Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-15
PLEAD GUILTY DAY"
BEFORE JUDGE RICE
Offenders Against the Law Throw
Themselves Upon the Mercy
of Court.

Judge Rice presided in the Court Of
Common Pleas today, which WAS Plead
Guilty Day" Percy Warren Green,
deputy attorney-general, represented the
State
For the larceny Of a suit Of clothes
William BlyInier was sentenced to pay
81 restitution money and costs and 70 De
imprisoned two months. The prisoner
stole the clothing from Thomas Nc
Goldnick and pawned il Blymier said
he huckstered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and FRIDAYS and Hboozed' on other days
Judge Rice told him sentence would
be much more lenent had he been asteady
worker.
Edward T. Brown, Negro, who stole q
ham from the Wilmington Steamboat
Co. was sentenced to pay 81 restitution
money and costs and to be imprisoned
four months Brown admitted being q
drug "hend.
mond State Telephone Cos. coin boxes
in the Pennsylvania Railroad station
Edward Lewis, aged II years. was sen
tenced to pay s. 30 restitution money
and costs and to be imprisoned three
| months
Lawrence Mccartney, aged 10 years.
and William Barry, Il, who pleaded
guilty to the larceny 0f blanket from
Harry Highfeld' automobile, were parol-
ed for one year To T. Ross Farra, chief
probation officer of the Juvenile Court.
and sentenced to pay costs. Philip l.
Garrett, attorney, proposed Mccartney )
mot her and Barry's brother as cjIstodlans,
but Deputy AttorneyIIeneral Green
opposed the proposal, saying the Judges,
sitting in Sussex county, had objected TO
defendants being paroed to relatives,
! claiming that in such cases relatives often
are lax in advice and correction.
CHICKEN THIEF SENTENCED.
For the larceny OF FIVE chickens James
| Rlacnston. Negro, WAS sentenced 70 pay
| sl6 restitution money and costs, 10 be
i whipped with FIVE lashes tomorrow and
I 10 he imprisoned one year. Blaehston
| stole the chickens from Charles VI
! Woolsey
John Carr. who pleaded guilty to the
! larceny of - pounds of beef, valued al
! 10 cents ! pound. from the Adams Express
! Co. promised To abstain from the list
OF liquor and was paroled for one year OF
+ his own recognIZance.
For the larceny Of $40 from Frank
James. his roommate, Simon King wa
sentenced to pay $50 restitution money
and costs and 10 be imprisoned foul
months.
Martin Collins, who stole a SUITCASE
from Clarence p ThomaS, WAS paroleC
for one vear TO T. Ross Farra.
For the larceny OF a pair of boots Os
borne Gooding was sentenced TO pay 81. 81
restitution money and costs and to b'
imprisoned SIX months. The boots wer'
stolen from Isaac Goldstein.
William Hawkins, Negro, aged l.
wears, who stole pay envelope, contain
Ing Sl4.S from John Ashton, colored
at Narshallton, and ran away pleadel
guilty to q charge Of highway robber!
and. by request Of Philip L. Garrett VA
paroled for two years to L. Ross Farra
Hawkins father, blacksmith at North
east. Md. when asked what he woul,
do to his son replied whip him Judg
Rice said the boy was inclined TO be
sport and told the father to take spor
proclivities out Of his son. TO stand owe
him good and strong, which the fathe
promised TO do.
Elizabeth Van Fleet, charged with tn
larceny of a dress, valued At SIS, an
who was expected to plead guilty, entere
plea of not guilty, whereupon the cas-
was retired from the Court of Common
Pleas. The prisoner wept while IN tn
courtroom.