Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-19
LAWS FULL EXTENT
SWIFT PUNISHMENT
F0RWORK SLACKERS
General Sessions Disposes OF Large
Number of Cases, Both court
Rooms Operating.
TERMS DOCKET HEAVY

General sessions. when II got INTO ITS
stride YESTERDAY, walked deeply INTO the
big docket for term, dISposlnP OF large
list of eases notably glvIngsmighty snort
thrift to the batch of defendants In INC
work Stacker class, and sent to court ov
the State Council of Defence. f1ght OF
these gentry. were sent To the workhouSe
for Tho full extent Of the law-t three
montbs-bcsidcs being saddlcd with
S3OO fine Both courts were IN tull opera
ton all dav Judge Conrad sitting IN
Room No. /. and Judge leiscl IN Room :.
N the afternoon session IN Room !, the
final case heard was that of John Sheridan.
known also to the police as Richard
sheridan John was m the work-slackcr
class He had been assigned To Job at
Carncy'S Point and after working Tor a
short time quit without either giving
notice to the du Pont company, his en-
plovcr. and the Compulsory Work Bureau.
There we're no unusual features IN the
case. except possibly that while on the
stand in his own defence he admitted part
II the time nc should have been At work
he was drinking
Well that isn't an essential occura-
tion." retortcd Attorney General Rem
har,lt The jury found q verdict without
leaving tho hnH and the court imposed the
sentence imposed IN previous cases
$500 fine and three months lnprlson-
ncnt
Charles noughcrty. n middlc-gcd man
Who seems 10 have = propensity tor &c
ting into JaiI and then suddenly getting
ont hv means of the CscspC route. may
not hc in such hurry 10 try thc per
fnrmancc after he has done the Int I'M
posed upon him by General Sessions ycs-
tcrdav afternoon.
D0uchcrtv u appears was sent 10 thC
work house (or 60 DAYS because he couldn
nav a $40 fine imposed upon him there. He
lr0hc ont. hu, was later captured and
not only served his 80 q avs. h'It IS days
additional awaiting trial Yesterday hc
pleaded not guilty, TINT at the afternoon
session of court he changed thus plea ~
ono of guilty The court sentenced hum 10
= thrrc more months
Two Youths pleaded guilty tl breaking
into a storChou~o with intent io commit
larceny. They were Leroy Carroll and
= Henry Rodcr. the former from Baltlmorc
and the latter (ron Chester Because Of
thcir youth ard the pleas Of thcir counsel
Tx-.Iudrc Cochran. the court decided TO
give thcm another chance Rcdcrt7 unclc
said he was willing to take the boy On
parole and another would hc found ior
C9roll Iudrc Conrad admnnishCd them
tb,t tn continue this course Of life and
break into warehouses an! dwellings
world lead n tho dircst results and that
~ corld If he wished. send them 70
iail ior 20 wears
William r Snoar colorcd against whom
rc>tc.! an indictment alleging assault
with intcnt 10 commit murder changes
III, nlca n not guilty to ono of guilty of
ASA II ONLY Willams is The man who had
> rAu With his wife at COS lincoln street.
eela,ncd" her a couple of times and thcn
is alleged to have taken 2 pot shot At ncr
- She Hcd Then hctoo f7cd and he WASH
arrested until recently whom he returned
- tho citv Mrs Speer SAID The "Siaps
ltd i,rr IN wi9ilp Si,ccr aid the gun went
of ac .del iaIl Judge Conrad jn view rf
~. rcH1steAcrS 20 ldD quite ~7e The
l,rt il fhc voapon accidentally dis
cher-inr ana sentenced Spocr - nay S2N
fire ard to servo sly months IN the work
house
II CorRT ROOM 50
Without leaving thc noX a furN .oun d
Lewis Tagnoio and Rosario Maltese
culty Il LARCENY Of a PIPE. bottle ot
cologne ana a razor fror, Mike Anton q
and recommended them 10 the mercy of
the court Judge IciScl sentences them
2Nthc value of tc articles stolen rcStI-
tuition money add the cost, ot the case
llotchcr t1lobS q Negro. was convict
ed oi pointing a pistol n ilncrto Soricn.
Negroes. and was hned 500 anu costs
1l I1dg, licl~cl III default Of which he vii
serve ono Nc..r "a The vorkhouse
t,loi.s and tlncrta II WAS shown,
vert together Tor several wears. but
recently the> parted On September .. 1t
was alleged the defendant called his
form g3ri on the phone ard asked her 70
meet him She answered that she was IN n
hurrz when Ginls declared that he
wo,Jd &C; her ard tnen would Join the
navy
Iatcr in thc dav. when sho left her
homo. fletcher fcllowed her aud IN an
attempt to cvado him she slipped INTO a
saloon ~ Tavior and Church streets
Gibbs though saw her went into 'hc
h.rr,om aIor her and vItl' ar oath
pointed tn pistol 81 her She So scared
>l,c ,aid .lat lac didn't knew WHO was
arp nj ran into ne street and INTO q
rc.fHy ~tero still aha~c, iv the de
fc'.!aIf Tho proprietor oi the store dis
armed tho Negro
Gibbs denied the charge
T'0r the Iarccuv oi watch valued at
$40 and d chatr raiuod ~ so .lohu Ed-
wards Negro vnu1h, Na> sentenced bN
.ludcc Hci>el 10 ra7 sl00 restitution
mogc, - ecrvo one wear Imprisonment
and III pay the costs of prosecution. lie
vas convicted p> Jury without leaving
Tho hoN
Joaa W. cnnloynd n Hci~tcin Har
veH's store on \ua.l,l : and aas = worI
only ono hai:r vhan nc took the watch
and chain from Ward Harvey pocket
and with another eoiorcd youth. pawnct
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