Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-20
MANY PLEAD GUILTY.
Sentence Imposed in General Sessions in
Number Of Cases.

This was plead guilty day in the
General Sessions Court, and % defend
ants pleaded.
Associate Judge Rice presided.
The first case called was that Of Cor
bin Attix. 20 years old, charged with an
offence against q girl under Is. George
Martin general superintendent for the
W & j Lang Co, who had employed the
defendant, appeared and told Of the de-
fendant S good reputation, saying he was
industrious and steady and intended to
marry the girl. II developed through the
statement Of Assistant District Attorney
Green that the girl Is at present IN de-
tentlon for later offenses
A sentence of 800 fine with costs ana
five months in the wOrkhouse was I'M
posed
Edward n. McClees, colored, for carry
ing a weapon, got s25 flne and costs
Anna Bell, coiored, for the larceny. ot
S24O, her second offense, was sentenced 7"
paw a fine OF $500 and costs, and serFs
one year
Henry Bell. colored, was fined $50 and
costs for having three bottles ot liquor m
his possession.
John Carney. for attempting escape
from gang working outside at Green
bank, was sentenced to FIVE months alter
the expiration Of his present sentence
on January 26.
The charge against Charles Chase,
eolored, was mixed up with q sdtt ish
horse, but was based on dope. he having
a previous reputation 10 that line, and ne
drew nine months IN the workhouse
Michael Fogarty, So, who had been
only two months in the city working
for the lynch Construction TO, took
a day off. several drinks and PAIR q
shoes hanging in front Of a Front street
emporium: got beaten up" BY the trends
OF the proprietor and has been IN the
uorkho+lse for some weeks. Two months
in the workhouse for him, also s3 restitu-
tion and costs.
Howard Frisbv, colored, for assa ault on
his ex-employer, George Schrader, was
sentenced 10 one year with slO0 flne.
Allie Purnella, Il, who took money
belonging TO a fellow iodger, was rep
resented in court by an attorney of
Newark, y j.. who secured defendant s
parole in his custody, through Probation
Officer Stout
George Hammer, for violating the WORK
or Fight law BY refusing 10 work steadily
got two months Charles harper, also
an offender against this law received the
SttIS Eft3ldAtN OAA ta4I N-Ak''tNst+Nt-A
sentence he is at present serving. which
expires January 20.
Arnold Harris colored, i. who took
suit Of clothes from a felioW-employe
was directed 10 pay sll restitution
money, the court costs and 70 serve a
three months sentence
The case against Nelson +. Parker Vas
Withdrawn on production OF his papers
showing service in the Canadian Army
during the late war.
John Pero's offence was technically only
| the appropriation OF one quart bottle OF
milk valued at Il cents from another
man doorstep. but others had vanished
pretty regularly on previous occasions,
and John will have a month IN the work
house to think it over and figure OFT a
theory of condolences that viii ht his
ease
Frank Riggs, Levi Ruth and Stanley
| Thomas drew the regular two months
allotted to undefended Defence Law vlo-
| lations Hendel Sandos, who admitted
| having taken six pairs OF trousers from q
| Fourth street clothing shop while drunk,
got a three months sentence. frank
| Spence, for larceny OF twQ bottles OF
liquor from the Wilmington Il Philadel-
! phia Steamboat Co, paid 81 and costs
| and is to serve three months
Mary Thomas, colored, carelesaly placed
| a ten-dollar bill in her cciffure, after
having distracted it from the vest pocket
| of caller, and it was worth year in
durance vile, in consideration of her
record
Florence West, a white girl, who also
has a record as having been rated IN
| corrlgblc" for quite few years of her
young life, was sentenced to five months
detention, and William Young to four
months on a larceny charge.