Evening journal., 1918-09-06
LABOR SLACKERS
TO WORK in JAIL
Third Defendant is Given
Another Opportunity to
Find Employment
''PLEAD GUILTY"
DAY PRISONERS

court SiIEt lAt HtntH A4RAhNA va ~
fense was created.
BENJAMIN Empson and Asbury De-
land two Negroes, ages 2i and 20
years respectively, were each sentenced
10 two months Imprisonment IN the |
workhouse. Judge Rice, in pronounc-
ing sentence. told the prisoners that |
he would send them where they would !
have TO work and also warned them TO 1
get work when they leave the work
house or they Will be brought back to |
/ the court.
Theodore Gardner. who was charged |
with a similar offense, was parolled In
charge OF j. Harry Gordon. Of the He
brew Charity Association for six
months. While the Defense Council
records show that the young man
when arrested for falling to work, gave
| his age as iS he told the court this
morning that he was not yet Is years
old.
Hughler r. Walters pleaded guilty
10 escaping from the workhouse. lie
was sentenced in City Court on July ol
10 sixty days in the workhouse for dis
orderly conduct and escaped two days
later while working with a gang on the
railroad. He was sentenced 10 nNe
months Imprisonment.
William Walker. a Negro. pleaded
guilty to the larceny Of 10 pounds oi
meat the property Of Frank Barnardo;:
deputy Att0rney-General Green stated
that he thought the Maryland authorl-
ties want Walker on the charge OF De
Ing a Stacker, although the defendant
claimed he had registered. Decision
was withheld to await word from
Maryland. =.
Charles Thomas, a Negro, pleaded
guilty to highway robbery and was
sentenced 20 be whipped with I'VE
lashes next Saturday and serve one
wear I'm the workhouse. He was ac-
cused OF holding up and robbing Jacob
Robinson on the causeway on july
20.
Edward Harris. a Negro, was SEN
fenced TO three months imprisonment
for stealing 100 pounds Of fish towhich
charge he pleaded guilty.
Edward Truman, who pleaded guilty
TO the larceny Of a pair Of shoes, was
: lparolled in charge Of David Eastburn' a
farmer. for six months, and is to work
on Mr.. Eastburn's farm. The defend
D ant was represented by J. Pearce cam.
Martin Daley, aged 81 years, VINO
(. pleaded guilty to the larceny OF a
pocketbook from Ella Fouracker, con
tanning si925. gave a novel excuse Tor
his act. Daley told the court that
during the extreme hot weather last
month he was troubled with insomnia
=, He said he was working every day III
. the shipysrd, but was unable TO sleeI
Al night. The night before the THEFT
n he said. he got a bottle OF whlskey "
e make him sleep. o.,
~ 'Next morning" continued Daley
I found the cure was worse than th'
= disease. went 20 work. but found an
IL excuse 10 leave the shipyard aud gel
~ more liquor." He then told Of golns
10 Fourth and Market streets ana tah
,y inc the pocketbook, which was part,
ont Of the woman's pocket He elaine,
ID ne did not know what he was dolns al
r the time. ~, ,.ur,o,
r nailev was parolled in care Of tormel
4 Iudge z. r. Cochran for three month'
To work on the latnr's farm.
IL Joseph Lefkowski q i7-year-old Doy
10 WIN pleaded guilty TO receiving stolei
n- bicvcle was parolled to Agent frahl
stout for two years.
Tho court reserved decision m IN
Z ease Of Robert A. Gammons. ior MN
vears conductor for the Wilminstol
n, and PHILADELPHIA Traction COMPANY
. who pleaded guilty 30 embezzeIleh'
~ Ue admitted taking cash for fares ol
tbe cars and not registering the sail'
,n pbillip L. Garrett was counsel lu
q icammons and asked that he be p9rolle'
n He is married has four children an
Y Is n6w employed in a shipyard.
q John Hall. aged iS years. pieaoe
-, oriltv to stealing a quart Of mix. an
- Vas narolled 10 former Judge Cochra
mn TO work on his farm. ,.. A.,
he Julia Roman and Mollie Golitta, wv
,onnp women charged with the larceh
~ two dresses, were parolled. MT
Q colitta who carried a two months ol
bahv in her arms, told the court tns
@ sbo went TO the store with Mrs. h'
ha vasin whose husband left her sever
= ,nonths ago. but did not know tnat tll
-. Liter had taken the dresses until tne
~ COT home. They were parolled 10 NJ
mt Stout. ,,ooded ruiltv
Is o,ohczzling S23 from Reginald Va
snl ,rr,,ron. and also OF sums OF mon'
troro other parties, was paroled j
,,,,o years to Frank Stout. hutu
:. sereed 10 paint Mr.. Van Trump hou
"a was given the money TO buy u
i've at,t and n was this money that
is ppTabezzled. Rutter's wife and thr
hal .,au children were in the court rool
in Iobn I.vnn represented the defendant
ie-- Rrvan Keischner, charged with IA
re- ing two quarts Of liquor, which Is me
tb9n the amount allowed by law IN 1
nnssession al the State Fair yesterda
vas fined $50 and the whlsKey COM
are Gated Ills. - 4,
cut Isaac II. Scharf pleaded guilty 10 I
on larceny OF two Eaveling- Daes, !
II. nronertv OF Catherine Wallis ana 10
o,hv Piuing. He took the bags irC
. the baggage room at French sur
I station on May 81 and pawned the
Ne was sentenced to four years impr
OutciSr' Iobn Burke. about so years OF a.
wbo plesded guilty to wife beating, "
sentenced by the court to be whipI
With 40 lashes next Saturday and
earve 40 davs In the workhouse.
Mrs Burke related a pathetic SIC
90 how her husband beat her she s.
Il thew had six children living ana IN
dead. Burke was acquitted on siI
into lar charge by q jury several mon
Of ago. hut en- a non-support charge
you Is under an order TO pay $40 We
,kle for the support OF four OF his cf
uti- dren. In pronouncing sentence JuC
Rice said: ''If you can afford 10 WI
any vour wife. the law can afford 70 WI
,ply voun He said a short sentence
leW irnnosed so that Burke could get
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