Americus times-recorder., 1919-12-07
WHITE SINNER
Is SENT TO GANG
Another, Under Bond Of
$3.50 Takes Flight
Bond Forfeited
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ing into it on the chaingang. 1t looks
like fine doesn't do much good
Not SO long ago in another county |
decided l would break up this illicit
liquor making, since there was con-
siderable of it going on, and | put a
fine of $3.50 on a prisoner But
found that wasn't much of a penalty.
for he paid the fine, and l discovered
that he was able to make it back in
about three months
When Tom Johnson informed
Judge Littlejohn that he had made
only quart for his own use, the
judge told him that the step wasn't
far between making it for himself
and for some one else. and that if
he would break the law for himself it
wouldn't be long until he would be
making the stuff to sell.
jim Miller entered plea of guilty
to having whiskey carrying conceal
ed weapons and carrying a pistol
without license. He is the negro
who killed Samson Stalks, another
negro, on the E. C. Parker planta-
tion nearly year ago and was ac-
quilted on murder charge at the
February session of the Supreme
Court. The indictment had been
standing since then. It was explain
ed to the court that he simply had
small bottle of liquor in his house,
which the officers found and very lit
tie of which he had used. 1t was
said that the pistol he carried and
which he killed the other, was not his
own, but one which another negro
had pawned to him and which he
merely was holding.
A Little Colloquy.
"And if he hadn't had that pistol
he would have been dead nigger,"
said Hollis Fort, his attorney.
"And if he hadn't had the pistol
and been fooling around with liquor
he wouldn't have killed the other
negro, either" replied Judge Little
john.
The judge announced sentence of
IL months or $75 for carrying con-
cealed weapons, six months or $50
for carrying a pistol without a Ii
cense,, and six month or $50 and
costs for having whisky. Both he and
Barney Childs are tenants on the
Parker Plantation.
Crisp Porter, who Friday plead
guilty to a charge of simple larceny
in taking without permission a car
belonging to C. H. Schneider, for
whom he was chauffeur, received a
straight sentence of one year on the
chaingang. His attorney, Harry
Hawkins, explained that the negro
had not attempted to take the car
from Americas, but was found down
town sitting in it, Judge Littlejbhn,
however, refused to consider the of
fense lightly.
Year for Auto Theft.
"a few years ago." he told the
prisoner, "the stealing of an automo-
bile in Georgia was misdemeanor.
A man could steal big car, sell it
for $4,000 and put the money down
in his pocket. He could be arrested
and the heaviest penalty was $1,000
fine. He could pay that and have
profit of $4,000. Auto thefts be-
came too common and the legisla-
ture made this offense felony, and
gave the court power to put the Of
fender in the penitentiary."
Earlier in the week the following
sentences were passed by Judge Lit
tlejohn on negroes who had plead
guilty:
George Miller, burglarizing Bag
ley's store at DeSoto, II months or
800 and costs.
George Walker, burglarizing the
store house on the Wallace Carter
nIan+a+ion 10 months on the chain