Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-22
TEAM THIEF GIVEN
9 MONTHS IN JAIL
AFTER Cl Nv|CT|OR
Must Also Pay 500 Restitution
Money to Owner Negro Mar
rowly Escapes Whipping
OTHER COURT CASES

After being adjudgcd guilty OF larceny
of a horse and wagon, William J MIX
was sentenced in Court ut General sessions
TODAY To nine months imprisonment and
10 pav $40 restitution and the costs ol the
case bv Judge IIciscl IN Court Room NO.
|. The urv recommended the prisoner 10
the mercy of the court
Kirk took a team. belonging to Oscar
G.. Watson from Fourth and French streets
on December 81. and was caught ny
Policeman Robert Wallace. after chase
IN an auto. on the Marsh road. hnk
told the policeman that he was 'on ms
wav 10 Philadelphia
lie declared that Negro. whom he
met in saloon. asked him 10 drive the
team back To a certain place. bat that he
lost has WAY and was trying to get back
on the right path when arrested
He served time in Philadelphia Tor
tho larceny of a horse, the police say.
Wilbur Brown, s years old. cplorcd,
charged with the theft ol 4 bicycle from
David Ford. small bctv of i026 du ront
street was found guilty IN General
Sessions Court Room No. ;, this morn
ing
lie was sentenced bv Judge Conrad 70
nav sl5 restitution and the costs Of the
case and serve four months IN the work
house
David testified that he had left his
wheel. valued at SIS, outside the Royal
Studio. on Market street. about 2 . clock
on the afternoon of November ~ last,
and that when he can}c ont the wheel
had disanpcarcd IIc said several davs
later be found It IN the possession oi
Milton Wilkinson colorcd who tcstlticd
he had bought it from brown for 81
Brown denied that ho had sold the
wheel 80 Wilkinson and SAID he was
down State on farm when he was IL
legged 10 have sold the wheel
.uN rHtFr Ct-f
Arthur Blake, tried for the theft Of =
shot gun worth S2a from the Delaware
Hardware Company. VAS pronounced
guilty by the jury
The Attorney explained that
while Blake was indicted for stealing four
guns, only ono could positively TIC
identified BY the owner. he Delaware
Hardware Company The detective
bureau declares they have recovered
more than a dozen guns alleged to have
been stolen and pauned by Blake
Detective kcmpski testified he bad
arrested Blake a. he was about 70 pawn
the gun IN question Detective Sergeant
Benson testified that Blake had admitted
stealing that particular gun. The thcfis
occurred on or about November 10 last
Moody Iiggs, who changed his plea
Of moi guilty 10 gritty Of stealing = from
Low Berry. IN old Negro. was sentenced
to pay s. IN restitution and costs ot the
case and to serve ono month ~ Inc work
house
Frank jackson. colorcd, indicted for
the theft If watch from William )
Briggs Of o3S East sixth street, on De
cembcr >. Was placed on trial
Briggs said that he was 80 drunk the
night hc lost his watch that he could not
say whether it was stolen from him or
whether he dropped il James Huges.
a colored youth, testified that he bad
bought watch from Jackson for s.,
which later was shown 10 belong to Briggs
He said some wccks later he gave the
watch To Jackson 10 pawn and they dlVld-
ed the money, s.
Jackson took the stand and denied that
he had sold the watch 10 HugeS lie SAID
Huges had asked him to pawn the watch
for him He SAID he did 50 and gave
IIuges the ticket and all the money