Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-16
STIFF FINES REDUCE
"DRUkKS" TO SEVEN
Outsiders and Regulars to Pay
Heavily for Frequent Arrests;
Hold Negro as Robber.

Hold Negro as Robber.
| Onlv seven booze holsters answered
| the summons of the court cncr IN City
| Court today. Judge Chrrchman drive
| against the influx Of outside dr,nkards aS
well aS Wilmington regulars imposing
! stiff fines having the expected effect
| Five dollars and costs was the usual
| penalty imposed while two were dismissed
! To have another chance. John irawley,
/ who said he came from Baltimore. was
| fined $40 on tc>tlmt ny Cf policemen that
| he had been hanging around Front street
| and vicinity for several weeks without
| visible means Of support and apparently
with no regular home They said they had
! found him begging several times
| Henry NhitcSldc was forced 10 70 TO
| the WorkhorSc for ten days on a charge
/ of vagrancy He had been IN court
| number Of times before according 10 the
! judge Policemen testified that apparent
/ II he had no regular place Of abode and
/ worked oniS NJ intervals. Samuel IcvIton
was assessed $40 and costs for contempt
/ Of court IN failing to appear ~ 4 witness
] when summoned lie declared that he had
/ been in the corridor Of the courtroom
Yesterday morning and that he had
I
| number Of times when his case was 70 be
| called Prosecution declared that he had
/ offended in the same manner before 50
| the Court found him guilty rs charged.
| TO ,Ay $40 To VIE.
| George DAVIS was ordered 10 pay his
wife $40 week under n charge Of non
! support His wife who said they had two
| small children, declared that she had been
| MI frnr,, Iba.-t- N-osar r1
| a half He was released under a bail Of
| $500. Nicholas kuzn was also held under
! $500 bail on 4 similar charge the case
| being continued until Mortlay pending
! investigation by the court The wife, with
| a thrcC-ycar-ol child ty her side, swore
that her husband had deserted her a
number OF times and that recently he had
taken SllO of their savings and had left
| her again. The husband denied her state
| Incnts.
CONTINUE AUTO CASE.
/ Charged with running an auto with
! out proper tags, Brani-law Bolcski
/ ease was continued until Monday on
| his request to he allowed 10 obtain IN
attorney The police say that BolcskI 5
| car struck and injured a siN-year-old
! girl Yesterday afternoon at the corner
| of Front and King streets William
I MURPHY WIS tiHttl tibtktt -+btt tGtIi
and given another chance 10 comply
with an order OF the State Council OF
Defense which alleges that Murphy
| failed TO remain in the employment
! to which ne was assigned under the
work or fight law.
Arraigned on the charge OF assault
/ and battery on the person of hls wife
| William Pickering was held under $500
! bail for the next term % General scissors
when the charge of wife beating will be
! nlaced against him His wife appeared
! in court witt a rtIScd and biarkCn q
/ eve and swore thai Pickering had struck
! her repeatedly. She said that after he
i had hat her In the eye, he had beaten
/ her with a shoe, kicked her IN the back
and had threatened to take her life
! She also declared that he had attempted
10 set their chlldrcns clothing ahre.
/ Pickering declared he remembered
! nothing concerning the accusation Of
! his wife owing to the fact hat hc
was intoxicated.
William T. Dill. charged with the
! larceny of two shotglns and a rifle, was
remanded TO the custody Of the Juvenile
! Court on the strength of a telegram
/ from his mother in New York that he
was ONLY sixteen wears old Prosccu-
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| discharged from the Navy being under
age Dill still wore his seaman ) Uniform
HOLD ALLEGED ROBHEH.
After the Testimony Of his alleged
victim, Thomas COnnoughton, had been
heard, Preston Williams, colorCd, was
held under 81 900 bail for next General
Sessions on the charge of highway rob
berry. ConnoughtOn sworc that the Negro
had attacked him in an alley of Front
street and after knocking him down
had robbed him Of $40. He declared
that he had been with the Negro an
hour or 50 previously and was positive
ttat lie the man who had robbed
him
James Dimes was held under $500
bail for upper court on the charge Of
stealing a sweater valued at 81 from
Adam Shapiro m East Front street
shopkeeper-
FINED 500 AND COSTS.
The caae against Mollie Inleman,
held for maintaining house Of question
able repute At ilG and ll8 Walnut
street, was nollc pressed, Max Cohen,
10 the same charge lie was fined 500
and costs and the Chief of Police was
ordered to notify the owner Of the prop
crty to that effect
Harry J. Anon was held for contempt
, Of court under q bond Of $500 1t was
charged that Anon tore the signature
Of his sur ty off bond which the court
had previously ordered him to obtain
To keep the peace. He declared that
his bondsnan had signed the paper
before It had been filed in and that after
he, Anon, had read the document he
had concluded that he could not in
justice permit his surety TO sign such
O binding paper The court was IN some
doubt as to whether Anon should not
BE- held on the charge Of destroying
court records, but dt G drd to place
the charge named against him.