Evening journal., 1918-11-18
JONES WANTED TO
Be OWN COUNSEL
Court Tells Him, However,
Lawyer Must Make Plea
For Witnesses
HERON TRAFFICKER
GETS YEAR SENTENCE

Holmes Jones. indicted on four charges
OF larceny OF stone dust from John A.
Bader. appeared in county court this
morning as attorney for tho defen-
dant' and also defendant. Ho asked
that tho court clerk ba instructed TO
Issue subpOenas for witnesses he do
sired 30 have summoned Attorney
General Reinhardt opposed Jones' mo-
tlon on the ground that he is not a
member OF the bar and a. no has eoun-
sci, II. II. Ward. Ir.. Judge Boyoo ruled
that such 4 request must come from
Mr., Ward. The case Is set for trial TO-
morrow.
Jurors for the Court OF Oyer and
Terminer were dismissed until We'd
nesday morning.
Thomas n. Crawford. a Negro, aged
~. pleaded guilty 10 operating a motor
vehicle without the consent OF the
owner and was flned 800 and costs and
paroled 10 Mr.. Stout for one year. Aside
from this, he was instructed 10 turn
over to Mr.. Stout his operators license
and warned not 10 drive a ear for him
self or anyone else during his proba-
tlon. Failure 10 comply with this sem
tenco Will cause him 10 be brought
back before the court and have the sem
tence reformed.
Crawford was driving car for David
Lindsay several weeks ago when he ran
into one OF tho Venn Baking Company's
small delivery trucks, throwing II
through the plate glass door OF motor
sales company at Eleventh and King
streets. As a result OF the accident, no
was flned In Municipal Court for vio-
lating the speed law and. when 20 was
learned that Mr.. Lindsay had ordered
him 10 return the car 10 the garage
Just prior 10 the accident. he was ar
rested on the charge 10 which he plead
ed guilty today.
Call Heroln Cases
The first OF the twenty-five indiot-
ments FOR violating the State drug act.
relative 10 the sale or furnishing OF
heroln. TO come before the present term
OF court. went TO trial before Judge
Boyce and a jury In Court Room No. 2
this morning. John Davis, a Negro,
charged with furnishing heroin 30 James
Smith, a Negro, was the defendant.
James testified to be given enough
ul llo SUN u lAhhu HAot III
their room nt No. ii2 Washington street
on the night OF September ~ and OF
using Il.
Bessie Ford, a Nesress. told Of see
ing Smith and Davis use the dope"
When officers went 10 arrest John
two days after that time. the Negro
Jumped from a second story window
and fed. but was shortly apprehended.
A deck" OF heroin was found on Davis
after his arrest.
DrHerbert K. Watson. State chem
ist, testified 70 the composition and ef-
feet OF heroin.
Deputy Attorney General Green, who
has been suffering from eye trouble.
returned 10 duty today and conducted
the prosecution. Davis had no counsel.
Davis, on the stand, said that he did
give the dope" to James but declared
that he did not sell Il. He said that
he did not know II was against the
law 10 give away heroin.
He was found guilty by the jury and
to one years Imprisonment
and pay a fine OF $500 and the costs Of
the case.
Before Judge Rice In court room No. |
1. a Jury tried the case OF Eleanor /
Handy. Negress. charged with violating
the State drug act. by giving heroin |
10 Jesse Redden, also colored. AttOr- |
ney General Reinhardt and Deputy |
Green represented the State. and Leon !
ard Z. Wales was counsel for the de-
fence.
Redden testified that he gave Eleanor /
30 cents September rs for the purchase
Of heroin for their mutual use and they
shared the drug at 5Oi West Second |
street. after she had obtained IL at No.
li2 Washington street. officer Roden-
llser said he saw the couple using
.he drug and told Of their arrest. State
lacterlOlOgist. Watson testified that /
lerOin. a sample OF which was exhib-
ted, was a compound Of morphine. At
Orney Wales asked that the case be DIS
missed. claiming that the law applied 10
he sellers class and not 10 the users
,lass. The motion was denied and the
,ase was continued until this afternoon.
In the case Of Horace Thomas. charg-
ID with violating the State drug act,
Judge Rice issued attachments for SAL
lie Clark and John Wood.