Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-16
RECEIVED TWO SHIPMENTS
WITHIN Thirty DAYS
Supreme Court Upholds Jail Sentence
for Charles Cochran for Viola
ting Prohibition Law.
SUNDAY LAW ALSO UPHELD
Covington Has Right to Enact Ordi-
nance Against Selling Of Soft
Drinks on Sunday-Railroad Liza
BILE for Fire Caused by Engine.

Many important opinions were hand
ed down by the State Supreme Court
yesterday, the first opinion day of this
term Of court. The opinions clearly
showed that it is the feeling of the
court that the prohibition law and the
Sunday closing law shall be enforced
in this State. One petition vas al
lowed on a technicality and that was In
Il liquor case. in which the language
Of the warrant was questioned.
In the case of Ellis VS.. the town of
Covington, the court upheld the de-
cision Of the lower court In imposing
a fine for selling soft drinks on Sun
day.
The Supreme Court upheld the de-
cision OF the Circuit Court of Rock
ingham County. in which Charles Coch-
ran was given thirty Gays III Jail and
fined 500 for receiving liquor from the
southern Express Company In violation
OF the law. The law allows the re-
ceirinS of one quart Of whisky during
the calendar month. But Cochran re-
cefNed two quarts of whisky in diff
ferent months. but within thirty days.
The court decided that in the case of
Stultz VS.. the Commonwealth the same
principle was involved and refused
the petition.
In the case Of Annie L.. Spates VS..
the Norfolk and Western Railway
Company. the decision of tho Circuit
Court Of Clarke County was upheld.
The Supreme Court decided tina the
railway company must pay for tho de-
struction Of store, warehouse. corn
house and mill destroyed by sparks
from the engine Of the railway COM
pany. The damages for the destruc-
ton or thiC nrnnnrfr ,-ae 49,
the jury Of the lower court.
ROCKINGHAM HOSPITAL
GETS GRUBBs ESTATE
The higher court upheld the de-
cision OF the Circuit Court of Rocking
ham in allowing the Memorial Hos
pital. OF Ha~rrisonburE, to receive the
bulk of the estate Of Il. NJ. Grubbs.
Grubb had provided in his will tina,
the bulk of his estate should go TO the
Memorial Hospital, and If for some rca-
son the hospital could not accept it.
II should go to Miss Fannie Pirkey.
Miss Pirkey had contendcd THAT (,
was not lawful for the county to ac-
cept the funds for the support of in
digents In the town hospital.
In the case of Calvin Bare VS.. me
Commonwealth. the Supreme Court re-
rersed the decision of the Circuit Court
Of Rockingham. The Supreme Court
NNbiNSo ihl SdlNll DdIe Will NOT al c
10 go to Jail or pay a fine of $50 for
giving his friends cider made out OF
fruits grown by him. even though this
cider contained more alcohol thar the
law permits.
In the case Of Arabella Good VS..
John i. Good, who IS suing her hus-
band for an absolute divorce, tho Su-
prerne Court reversed the decision OF
the Circuit Court of Rockingham. The
lower court held that although the
husband had been gone from his wife
for almost three years. the evidence
did not clearly prove desertion, because
II seemed that John =. Good had left
his wife with consent. The lower court
further said that it seemed that cle-
ments of compulsion had entered into
the case, in that the evidence showed
that the husband had almost been
forced to leave by the parents OF the
wife. The Supreme COur; rantcd
.Arabella Good an absolute divorce.