Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-15
JUDGE HITS DRINKS
WITH HEAVY FINES;
TOO May, He SAYS
City Court Magistrate Determined
to Discourage Reg
ulars;'
SWEATERS MADE TO PAY

Excessive drunkenness must be stamped
out in Wilmington. is the determination
of Judge Churchman, and lie assessed
heavy fines against eleven prisoners ar
raiencd ON the charge today
Nine men and Il woman were forced
to pay SO and costs and two 50 each
I.curv Lockman, who said he was 4
farmer living near Chesapeake City
Md was fined $40 for drunkenness and
held under $500 bail for q further hear
ing on the charge Of carrying a concealed
deadly weapon lie explained that the
revolver. which was found on his person,
was used IN killing hogs and that he had
neglected to remove II from his pocket
before coming To town The Judge gave
him tho opportunity 10 summon wit
ncSscs tu prove his good character
The case against lsadorc iItlcman.
charged with keeping il house ot qucs-
tiunahlc character 1t l6-lS Walnut street
was nolle pressed when il was shown that
the lease for the house was made out 10
Tilcman's uifc Max Cohen. charged
with soliciting was discharged whom It
was shown that tho alleged snhcitng WAS
not done on the pubic streets.
EEER I> nowI.
Beer served IN bowl with spoon and
"a hv Ernest larrv ~ dispose Of booze
without i license. according 10 Young
Women witnesses several persons tcstl-
ned thar They had bought beer 1t Harry $
place ~ 625 West Front street \ soldier
sxurc hc was served beer m the place
and that he p;Id for il with marked
quarter iic identified the money show
mm in court which the prosecution tostl-
tied Was found IN Harry possession Rhcn
b. was arrested Police Sergeant DcNcn-
lsh testified 10 finding five full cases ot
beer in Harry 5 place and quantity ot
empty whisky bottles 4 fine III SlO0 and
costs was placed on Ernest Harry. while
/ the eases against iotue Miller. on the same
charges. were dismissed
Noodle Sullivan charged with the
THEFT Of four quarts If whl~kcv. vaiucd AZ
81 from Albert Nickcr>ou Was held under
$500 bail for General Sessions
Nlckerson testified that whle IN a
pawn shop trying on coat, Sullivan took
the package Of whIskcy and fed. Suili-
van admitted having the stolen goods
when arrested. but pleaded drunken
ness. declaring he did not remember how
he got the whiskey.
Lester Davis, colored, was freed on
the charge Of assaulting George Fisher,
4 DilnG man, LnOuAN tflc testimony HsAS
conflicting Fisher swore that DAVIS
struck him with . glass object over the
ewes knocking him unconscious. He
said he recognized DAVIS voice and could
tell him hy the touch mother witness,
colored woman, svore she had seen
DAVIS struggling with Fisher IN the house
where the alleged assault was made.
The colored woman who owned the house
testified that the blind man frll. striking
his head on a marble block and hat Davis
was asleep when il happened Davis
also swore lie was asleep and witnesses
testified 10 his good character
John kearn9 was fined SlO and costs
for using obscene language on the str cts,
and Frank Stroud paid like amount for
disturbing Salvation Army meeting
Abner sparks, charged with breach Of
the peace. was gwen q G-months term
in the workhouse FOR creating d dis
turbance in his boarding place Witness
testified that Sparks tried to clean up
the housc that he smashed dishes and
furniture and beat up man who
intertercd lie has been IN court several
tunes before according 10 judge Church
man and was ON probation when arrested
Oh the last charge
Char!e, Chase colored charged with
highway robbery, was dismissed when his
accusor failed u appear against nm.