Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-07
CRIMINAL CASES
nm TRIAL TODAY IN
GENERAL SESSIONS
Many Were Called Before the
Judges in Parts Nos.
and 2.
GRAND JURY ID DUO

The grand jury having Nv" 'tiO, ~
busy Yesterday there were, when huSl-
ross onencd no less than - bills To bc
acted upon with almost rs many defend
ants As in previous sessions SINCE the
oncnlnr of the smaller courtroom the
Judges divided the labor OF the day judge
Uoisel sitting in Room No. ;, while
Judge Rice presided IN Room No.
Louis Sklut. II junk dealer, entered
plea of guilty To a charge ot violating inc
Junk dealers act IN having bought rom
one Harry Il lett some clothing that had
been stolen, and not having mace 'h'
propcr entry. .lctt pleaded guilty to two
charges ono of breaking with intent 70
commit larceny Sklut. who was repre-
scented hy James salisbury, made state
mont Ia he court IN excuse ot ms FAILURE 20
comnly with the law. hut Deputy Attorney
General Green sand that he had evidence
To show that Sklut had not been trnthini
TO the police in tho matter. having t"id
them he hadn't bought anything from
.ICtt. whereas they found tho articles IN ms
shOn IN Front street. where an cUNI' We
being made to conceal them While iou'T-
mon Gamble and Rodcnhlscr were search
ing for them and questioning Shlut H'@"'
them
I,,1ge Rice in imposing sentence, sand
that the offence was i serious one, me
legislature having devised the JUNK
dealers law for the purpose OF protecting
persons from whom property had "Fh
stolen from Just such offences 'udE'
Rico said he would take INTO con>ldcra-
ton the plea Of guilty - Wei Us we
effort to deceive tho police and the nature
of the otTcnec \ fine Of 500 Wa@ hNcd.
with five months N the workhousc ~ cA~'
the fine was not pald. nc costs ~ ''''~'
cntion ,vcrc added Ani rs ~kht turned
away to make payment judge klcr
added the remark TO hum that he "tN
rettInp of lightly MS tlnC 81 81 900 might
be imposed
Jctt whom The attorney general
Office and the court knew. since hc once
brok, narolc he had been granted and Is
now in the workHluec doing hlt that viii
end December 30 ~ this year, was gwen
four months additional ~ date from ihc
expiration Of his present term ! M ~tn-
tencr was upon one 81 the ~" DUES
against HIM The other was rctir"d AMI
may be- brought NJ later ON should n"
attorncv-gcneral office dccidc I" tah'
this course
pTIVE INTO INFipElfTN At
I,5cc Rice then took III consideration
of ease with somcV TIL, unusual features.
INVOLVING nd less than the question
whether the recent act u legislature t"r
the rliniShrnrnt Of marital ntldcH;N couid
be annlcd To an unmarried person accused
under tho act
Yesterday tho grand jury found nd'ci-
ncnts against NInccnzo Alamaulo ahi
CarnnoIlo DIscorsa under tho recent act ~
Legislature providing punishment Try
marital nfdehty Both defendants were
in court this morning and entered pleas %
not guilty Tho man IN the case. Ma
manic was represented nv aCh T. i5ur-
i =. rrT inc
indictment against hlS CHCnt on thf
ground that not being married he Couidn
I've guilty Of tho act alleged. >lnct to br s.
entity \ person mlI>t 10 husband 81
wIfe Mr.. Burchcnai, after gong over
common Law on t he subject. Sad fhat 'irt
text of tho statute made II rotrr Soiciy T.
The offence 81 marital nfdclty itself AND
no other collateral Offence, and therefore
an unmarried person couldn be adIudgr'
guilty OF a.
Deputy Attorney! General Grcon hclo
that the vcrhIagc ct the law inquest ION
ably included tho second party 20 tht
offence whefhc that person were n1arrIc'
or not. quoting cases 70 show tEat slnCi'
ncrsons had been 50 included ~ Other
States. Even If tho statute did not 8
include a single person the common -"
would do 50.
Decision wa, reserved IN tho matter
until later
IMPEACHMENT A. mann
Wanamaker. alias lena RAslns,
voting colored woman pleaded guilty I,
an indictment charging the cmhcz7lc
ment 10y baIlcc of some pillow cases anC
Sims from the man for whom she work Ct
as a domestic John Lyman appeared
and made a plea to the court for lcncncy
stating that some Of the property had hc"i
recovered hal Lena never had been II
trouble before and that a former en-
pIover not only would give Ter . Coo'
character but was willing u assum
responsibility for her under parole TIN
person. Jennie \uttcr SAID Lena liza,
worked for her and always had beel
honest Judge Rice, however decided {,
grant the girl parole under care OF Mis-
Forrest. Of Agent Stout : othCV ana sh
went happily out Of court 70 begin If
anew
William 4 Jackson, q colored youtl
not Vet twenty, who pleaded guilty Il
the larceny OF coat valued at s25 iron
ms mother was next stood up for scnterCC
The coat had been the property Of hi
father but William had taken II an,
pawned il His mother didn't give him
very good character, saying he was not
good boy al home, and Judge Rice son
him to the workhouse for three months
besides ordering the payment of s.
restitution money and the costs Of prosecu
ton
Junus Anderson and Earl Walker, tw
colored men pleaded guilty to indictment
charging violation Of the age OF consen
law and were each gwen term Of six
months in the Workhouse as we'll as order
ed to pay the costs of prosecution
COURT ROOM no
Susie Rochester Negroes, was place,
on trial before Judge Heisel and a jury OF
charge Of larceny OF 50 from Georg
Wing, a crippled Negro La Penn
Guenvcur conducted the prosecution
while the defendant had no counsel OF
ficers Bradford and Morrow testified tina
Susie. al the time Of her arrest, state
that "she thought her mother had settles
the case.
Susie was acquitted.
William Lee Negro, found guilty 0
breaking and entering was sentenced I
one years Imprisonment and 500 fine
Lee entered the home Of MIR and AIrs
Bert II Wempe 1901 Bennett street
on the night Of March 6 Lee said that Il
thought the house was occupied bv
coIored family that he knew