hosel the latter court
In Court No. the following pleas
were taken:
Carrie Glenn, larceny, guilty; Archie |
Garden, larceny, not guilty; John +. !
southhammer. larceny, not guilty; Ed
die West. highway robbery, not guilty;
| Frederick Schaifer, emhezzlement,
guilty; David Fonner, embezzlement,
not guilty; Ambrose Halloran, larceny,
/ guilty.
Following the arraignments the court
sentenced Ambrose Halloran who
! pleaded guilty TO a charge OF larceny
90 pay siiG0 restitution money 20 Mich
ael Sweeney, the loser Halloran's
act. and 10 serve six months in the
workhouse.
The nrst case up for jury trial was
that OF Elmer r. Palmer, a young man
CARRIED In the uniform OF a soldier,
accused OF larceny and after a jury
was drawn IL was sent TO Court No. 2.
Carrie Glenn. colorod, pleaded guilty
20 a charge OF larceny, was sentenced
10 pay 90 In restitution money and TO
serve three months I'm TIE workhouse.
James J. Bell entering a plea Of
b guilty OF violating the ago Of con-
sent law. was fined 500. or 10 serve
year IN the woirkhouse. Bell Is n
member OF the First Delaware Regi'
ment and Colonel Rerd and Captain
+ Berl, his company commander, were
( in court watching his case.
Frederick schaffer pleading guilty
!. TO a charge OF ombezzling S4.44 from
T. the Bush Transportation Company
y was fined 500 and to serve a year in
e Jail.
Charles Chase. Negro. with a repu'
4. tation as a cocaine 'flend' peddler
q pleading guilty 10 a charge OF larceny
q was given a month I'm the workhouse
20 Chase was recommended 10 the mercy
is Of the court by Attorney Genera
70 Reinhardt.
e. Court next proceeded with the trla
y Of Peter Greco. charged with tho EN-
Is bezzlement Of a stickpin from Georg
NJ Stephens az the SNte Fair. The cas-
~ was still on trial when court took re
/, cess for luncheon.
nal p. L. Garrett, attorney for Dominic
an Longobardl, In Court Room No. 2, with
drew his motion of yesterday for a
arrest OF Judgment and a new trial II
his client, and LOngobardi was sci
\. fenced by Judge Helsel 90 pay 8
Z, restitution money Go Patrick O'Reill
- and pay the costs OF his prosecute
be lie paid.
as Tho first trial OF the day was that
ch Elmer f. Palmer, a soldier. whom 4
,er State charged with the larceny Of
nd ring, valued at s65. on July 20. fro
n Mrs. Ella Potter, Of No. i0S East Thi
M street. lie was convicted and sentenc
-. 20 three months.
% The Grand Jury handed up the Il
ce lowing indictments:
let Charging murder-John W. BogI
let Earnest Holly and Walter Whln
let Jointly.
W. Charged with furnishing liquor to
ny mlnor-Tolbert Handy three cases
~ Samuel Flood three cases..
rs. Charged with violating drug act
ID Eliza Harris two cases. Adali
Isl: Jones two cases.; William z. ia
.ce zard two cases); Viola Laster (ty
IN cascs) Horace Wiley two cases..
W Charging conspiracy-N Woo
nd ward, George L. Dorsey, stephen
M Smith, Jointly; James l.. Mannerr
ov George /. Dorsey. stephen A. Smli
Jointly: Joseph Weatherby, George
.ho Dorsey, Stephen A. Smith.