Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-08
TWO YEARS IN JAIL
FOR HIS GUN PLAY
Court Sends to Prison Man Who
Thrice Wounded Another
During Altercat'on-

II will be a long time before Sanluei MI |
Mona again totes "a gun. This Is Tor two |
reasons. In the first place he has two |
V,ar term in the workhouSc where guns
especially on prisoners, are very much |
,.boo and secondly. because what has |
bannened to HIM for carrying shoot |
,,,-,ron doubtless will cause him Ia leave
nh things severely slone in the future.
sam and friend recently went walking |
and during the course of their rambie got |
into an alteration, one or the other oil
them having made unsc%hly remarks
about a woman they saw sam TREND
vas chiefly involved in the trouble, but
sam took a hand or rather gun with
his weapon, and shot William Nlgro' a
white man. three times sending HIM To
the hospital for five days
He was arrested and Yesterday was IN
dIctcd hv the Grand Jury. II the after
noon sitting of General StssloilS WIN
Judge Rice on the bench IN Court hoon
No | Samuel was provided with counsel
William +. Smallcy, who advised hun 10
,JnaJ ,T,,iltv to a charge OF assault. al
though the indictment accused nm oil
assault with attempt To commit murder
The State had a big string ot witnesses
and his conviction, when they should ne |
heard was virtually forcgonc concIuS-
SION Samuel SO pleaded and was gwen |
sentence of two wears IN the workhouSc.
MAN FINED: WOMAN PARoLED.
.Iudrc Rice Yesterday afternoon handed |
down a decision in the ease Of NnCenzo |
NIamanio. indicted bV the Grand Jury |
ON tho charge OF marital lnhdehtv. 10
vhich hin ms counsel Yesterday morning. |
before the same JurIst dcmurred on me
Ground that Aamanio. being a single man,
could not he guilty ct the act charged
Judge Rice held IN effect, that the language
Of the statutes Indicated that II one or me
other parties to the offence charged, were
married and one or the other single pom
were equally guilty, and having announced
his decision overTulCd the demurrer
Counsel for AlAmanlo, Caleb T.. bur
,henal. then entered plea 81 guilty tor the
prisoner and asked that under the CIR
,umStanccs involved m the case PUNISH
mont be made rs lcnIcnt rs possible judge
Rice imposed j fine o. $500 upon the
prisoner and payment 81 the costs OF
prosecution. i
Carmc!io Descorso. the woman IN the
case. who had pleaded guilty at The
morning session was paroied On heT own
rccoenizancc. promising TO nc a good
woman in the future.
YOUTHS 0pD CASE
John Smolanski. youth Of =. who
sand his home was IN Detroit, Michigan,
was indicted hv the Grand Jury yester-
dav on the charge Of larceny. the theft
baino that Of 4 $500 horse from Herbert
/ Morrow. Of Red Lion hundred Smo!-
anskI was at once arragncd before Judges
Rice and HclSel entering plea ot guilty
lie told the court that he had run away
from home and gone To It Louis. where ne
enlisted in the navy Then b" and
couple OF Others beat their WAY last on
freight trans. lie personally vas bound
for Pennsylvania, whore he hoped nc
would find an aunt living there But
striking Delaware on the way he wound up |
in Red Lion hundred and did day and |
half Of work for Mr. Morrow, after which |
he took the horse and started for wash |
ington, but was arrested
The court ordered Deputy Attorney /
General Green to make an invest lgailon aS |
- ~rn0lanSkI'> status a. q dcSer1cr before |
i should impose sentence
I>adore friedman and David kaufman. |
indicted on two charges Of RECEIVING |
stolen goods. the property 81 the WI |
mincton Steamboat Co. pleaded not !
guilty Both mon arc out on haii
rAsHEs ron !, NEGRO
Hsves smith. colored tried 0 apply the
racket of a freight train 10 cnmoutiagc /
nc noise Of breaking a window oi liquor
store in order p steal some Of the contents /
thereof. but the attempt failed. Il appeared /
from testimony given when he was tired
before Judge Heisel IN Room No. :, on
charge Of breaking and entering tie was
found guilty. and sentenced 10 De whipped
with 20 lashes. TO serve , years lmprlSon- !
ment. and to pay 81 % restitution money
and the costs OF the case
on the night of March l6, evidence
showed HAYES waited until q freight tram
was passing over the elevated road al
Market street and then smashed IN the
sbovy window Of the Delaware Vine and
Tjouor store. No 1914 Market street
bonjng that the sound Of the train would /
Drown the crashing Of the glass. He took
Two quarts OF whisky and 4 quart OF GIN
from the window and lett them IN a
nearby DOORWAY He then continued up
Market street and IN Imrd
patrolmen Bradford and Morrow hap
rened along. but too late TO nab the Negro, /
50 they waited until he returned Tor the
liquor. He shortly reappeared. and was
caught.
When HAYES went or the stand TO state
ms case he denied taking the liquor and
whom Judge Heisel asked why he ran when
hc saw the officers he SAID he had been
in trouble before and didn't want 70 ger IN
any more.
so you think II Is the safest n nm
when you see policeman. asked the
Judge.
isn't. was Hayes view Of il
HAYES pleaded guilty Al the March
term Of court 70 a charge Of larceny 81 a
bag of beans and was paroled At the
tine he broke the liquor store window
he vas on parole. and on the first charge
was sentenced on the day following hls
later deed, to one year imprisonment
HAYES time will be up ia 1921
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